- May 17, 2018
- 11,872
- 47,993
It's been posted and posted and argued and posted again and argued and posted again.
Remember that one time we were all sharing those with and without Kane stat images and everyone was like "lol we are better without Kane!" when he got injured under Jose and then we proceeded to lose or barely draw basically every game until COVID saved us as the entire squad crumbled as well? That was fun. Context matters.
It's always about context, of course. It wasn't a loaded statement - stats are stats. I don't think it should be underestimated that a team is more than the sum of its parts. We saw against city how good we are with a team full of fighters, as opposed to a team full of talent that don't fight.
Just on the context point, wasn't Son missing/injured for pretty much that same period under Jose? Harry was start of Jan until first week of March, and Son was mid Feb until the end of April.