Arek Milik By Far Most Efficient
11/04/2014
Because of his two goals in last week's
match for the Dutch cup against
Urk, Arek Milik has become by far the most efficient goalscorer
in Ajax' history (according to our list with players
who scored at least 10 goals in official matches for Ajax)
Trainer Frank de Boer until now prefers
Kolbeinn Sigthorsson who so far has been
unable to keep his average below 180 minutes per goal, while Arek Milik until now needed less than 50 minutes
on average to score a goal.
The fact that 6 of his 11 goals were scored during 1 match might make this average not representative, but even
without these six Milik scored 6 times in 450 minutes, or 90 minutes per goal. Sigthorsson had his best period when he just
started at Ajax in season 2011-12 en scored 5 times in 780
minutes in his first 11 matches, 156 minutes per goal.
Soccer is a very different sport compared to Baseball, where the individual statistics if pitchers and batters
are a strong indication with respect to future performance, irrespective of opponents or teammembers. With soccer the
opponent and team members often play a large role in how well a soccer player performs. Because of this it is understandable
that in soccer, unlike in Baseball, as illustrated in the fantastic movie Moneyball, no decisions are made purely based
on statistics. What is less understable is if statistical information is not used at all in the decision making process.
The past seasons, with Marko Pantelic
(128.3 minutes per goal), Dmitri Bulykin (92.4) and
Danny Hoesen (130.2), Ajax each time parted ways
unnecessarily with players that had good averages.
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