A different method to calculate clean sheets..
Posted: July 9th, 2017, 5:09 pm
Currently, only if a goalkeeper doesn't concede a goal during the WHOLE match, it counts as a +1 clean sheet in the statistics. In my opinion this method of calculating clean sheets is a bit controversial, because it doesn't show off a true reflection of the realistic situation. For example, if you're a goalkeeper and concede a goal every match in the last minute, you won't show up in the statistics even if you've kept a clean sheet for the most minutes.
To solve this, I think a 'Percentage-of-completion'-method should be introduced to calculate the players' number of clean sheets. In short, this means the amount of clean sheets is determined by how long the goalkeeper manages to keep a clean sheet. A standard league match is 14 minutes, so if a player keeps a clean sheet for 7 minutes, he will get a +0,5 clean sheets added to the statistics. If a player keeps a clean sheet for 8 minutes, he will get 8 / 14 = +0,57 clean sheets added to the statistics, etcetera. This method of tracking statistics gives a better representation of the relative clean sheets that have been obtained.
I understand implementing a system like this might bring some issues with it (like more work to update the statistics/problems with past statistics/...). Another option is to just give +0,5 clean sheets to those who kept a clean sheet for one half, however I prefer my suggestion.
And of course if you have another suggestion, please post it here
To solve this, I think a 'Percentage-of-completion'-method should be introduced to calculate the players' number of clean sheets. In short, this means the amount of clean sheets is determined by how long the goalkeeper manages to keep a clean sheet. A standard league match is 14 minutes, so if a player keeps a clean sheet for 7 minutes, he will get a +0,5 clean sheets added to the statistics. If a player keeps a clean sheet for 8 minutes, he will get 8 / 14 = +0,57 clean sheets added to the statistics, etcetera. This method of tracking statistics gives a better representation of the relative clean sheets that have been obtained.
I understand implementing a system like this might bring some issues with it (like more work to update the statistics/problems with past statistics/...). Another option is to just give +0,5 clean sheets to those who kept a clean sheet for one half, however I prefer my suggestion.
And of course if you have another suggestion, please post it here