Thread: World Cup Prediction Thread
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Unread 8 Jul 2010, 12:03   #339
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Re: World Cup Prediction Thread
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Originally Posted by Kjeldoran View Post
Dabi Alonse stroke the goal from 40 meters distance against Swiss, sadly the sidebar prevented the goal.
Sidebar's as good as a shot wide. I stand by my argument. I'll quote myself and underpin it some more.

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Originally Posted by Tietäjä
His shot at least in this year's tournament has been terrible.
Statistics wizard agrees. Xabi Alonso has fired more shots off the target than on the target in World Cup 2010. He's also scored none. I guess a definition of a good shot is a matter of flavour again, perhaps the fanboi factor might contribute. For me, if a player shoots more off target than on target, and fails to contribute goals, it's not a very good sign. I can recall at least two, if not three blatant 20-25 yard drives by Alonso missing the target by a yard or more against Germany. If you want to compare it to Leo Messi, sure, he didn't score. But at least the vast majority of his shots were on target. The majority of Xabi Alonso's shots haven't even been on.

Aye aye.

For me, a decent shot is one that is often on the target. For some people, a decent shot is a Spanish shot. Aye aye.
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