http://www.talksport.co.uk/radio/ri...ool-andy-carroll-and-moneyball-method-171751?
He starts talking about Liverpool at 14:00.
He starts talking about Liverpool at 14:00.
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Hahaha...I was actually looking for a software that could transcribe the audio.
I gave up and posted the link instead.
In sign language
And via the medium of dance
First two mins. Stats don't mean shit, Xavi proves this by hardly sprinting and yet being the world's best... and Andy Carroll is much better and fitter now than when we got him and his lifestyle is great. He's never been caught drinking. He's done everything he's been told to do to get to the next level and he's just beginning to get better. He's got loads more to come, he's intelligent and dedicated and he'll be a big success.
wank me off in morse code.
Or charades. Modo could be our very own Una Stubbs.
Here ya cunts:
Damien Comolli, Liverpool’s former director of football, claims Andy Carroll has become a much better player since arriving at Anfield - and insists there is more to come from the striker.
Carroll was brought to Liverpool from Newcastle by Comolli in January 2011 in a record £35million deal but has only recently shown the kind of form which prompted the club to splash out such a huge transfer fee.
Comoli’s departure from Merseyside last month was put down partly to Carroll proving such a disappointment, but the Frenchman is adamant the 23-year-old has been a success so far and expects him to be considered worthy of his huge price tag in the long run.
He has got so much more to come.
“He is a much better player technically [at Liverpool],” Comolli said, speaking to Keys & Gray. “I think his runs are better, he is very, very fit, and his lifestyle is very good.
“All the time I was at Liverpool and he was at Liverpool he was never caught drinking or doing stupid things. He looks after himself.
“When he came [to the club], our sports science people and the coaching staff got hold of him and said, ‘this is what you have got to do if you want to get to the top level’.
He totally grabbed it and ran with it. You can see the effects at the moment. And I think this is just the beginning.
“All the stats prove that strikers, especially target strikers, peak when they are 26. He is 23. He has got so much more to come. It is incredible. He is intelligent, he is dedicated, he listens, and he has got a good lifestyle. I don’t see why he shouldn’t be a big success.”
Damien Comolli, Liverpool’s former director of football, claims Andy Carroll has become a much better player since arriving at Anfield - and insists there is more to come from the striker.
Carroll was brought to Liverpool from Newcastle by Comolli in January 2011 in a record £35million deal but has only recently shown the kind of form which prompted the club to splash out such a huge transfer fee.
Comoli’s departure from Merseyside last month was put down partly to Carroll proving such a disappointment, but the Frenchman is adamant the 23-year-old has been a success so far and expects him to be considered worthy of his huge price tag in the long run.
He has got so much more to come.
“He is a much better player technically [at Liverpool],” Comolli said, speaking to Keys & Gray. “I think his runs are better, he is very, very fit, and his lifestyle is very good.
“All the time I was at Liverpool and he was at Liverpool he was never caught drinking or doing stupid things. He looks after himself.
“When he came [to the club], our sports science people and the coaching staff got hold of him and said, ‘this is what you have got to do if you want to get to the top level’.
He totally grabbed it and ran with it. You can see the effects at the moment. And I think this is just the beginning.
“All the stats prove that strikers, especially target strikers, peak when they are 26. He is 23. He has got so much more to come. It is incredible. He is intelligent, he is dedicated, he listens, and he has got a good lifestyle. I don’t see why he shouldn’t be a big success.”
Moneyball is about using stats and shit to find undervalued players on the market. A major aspects isn't recruitment, it's about analysing your own players. He reckons everyone is using it and it's about improving it because it isn't unique to him or FSG and it needs to be mixed with traditional scouting. He's signed players that ticked all the moneyball boxes that he won't name that ticked all the boxes - price, age, nationality, fitness etc and he was still a load of wank.
Who is Comolli referring to? (Talking about money ball signings)
Comolli: One example of a player who ticked all the boxes.
Keys: What are the boxes?
C: Well, age, nationality, position that we needed, data, stats, fitness, high intensity, everything. And he was a massive failure. And that's down to, either the club or the individual or both.
Comolli: One example of a player who ticked all the boxes.
Keys: What are the boxes?
C: Well, age, nationality, position that we needed, data, stats, fitness, high intensity, everything. And he was a massive failure. And that's down to, either the club or the individual or both.
Could be Darren Bent at Spurs
The funny thing is later on Gray goes on to say:
- If we go back to talking about Liverpool for a bit...(is interrupted by Keys)
- It was Stewart Downing. (No comment from Comolli).
I went to a lunch the other day attended by a coach from Melbourne Rebels who was talking about their approach to using technology and stats to identify issues with their own players and weaknesses in other teams and he described it as "moneyball". It was fascinating, to the point of he has audio files of how each referee for how all the refs set up scrums and how if they say it different ways it'll affect the time between crouch & engage. These audio files are then seent to each players phones so as they can listen to it and be able to read the referee better.
Now this is a professional rugby team in Australia, who have one analyst, a recent former Wallabie, who spends his time analyising and coding - each team shares their data apparently. They have it coded down to minute levels.
I can only begin to imagine what a Premier League side, with all it's resources can do with the data available.
It's absolutely fascinating, in a nerdy kind of way.
Now this is a professional rugby team in Australia, who have one analyst, a recent former Wallabie, who spends his time analyising and coding - each team shares their data apparently. They have it coded down to minute levels.
I can only begin to imagine what a Premier League side, with all it's resources can do with the data available.
It's absolutely fascinating, in a nerdy kind of way.
Defo
Moneyball's great in isolation, our problem is other teams sign players who are good.
Could be.
don't quit your day job.
Stevie I posted links to videos from the Sloan sports conference a while back. You get similar insights from watching them.
One analyst referred to studies done on when, where and with which ref in charge you should dive because they worked out the likelihood of cheating the ref.
Others showed why the long throw in was popular.
One analyst referred to studies done on when, where and with which ref in charge you should dive because they worked out the likelihood of cheating the ref.
Others showed why the long throw in was popular.
Yep, they know which referees will pull them up for certain things and which won't. They track movement on the pitch during games to identify if any of the players are slowing down, etc. They know which players are more likely to try and run a ball back at you or kick it... or even which foot they'll lead with if they try and side-step you.... anything that might give them a competitive advantage.
he used an example of one ref who depending on the way he says "crouch" can add 15 seconds to the time between that and when he says "engage".
I know it's a point you've been making in past, but it really is looking at different stats than opta stats and rating.
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