Bad Stats - where we are all getting it wrong when talking about football
The Athletic FC Tactics Podcast
Jamie Vardy's Fewest Touches
Jamie Vardy had the fewest touches in Leicester's 3-0 defeat to West Ham. But he scored a hat trick against Manchester City with same number of touches. I think sometimes we need to accept that there are different players who are always going to have a different number of touches on the pitch. You can't just take one stat from one game in isolation, not look back at all at any previous history of that player and that stat before making your mind up.
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