Bad Stats - where we are all getting it wrong when talking about football
The Athletic FC Tactics Podcast
The Ben Mie Effect on Liverpool
Liverpool were 0.84 goals worse off when Bienio played versus when he didn't, says Michael Owen. The Ben Mie effect also makes it hard to decide whether a player is better or worse within the team with him playing literally every single minute and I think you know for that reason the you will always struggle with with certain centre backs and goalkeepers as well. It's worth questioning how much stock we can really put in those in those numbers right?
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