Player:Saliba
Right, and the stats tell you if he was instructed to play it that way, or if we are defending too much so our team spends more time in our own half, does playing from the back increase the number of passes in our own half, do we have enough players in the attack willing to receive the ball... The list can go on and on, there is not much you can read from a cherry picked stat like this. I'm not defending the player, I'm just saying we should consider more things whats going on around this team. Xhaka has been on and off from the team without any difference in results or the way we play
Totally disagree with us not playing differently with or without him but we can disagree and that's fine. You're not being disingenuous or dogmatic and give rational arguments