Damocles said:Also completely misleading. Correlation isn't causation.
Did you know that the amount of fires in a city increases at the same rate as the amount of Chinese restaurants?
It doesn't mean anything. I saw a similar statistics posted that schoolboy masquerading as a reporter, David Lynch concerning our win rate with Lescott in the team being much greater than without.
Just to clarify, my conclusion that he is our most important player wasn't based off that picture, we obviously haven't played that many games without him. Though it's always interesting when you see the numbers, even if only a little, support your hunch.
I should also clarify that I think he is our most important player for the way Pellegrini wants us to play. We could use the other players to set up differently and still be successful, but the whole 4-4-2 gung ho method really needs Fern.