whufc wrote:A free kick differential means next to nothing........
At its simplest some teams are more aggressive than others and will attack the body more furiously than others. Centrals were on the wrong end of the free kick count most times during their decade of dominance (especially with the Gowans haha) but their game was built on a toughness around the contest that played right to the line.
It can be a great indicator when observations of the game are added hence why I asked others opinions earlier in the thread. (Thanks to Jim for an answer)
When North got 10 free kicks , 2 twenty five metre penalties and a reversal in their first quarter against Port (when Port got zero) the Power Reserves were absolutely robbed. I was watching it and it was cringeworthy the favouritism North appeared to be getting. If it was the other way around I would have been ropable. I'm hardly going to be accused of being biased towards Port too!