Tag Archives: goal analysis

Goal analysis: Toronto FC looking like last year’s Whitecaps

Posted on April 29, 2012 by

The biggest improvement that Martin Rennie has made is reducing totally unnecessary goals against. As a new franchise last year, the Caps did surprisingly well scoring but far too often in tight games were the ones to blink and give … Continue reading →

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Analysis: Goals in the United v Arsenal game (Updated due to video being taken down by YouTube)

Posted on August 29, 2011 by

UPDATE: YouTube emailed to say they have taken the video down due to a copyright infringement claim by the FA Premier League. I’ve filed an appeal but having never been in this situation before I don’t know if I’ll ever … Continue reading →

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Re-blogged: Even good team allow bad goals

Posted on January 19, 2011 by

This was something I posted on the previous incarnation of this blog when it was running on Blogger. I found a better video that shows the points I make below more clearly. It has all the highlights from the game … Continue reading →

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Why strikers love playing with Heskey

Posted on October 3, 2010 by

He gets slaughtered by England fans for his paltry six goals in sixty odd appearances for the national team but many a striker have voiced their appreciation for what he does for them and this video gives a good indication … Continue reading →

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Japan v N. Korea: U17 World Cup goal analysis

Posted on September 22, 2010 by

So let’s start by having a look at the highlights As much as some may make an industry of complicating the game, even at the youth international level, goals are conceded for very simple, and preventable, reasons. 29 seconds in: … Continue reading →

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U17 Women’s World Cup: Spain v Brazil goal analysis

Posted on September 19, 2010 by

I’ll preface this by saying that, as the name of the blog suggests, it’s very easy to be an armchair critic and dissect what went wrong after the fact. Still, I’m going to do it because I think from a … Continue reading →

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