Inability to convert corners?

[Stranded]

Ah, I see. I apologise, i thought JOKES were meant to be FUNNY.

[Greatwesternline]

I once read a piece in the Fink Tank in the times that there is no correlation between the team who have more corners and the team who win.

There is however positive correlation to the team winning and the team with more offsides.

So logically you should cheer more when your team is caught offside.

I now cheer a chant hoops hoops hoops everytime we're offside and tut and roll my eyes when we get a corner.

[Maguire]

Why is this thread still going, I though I won it weeks ago?

[Ian Royal]

I think an interesting comparison might be percentage of goals coming from attacking free kicks... say everything within about 40 yards of the goal. If you could somehow separate out shots direct at goal from that as well it would be good.

At the moment the only stats seem to be about corners. That's nice an interesting, but without the context of other attacking situations, in isolation it's relatively meaningless because you can't make a comparison to anything.

Hi Ian...

And you can't compare corners with all attacking freekicks for the same purpose because one has a huge advantage over the other, in that you can take a shot direct at goal.

[Snowball]

Ah, I see. I apologise, i thought JOKES were meant to be FUNNY.

Good God, no

[Ian Royal]

Why is this thread still going, I though I won it weeks ago?

snowy never conceeds defeat, enough was done to win it were anyone normal involved ages before you got stuck in.

[Snowball]

Was updating...

Comparison of Corners versus AFCs

3.21% = 1 Goal every 31 Corners!
8.33% = 1 Goal every 12 Attacking Free Kicks

(Estimated 4 AFCs per game average)


156 Corners (Average of 9 per game)
002 "Clean" (Direct) Goals from Corners (Mills, Leicester
001 Scramble after corner (Kebe, Portsmouth)
002 Shots when corner half cleared (Church deflects Karacan shot, Ipswich: Karacan at Preston)

1.28% = 1 Goal every 78 Corners! Old Fashioned Clean Headed Goal
3.21% = 1 Goal every 31 Corners! All goals resulting from corners or partially cleared corners

Estimating Attacking Free Kicks @ 4 per game (Ian Royal's Estimate) Total AFCs = 72

002 Goals Direct from Free-Kick (Harte, Barnsley, Doncaster)
001 Goals Volley direct from Free Kick (Mills, Northampton)
001 Goals Secondary shot after Header from Free-Kick (Mills, Doncaster)
001 Goals after partial clearance of free-Kick (McAnuff, Burnley
001 Goals Scramble after Free-Kick (Rasiak, Torquay)

2.77% = 1 Goal every 36 Attacking Free Kicks (Classic Direct Free Kick)
8.33% = 1 Goal every 12 Attacking Free Kicks (Goals clearly resulting from an attacking free-kick.)

[Snowball]

UPDATE


11 Corners, one producing a goal (Norwich)


167 Corners (Average of 9 per game)
002 "Clean" (Direct) Goals from Corners (Mills, Leicester
002 Scramble after corner (Kebe, Portsmouth)
002 Shots when corner half cleared (Church deflects Karacan shot, Ipswich: Karacan at Preston)

1.23% = 1 Goal every 83 Corners! Old Fashioned Clean Headed Goal
3.59% = 1 Goal every 28 Corners! All goals resulting from corners or partially cleared corners