You are conflating different things. Holding on to a talented injured player because of what he brings is one thing. Analyzing his performance in a specific game is another. The former requires you take into account how good he has been. The latter doesn't.
You Simply just analyze the facts. Let's take this just concluded game for example. He was mostly deemed either the best or at worst 2nd best on the day by most. But the facts day something else. We gave up the ball 6 times without pressure in the 2nd half yesterday ( when we were trying to keep possession) 3 of those were Dihno trying uncalled for risky long balls. Half of the 6 unforced incomplete passes by Dihno.
I mean our CB pass completion average for the season is around 93% , These guys almost never have a % lower than 90%. Dihno finished at an alarming 86%. Lower than Mendy who most complained about his passing on the game thread. Mendy ( a poor passer by City's standard) finished at 88%.
86% is catastrophic for a CB. Yet he was voted 2ns best somehow. It's absurd stuff. Dave used to get similar career gradings. I mean Kev and Bernado who were making risky passes to open up defenses finished with 88% each. You'd almost never find John under 95%, Eric around 93% to 96%, Ota' will every now and then flirt with 89-90% on a horrible day. Yet Dihno clocks in at 86% completion and no one bats and eye.
It's bias. Some of our players get graded on the curve of past accomplishments. I just don't. I grade on individual games.
Like you said and correctly so, our fans think he has been one of the best, and he has. But that believe often clouds their perceptions of the specific facts of a specific game.
Again, like I pointed out without fanfare in my analysis a page or so back. Had a great first half defensively, but was poor in possession and didn't particularly help our control of the game in the 2nd. Those are just the facts. I'll leave the opining to crowd.
You Simply just analyze the facts. Let's take this just concluded game for example. He was mostly deemed either the best or at worst 2nd best on the day by most. But the facts day something else. We gave up the ball 6 times without pressure in the 2nd half yesterday ( when we were trying to keep possession) 3 of those were Dihno trying uncalled for risky long balls. Half of the 6 unforced incomplete passes by Dihno.
I mean our CB pass completion average for the season is around 93% , These guys almost never have a % lower than 90%. Dihno finished at an alarming 86%. Lower than Mendy who most complained about his passing on the game thread. Mendy ( a poor passer by City's standard) finished at 88%.
86% is catastrophic for a CB. Yet he was voted 2ns best somehow. It's absurd stuff. Dave used to get similar career gradings. I mean Kev and Bernado who were making risky passes to open up defenses finished with 88% each. You'd almost never find John under 95%, Eric around 93% to 96%, Ota' will every now and then flirt with 89-90% on a horrible day. Yet Dihno clocks in at 86% completion and no one bats and eye.
It's bias. Some of our players get graded on the curve of past accomplishments. I just don't. I grade on individual games.
Like you said and correctly so, our fans think he has been one of the best, and he has. But that believe often clouds their perceptions of the specific facts of a specific game.
Again, like I pointed out without fanfare in my analysis a page or so back. Had a great first half defensively, but was poor in possession and didn't particularly help our control of the game in the 2nd. Those are just the facts. I'll leave the opining to crowd.
