Breaking records/stats thread

Gary James said:
While I agree that there are flaws doing it I think it's a valid method. So many other things have changed - the ball, the offside rules, level of fouling allowed etc. - that it's often a nonsense to compare each era anyway, but people do so why not when it works in MCFC's favour. Dixie Dean only scored the volume of goals he did in his record breaking season because the offside law had changed (similarly with Tommy Johnson at City), so it's so difficult to pick greatest players, games, teams etc. but they still do. Personally, I'd produce as many stats on this season as possible and let football decide what is significant and what is not. The idea of 'The Record Breakers' forever meaning MCFC 2017-18 has a great appeal and I think we should blitz this as much as possible. Others would, so why not?

I interviewed Malcolm Allison 26 years ago and he said that Joe Mercer had told him to celebrate your successes as if they are your first or your last that way you'll never be disappointed. I'd add that we should boast of what our club has achieved - by the end of the summer there is a strong chance that MUFC, LFC and maybe AFC have won a trophy - they will do all they can to claim these as major triumphs so we need to ensure our triumphs continue to be recognised above all else.
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I agree with your general sentiment, but I'm still not sure that the comparisons are valid. If all of Dixie Deans' goals had been televised then it would be possible to analyse them and work out how many would have been disallowed for barging the keeper if the current laws applied. That might mean that his record would no longer stand. But that would be meaningless since obviously if he had played under the current laws he would have adapted his style. It would be pure guesswork as to how many goals he would have scored under today's laws. I think its equally misleading to recast points accumulated under two points for a win on the assumption that three points had always applied. I'm almost sure that none of the previous champions would have matched City's achievement (if we break the 100 point barrier) if 3 points for a win had always applied, but you cant say so with certainty.
 
cibaman said:
I agree with your general sentiment, but I'm still not sure that the comparisons are valid. If all of Dixie Deans' goals had been televised then it would be possible to analyse them and work out how many would have been disallowed for barging the keeper if the current laws applied. That might mean that his record would no longer stand. But that would be meaningless since obviously if he had played under the current laws he would have adapted his style. It would be pure guesswork as to how many goals he would have scored under today's laws. I think its equally misleading to recast points accumulated under two points for a win on the assumption that three points had always applied. I'm almost sure that none of the previous champions would have matched City's achievement (if we break the 100 point barrier) if 3 points for a win had always applied, but you cant say so with certainty.
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My point was that Dean's record does stand despite the changes, use of VAR etc. So if it's acceptable to still accept Dean's record without question then it's also acceptable to compare goals per game ratios etc. from today with seasons/games from that era too. Dean may or may not be better than Aguero/Kane etc. but the stats from that era remain the records today and people do compare, saying Dean was better. No one's negated any of his goals simply because the use of VAR today may have meant that back then some of his dubious goals may have been taken from him. Think of a more recent example - Ryan Giggs goal v City in his first League match. All of us there that day and those who have since seen the highlights know it was actually an own goal by Hendry, however the dubious goals panel wasn't in place then so it stands still as a Giggs goal because that's what his manager said. It's totally wrong but that's now in the record books. So, football records go off whatever rules/decision processes were in force at the time meaning comparisons made today can never be perfect but they are acceptable. Aguero's goals per game ratio can (and is - think of when Aguero broke Brook's record there were comparisons all over the place) be compared with Dean etc even though the sport has changed significantly since then. Similarly, percentage wins/draws etc. can be compared with any season in the past. Unless we had time machines we'll never prove anything was better/worse but people have been comparing stuff like this for years and so it makes sense that City do the same when it's City's turn.
 
City have won 13 PL games by a margin of three or more goals this season. Only two sides in top-flight history have won more in a single campaign; West Brom (16 in 1919-20) and Arsenal (14 in 1930-31).
 
If the 100 is still a possibility when we go to Southampton will there be fancy dress Centurions or would that be a little presumptuous?
 
At Southampton, we have to score 4 to equal and 5 to surpass the Premier league record for away goals currently held by Liverpool (58) in the 2013-14 season.
 
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