Fuck my life most of Liverpool and man city passes are in the final third
Lol at West Hamās. Trying to pass to their manager?
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Bit of a āproper football manā, Allegri. Would never pay attention to what he says in interviews.
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Bit of a strange thing to say for a man who clearly loves tactics and tinkering lol
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I know lol. Was quite interesting though.
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Yep lol. I just think Allegri talks shit sometimes haha
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He is basically trying to copy Guardiola lol.
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Top one looks like connect 4 board.
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Worse people to copy tbf
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Iām excited to see Guendouzi as a #6 under Arteta.
I believe with some work itās possible, andā¦Itās worked perfectly in master league :ozil:
Also, so youāre saying we got our very own Guardiola? 
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He could do wonders with guendo if everything goes the right way. Gueno has a abundance of raw talent, but his main weakness is his positioning off the ball (especially when we defend). If he developes that aspect of his game we have a proper player on our hands. Iād be very happy if can sell xhaka next month so guendo has the room to improve until the end of the season, alongside torreira at heart of the midfield. And if he could use use ceballos alsoā¦ imagineā¦
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Guendouzi is not showing any signs of being a promising defensive midfielder.
I think you guys are overestimating the impact any coach can have if you think they can turn someone who canāt defend into a #6. Need a better player in this position and then Guendouzi can compete with Ceballos.
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Because he isnt a defensive mid
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Lol. Ted Knutson really badly wants to get hired by a PL-club.
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Heās not wrong. Football is massively behind in this and has been for years. In North America you even have advanced metrics being thrown about in commonplace fashion on the most mainstream of programmes (ESPN). Contrast that with Europe where if on a mainstream show in Spain they even mention shots on goal itās a miracle and if I mention xG shamrockgoonerās head explodes.
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Friend of mine became an exec at Memphis Grizzlies based on his dedication for years on basketball analyticsā¦ I think he is with ESPN now again, but yeah, the US sports scene is obsessed with analytics since Moneyball days (and before with baseball, but we called it āstatsā lol)ā¦
Football is a challenging sport to use analytics well and I think it is still pretty immatureā¦ really what you need is the ability to constantly rate players on the field for their movement, position, etc. rather than use so many rare-event statsā¦ reality is, with 22 players on the pitch, one player generally only āhas possessionā for 1-2% of the game at best.
Basketball and Hockey are most similar in the āconstant dynamicā nature, but the level of scoring and the relatively small area and fewer players make it a LOT more effective.
Anyway, I think the smart clubs are using it judiciously for enhancing their overall scouting and analysis. Fact is, even baseball relies HEAVILY on direct scouting, and baseball is the quintessential āevent-drivenā stat/analytics tailor made sport there is.