Heat maps the latest pointless craze for judging a players performance

[bostonbrian]

Even poor Arsene felt he needed to refer to one in defence of Mesut

[Chief Arrowhead]

There was a time where the argument on this board was that our Amrican sports were too reliant on stats. They were despised.

Now it sems that it is the only analysis of soccerball you see. Stats. ugh.

[Classic Jorge]

I actually think, when not just used in isolation and analysed properly, that they're very useful and can tell you a lot about a player's performance.

[Wembleygooner- raised in hornsey]

[Supermac1976]

http://youtu.be/7lhXOgJ8ahA

[Chief Arrowhead]

Nine bright red dots.