on June 19, 2025, 10:52 pm, in reply to "Spurs and Newcastle are definitely possession teams. nt"
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Seems to me the league breaks down something like this
Possession based
Arsenal
Brighton
Chelsea ?
Manchester City
Man Utd
West Ham under Potter ?
Mixture
Villa
Fulham
Liverpool
Pace Physicality based
Bournemouth
Brentford
Burnley
Crystal Palace
Everton (probably)
Leeds
Newcastle
Notts Forest
Sunderland
Tottenham
Wolves
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all in sundry adopting the Pep style has meant more passes, slower pace, less tackles...as per the data.
But many still repeat that mantra. Previous Message
given the use of VAR. Idrissa is about 5'5 and 8st soaked through, and is not only statistically the best DM in the premier league, but the top 5 leagues in Europe.
And we already have the tallest team in the premier league.
The average height of PSG is 5'11 which would rank them as the fourth shortest in the premier league.
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U21 games. I'm all for Moneyball as a part of the process, but I think character and compatibility (as a player, as a person) are also important to team building, and I trust Moyes to make those decisions. It looks like under the new regime he won't be driving the process, so his caution won't stop players being considered. As a driver of transfers, I'd worry about him; as a final filter, I think he can be very effective. Previous Message
I wish that wasn't the case. That's not a dig at Moyes, i don't think any managers should have the final say on signing players. Far too much bias and ego driving opinions. But saying that, if we did sign players the manager doesn't fancy they inevitably get the Niasse locker treatment and scapegoated. So what do you do?
This however is much more like i was hoping we'd go about our business
Insight Sport was sold to TFG this summer, with its bespoke data set to be used by Everton and Roma. The idea is that Howarth will build club-specific models based on key requirements per position, and scrutinise the data to find value for money, with manager David Moyes feeding in the technical profiles he is targeting. Previous MessagePrevious MessagePrevious Message
...it certainly looks like there is a "plan" and that there is (finally!) some joined-up thinking going on within the club.
I'm sure there will be a few bumps in the road along the way, but I am hopeful that we're heading in the right direction and hopefully things will click into place sooner rather than later and result in improvements on the pitch - that is certainly the main focus of the new CEO. Previous Message
Highly rated, apparently, albeit as an academy director and not a technical one.
So not totally clear what the new org chart looks like.
Let’s hope that giving him an expanded remit isn’t like when we appointed a good scout to be a DoF (Steve Walsh), and that his skills and capabilities fit well with the other people on our new committee based structure.
If he can bring a few of United’s best prospects from their academy, all the better. Previous Message
Nick Cox from Man Utd is joining the club, current Academy Manager and will be Technical Director at Everton.
Bobble was mentioning this on the weekend about him and on a recent podcast saying he is very very highly thought of.
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