CroJack
Key Player
Quality shots
One of the most misleading stats in football is number of shots and shots on target. Shots can be poor, shots can be weak and shots can be hopeless. The old saying "If you don't shoot, you don't score!" has to be redefined to "If you don't fire some quality shots, you won't score!".
What are quality shots?
1. All shots on target when a save is required to prevent opposition from scoring
2. All actively blocked shots on target when a block is required to prevent opposition from scoring
2. All powerful shots towards goalkeeper when it's impossible for goalkeeper to control the ball
3. All shots that hit either post or crossbar and the ball rebounds into the penalty area
What are not quality shots?
1. All shots off target, no matter how powerful and close to the target
2. All shots off target deflected towards target (lucky shots)
3. All weak shots on target (easily saved and blocked)
4. All passively blocked shots on target when there isn't any possibility of the shot being deflected (examples: a free-kick taker shoots directly into the wall or a player who shoots directly into three defenders in front of him etc.)
Now when we have a definition in place let's see:
- how many quality shots (QS) have Swansea had in the first four Championship matches this season,
- which players have had most quality shots,
- how many goals have each player scored.
As we can see our players' total shots to quality shots ratio is pretty impressive. Borja's numbers are great.
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