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Pointless media world cup stats watch 11:38 - Jun 18 with 11352 viewsTW_R

One of my biggest bugbears - crappy stats that mean nothing. I heard my first one today - please feel free to add to this.

"England haven't won their first game at the World Cup since 2006". There have only been 2 WCs between now and then - FFS!!
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Pointless media world cup stats watch on 17:26 - Jun 18 with 9217 viewssmegma

Panama are playing in their first WC match at the moment.


So it's literally a plethora of firsts from the commentators. But the most ridculous 'first' was their 'first ever corner at the World Cup'.
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Pointless media world cup stats watch on 17:58 - Jun 18 with 9190 viewssmegma

When we lost at Brentford a year ago, it was the first time they'd beaten us in 50 odd years.


First time in about 10 games then.
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Pointless media world cup stats watch on 19:45 - Jun 18 with 9146 viewssmegma

Gareth Southgate first ever World Cup finals half time team talk.............
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Pointless media world cup stats watch on 19:51 - Jun 18 with 9141 viewssmegma

Harry Kane's first ever World Cup finals goal..........in his only ever World Cup finals appearance.
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Pointless media world cup stats watch on 20:32 - Jun 19 with 8965 viewssmegma

Russia are the lowest ranked host nation ever. Havnt won the last 7 games in the lead up to the finals??



Competitions top scorers so far.
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Pointless media world cup stats watch on 15:05 - Jun 27 with 8693 viewssmegma

Jonathan Pearce has just revealed that Tottenhams Son Heungmin is the all time top scoring Korean in the Premier League.

There must be a large pool of Koreans to choose from. As many as 5 ???
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Pointless media world cup stats watch on 16:04 - Jun 27 with 8653 viewssmegma

On the current South Korea v Germany game Lineker informs us that it's the first time Germany have failed to score in the first half of a group game***


I'm riveted by that fact.

*** it happened in the previous game as well***
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Pointless media world cup stats watch on 17:55 - Jun 27 with 8603 viewsSnipper

Pointless media world cup stats watch on 16:04 - Jun 27 by smegma

On the current South Korea v Germany game Lineker informs us that it's the first time Germany have failed to score in the first half of a group game***


I'm riveted by that fact.

*** it happened in the previous game as well***
[Post edited 27 Jun 2018 16:22]


He was on about all 3 group games.
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Pointless media world cup stats watch on 17:57 - Jun 27 with 8598 viewssmegma

Pointless media world cup stats watch on 17:55 - Jun 27 by Snipper

He was on about all 3 group games.


It's still a crap stat. In fact 99% of stats are crap
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Pointless media world cup stats watch on 21:50 - Jun 27 with 8539 viewstoboboly

Pointless media world cup stats watch on 15:05 - Jun 27 by smegma

Jonathan Pearce has just revealed that Tottenhams Son Heungmin is the all time top scoring Korean in the Premier League.

There must be a large pool of Koreans to choose from. As many as 5 ???


Think he got that early last season, beat our own Korean ju-sung Park, so not much competition!

Sexy Asian dwarves wanted.

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Pointless media world cup stats watch on 10:13 - Jun 28 with 8479 viewsDannyPaddox

From pointless stats to fascinating facts. Colombian centre-back Oscar Murillo Murillo (so good they named him twice) plays his club football in Mexico for a team called Pachuca. One of the oldest clubs on the continent. They were founded in 1901. By a load of Cornish miners. Proper job!



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Pointless media world cup stats watch on 10:27 - Jun 28 with 8467 viewsBrianMcCarthy

Irish TV presenter's sycophantic stat for Cristiano Ronaldo before their third game: Ronaldo has an incredible 100% success rate for shots on target - 4 goals from 4.


Or, in plainspeak, Ronaldo has only had four shots in target from 10 efforts - 40%.

Of the four he did get on target one was a penalty and one was straight at the keeper who should have saved it while ringing home to chat to his Mom.

