Quote Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda View Post
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
Very true. The 'key pass'. Hleb was a very good player with diabolical stats. To see if he was any good you had to actually watch him play.

Same was apparently true of Alex James. Hope so, because his stats are ****ing ****e