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The Science of Scouting - Sky articles with our scout

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Buy wouldn't the stats be the benchmark? I.e. we look for players with equal to or higher the benchmark stats. Therefore, they could exceed expectations. And the benchmarks are always going to be higher than the player we have now offer.

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Buy wouldn't the stats be the benchmark? I.e. we look for players with equal to or higher the benchmark stats. Therefore, they could exceed expectations. And the benchmarks are always going to be higher than the player we have now offer.

Not forgetting often they are young players with a lot of scope to improve on what must already be decent stats.

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From what I've read of the articles it seems to me that we scour statistics to identify players of a certain standard to do a certain job, I'm not knocking that but we're not going to find some undiscovered talent who could go on to be a superstar that way.

I'm not complaining, so far the policy has been a success. I'm just thinking aloud really.

C'mon Webbo, I know you're better than this!

It's not just about plugging in holes--it's about figuring out certain attributes to determine a player's strengths, analyzing and extrapolating data to project how a player would perform with Leicester and/or in the future, and finding undervalued players.

A simple analogy would be to say Leicester have a "Moneyball" philosophy when it comes to scouting.

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“If you look at the stats of players who played more than 10 games in the Premier League last season, only five players created more chances per minute than Marc Albrighton (David Silva, Willian, Samir Nasri, Juan Mata & Mesut Ozil). He also delivered more crosses per minute than any other player who started a Premier League game."

 

So why ain't he playing then!!!

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“If you look at the stats of players who played more than 10 games in the Premier League last season, only five players created more chances per minute than Marc Albrighton (David Silva, Willian, Samir Nasri, Juan Mata & Mesut Ozil). He also delivered more crosses per minute than any other player who started a Premier League game."

 

So why ain't he playing then!!!

That is the million dollar question!!
Posted

Thought at Spurs last week Albrighton made a real impact when he came on, created more chances in 20 mins or so than Vardy in the rest of the game and looked much more comfortable. I would start him.

Posted

Yes

Massive loss

Surprised they have let him go

If it's anything like most scouts, he will have worked without a contract. I wouldn't rush to Spurs personally as every 2 years they have reshuffle of ballroom staff

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Good luck to him, maybe he'll thrive under better management. Seems ours are happy with their championship squad.

You really are an idiot of the highest order.

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