Redundant statistics in football

[Rjk]

Nobody genuinely looking at stats uses such basic measures these days.
Things like pass maps, xgchain, passing quality models etc are much better

[City123]

Nobody genuinely looking at stats uses such basic measures these days.
Things like pass maps, xgchain, passing quality models etc are much better

I agree with you, stats are very important in football however the media are still obsessed with the basics such as possession and it frustrates me when they use such basic stats to back up the narrative that we're long ball merchants