Quote ="Saint Viper"Regarding assists - if Downing crosses the ball, a player heads it down to another player then the assist would go to the player heading the ball, not the player doing most of the work with the cross - Is this correct?
If so then this could point to the fact why Young has more assists, as he uses his pace to beat players, then lay the ball off for a player to shoot rather than crossing the ball from a deeper position.'"
Correct. It's also only an assist if the ball ends up in the back of the next. The more useful stat (if there's such a thing) is chances created, you're not then reliant on somebody else to chalk your tally up.
