Probably why this appeared in the Telegraph I should imagine:

Only 1 and a bit f**king years ago!But as a means for predicting the winner of a football game, possession is deeply unreliable. A far better metric in this regard is shots on goal, or ?shot supremacy?: the ratio of shots on goal to shots conceded, which has been proven to have a strong correlation with points.

More often, possession is the by-product of a good team, rather than the other way round. The higher the standard of the competition, the more likely you are to find players with the skill levels required to play successful possession football.

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"Correlation does not imply causation"

Posted By: essexcanaryOTBC, Aug 17, 23:07:20