"The opposite of love, after all, is not hate, but indifference."
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Pointless media world cup stats watch on 00:35 - Jun 30 with 8303 viewsDannyPaddox

One of Danny Wellbeck's middle names is Nii.

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Pointless media world cup stats watch on 20:46 - Jul 1 with 8198 viewssmegma

It's not a stat but the commentator in the Croatia v Denmark on ITV knows jack. Luca Modric just took a quick throw in to launch an attack. The commentator said ' is he onside?? He is you know'.

Heres a clue you melt, it was a throw in .
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Pointless media world cup stats watch on 20:48 - Jul 1 with 8186 viewsLongsufferingR

Pointless media world cup stats watch on 17:57 - Jun 27 by smegma

It's still a crap stat. In fact 99% of stats are crap


The other 14% are quite interesting though.
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Pointless media world cup stats watch on 07:38 - Jul 2 with 8054 viewsrbsranger

I was pleased to see Spain knocked out because maybe someone will think before giving us "completed passes" stats. Spain passed to one another about 35 yards from the Russian goal about 1000 times yesterday - the stats will tell you that they had the most completed passes in the history of football and the highest pass completion rate too. The fact that not one of the passes actually got the ball any closer to the Russian net is besides the point....
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Pointless media world cup stats watch on 09:33 - Jul 2 with 8014 viewsizlingtonhoop

In a similar vein, the commentator said: the draw will NEVER open up like this again...

How da fu(k d'you know that Biff?
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Pointless media world cup stats watch on 09:57 - Jul 2 with 7991 viewsFearless

Pointless media world cup stats watch on 00:35 - Jun 30 by DannyPaddox

One of Danny Wellbeck's middle names is Nii.



Little know fact about Danny Welbeck.
His Dad was a bomb disposal expert called Stan
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Pointless media world cup stats watch on 10:41 - Jul 2 with 7966 viewsBrianMcCarthy

Any commentator who ever says "and you get the feeling the next goal might be important..."

Yes, because this is football, not cricket. And there's 87 minutes gone.

"The opposite of love, after all, is not hate, but indifference."
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Pointless media world cup stats watch on 13:40 - Jul 2 with 7896 viewsR_from_afar

A journalist from The Sun was touting some stat about the number of times a certain thing had happened in World Cup knockout games *in the last decade*.

Why on earth would you pick a period of time that is not divisible by four?

Oh, and by the way, any pundit who talks about footballers "in the quarterback position" should be made to dress in full Chelsea kit and then be put in some stocks outside the Loftus Road stadium.

RFA

"Things had started becoming increasingly desperate at Loftus Road but QPR have been handed a massive lifeline and the place has absolutely erupted. it's carnage. It's bedlam. It's 1-1."

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Pointless media world cup stats watch on 16:42 - Jul 2 with 7807 viewssmegma

Pointless media world cup stats watch on 09:57 - Jul 2 by Fearless

Little know fact about Danny Welbeck.
His Dad was a bomb disposal expert called Stan


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Pointless media world cup stats watch on 17:14 - Jul 2 with 7791 viewssmegma

Gabriel Clark on ITV has just claimed ' Columbia have an advantage over England as they have been playing continuos knockout matches since losing their first game to Japan '.

Now I've heard some b0ll0cks in my lifetime but that stat is up there with the most stupid thing I've ever heard.
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Pointless media world cup stats watch on 19:47 - Jul 2 with 7751 viewskensalriser

A good one I heard a few days ago:

'That was a reaction save'.

As opposed to...?
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Pointless media world cup stats watch on 20:44 - Jul 2 with 7731 viewsDorse

Not a stat but the ITV commentator has just said that 'the Belgian handbrake has been released'.


'What do we want? We don't know! When do we want it? Now!'

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Pointless media world cup stats watch on 21:17 - Jul 2 with 7709 viewsTW_R

I did see a comment that suggested that if the rules were changed for a penalty shootout where you were allowed to pass the ball sideways, Spain may have won.
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