tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4528393111359731672.post6140699500230619889..comments2024-03-24T00:19:53.054+00:00Comments on Green All Over: FC DallasCassinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05879449876804295094noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4528393111359731672.post-49666456339460639002009-03-27T21:56:00.000+00:002009-03-27T21:56:00.000+00:00No kidding - look at the FC Dallas v Chicago game....No kidding - look at the FC Dallas v Chicago game. MLS Stats has Dallas with 20 shots, 1 on target, whereas ESPN has 10 shots, 0 on target. There's a big difference between 10 shots and 20!! As for Chicago, MLS has 11(6) and ESPN has 5(2). At least if I lose money, I have someone to blame.<BR/><BR/>Curly - like you, I have no interest in watching any of these games, it's just a statistical exercise, which is already proving a challenge. 20 shots or 10?!! Surely the standard isn't so poor that it's debatebale whether a kick was a shot or a pass is it?Cassinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05879449876804295094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4528393111359731672.post-42486470989318276662009-03-27T21:41:00.000+00:002009-03-27T21:41:00.000+00:00Lies, damn lies ... and statistics.Aint it da troo...Lies, damn lies ... and statistics.<BR/><BR/>Aint it da troof, aint it da troof!<BR/><BR/>PhilipHPhilipHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4528393111359731672.post-49089540433404084682009-03-27T08:31:00.000+00:002009-03-27T08:31:00.000+00:00Now I'm not the biggest follower of the MLS, becau...Now I'm not the biggest follower of the MLS, because quite frankly watching it with the sound on makes me want to chew my ears off; However, (and I haven't checked this out, but I'm sure a look at the league tables from previous years would support me) no team should be below evens in the MLS. Any team can lose to any other team any day of the week, and they often do! Now ofcourse this is true in the championship, but given there are only 15 teams in the MLS it becomes rather more apparent. For instance last year the LA Galaxy had the two best players in the league (Beckham and Donovan) and still came joint last - go figure. I'm sure there's money to be made in the apparent randomness of results - I'm just not sure how, and hopefully you'll tell us all here.<BR/><BR/>Curly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4528393111359731672.post-13441411644205784082009-03-27T07:57:00.000+00:002009-03-27T07:57:00.000+00:00Hahaha, what a confussion with stats now... You kn...Hahaha, what a confussion with stats now... You know one of those magnificient Murphy's laws: if a result of calculation needs to be a straight line, then calculate only two points of that line! :)<BR/>Anyway, hope to cope with the stats! Cheers! :okAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com