re: New Best EPL Goalkeeper

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This is just another arbitrary metric, but it further hammers home the point I always make: statistics don't paint the whole picture.

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It really only does offensively in baseball, and that still leaves a little to be desired.

Statistics generally do a really nice job at painting if you can determine which one matters and why. Certain stats have higher correlations with success and therefore potentially be more valuable.

Context and sample size also matters. I think rate stats sometimes gets overrated because it totally ignores frequency. Frequency can matter more in certain cases because a slightly lower efficiency is worthwhile for high volumes of production, but of course, that is give and take with no true answer.

I love stats and think they really give a great description if you can use them right, but they can also be bent or misrepresented.