Originally Posted by
ghostrider
All this shots on target and off target are basically irrelevant if they don't change the game scoreline.
10 shots on target could be 10 weak shots at the keeper who merely catches them with no fuss.
10 shots off target could be overhead kicks hitting the wood work or deflecting off another players and going wide. They could look spectacular but still off target.
The one's that go over the goal line and count as a goal no matter how it happens, is a goal and that changes the scoreline.
Whether one team has had 50 shots on target and 100 shots off target and scored no goals, whereas the other team might have had one shot on target and that being their only shot which deflects into the goal...wins the game.
Who deserves it?
The goal scorers, because the game is not decided by what if's or hard luck or could have and should have. It's decided by HAVE.