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Player Profile: Callum O’Hare – Sheffield United ace is a man of many talents

Back in December, Callum O’Hare was asked if he was pleased to have surpassed last season’s haul of goals and assists.
Sheffield United attacker Callum O’Hare has the ability to influence a game in lots of different ways

Back in December, Callum O’Hare was asked if he was pleased to have surpassed last season’s haul of goals and assists.

His pithy response - “it seems that you can only be good these days if you get goals and assists” - was simultaneously a dig at the slavish devotion to data and a reminder that a footballer’s value cannot be judged by Opta alone.
Many decorated players have defied statistical analysis. Jamie Vardy, Virgil van Dijk, Jordan Henderson - all of them looked average on paper.
Typically, this is because their primary strengths lie in what data analysts call ‘off-the-ball’ actions....

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