You say you disagree but then you went on to agree with me!
You said that statistics aren't as useful as personal judgement, my point is that personal judgement distorts the impact a player has in a game.
I'll give you two examples:
Player A is pacey, has good feet, gets into the box a lot, and scores a lot of goals. Additionally, for the past five years has played for the same club.
Player B is big and slow, has a poor first touch, and hasn't scored a goal for his club for the last 12 months. Has moved between clubs a bit in the last five years.
You'd pick player A, right?
In that case, you'd be signing Hernandez instead of Jelavic.
If you look into the stats, it might reveal that Hernandez's goals are primarily penalties, that his goals have come in the second Division in Italy, and that his movement off the ball, and touches are quite poor statistically speaking.
If you look at Jelavic's stats, you might notice that his goals-to-shots ratio is incredibly high, suggesting he's pretty clinical. You might discover that in the last 12 months he has been shunted to the side by a new system and hasn't been able to play in his preferred role.
While there's still an element of personal judgement - I'm incredibly exhausted so can't think of better examples off the top of my head right now - I guess my point is that using the right stats in the right way can actually be a better way to analyse a player than personal judgement - until of course your personal judgement begins to see players in the ways that stats suggest you should look at them.
