@DougieCritchley actually, comparing zaïre-emery to lewis-skelly, or mayulu to nwaneri (academy graduates, similar age/career stages, similar profiles...) makes an interesting case study if we want to discuss squad depth and rotation
@ingu100@billycarpy "odegaard completed only 6 full-90s in the league this season!", "madueke completed zero full-90s in the league this season!"... you understand how it diminishes their actual playing time and how pointless the metric is?
@ingu100@billycarpy 41% is actually... quite average? or just normal rotation? or something else?
league games only this season:
- arsenal, 24 players, avg league minutes per player: 45.8%
- paris, 25 players, avg league minutes per player: 44%
@ingu100@billycarpy my problem is that 8.8 full 90s per season just doesn't pass the eye test. i'm watching psg (not just on fbref, but actual matches) and i'm confident he's an actual starter, and 99 league appearances in 5 seasons pretty much confirm that
@billycarpy hard disagree on "just" swapping 90s, full 90s and completed. if he plays 80 minutes and gets subbed for the last 10, he still played 80 minutes. counting "completed only" means that you entierly discard the 80 minutes he actually played
@DataMB_ genuine question on the physicality metric: am i right to assume it's mostly a "defensive view of physicality" (as opposed to "overall physicality", which would be equally offensive and defensive)? your site defines it as "Defensive duels won %, Aerial duels won %"