Not sure the outcome of games can be seen as an irrelevance when evaluating a teams performance to be honest as it will always be a factor.Cjay wrote: ↑Wed Sep 23, 2026 10:01 am I understand that.
But to me if you just judge a performance on the outcome will never be any difference between the performance in the same results.
A game that ends 0-0 would be marked the same regardless of how it went.
A 0-0 where we have 25 shots, 12 on target, opposite goalie turned into prime Buffon and Trafford was having a kip all game will get the same score as the totally opposite scenario.
Where we conceded the shots, Trafford had a worldie etc
Not necessarily the main factor as you can play well and still lose, however there has to be a difference between playing poorly and winning, or picking up a valuable point compared to getting beaten playing poorly.