RexCathedra
Aurea Mediocritas
The average number of goals per game, all levels, is 2.6, down from 4.5 goals in 1890.
Thought the strikers get all the money, and the attention, this is the golden age of defense. In fact, the reason why the strikers get all the money, and the attention, is that this is the golden age of defense. There are so few goals, despite banning the backpass, and changing the offside rule, and the three-point win, that anyone who's even slightly more likely to score than a mere replacement-level striker is a millionaire.
Thought this was interesting.... The Great Levelling: Why soccer teams score fewer goals than they did 100 years ago.
Thought the strikers get all the money, and the attention, this is the golden age of defense. In fact, the reason why the strikers get all the money, and the attention, is that this is the golden age of defense. There are so few goals, despite banning the backpass, and changing the offside rule, and the three-point win, that anyone who's even slightly more likely to score than a mere replacement-level striker is a millionaire.
Thought this was interesting.... The Great Levelling: Why soccer teams score fewer goals than they did 100 years ago.