Memphis Depay - SS/ST - Barcelona (32 Viewers)
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Now yeah but he came through as a scout and made his name and millions as that.
It doesn't and it's exactly why the richest team doesn't win everything and teams like Man United can seriously drop off or do you think someone's tampering with their data?
The concept of how Paratici and Marotta evaluated their players for us should say enough; looking at their character in team and family setup, etc... There are way too many influencing factors for it to be looked at so simplistic.
It doesn't and it's exactly why the richest team doesn't win everything and teams like Man United can seriously drop off or do you think someone's tampering with their data?
The concept of how Paratici and Marotta evaluated their players for us should say enough; looking at their character in team and family setup, etc... There are way too many influencing factors for it to be looked at so simplistic.
Just because a club is rich doesn’t mean they’re all analytically driven. But the ones that are seem pretty successful
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/22/magazine/soccer-data-liverpool.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/22/magazine/soccer-data-liverpool.html
Just because a club is rich doesn’t mean they’re all analytically driven. But the ones that are seem pretty successful
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/22/magazine/soccer-data-liverpool.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/22/magazine/soccer-data-liverpool.html
Stats are easy to obtain with money, insight isn't. That's it.
You need data but everyone has it. It's not really about using data, it's about the analytical skills of the person. It's not like everyone having access to the same data will come to the same conclusion. Everyone will spot different patterns, highlight different aspects and interpret it differently and thereby reach different conclusions. It will always come down to analytical skills as what separates managements. Scouts are needed to find and validate talent, data can help get another picture or to reject/confirm/complement analysis of the scout. Scouts will never become obscure because they can see talent masked in data points or they can, having a complete picture of the club and contemporary needs, find solutions that can be complicated to find in data points. Same can be said with data but coming from a different end and from "knowing what to look for" for a specific problem. But even then you will need the scout to confirm/reject/complement that picture.
That is my take in a short version. Both are needed.
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I could add, which I can only speculate in because I do not know how this works in reality. But I would guess scouts also help establish relationships to players/agents/clubs.
That is my take in a short version. Both are needed.
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I could add, which I can only speculate in because I do not know how this works in reality. But I would guess scouts also help establish relationships to players/agents/clubs.
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Stats are information, but deciding if a player is a worthy transfer target requires analysis of that data, which in turn requires an understanding of playstyle, player tendencies, player mentality and various other intangibles - and whether all of that makes them a good fit for the profile of player desired by the manager and a good fit for the squad. All of that is the part of the picture you can't rely on stats alone to understand.
As a professional sport there is clearly a lot of data and statistical analysis applied in football but within 90 minutes on the pitch there is plenty of space for creativity, chaos and outliers - wayward passes, perfectly timed runs, deflections, refereeing errors and the like. It's science but it's not exact, there's room for art too.
Stats are information, but deciding if a player is a worthy transfer target requires analysis of that data, which in turn requires an understanding of playstyle, player tendencies, player mentality and various other intangibles - and whether all of that makes them a good fit for the profile of player desired by the manager and a good fit for the squad. All of that is the part of the picture you can't rely on stats alone to understand.
As a professional sport there is clearly a lot of data and statistical analysis applied in football but within 90 minutes on the pitch there is plenty of space for creativity, chaos and outliers - wayward passes, perfectly timed runs, deflections, refereeing errors and the like. It's science but it's not exact, there's room for art too.
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He is not pushed out because of Lewandowski or minor injuries.
They have Depay in their team, during a moment of transition, and they are considering rescinding his contract and not making anything from such a player. He IS good and useful, he is also mostly a misfit that Xavi doesn't want to deal with. Demebele has cemented his role, Depay didn't, otherwise we would see him on the left and Lewa in the center as starters.
They have Depay in their team, during a moment of transition, and they are considering rescinding his contract and not making anything from such a player. He IS good and useful, he is also mostly a misfit that Xavi doesn't want to deal with. Demebele has cemented his role, Depay didn't, otherwise we would see him on the left and Lewa in the center as starters.
Don’t really want him tbh but we will probably be needing him, we are very thin in terms of players capable of scoring goals regularly, could bring a spark of creativity as well, just hope his moody character and walking on the pitch won’t come in between his performances and relation with the club, also his overall injury history isn’t very encouraging either but could likely still make it work here, we anyway repeatedly rotating injured players around.
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