Jaggernaut Posted April 7, 2022 Report Share Posted April 7, 2022 (edited) A friend of the green and white persuasion sent me this information about Daizen Maeda's performance in the match at Eyepox last weekend. No guarantees from me about its accuracy, but bloody impressive if it's all true. I'm guessing "xS of 68.2" means an average sprint of 68.2 metres. 45.3 km/hr..... Really??? Would be interested to see our players' equivalent stats... Edited April 7, 2022 by Jaggernaut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Dastardly Posted April 7, 2022 Report Share Posted April 7, 2022 (edited) That has to be dubious. 34km is just short of a Marathon. If he did that in 90 minutes, it would have smashed the world record. By my maths, 45.3 Km/hr would be running 100m in 7.95 seconds which is more than a second quicker than Usain Bolt ever did it. Edited April 7, 2022 by Dick Dastardly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted April 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2022 1 hour ago, Dick Dastardly said: That has to be dubious. 34km is just short of a Marathon. If he did that in 90 minutes, it would have smashed the world record. By my maths, 45.3 Km/hr would be running 100m in 7.95 seconds which is more than a second quicker than Usain Bolt ever did it. Agreed. There are probably kernels of truth, but exaggerated. Footballers run short distances many times (unless they are lazy or injured); could this amount to over over 30K in 90 minutes? (Of course while they're not chasing balls, they're still walking/jogging around.) So, maybe. I also pointed out the Bolt comparison to my friend: Bolt's peak time is measured over 100 m; Maeda's times are over many much shorter bursts. These Timothy stats are probably what you could call "creative use of statistics" ( or in some folks views , cheating). Still a terrific player, who would shake up the whole Firhill set up 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Dastardly Posted April 7, 2022 Report Share Posted April 7, 2022 I’m wondering where the border line is between “creative use of statistics” and “total bollocks” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One t in Scotland Posted April 7, 2022 Report Share Posted April 7, 2022 5 hours ago, Jaggernaut said: A friend of the green and white persuasion sent me this information about Daizen Maeda's performance in the match at Eyepox last weekend. Please tell me you didn't think these were real figures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G SUS Posted April 7, 2022 Report Share Posted April 7, 2022 It is all complete nonsense - none of it is legitimately accurate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Dastardly Posted April 8, 2022 Report Share Posted April 8, 2022 According to wikipedia (not always accurate) For foot speed, the world record is 44.72 km/h (27.78 mph), measured between meter 60 and meter 80 of the 100m sprint at the 2009 World Championships by Usain Bolt. So do we believe that Maeda smashed that, on grass and wearing football boots. I know he is quick, but not that quick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muscat Jag Posted April 8, 2022 Report Share Posted April 8, 2022 These stats are complete nonsense. I just looked up the record for distance covered in a match. It's 15k. So this guy doubled it and then ran another 4k. Made up pish. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted April 8, 2022 Report Share Posted April 8, 2022 There are damn lies and these statistics.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.