As above, I showed that even using your statistical method my point remains, so we can use whatever statistical model you want, my original point stands.

I think the point you’re missing is that we’re talking across purpose – and the reason you’ve been patronised is because you’re arguing against facts.

The fact is that STATISTICALLY Milner was a good captain choice (your or my statistics).

Another fact is that you don’t look at statistics when deciding on a captain.

You just need to realise that just because you don’t use statistics doesn’t mean that statements about statistics aren’t true.

I had been interested to know why your season average method was the best we have, while my refining of home/away was a manipulation, but I can see you’re not going to be able to do it without being patronising and rude.

I’ve disagreed with you, but at least I’ve been polite.

Despite the fact that you criticised the frame of reference being too small when it was the season, you have halved it, and then manipulated stats where a player gets taken off at half time, to make a point.. but lets journey back, what point have you made? That statistically Fabregas was a good choice? Not only does that contradict your own point that it shouldn’t be based on stats, it is also something I’ve already stated. If you care to journey back you will see that I already listed Fab at the top (but still worse than Dunne).

So, lets compare the other captain choices shall we? I’ll even humour your ridiculous logic?

Drogba (away) – Average is 6.8 points

(6.8 is less than 8, did you know?)

RVP (Home) – Average is 7

(7 is less than 8, did you know?)

Well, what do you know, even applying your own manipulated (and stupid) logic, my point remains exactly what it always was..

To statistically argue that Milner was a bad choice as captain, you also have to say that Drogba and RVP were bad choices, since they were statistically likely to score fewer points.

So you’re stuck inbetween a rock and a hard place. You either:

- go back to saying that stats should be ignored, making all your hard work calculating the averages a nonsense, thereby realising that a subjective opinion is all you have.
- admit that Milner was as good an option statistically as Drogba or RVP (my point all along).

Just a good captain, because stats don’t tell you everything, and you can easily find contradictory ones. As I had Young rather than Milner this week, it does remain to be seen whether I made the right choice by captaining Fab, but on the pitch I can’t really see Young scoring. In which case, I’ll be happy I plumped for Fab.

The fact that you have to criticise your own actions to get any kind of a statistical argument proves my point.

39 divided by 3.5.

See where I’m coming from about picking stats to support a case?

Teams tend to set themselves up differently according to being home or away, I haven’t picked random games.

And Fabregas did indeed score 11 this weekend, so looks like my average interpretation is pretty reliable!

Milner has a mean of 4 from his away games. So double that, and he was lower than Fab.

You can pick whatever stats you want to make players statisically good or bad choices.