Quote Originally Posted by Rjk View Post
It makes so much more sense to talk about goals or other actions per 90 minutes than per game, as someone who plays 5 minutes at the end of each game you wouldn't expect to have as many scoring opportunities as someone who plays the full game.
Its all hypothetical. A series of different games cannot be added up to equate one 90 minutes. Youre playing against different opponents, both as a team, and as individuals, different game scenarios, you could be 3 nil up, 3 nil down, a tight game etc.etc.

If you are playing 6 x 15 minutes, or 9 x 10 minutes at the end of the game, against tired defenders who have already played 75-80 minutes and youre fresh, that is not comparable to playing 1 x 90 minutes from the start.

In fact I thinks its nonsensical.