Hello and welcome to another Arscast Extra as always, Rick James from Gunnarbug James. Goodly morning to you.

Goodly morning, Andrew. Can I make the unusual choice to start with a question?

Yes, why not? We had this over on Blue Sky from Limpin Jack Flash, who says,

something for you guys to discuss. Is it really a goodly morning when the team concedes a shot on target?

Ah, I will counter that by saying that this so-called shot on target is nothing more than a

statistical anomaly.

I was curious about this because I was like, what shot did Palace have on target?

So I went to Sofa score and I went to our old friend Stats Zone,

which I have on my trusty office iPad, which you can see right here.

I'm showing it to you.

I don't know why.

Thank you.

But they said the shot on target came in the 70th minute from Eddie in Kedia.

And I was going, Eddie, when did Eddie have a shot on target?

Doesn't sound like him.

The cross from the right from Daniel Munoz that Eddie challenged for and David Raya claimed has gone down as a shot on

target.

That is a disgrace.

It's not a shot on target.

Listen, lies, damn lies and the statistics and all that kind of stuff, right?

But I think, you know, I'm somebody who I think statistics have sort of broadened our understanding of the game in quite an interesting way.

I know some people, their mileage might vary on that in terms of what they think of statistics and how they're applied.

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