Welcome to Extra Time, a sports blog. In particular, I
will be writing about football stuff, mainly on English Premier League, UEFA
Champions League and European Cup. I will feature pre-game and post-game
analysis of several matches, scouting and post game-week reports of EPL
fantasy league, and value bets on football betting. In addition, I will write
about tactical analysis of effective and efficient formation that was fielded
by clubs or national teams.
Why Extra Time? Extra Time is the two 15-minute periods awarded in a
match, if the two teams are tied after playing 90 minutes, during a one-game
knockout phase of a cup – EURO
2012/World Cup. As a football fanatic, 90 minutes of watching a beautiful game
is not enough, even the score was already settled, extra time is always needed
with mates and netizens to tackle the tactics, player(s) of the match, play(s)
of the game, and sometimes the breaks of officiating that brought the game into
a conclusion.
Why EPL, UEFA and EURO? World-wide
reach is the common factor of them all. Literature and statistics are all in
the headlines of sports section when published in an international journal. Then,
teams are home of the most celebrated football icons. And, coaches are figures
like politicians, constantly questioned of their decisions.
What is all about the fantasy league?
Sports fanatics globally are one way or the other have been into fantasy
sports, where fantasy players have the satisfaction of customizing and owning their
team. By definition, fantasy league is an owner simulation game, where fantasy
players compete with other owner using the statistics generated by the real
individual players or teams. In an estimation of a U.S. study, fantasy sports are
estimated to have a $3-4 Billion annual economic impact across the sports
industry.
What is value bet in football? Punting
for value bet is very subjective in nature, as value differs from punters and
bettors. Likewise, bookies differ in opinions and margins, although rarely disagree
on favorites and underdogs. However, as to my opinion, I could derive value bets
on tactics and key battle areas between the team, where statistics would
disagree, such as form and win-loss record.
Whose team worth looking of their
formation and tactics? Formation and tactics in football could turn a small
cohesive club into a giant killer, while slight twitch on an evenly derby match
could break the tie. For this blog, I will write about spectacular upsets which
an underdog or small club employs to slay the heavily favorite club, wherein
the small club made an immense change of their usual formation and tactics. Whilst,
matches of big clubs that was tipped as an evenly game to a one-sided show,
using a different formation or tactics.
So there you go. I am Mike DC,
the owner and primary author of this blog. Feel free to suggest and comment on
every post. To be directly in touch, my email address is
mark88utd@gmail.com.
“The most important
thing for a forward is the speed of thought. Top players read the game.”
