Steve Nicol says an experienced centre forward could have helped Chelsea avoid their 2-2 draw vs. Arsenal. Frank Lampard gives an update on Tammy Abraham's injury as he's set to miss Chelsea's clash with Hull City. Pretend for a moment that there's a continuum in football. At one end, there's the physical: the stuff you can observe and, to some degree, quantify. Technical ability. Stamina. Athleticism. Strength. We can roll many of these things up in cold, hard numbers. Analytics can't measure them directly, but they can give us a good sense of their outcomes. Strikers who score goals are good. Defenders who don't concede are good. Teams with good xG differences are good. At the other end is the metaphysical....
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