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But it isn't random how it weights those stats. It is either based on human experience or derived from human experience (the neural network approach). The only reason people think it's a terrible idea is because it's so clinical and objective and people like to think their opinion is "right"...

I don't think you understand how it works. It's the complete opposite of random. If you supply the same stats to the algorithm you will get exactly the same rating every time. If they wanted to "introduce" human intuition and bias etc they could use a neural network and train it to mimic the...

If you make a claim then back it up and teams do use stats and algorithms to determine who to buy whether it's their "whoscored" ratings or not plus it's not made up. The algorithm uses real stats. When I say back it up I'm not talking about the 100 best players etc. The rating is only the...

Who does it rank wrongly?

What is an accurate rating? One that you agree with. :-) Football may be subjective but Whoscored ratings use a combination of objective stats to create an objective "rating". It doesn't claim any one player is better than the next just who had a good and bad game. A 10 year old kid can score...

When you have Messi in your team you are forced to play a possession based game. Opposition managers would never give him that kind of space on the counter.

Deulofeu must hate Vidal. First Sevilla and now Barca.

Does the tax man not prevent that or at least make it more costly. If PSG "give" money to Neymar then that's income and will therefore be taxed. I know the tax lawyers will try and wiggle out of it by claiming Neymar is a "company" but if the contract explicitly states only Neymar the individual...

I have a funny feeling Griezmann will be playing with Messi next season whether it's for Barca or someone else. Unless the board make a statement signing (probably more than one) Messi is going to look at what club offers him the best chance of winning things in the twilight of his career.

I thought 7 sounded high. Unlike you I actually think their rating system is pretty good. Someone like Dybala may not be a top 5 player but there's plenty who want him at Barca so he's in that large group below. In fact maybe his rating is a clue that he may be in future. I thought Deulofeu...

Whoscored gives an unbiased rating. It's not perfect of course but getting 7 is decent especially considering he didn't play the whole game.

The two goals weren't hypothetical. They directly lead from Deulofeu's actions. Maybe your expectations are higher because he's now a Barca player. Based on watching him for 3 seasons at Everton he has been doing well this season although today wasn't one of his best games.

A wonder goal that wouldn't have happened for the foul. Two well executed and intelligent actions that wouldn't have happened without the space that was created by the chaos caused by Deulofeu's attempted dribble. Simply put. Had he not attempted the take on the goal wouldn't have happened.

One of those "failed" dribbles lead to the equalizing goal. Although one of those fouls also lead to their goal too. lol There's definitely evidence for both sides.

I agree with most of what you are saying however all players loose the ball. If they didn't there would be a shot every possession. Getafe did a good job today and were well organized plus Barca were tired. In a game like that sometimes you just need someone to keep trying even if it's just to...

Great goal too.

You missed the point. The problem is the amount of space behind the fullbacks. If I was manager of juve I would have told them to hit balls into the channel behind Alba all night. The space behind him was unreal.

In practice was it not closer to a diamond and Dembele and Suarez were the two CFs with Messi behind with the width coming from the fullbacks. It's not a bad formation but I suspect Iniesta will struggle because it will require him to cover a lot of distance when Barca don't have the ball which...

First game as a starter for Barca. I'm not surprised. If he asked anyone else it would be a bit weird but it's Messi.

Bit odd he brought on Roberto instead of Deulofeu although probably just wanted to keep it tight with Barca ahead.