Yes they are mate....The other players stats are not as bad.. that's for sure.
Also the difference with players like Son, Kane, Lucas etc is they have not been playing like shit for 3 seasons now.. and have shown a hell of a lot more than Dele.
The first correction to the above is that Dele lost possession 2 times not the 8 as stated!!! So I'm questioning right off the bat the validity of the numbers.
But here are 30 mins of my life I will not get back to prove it to you the numbers are as bad (BECAUSE OF THE TACTICS OF THE MANGER). So that a comparison can be made I've kept the left column as 1st half, the 2nd half is shown on the right).
Lucas (let's also bear in mind this is an AM we are referencing here not a Midfielder)
0 shots (2 in the second half 1 on target)
0 successful dribbles (3 successful in 2nd half)
0 key passes (1 in the second half
0 accurate crosses (0 in 90mins)
0 accurate long balls (0 in 90mins)
0 tackle (0 in 90 mins)
2 possession lost (1 2nd half - x3 in 90 mins)
100% take-on success (3/3 in 90 mins)
0% ground duels won (0/2)
Kane
0 shots (5 in second half 1 on target, 3 off target, 1 blocked)
0 successful dribbles (0 successful in 90 mins)
0 key passes (0 in 90mins)
0 accurate crosses (0 in 90mins)
0 accurate long balls (2 in 90mins)
0 tackle (0 in 90 mins)
1 possession lost (1 2nd half - x2 in 90 mins)
100% take-on success (3/3 in 90 mins)
0% ground duels won (0/1) (Lost 1 in 2nd half which resulted in Saka scoring)
Son
1 shots (1 in the second half both on target in 90 mins)
0 successful dribbles (1 successful in 2nd half)
1 key passes (2 in the second half, 3 across 90 mins)
0 accurate crosses (2 in 90mins)
0 accurate long balls (0 in 90mins)
0 tackle (1 in 90 mins)
2 possession lost (2 2nd half - x4 in 90 mins)
50% take-on success (2/4 in 90 mins)
50% ground duels won (1/2 in 90 mins)
Ndombele (played 45mins)
0 shots
4 successful dribbles
0 key passes
0 accurate crosses
0 accurate long balls
2 tackle
3 possession lost
100% take-on success (4/4 in 45 mins)
100% ground duels won (2/2)
PEH
0 shots (0 in second half)
0 successful dribbles (0 successful in 2nd half)
0 key passes (0 in second half)
0 accurate crosses (0 in 90mins)
0 accurate long balls (0 in 90mins)
1 tackle (3 in 90 mins)
1 possession lost (0 2nd half - x1 in 90 mins)
100% take-on success (0/0 in 90 mins)
76% ground duels won (4/5)
To make it easier to compare here's a cut and past of the Dele numbers posted so they are on the same page (I've adjusted the lost possession number from 8 to 2). I've also double-checked the figures and also found that the tackle stats were also wrong!!
Dele
0 shots
0 successful dribbles
0 key passes
0 accurate crosses
0 accurate long balls
2 tackle
2x possession lost
0% take-on success (0/2)
100% ground duels won (2/2)
So, as I said not really anything between them!!! But what's most annoying is the data chosen isn't really the data that's pertinent to a midfield 8, but if someone wants to make someone look shit best chose a data set that suits an attacking player. It's just in this case our attackers returned almost fucking identical numbers!!!
I'll get on with making my cuppa now.