Philip Cornwall says the following in his article on people rushing to judgment:
In a sane world, there would not even be a league table yet. Until Sky came along and wanted to show off their graphics, everyone waited till the second Saturday, by which point everyone had played home and away and at least some of the vagaries of the fixture list had been worked out.
Very good point. At the moment, Newcastle are "top" of the league, having won a match. It's the same thing as confusing percentages and numbers - 80% of 5 is still 4; I'd rather have 20.
American sports are obsessed with their stats, and the Skyification of soccerball has pushed into meaningless stats world - see the Fink Tank section of the Times; what on Earth does any of that mean? Newcastle will finish 14th based on a load of meaningless matches at the end of last season and one meaningful match this year?
See also their fantasy football this season where you rank players rather than buying a team.
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