- Jul 29, 2006
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All these stats that everyone uses are absolute tosh in my opinion.
Can we not leave them to basketball and baseball and the NFL? Those games are all about statistics.
We should be discussing a player's ability to change a game, just by what he does. He may have chosen to itch his leg before taking a free kick in one match and may have eaten a meat pie the match before. Both reasons could be given within the 'stat brigade for winning or failing.
Statistics just cover 90 minutes; a player might have been sent off or injured to allow another player to perform better 'assists' (and I hate that word).
Football in England seems to be going the American way. I loved it when people spoke in plain English about a player or Manager.
Too many people here hide behind stats when football is just such a simple game.
Was he good or not?
Yes or No?
Why do you believe that to be the case?
Answer?
Simple and easy.
It might show us who the 'lookers' are, rather than the 'watchers'.
Can we not leave them to basketball and baseball and the NFL? Those games are all about statistics.
We should be discussing a player's ability to change a game, just by what he does. He may have chosen to itch his leg before taking a free kick in one match and may have eaten a meat pie the match before. Both reasons could be given within the 'stat brigade for winning or failing.
Statistics just cover 90 minutes; a player might have been sent off or injured to allow another player to perform better 'assists' (and I hate that word).
Football in England seems to be going the American way. I loved it when people spoke in plain English about a player or Manager.
Too many people here hide behind stats when football is just such a simple game.
Was he good or not?
Yes or No?
Why do you believe that to be the case?
Answer?
Simple and easy.
It might show us who the 'lookers' are, rather than the 'watchers'.