England player statistics for the FIFA World Cup 2010
England’s FIFA World Cup campaign was shocking to say the least, as the team only reached the second round after scraping through the group stage.
The four games England played in South Africa were not very impressive and most of the blame was down to the team that were at the tournament.
England manager Fabio Capello chose a 23 man squad including, three goalkeepers, eight defenders, eight midfielders and four strikers.
This graph shows only the outfield players as goalkeepers are highly unlikely to be substituted during a game, unless they are injured. Out of the three goalkeepers, only two played at the finals. Robert Green played in the first game (90 minutes) and David James played in the other three (270 minutes).
The graph is useful to see who Capello relied on and whether other players in similar positions deserved a chance to help England progress at the tournament.
It is clear to see that some players had sporadic appearances and others did not even get a chance to play.
The information from the graph was not the only statistics available. On The Guardian’s website, there was information on the players’ positions and shots, passes and tackles attempted.
www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/jul/09/world-cup-2010-statistics
www.fifa.com/worldcup/index.html
www.thefa.com/England
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