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The Offside Fantasy League: Hurray for International Weekend!
Published 10/12/2007 by Daryl at The Offside
... . I thought I had an assist coming my way when Stevie Gerrard hit a shot which Paul Robinson fumbled, allowing Andriy Voronin (the finest Ukrainian in the Premier League by some distance) to score the rebound. Alas, here s SquadGod s defnition, via OPTA (the fine football statistics service they use): An assist is a final pass to a team-mate, who goes on to score a goal. So it has to be a straightforward pass, from which the teammate scores. This rules out winning penalties, winning free-kicks from which someone scores, forcing own goals etc. While this robs me of some points I thought I was due, at least it clears up any future confusion. Either your guy passes to a teammate who scores, or you get nothing. The second thing SquadBlog posted this week was a Value for Money index. Basically they ve taken a player s average points per game and divided it by how much he costs, giving a handy VFM figure. The clear leader is Vi ...