Football is all about opinions and that is one of the main reasons why we all love it so much. You can spend hours debating one topic without a definitive yes or no answer. But when it comes to any pundit or commentator, they can rarely express opinion and so they stick to the stats; something that does not always give the correct answer.
The people who are employed to analyse the game often get hooked up on figures that someone has told them in their earpieces, but that is very rarely reflected of what everyone else has seen. Quite often statistics are used to show which team had the better of the game whether it be possession, shots on target, corners etc.
For example last night at Stamford Bridge I think it is fair to say Chelsea played a lot better than they have done for the majority of the season, comfortably easing past the third best Spanish team, Valencia 3-0. Didier Drogba returned to his powerfully brilliant best and Andre Villas-Boas silenced the critics somewhat. However, Valencia must have been the better side as they had 59% of possession during the game and also had more through balls and corners. That is prime example of where stats do not show the real picture of a game and yet some people will argue that they do.
Another example is that Swansea goalkeeper Michel Vorm has made the most saves out of anyone in the Premier League so far this season, so does that make him the best goalkeeper in the league. No. It could mean that his defence is poor and that Swansea are team that will always be attacked in the league. Vorm has to make a lot more saves than someone like Joe Hart at Manchester City because of the dominance they have.
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Mostly agree with the article too much is made of stats out of context although stats in context are sometimes useful, Chelsea once they went ahead against Valencia were happy to sit and let them have the ball and mop up attacks once they got to dangerous areas and then hit them on counter so just possession is a useless stat, possession in opposition area is more relevant stat. I actually disagree about Vorm he has been immense this season but how many saves isn’t a good way to judge because more shots means more saves, but if you work out how many shots against him are saves you’ll see its a high percentage and its more useful but even then its out of context because how many were straight at him, how many of the ones he missed should he have saved and so on. Thing is stats need to be in context an more in context they are the more complicated they become and unless you work at a club then you don’t need that level of info so the media simplify it and ‘dumb it down’ which is why the stats we usually see are so broad they are usually pointless.
InFootball statistics for the same there are differents opinions, reasons and understanding 1example of Swansea goal keeper because of saving more shots can be of the best goal keeper .my view Michel Vorm always on his line “BENEFITS” mostly of the misdirect or misapplicatioms of opponents shots moves straight to him and in the same occasion he ‘ Catch to save’ not ‘ Save to Catch’ can be also an opportunism as many goal scorers sometimes declare best where they are not