Guys… can we please, *please* stop depending on fanciful rating apps to formulate our perception of players? I thought it was just (cognisant) mucking about, but no… we’ve genuinely got folks reckoning they’re onto something, and that’s slightly concerning.

Football should be assessed within a vacuum of context, factoring in the intangibles, the circumstances, the reception and the relevance. Relevance is important, because redundancy is a slippery slope.

Supposition:
Player A - makes a successful 10 yard pass, deep from the modified forward, with no pressure being applied and no lines to break.
Player B - also makes a successful 10 year pass, same position, mitigating an extreme break, consequently breaking the lines.

What’s the more impressive play?
Rating apps fail to distinguish, it’s largely activity & success (often monotony) over contextual relevance - and that’s the big issue.
Gotta remember, there’s so much more to football than what instantly meets the eye.

Stats are good, they can help augment & substantiate what you see. However, this is different. When you’ve got a trivial set of numbers telling you what/who’s best—that is, in essence, a hindrance to independent deliberation and a means for unscrupulous cognitive exploitation.