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<blockquote data-quote="Every Time Ref" data-source="post: 707175" data-attributes="member: 71826"><p>I think something you have to take into account is the "clustering" of missed kicks. Ford has kicked very well this season, but in the past he has had some justified flack for his tendency to have a bad day where it all just falls apart and he seems to miss everything. He's improved his kicking hugely, and I'm far more confident in him than I used to be, so this isn't directed at him per se, but just using him as an example of a factor which should be taken into account.</p><p></p><p>I would argue that is a worse tendency to have in a goalkicker than missing the same percentages at a consistent rate - because you can't see it coming and allow for it. If you have a dependable idea of what your kicker can and can't get, then your game plan can be built around it, whereas a kicker who is prone to the occasional meltdown is a whole other headache. The constant threat that it might just happen today but you don't know is a coaches nightmare, you have to always worry about having another kicker handy just in case; missing kicks can destroy a player's confidence and stop him playing well in other areas of the game; or you might need to replace a great playmaker with a better kicker who doesn't offer the same attacking threat ... it's a big, far-reaching problem that goes beyond how many points you score off the tee. I'd liken it to something like Hartley's discipline, the fear at the back of my mind going in to every tournament or autumn series that he is liable to get a yellow card at some point and it just might cost us the game is a big black mark against him despite all his strengths and suitability to England's game plan.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: silver"><span style="font-size: 9px">- - - Updated - - -</span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Interesting - do you know anything about how the difficulty is calculated? I couldn't find anything on the website explaining it, it's an idea with a lot of potential but would be impossible to devise a totally foolproof system - not saying it can't work but would be very keen to see exactly how they do it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Every Time Ref, post: 707175, member: 71826"] I think something you have to take into account is the "clustering" of missed kicks. Ford has kicked very well this season, but in the past he has had some justified flack for his tendency to have a bad day where it all just falls apart and he seems to miss everything. He's improved his kicking hugely, and I'm far more confident in him than I used to be, so this isn't directed at him per se, but just using him as an example of a factor which should be taken into account. I would argue that is a worse tendency to have in a goalkicker than missing the same percentages at a consistent rate - because you can't see it coming and allow for it. If you have a dependable idea of what your kicker can and can't get, then your game plan can be built around it, whereas a kicker who is prone to the occasional meltdown is a whole other headache. The constant threat that it might just happen today but you don't know is a coaches nightmare, you have to always worry about having another kicker handy just in case; missing kicks can destroy a player's confidence and stop him playing well in other areas of the game; or you might need to replace a great playmaker with a better kicker who doesn't offer the same attacking threat ... it's a big, far-reaching problem that goes beyond how many points you score off the tee. I'd liken it to something like Hartley's discipline, the fear at the back of my mind going in to every tournament or autumn series that he is liable to get a yellow card at some point and it just might cost us the game is a big black mark against him despite all his strengths and suitability to England's game plan. [COLOR="silver"][SIZE=1]- - - Updated - - -[/SIZE][/COLOR] Interesting - do you know anything about how the difficulty is calculated? I couldn't find anything on the website explaining it, it's an idea with a lot of potential but would be impossible to devise a totally foolproof system - not saying it can't work but would be very keen to see exactly how they do it. [/QUOTE]
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