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"The intellectualisation
of football has
always foundered
on a simple problem-
-the players. Doing
all your most
rewarding thinking
with your feet seems
to dull the philo-
sophical impulse.
Unless, of course,
you are Dutch.
According to legend,
Europeans played
a moronic, muscular
version of the world's
game, until Holland
proclaimed its vision
of total football in the
1974 World Cup,
and enlightenment
dawned."

From:
Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Football
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Suarez misses the most

Saturday 03 January 2008

The Eredivisie is halfway. Luis Suarez is the king of misses, Blaise N'Kufo was offside 32 times and Danijel Pranjic only does it with his left foot.

We look back with some remarkable numbers.

Misses
Luis Suarez' philosophy seems to be that when you don't shoot you can not score. The Ajax player scored 10 this season, but he needed 52 tries to do so, meaning 42 shots did not reach the target. With that the Uruguyan is the absolute king of misses.

Top-5 misses per player

1. Suarez
42
2. El Hamdaoui
25
3. Dzsudzsák
23
4. Afellay
22
5. Sibon, Pranjic, Loval
18

Top-3 misses per club
PSV
138
Ajax
132
Roda JC
113


Rather at home
The best advice for their coaches would be: do not play Danko Lazovic (PSV) and Roy Beerens (Heerenveen) in an away game. Both forwards scored six so far and their entire production was achieved in home games. The same in a way goes for FC Twente forward Blaise N'Kufo: eight of his total of nine goals were scored in Twente's own Grolsch Veste.

Top-5 Topsorers in home games


Home goals Total
1. Demouge
9
13
2. N'Kufo
8
9
3. El Hamdaoui
7
15
4. Berg
7
13
5. Pranjic
7
11

WAARDEVOL
Wat goed is, komt van ver. Veel clubs zijn afhankelijk van de kwaliteiten van buitenlandse toppers. De Nederlandse Marokkaan El Hamdaoui en Uruguayaan Suarez zijn de meeste waardevolle spelers. De Nederlander Demouge (13 goals, 0 assists) valt net buiten de top-5.

TOP-5 WAARDEVOLSTE SPELERS
Speler
Goals
Assists
Totaal
1. El Hamdaoui
15
5
20
2. Suarez
10
10
20
3. Berg
13
5
18
4. Amaoh
12
2
14
5. N'kufo
9
5
14

BOEKJE VOL
Niet zelden kreeg een arbiter de volle laag. Wat te denken van de tirades van Foeke Booy en de middelvinger van Ron Jans? Roelof Luinge, de routinier van het scheidsrechterkorps, bleef buiten schot, ondanks (of juist dankzij?) zijn leidende positie in het kaartenklassement.

TOP-5 GELE EN RODE KAARTEN
Arbiter
Geel
Rood
Totaal
1. Luinge
52
2
54
2. Braamhaar
49
2
51
3. Nijhuis
48
2
51
4. Vink
44
2
46
5. Blom
43
2
45

DOELWIT
Mehmet Akgün en Loïc Loval hadden het zwaar te verduren in de eerste seizoenshelft. Tegen beiden werd 64 keer een overtreding begaan. Ook Ibrahim Afellay is een geliefd doelwit onder opponenten. In slechts dertien duels was hij 62 keer slachtoffer van een overtreding.

TOP-5 SLACHTOFFERS
Doelwit
Overtredingen
Duels
1. Akgün, Loval
64
16, 16
2. Afellay
62
13
3. Büttner
53
16
4. Beerens
49
15
5. Demouge, Saidi
48
16, 15

IN DE FOUT
Tegen Willem II’er Demouge werden tot nu toe 48 overtredingen begaan, maar heb geen medelijden met de spits. De bonkige spits leeft van fysieke duels en overtrad zelf nog veel vaker de regels. Demouge tekent voor 63 fouten. Hij stond zestien keer buitenspel, maar vliegt er ook regelmatig te stevig in.

TOP-5 OVERTREDINGEN BEGAAN
1. Demouge
63
2. De Lange
47
3. Bahia
46
4. Berg, Lovre
42
5. Poepon
36

BUITENSPEL!
We zien het vertwijfelde wegwerpgebaar van N’Kufo en het ongeloof in de ogen van Den Ouden. De treurende spelers zijn verontwaardigd: alweer die vlag omhoog? Het duo is ongetwijfeld niet elke keer terecht afgevlagd, maar de cijfers liegen niet. Misschien net iets minder op het randje spelen, heren?

TOP-5 VAAKST BUITENSPEL
1. N'Kufo
32
2. Den Ouden
25
3. Tuyp
19
4. Van Wolfswinkel
17
5. Demouge, Berg
16

 

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