I'm saying that we can only use stats that prove what they actually prove.
If somebody is saying "Garcia gives the ball away all the time", we can use a pass completion stat to disprove this.
If somebody is saying "Garcia only passes backwards", we can use a pass direction percentage stat to disprove this.
If somebody says "Garcia is wank", it's not something that can be defended or attacked using statistics because it isn't specific. Just because Garcia has a high pass completion doesn't mean that he is wank or world class, it just means he has a high pass completion.
That was my point in pulling out the stats originally, they are useful to give context in certain points of argument but too many people use them badly.
Just for the record, I compared his contribution to Yaya's because it's who he replaced in the team today and he is one of our three central midfielders that we play. I was trying to say "his defensive contribution is above that of Yaya yet we trust Yaya defensively but not Garcia", it was just making a point about how we look at each
If somebody is saying "Garcia gives the ball away all the time", we can use a pass completion stat to disprove this.
If somebody is saying "Garcia only passes backwards", we can use a pass direction percentage stat to disprove this.
If somebody says "Garcia is wank", it's not something that can be defended or attacked using statistics because it isn't specific. Just because Garcia has a high pass completion doesn't mean that he is wank or world class, it just means he has a high pass completion.
That was my point in pulling out the stats originally, they are useful to give context in certain points of argument but too many people use them badly.
Just for the record, I compared his contribution to Yaya's because it's who he replaced in the team today and he is one of our three central midfielders that we play. I was trying to say "his defensive contribution is above that of Yaya yet we trust Yaya defensively but not Garcia", it was just making a point about how we look at each