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ppg for individual players is absolute nonsense, you can't read very much into it all. It is a way of lying with statistics.
George Dobson started 29 league games (and 5 sub apps) for us in 18 months, and he was very poor technically and couldn't run.
Returning to the first point - ppg applied to players. 3 of Dobson's sub appearances for us were 82 minutes + in games we were already winning (1 of them an 89th minute sub app in a 3-1 win). Those add into his PPG ratio, as though he was as response for those results as anyone else who played, and that's just nonsense.
Imagine a scenario where Dobson starts the game, we go 2-0 down to 2 penalties that Dobson conceded, and Dobson goes off at HT. McGeady replaces him, scores a hattrick and we win 3-2. Ppg gives both of those players equal credit for the win. It is non-contextual and doesn't distribute credit at all. You could have a great player in a sh1t side with a poor ppg, and you could have a sh1t player playing the odd game for a good side and statistically he's 'better' with ppg.
Doesn't count unless the player has played more than 70 minutes in the game. Other than that, yea, I liked your hypothetical scenario.