Thread by @babuyagu

"All Jota does is score"

Here is a non-exhaustive lists of 60 other things he ranks in the 75th percentile and above in.

Ball Recoveries
Carries
Carries into Final Third
Dribblers Tackled
Dribbles Attempted
Dribbles Contested
Fewest Miscontrols
Interceptions
Key Passes

Non-Penalty Goals
npxG
npxG+xA
Nutmegs
Offsides
Passes Attempted
Passes Attempted (Long)
Passes Attempted (Short)
Passes Completed
Passes Completed (Long)
Passes Completed (Short)
Passes into Final Third
Passes into Penalty Area
Passes Received
Passes Received %

Players Dribbled Past
Pressures
Pressures (Att 3rd)
Pressures (Def 3rd)
Pressures (Mid 3rd)
Progressive Carries
Progressive Carrying Distance
Progressive Passes
Progressive Passes Rec
Progressive Passing Distance
SCA (Def)
SCA (Drib)
SCA (Fld)
SCA (PassLive)
SCA (Sh)

Shot-Creating Actions
Shots Blocked
Shots on target
Shots on target %
Shots Total
Successful Pressures
Tackles
Tackles (Def 3rd)
Tackles (Mid 3rd)
Tackles Won
Through Balls
Tkl+Int
Total Carrying Distance
Total Passing Distance
Touches
Touches (Att 3rd)
Touches (Att Pen)

Touches (Def 3rd)
Touches (Live-Ball)
Touches (Mid 3rd)
xG

Why the 75th percentile as a cut-off? It is something Dr Ian Graham mentioned about players in the 70th percentile in a recent article I read.

So I made it 75 instead to make it the top quarter or players per metric.

*Note a negative metric - such as Offsides is valued in reverse. So players who are very poor at staying onside are ranked low. Players who are good at staying onside are ranked high.

There are the key metrics for him according to FBRef. As you can see, there is more green here than in a Will Ferrell Elf movie!

https://twitter.com/NoLookTapIns/status/1464834087928184837

On this... in general for football, it isn't a problem.

For our system specifically, it would be. All players are involved in all phases of play for us. If we have a passenger in any phase of play, it limits the system. The system is king.

It is essentially the Cristiano Ronaldo limiting United argument that many are making. Yes, he scores all their goals but for their overall system in all phases of play is he a problem rather than part of the solution?

https://twitter.com/babuyagu/status/1450461529976066053

Which is why it was important for me to highlight that all the things said about Jota are bullshit from people who don't watch him and think if all they see in highlights is him scoring, then that is all he does as a player. It isn't. At all.

We have 11 players involved in the buildup phase to play through a press to give us a numerical advantage - including Alisson.

And our forwards are our most important defenders as they stop many attacks before they can even get at our midfield. They more they let through, the

more in turn the midfield will get done... which in turn means we have more emergency defending to do... which means more shots against us and ultimately more goals conceded.

We cannot have a passenger in any phase of play.