Generic small time football blather thread FOREVER

[Gemmill 49267]

 

Just taken delivery of this. One for maybe some of our resident data mongs to avail themselves of? 

[Monkeys Fist 44857]

3 minutes ago, Gemmill said:

 

Just taken delivery of this. One for maybe some of our resident data mongs to avail themselves of? 

Speaking of which.

[Gemmill 49267]

5 minutes ago, Gemmill said:

 

Just taken delivery of this. One for maybe some of our resident data mongs to avail themselves of? 

 

It's written by the bloke who was basically head of data at Liverpool when they won the league, so it's from someone who knows what actually works and why. Genuinely worth a read for anyone who follows football in this day and age. 

[PaddockLad 18799]

You win the premier league by paying the highest wages. Book sounds like a waste of fuckin money  

[Gemmill 49267]

1 minute ago, Monkeys Fist said:

Speaking of which.

 

We all know that bloke is plenty capable of securing relegation for a very smelly team.

[Gemmill 49267]

Just now, PaddockLad said:

You win the premier league by paying the highest wages. Book sounds like a waste of fuckin money  

 

datamong3000 has entered the chat. 

[PaddockLad 18799]

Just now, Gemmill said:

 

It's written by the bloke who was basically head of data at Liverpool when they won the league, so it's from someone who knows what actually works and why. Genuinely worth a read for anyone who follows football in this day and age. 

Covid season. Means fuck all…. 

[Gemmill 49267]

2 minutes ago, PaddockLad said:

Covid season. Means fuck all…. 

 

Your opinion means LESS. 

[wykikitoon 22503]

5 minutes ago, Gemmill said:

 

It's written by the bloke who was basically head of data at Liverpool when they won the league, so it's from someone who knows what actually works and why. Genuinely worth a read for anyone who follows football in this day and age. 

Who was?  Where is he now?

[wykikitoon 22503]

Director for over a decade and they won the league once?

[Monkeys Fist 44857]

Just now, wykikitoon said:

Director for over a decade and they won the league once?

He was busy writing a book. 

[wykikitoon 22503]

Will add to my Amazon list.  

[Gemmill 49267]

11 minutes ago, wykikitoon said:

Director for over a decade and they won the league once?

 

And the CL, FA Cup, League Cup, Super Cup, and Club World Cup. I'd take that tbh. 

Edited January 11 by Gemmill

[PaddockLad 18799]

21 minutes ago, Gemmill said:

 

And the CL, FA Cup, League Cup, Super Cup, and Club World Cup. I'd take that tbh. 

Beat Spurs in CL final ffs  

 

The rest are stocking fillers. Like finding a cadburys selection box and an apple and orange in a pillow case at the end of you bed on Christmas Day when you’re 8  

[Ayatollah Hermione 14554]

1 hour ago, PaddockLad said:

Covid season. Means fuck all…. 

They were about 15 points clear before everything stopped  

[PaddockLad 18799]

6 minutes ago, Ayatollah Hermione said:

They were about 15 points clear before everything stopped  

Yeah when Man City reel them in this season  it will smash that particular stat into oblivion  

[Gemmill 49267]

Like I said. Datamongs. 

[RobinRobin 12333]

11 hours ago, PaddockLad said:

You win the premier league by paying the highest wages. Book sounds like a waste of fuckin money  

[Dougle 3661]

17 hours ago, Gemmill said:

 

Just taken delivery of this. One for maybe some of our resident data mongs to avail themselves of? 

 

Free(ish) on Kindle

[Gemmill 49267]

Tell you what that book has taught me. That it could have been Spurs having all this success, but for Harry Redknapp. The author, Michael Edwards, and Damien Comolli were all at Spurs, and they were having some success with signing players using statistical based models. 

 

Then they appointed Redknapp. He thought it was all a load of shit and just wanted to sign players that he'd worked with previously. 

 

Which ultimately led to the protagonists decamping to Liverpool. 

 

Good old 'arry the dinosaur. 

[Gemmill 49267]

 

 

They've painted their set piece coach on the side of the stadium.

 

 

 

[Kid Dynamite 7541]

2 hours ago, Gemmill said:

 

 

They've painted their set piece coach on the side of the stadium.

 

 

 

They might as well sign Chris Wood to get on the end of these set pieces, because that's the only way they look like scoring atm!

[Dazzler 11461]

39 minutes ago, Kid Dynamite said:

They might as well sign Chris Wood to get on the end of these set pieces, because that's the only way they look like scoring atm!

He’d absolutely batter them in for them too. Spanish Sam Allardyce would love it.

[Toonpack 11159]

The Basque Tony Pulis tbh

[Isegrim 10278]

Count Dracula earning a penalty with a dive but then missing a sitter and failing to score in the shootout is the kind of poetic justice I have always been waiting for.