My feelings exactly.
For example if I've just watched say Xavi absolutely boss a game and then see his ludicrous stats, it's impressive because it's positively reflecting/supporting the performance I've just seen.
However if I've just watched a player spend 90 minutes struggling to influence a game, getting overran, barely noticable etc but then see he has a high passing statistic or something it means absolutely f*** all.
Similarly if I haven't seen a game, any statistics shown afterwards mean basically nothing to me. They aren't being combined with anything I've actually seen and as such are just data that isn't relective of anything in particular.
The Joey Barton one from Sunday was a load of bollocks like Meant fuck all.