04-25-2023, 02:32 AM
(04-25-2023, 02:28 AM)Macca37 link Wrote:I don't understand the fixation with statistics. If they are an accurate reflection of the game then we should have won.
Football statistics don't show whether a disposal by hand or foot was effective or whether it caused a turnover resulting in a goal; whether the ball was kicked sideways or backwards to no effect; whether a ruck tap was to our advantage etc, etc.
Until there is ever a meaningful breakdown of the statistics I regard them as being covered by the saying "lies, damn lies and statistics".
Statistics are valuable and regarded as important information, and every club has their own stats people that do I assume what Champion Data does. The problem for us on the outside is that only a small number of stats are easily available, and they need sound football knowledge to interpret and use helpfully - not football forum level knowledge.