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John #64 & #59. I can see Ian's answer, but I guess you're just being deliberately obtuse as usual. And now I see Patric has answered it for you as well....
Eric Myles in No More Double Standards with McNeil and Röhl

John 68 and Ian 67rnrnRohl attempted 1 cross, which will go down as unsuccessful due to Donnarumma getting a hand to it.rnrnHis assist will have cause gone down as a key pass/chance created.rnrnStats, and this comes from someone who works day in, day out with them, should always be used in context and taken into perspective of the game you are watching. Across longer time spans, underlying metrics are very useful to spot trends.rnrnEverton had so little of the ball on Monday, it\'s therefore not surprising that Rohl, playing primarily a role in order to track O\'Reilly and clog the midfield, had fewer touches. Also keep in mind Everton mainly attacked left side, through Ndiaye.rnrnRohl completed 6/9 passes, and if you extrapolate that across a game, then that completion percentage is pretty standard....
Patric Ridge in No More Double Standards with McNeil and Röhl

"I suspect that is how Opta to get to their numbers (not mine), and why they DO add up, as you would expect from a £500m a year revenue business vs some random making a pigs ear of it." They missed the cross out of their stats Ian.Said Rohl had no crosses. £500 million for that?...
John Collins in No More Double Standards with McNeil and Röhl

I wonder how the innumerate statto can tell us about about AT LEAST 15 touches of the ball...Then report (as statisitcal fact) That he only he only had 14 . The mind bogglesrnrnThey will never question these stats, because they don\'t understand themrnrnLet me put you straight there bud. rnrnI don\'t record Opta numbers. rnrnBut try this on, and see what you make of it, & see if you can see YOUR MISTAKE.rnrnOf the 9 total passes, his passes were lost 3 times - 6 from 9 were successful. rnAs 3 out of the 5 lost possession stats, were from passes - he therefore lost the ball 2 times elsewhere. rnrnNot lost you yet?rnrnYou can therefore either have 6 successful passes and 5 possession lost.rnOr you can have 9 total passes and 2 possession lost outside of passing.rn= 11 touches.rnrnI suspect that is how Opta to get to their numbers (not mine), and why they DO add up, as you would expect...
Ian Bennett in No More Double Standards with McNeil and Röhl

Andy #52, the problem with those witnessing the game is; firstly, they don\'t all see the same thing; secondly, they don\'t always have the same opinion (as a result of firstly); and thirdly, in 20, 30, 40, 50 years time those that witnessed an event will be dead and all that\'s left is the stats.rnrnFigure into that also fan vagaries like Barry and Beto. Both were crap and not worthy, then Barry scores six goals and he\'s the best thing since sliced bread and Beto is crapper. Then Barry stops scoring and they\'re both crap again, until Beto nets six and he\'s the best thing since sliced bread, toasted and with Marmite on it. Then he doesn\'t score and is crapper than Barry who starts scoring again. Rinse and repeat. That\'s where listening to fans gets you, whereas in reality all players can have good and bad periods in a season with the best being most consistent. And it\'s not just our strikers, Keane, Mykolenko, Gueye, McNeil, all get the same fan treatment, o...
Eric Myles in No More Double Standards with McNeil and Röhl

Ian watched the game live at Hll Dickinson. Like me, he came away from the stadium convinced Rohl had played well. Because he had seen it take place with his own two eyes. He then read some words of commentary from Andy Hinchliffe that Rohl hadn’t tracked back during the game. I don’t agree with Hinchliffe’s analysis, and nor did Ian until he read it, then he did. Later, Ian looked up some Opta match stats which also appeared to contradict what he had watched, Now he disagrees with himself and has concluded Rohl’s performance was “a bit over hyped on closer inspection.” Which begs the question - why does Ian go to the game at all when he has to get his opinion from others on what he watched?...
Steve Brown in No More Double Standards with McNeil and Röhl