Quote Originally Posted by Peter View Post
The modern obsession with data, I'm afraid. If you can't quantify it, it didn't happen.

I never watched Dennis Bergkamp and thought 'wow, this guy must have some serious stats'.....
I hate the obsession with the terminology (pre-assists as 7 rightly points out is among the worst) but recognition of players who don't necessarily play the final pass is important - Hleb was a wonderful example of this