Understand what you mean about Baldock Coatesy. I think he stats don’t recognise the fact that he goes on attacking runs and takes defenders with him freeing up space for our other players. Often I think it was the penultimate pass )before the actual assist) that Baldock was responsible for and that might be why he didn’t feature in the stats.
Never thought of the comparison between Evans and Brown but the more I think about it the more you may be right, especially as Evans has time to develop. Let’s hope so.