Stats are not irrelevant at all and frankly that's a ridiculous statement. However they shouldn't form the overall picture, they should be used alongside other things. Also as Manusince52 said, factors have to be looked at like the strength of the team, possibility of just not working out and one club but could still work out at another etc etc.
There are people who think stats are irrelevant, that is ridiculous and there are people who think stats are the be all and end all which is equally ridiculous. Many people on this forum struggle to find a common ground and go for one extreme or the other.
For example, for years stats people have been telling me our goalkeeper coach is awful as our goalkeepers had awful stats. In comes a world class goalkeeper and suddenly the goalkeeper stats are outstanding. What now? Did the coach go from being awful to outstanding? It's more likely that simply he's a good coach and we had poor keepers who were then replaced by a top keeper, hence the improvement. Not rocket science, I know but try telling that to the our goalkeeper coach is awful cult.
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posted on 17/5/19
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posted on 17/5/19
Stats are not irrelevant at all and frankly that's a ridiculous statement. However they shouldn't form the overall picture, they should be used alongside other things. Also as Manusince52 said, factors have to be looked at like the strength of the team, possibility of just not working out and one club but could still work out at another etc etc.
There are people who think stats are irrelevant, that is ridiculous and there are people who think stats are the be all and end all which is equally ridiculous. Many people on this forum struggle to find a common ground and go for one extreme or the other.
For example, for years stats people have been telling me our goalkeeper coach is awful as our goalkeepers had awful stats. In comes a world class goalkeeper and suddenly the goalkeeper stats are outstanding. What now? Did the coach go from being awful to outstanding? It's more likely that simply he's a good coach and we had poor keepers who were then replaced by a top keeper, hence the improvement. Not rocket science, I know but try telling that to the our goalkeeper coach is awful cult.
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