Yes they are not the be all and end all, as I said, but to say they 'completely ignore any detail' or work, pressure, influence etc, is false. Wrong. You even quote disposal efficiency yourself, 50% good and bad, tha, by definition, is not ignoring any detail. If that were the case, why would we have stats? And besides, its not just the stats, to my eye he contributed, didn't star obviously, but contributed, he actually did carve a couple of holes with Shedda handballs friday.Raw basic numbers ignore quality and impact of the possession, also completely ignore any detail of the players work rate and pressure influence or scoring involvement. Pretty sure his disposal efficiency was just over 50% so he had 8 decent possessions for the game n 7 crap ones.
As I said, my issue isn't with the fact that Shedda is nearing the end and not what he used to be, its just with the extreme black and white nature of a lot of posts. Shane is not the star he was, therefore he is a liability and should be thrown on the scrapheap ASAP regardless of credit in the bank, injuries, replacements etc.
ps. DE%: Edwards 54, Graham 53, Cotchy 56, Bakes 52
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