It would be interesting to tie the stats with statements about different teams' play styles. 'Possession' just by itself is very abstract and crude, for example. But there's a reason why that type of qualitative analysis is extremely rare: it takes real expertese to make concrete statements about how a team plays. Make a generalisation about a team's style based on your observations and you risk making a fool out of yourself if you're not confident in your ability to judge that. On the other hand, there's no risk in quoting stats and saying that it means the team "drives possession" or "controls play". Safe abstractions.
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