One of my stock phrases at work is that data, by definition is meaningless; it only becomes information once it's been interpreted.
"The data tells us" - the data doesn't tell us anything. It just is. It's how you interpret it and use insight you glean from it.
Player availability of 90% doesn't matter if the 10% is 4/5 of your key attacking assets, in the same way it being 50% is less relevant if you get your first choice team out for most of the season
You can only be "data led" if you have a point of view. Look at Brighton. They're currently hoovering up young English goalkeeping prospects into their academy as their interpretation of the data tells them the top 6 have overlooked it and they'll need them in future as an easy home grown qualified player for Europe and lo and behold, Brighton are building a conveyor belt of them. The data didn't tell them that; someone interrogated the data and came to a conclusion [Post edited 23 Mar 16:40]
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