Quote from: Risso on August 02, 2016, 07:23:57 PMQuote from: PeterWithesShin on August 02, 2016, 05:39:12 PMQuote from: Risso on August 02, 2016, 04:53:21 PMQuote from: Dave on August 02, 2016, 10:32:02 AMQuote from: ASHTONVILLA on August 02, 2016, 10:05:59 AMWhoever takes him off the wage bill is welcome to him. The interest in him smacks of Reilly style moneyball stat buying*muffled screams into cushion*To be fair this signing could be the defintion of Moneyball. If they have concluded that running around a lot and generally being ineffective is a more valuable stat than scoring goals or assists for example.Apart from that would be based on sabermetrics and not the Moneyball system. Er, no.Afraid so. Any use of stats is sabermetrics. Moneyball is actually obtaining massively undervalued players that excel in the stats you covet. Sabermetrics is always a part of a Moneyball signing, Moneyball isn't always part of a sabermetrics signing.
Quote from: PeterWithesShin on August 02, 2016, 05:39:12 PMQuote from: Risso on August 02, 2016, 04:53:21 PMQuote from: Dave on August 02, 2016, 10:32:02 AMQuote from: ASHTONVILLA on August 02, 2016, 10:05:59 AMWhoever takes him off the wage bill is welcome to him. The interest in him smacks of Reilly style moneyball stat buying*muffled screams into cushion*To be fair this signing could be the defintion of Moneyball. If they have concluded that running around a lot and generally being ineffective is a more valuable stat than scoring goals or assists for example.Apart from that would be based on sabermetrics and not the Moneyball system. Er, no.
Quote from: Risso on August 02, 2016, 04:53:21 PMQuote from: Dave on August 02, 2016, 10:32:02 AMQuote from: ASHTONVILLA on August 02, 2016, 10:05:59 AMWhoever takes him off the wage bill is welcome to him. The interest in him smacks of Reilly style moneyball stat buying*muffled screams into cushion*To be fair this signing could be the defintion of Moneyball. If they have concluded that running around a lot and generally being ineffective is a more valuable stat than scoring goals or assists for example.Apart from that would be based on sabermetrics and not the Moneyball system.
Quote from: Dave on August 02, 2016, 10:32:02 AMQuote from: ASHTONVILLA on August 02, 2016, 10:05:59 AMWhoever takes him off the wage bill is welcome to him. The interest in him smacks of Reilly style moneyball stat buying*muffled screams into cushion*To be fair this signing could be the defintion of Moneyball. If they have concluded that running around a lot and generally being ineffective is a more valuable stat than scoring goals or assists for example.
Quote from: ASHTONVILLA on August 02, 2016, 10:05:59 AMWhoever takes him off the wage bill is welcome to him. The interest in him smacks of Reilly style moneyball stat buying*muffled screams into cushion*
Whoever takes him off the wage bill is welcome to him. The interest in him smacks of Reilly style moneyball stat buying
Couldn't Koeman argue that his stats in the defensive department outweigh his fee at £7 million compared with contemporaries like Kante who go for five times that? Isn't that what the Athletics basically did so they could brawl with the Yankees of MLB?Not trying to knock any pints over here.
So farewell then Idrissa Gueye You had two namesGana was the otherBut you only had one number.Eric J Thribb 17 1/2
So another of the players who I wouldn't have minded staying has gone ----------------but still nearly all the one's we want rid of are still here!!!
Quote from: Cropley10 on August 02, 2016, 08:58:24 PMSo another of the players who I wouldn't have minded staying has gone ----------------but still nearly all the one's we want rid of are still here!!! Who are the other players that have gone that you wouldn't have minded staying?
I know that. I would argue though, that £7m in terms of the new Premier League money is essentially for nothing, especially when we're apparently contemplating spending £15m on a 30 year old striker from another non-Premier League club.
Would it be Moneyball if we coveted the kilometres covered divided by goals contributed to stat?