for me, it’s pretty confusing in quite a few instances, but, just to give an example: if the striker shoots and the keeper saves it, but the striker taps in the rebound, how is xG counted? is it counted twice or just once? or, what if neither shot goes in?
Why not both? Stats like xG are just another tool to help judge the quality of a player
True, not saying it can’t be used. But the above comment was saying using xG tells us how good a finisher Son is, and I was saying we don’t need xG to tell us that - we can just watch him play.
My general concern about stats, is, as some people above have said, is that people use it as a means to end all means to judge the effectiveness of a player, or how good a player is. But a lot of the time, we can use the eye test to effectively gauge how good a player is. Not saying stats can’t be used, but rather that not in the way it’s commonly being used now.