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I was perplexed by Bont's score last night but after seeing the breakdown from CD it makes a lot more sense. When we watch a match we generally have access to the SC scores and only the most basic of stats. But SC scores come from many events that simply don't appear in those stats. That's why players like Rance appear to be CD favourites when they're really getting legitimate points for things like spoils, knock-ons and other 1%ers that don't appear on the stats table but net big SC points.
That doesn't mean that there's no bias at play though. I've long believed that CD's statisticians are subconsciously more aware of certain players reputations, especially in certain fields such as tackling and spoiling, and are more likely to subjectively view borderline cases involving those players as being stat worthy while the same actions from other players may not be counted. For example, a defender attempts to spoil a mark and makes only minimal contact. If it's Rance who's a renowned spoiler at gets counted as a spoil but if it's some player without such a reputation it's not. Similarly, Bont kicks the ball to a forward, misses him but the forward gathers the ball anyway and kicks a goal. Bont's a recognised star so it counts as a goal assist but if a lesser player, who the statistician isn't so predisposed to notice, did the same thing it may not be counted because it missed the target. Unfortunately so much of SC's scoring is subjective and CD statisticians are only human.
That doesn't mean that there's no bias at play though. I've long believed that CD's statisticians are subconsciously more aware of certain players reputations, especially in certain fields such as tackling and spoiling, and are more likely to subjectively view borderline cases involving those players as being stat worthy while the same actions from other players may not be counted. For example, a defender attempts to spoil a mark and makes only minimal contact. If it's Rance who's a renowned spoiler at gets counted as a spoil but if it's some player without such a reputation it's not. Similarly, Bont kicks the ball to a forward, misses him but the forward gathers the ball anyway and kicks a goal. Bont's a recognised star so it counts as a goal assist but if a lesser player, who the statistician isn't so predisposed to notice, did the same thing it may not be counted because it missed the target. Unfortunately so much of SC's scoring is subjective and CD statisticians are only human.
