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KPtheNuts
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This topic might have been post previously so apologies in advance.

Just had a read of this BBC article:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/34186514

Do you reckon it could work for us? It did cross my mind a few months back whether other teams' had given it a go and that it'd be a sneaky move to try. I have an affinity to the Oakland A's and what they achieved, not too dissimilar to ourselves.

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I might have a punt on our next manager being a computer. There is a thread on the other side of the site about machines replacing human functions. This might be the next step in that direction in football. After how they treated Mark Warburton (who did an amazing job for them) because he didn't buy into Moneyball theory, I hope that Brentford go down this season.

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Gotta be better than our a4 headed paper with tick boxes to questions such as

Does player play in Scotland

Can he run after a long ball

Is player a midfielder

Does player like tea

Is player obedient to authority

Does player know what Rotherham is like

If we blindfold player and drop him in NYS will player respond to the NYS sell

Feel free to add anything I've missed

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Like this thread with some good posts.

Also never heard of this theory..so interesting.

What a breath of fresh air after spending a bit of time on the other site yesterday.

This site restores my faith in Rotherham folk and even people in general.

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I'll settle for

a player who can run 100 metres in 12 seconds

a player who can control the ball

a player who can make simple short passes, preferably with the ball, to a team mate

a player who stays calm under pressure

a player who can read the game and pick a pass

a player who does not see the ball as a hot potato and decides to loft the ball long and hard into the opposition half when it achieves

nothing

a player who can direct a ball with the head and find the back of the opposition net.

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A quick look on the Football Manager database will work wonders 😃

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This is the future.  The FinkTank has been using detailed computer analysis on all aspects of football for ages and comes up with loads of good stuff.  One example is NEVER go for a shot at goal from a direct free kick.  Statistically hardly ever pays off. But the fans love it and only remember the 1 in a 100 screamer into the net.



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Hungry Horse will have to change menu .

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100-1 for a direct free kick!

That is very surprising.

In that case when pennant got those 2 for wigan last year it must have been a one in a couple of seasons happening.

I wonder how many direct free kicks are awarded and taken direct to goal each full league Saturday?

I also wonder which individuals have the best ratio.


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The film is indeed very inspiring and Brad Pitt does a decent job as a lower end coach.

Baseball strikes me as a game of individual performance , whereas, footy has lots of elements dependant on your team mates.

Hoe do you calculate where best to put the ball based on all the cir***stances required to win it and get it there in the first place , plus, having the right player in the right place to receive it.

Simple enough from a set piece but another thing in open play

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ian wrote:

100-1 for a direct free kick!

That is very surprising.

In that case when pennant got those 2 for wigan last year it must have been a one in a couple of seasons happening.

I wonder how many direct free kicks are awarded and taken direct to goal each full league Saturday?

I also wonder which individuals have the best ratio.

 Since 2007 the highest number of goals scored direct from free kicks in any single Premiership season was only 32.  In 2014-15 three players shared highest number of such goals - precisely TWO each.  That said my 100-1 may be an exaggeration although the point remains valid imo. 



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Ian, as regards best ratio Ronaldo and Messi are streets ahead.  Nobody in EPL is a consistent scorer.



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