Agree with all that 100%, but stats can be useful for secondary viewpoints that your eyes might miss
Your being as polarising as the data stat nerds who can’t form their opinion
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Your being as polarising as the data stat nerds who can’t form their opinion
It's very sad to see him go. I still think he's one mild TBI slap from Romero from becoming world class.
Allow me to distract you briefly….oh and we were only allowed 1 sub
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Bye bye baby beatle
I can sympathize with the anti-stat guys although I would dispute the term ‘subjectivity’ as someone used it.
Right now, categories are generally very broad and not subjective enough. Not all forward passes are equal. A two yard pass from the half way line to a marked player who has no no choice but to play a return ball isn’t the same as a Hoddlesque pass that splits the defense and sets up a chance. Similarly, a ball cut back from the byline to an open man isn’t even a forward pass. Not all interceptions are equal. Not all tackles are equal.
The answer, I’m afraid old-timers, isn’t going to be fewer statistics but more. With the advent of AI, we’re going to be able to measure that subjectivity that doesn’t currently exist in many statistical elements.
Better than the usual 25 pages on Levy jokes and
Next time, save yourself the trouble. Unless there's a thread in the General Football forum with the name of a player that until the day was a member of THFC, or a thread in the Tottenham Hotspur forum with the name of a player who until the day wasn't a member of THFC....there were no transfers.
Their all time record signing was £6.7 million, so probably just looking at a couple million and a good sell on percentage.
To think he cost us Erik lamela and 21.6 million and all he achieved was one assist
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The metrics haven't captured it quite yet, but, as you say - with AI now able to be put to use crunching data far more efficiently than people ever could, the metrics will soon firm up.
Unfortunately for football, that will lead to some output that will be the equivalent to basketball statistical models showing that the way to win a game is to just shoot more 3's and then the sport will fundamentally change.
Stats aren't the end all and be all, simply a tool to identify the most efficient means to reach achieve a target - scoring more goals than you concede.
I suspect in coming years we'll see more intentional, controlled turnovers. The data says your chances of scoring a goal decline as you possess the ball. Breaking down defences, especially is well matched leagues like the PL is difficult. Teams will invest in breakaways, direct play, intentional turnovers, and pressing.
If you don't score in the first few direct attacking movements immediately after a turnover, either take a long shot searching for a mistake/deflection/handball/corner or recycle to the back, hoof the ball forward, and press like he'll to try and create a turnover.
Best of luck to him.
Loved his pass for Stevie’s winner against Leicester. He had some good moments in the shirt.
Think he was better the further forward he played (within reason).
Every club has different needs and circumstances. Pointless to compare.
We had goals in the transfer market and the first part of those goals has been failed
On top of what we have already spent on kulu, richi and Johnson plus Werner’s wages which is excess of £150M and we are looking to improve. That is a damming indictment of our recruitment policy.
