I thought exactly the same re Marcello and being on the scale. I’ve worked in lots of stats based roles over the years, so the data outlined wasn’t in itself unusual, but his approach to explaining it was akin to a database manager who has worked with stats his entire life, who knows exactly what conclusions, or otherwise, to draw from the datasets. In short, he’s really on top of it and very, very astute.
Whilst we’ve all heard the ‘everyone does it’ comments, does anyone think managers like Warnock, Dyche etc could talk about stats like that? I’ve no doubt the Guardiolas/Klopps of the world have similar datasets, but I doubt whether they could acquit themselves as well as Marcello did, which is why he’s revered by top class managers. As for Lampard, I doubt he’d get past his 4 times table! Sent from my iPad > On 18 Jan 2019, at 11:51, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > A couple of thoughts / comments about 'spying' First - I was out last night > with some mates - 2 are Man City ST holders, 1 is scum and one Everton - All > four agreed that 'everyone does it' 'nothing wrong with it' and ' media and > other reaction well over the top' - no idea if these 4 are representative of > fans in general but not one felt what we had done was wrong or deserved > punishmentSecond - when the EFL /FA consider it all I hope they look at the > stuff Lampard has said which contradicts tweets from the Derbyshire police > who have catagorically denied that the person was on private land, that they > themselves went onto the training ground (so no disruption of training - even > Scott Carson said it delayed them for 5 minutes maximum) and that the bloke > had pliers or other similar tools and so they released him without charge etc > since no laws were brokenThird - I cannot believe (well I can, but it is > strange) how none of the media seem to understand what Beilsa was saying - > some have gone on about how meticulous his preparation is , others saying it > is common-place, Phil Hay has had to correct Henry Winter and explain that > the point of the presentation was - as Phil puts it "only point I'd make > Henry is that Bielsa wasn't trying to suggest that his analysis was > exceptional or unique. He was asking the question of whether one scouting > trip could make a material difference to a result when the opposition had > been so heavily researched already" > > Finally no-one has mentioned the fact, as pointed out by my wife the first > time she watched Bielsa (and she is very knowledgeble in this area (it is her > job) Bielsa clearly has at the very least Aspergers if not actual autism or > to quote her "wow he is on the spectrum" - this explains his refusal for one > on one interviews and his total lack of eye contact when speaking as well as > his 'obsessional nature and OCD' which he himself referred to - he did not > spy to get an advantage as such, he did it because he could not sleep at > night if he did not do everything possible - his own quote at the end shows > his insecurities "I do it because I am stupid" - so in this era when football > is all about 'mental health' even to the squiggle on players shirts surely > Beilsa's mental state should be taken into account > No doubt if we have a bad result tomorrow the press will blame it on the fact > that we did not 'spy' on Stoke rather than individual or team performance > Whatever F them all - we are Leeds and Bielsa is a brilliant manager for us > I see our paranoia is being fed again this week with Troy Deeney getting a > fine (Charlie Austin nothing) compared to Pontus's one match ban for slagging > the ref - > Dave > On Friday, 18 January 2019, 11:23:12 GMT, John Lee via Leedslist > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I thought that was a pretty good article to be honest - nice to read one with > a balanced view. Presumably not on Sky’s pay-roll :-) > > Sent from my iPad > >> On 18 Jan 2019, at 10:23, James A. Lundon @ Yahoo! via Leedslist >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> https://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/jonathan-liew-crudencrusted-forums-skewing-average-opinion-of-bielsa-spying-37723917.html >> _______________________________________________ >> Leedslist mailing list >> Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist >> To unsubscribe, email [email protected] >> >> Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ >> >> RIP Jimmy WAC-COE > > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ > > RIP Jimmy WAC-COE > > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ > > RIP Jimmy WAC-COE _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ RIP Jimmy WAC-COE
