There are lies ,damned lies and statistics. Sadly what we are seeing is the creeping Americanisation of the sport with this obsession with statistics.
Just look at some American sports where they have a statistic for every conceivable situation. The NFL GOAT is considered to be Tom Brady yet he was taken in the 6th round, he was nearer to being Mr Irrelevant than being the number1 overall pick.Yet each team have 100's of analysts, pro days ,the combine, team workouts they measure every part of their bodies ,time a 40 yard dash ,blah blah and yet every year 1st round picks are busts and lower end picks blossom.
I used to know the guy at the Coventry Blaze who did the gamesheet. The refs often gave an assist to a goal to a player who wasn't even on the ice, players would often come over to the box to try and blag an assist for a goal to pad their stats, No OG in ice hockey so a shot going wide which hits a defender the errant shooter is credited with the goal. Yes even the goalie has stats, so many poor shots that a keeper doesn't even save but just hits him in the body count on his stats.
Anybody with a functioning brain, who has seen/watched the last few matches could tell Collins has been poor. No amount of stats can cover that up, and i expect there is no stat that covers a player bottling a challenge or being seemingly terrified of physical contact.
