Interesting article by Pulis.

Thanks Daggers, I agree. The ‘two bed’ limit for the treatment room was the rule that really stood out for me. In building the ‘Woeseasons’ holiday village at Seagrave, where the manager now lives, ffs, the club created and then consolidated, an Adidas sliders, chill out poolside lounge in Ibiza, TikTok Lamborghini gravel doughnuts culture right across our first team squad. Sod all the meaningless efforts by our thousands of data wonks - to find us a new striker with an even more negative XG than Carranza’s - and get back to the basics of hobnailed boots, combovers and bicycle clips by means of a triumphant return to Wanlip, and a wooden hut with a misfiring powdered oxtail soup vending machine at the foot of one of them there claggy sand hills.
 
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It’s all got too complicated technical and boring for my way of seeing football but thanks for post dag and great reply above channy 👍👍
 
courtslcfc said:
Is that the Brad Pitt film?

If so it's really good.
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yeah, it looks like the people that saw moneyball didn't quite get why it worked for a while.
the oakland a's had very little money due to their owner being a tightarse shitbag (why they fucked off to vegas).
the stats were a way for smaller teams with less financial clout to compete with the big boys like the yankees who just hoovered up all the good talent with money (like man utd). but once the big boys start using it it became kinda useless because they've got the stats and the money not just the stats. the a's were competitive for a while, and then they weren't.
 
Bittfox said:
Anyone watched Moneyball?

Footballs gone that way a bit.
Great film, well worth a watch.
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Lol even when lamenting the way football has gone this place is stuck in the past! The moneyball impact on football must have been quoted as a "thing" for the last 15-20 years (i.e. sometime after the book and before the film).

Personally, I blame the abolition of the maximum wage.
 
buz_not_buzz said:
Lol even when lamenting the way football has gone this place is stuck in the past! The moneyball impact on football must have been quoted as a "thing" for the last 15-20 years (i.e. sometime after the book and before the film).

Personally, I blame the abolition of the maximum wage.
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I agree Buzz, just a good film.
Up there with Wolf of wall street.

( thread now morphs into best films )
😀
 
He made a good point on his podcast that the likes of him and mick mccarthy could do a decent job as assistant like Jim smith did with Harry redknapp.
 
On a slight 'moneyball' tangent...I was listening to a podcast today about liverpools use of data over the last ten years.

The most interesting bit (for me) was that Bodgers wanted to sign Tom Ince instead of Phillipe Couthino 🤣 The scouting team and management had to pull rank on him and he was eventually convinced to get Couthino instead.

In the end they bought him for less than £10m and sold home for £140m...yet Bodgers wanted the guy whose next move instead was to hull!

If ever you needed proof that TCR can't spot a player, that's it!
 
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