Not quite. We are more like Wolves since then.
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Not quite. We are more like Wolves since then.
Why don't you debate the point and rather than coming out with crap all the time?
Its boring
Nikica Jelavic has 4 league goals in 8 games already. 😳
Would everyone kindly shut the fuck up about moneyball. Ugh now we're using it as an adjective? Why is this term all of a sudden relevant to football? Oh, is it because a fairly superficial movie about it came out? Is it because John Henry was portrayed in that movie?
Come on. Moneyball is about using statistical analysis that enabled the purchasing of undervalued talent. They were revolutionary at the onset because they found an understanding of value that wasn't being appreciated.
Every time a team happens to buy well, it isn't a wholesale vindication of their purchase decisions, and it isn't fair to say, ooh, that's moneyball. Liverpool have had amazing transfer windows in past, using conventional scouting and knowledge of players, and a whole mess of shit ones.
Not only is there zero evidence I've seen so far that suggests any statistical revolution in scouting in football, there's zero evidence that Newcastle are employing it. They have changed their general strategy about purchasing, and have needed to. They've made some great purchases recently.
All people are really saying, until they demonstrate otherwise is, we should really make better transfer decisions, and I wish we made the same decisions and quality of decisions like Newcastle. And that's true, and an utterly meaningless sentiment.
Come on. Moneyball is about using statistical analysis that enabled the purchasing of undervalued talent. They were revolutionary at the onset because they found an understanding of value that wasn't being appreciated.
Every time a team happens to buy well, it isn't a wholesale vindication of their purchase decisions, and it isn't fair to say, ooh, that's moneyball. Liverpool have had amazing transfer windows in past, using conventional scouting and knowledge of players, and a whole mess of shit ones.
Not only is there zero evidence I've seen so far that suggests any statistical revolution in scouting in football, there's zero evidence that Newcastle are employing it. They have changed their general strategy about purchasing, and have needed to. They've made some great purchases recently.
All people are really saying, until they demonstrate otherwise is, we should really make better transfer decisions, and I wish we made the same decisions and quality of decisions like Newcastle. And that's true, and an utterly meaningless sentiment.
That last post by Farky was like totally moneyball.
I saw a stat some place recently saying they don't actually get any more decisions than the average at Old Trafford. I have decided not to believe it.
Oh and I'm watching in work with possibly the thickest, blindest and most biased United fan I have ever met. The dick.
Oh and I'm watching in work with possibly the thickest, blindest and most biased United fan I have ever met. The dick.
Its not easy challenging for the title when Utd have this advantage of getting every desicsion.
Blatant Offside? No, red card and a penalty.
Its ridiculous. If I was playing for QPR today I would have lost it.
This, and the Fulham penalty last home game is just absurd.
Blatant Offside? No, red card and a penalty.
Its ridiculous. If I was playing for QPR today I would have lost it.
This, and the Fulham penalty last home game is just absurd.
Luis Suarez is probably the only foreigner who can match the English for diving.
Raul scored 2 goals for Schalke today, with the game still in play. Averaging a goal every 2 games (14 in 28). Turning 35 this June!
Great dive by Young.
Yesterday's tiki-taka goal by Barca:
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