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Dave,

Give an old pro a decent wage to scout a player.
They wont take a pen and paper with them.

I have a few red mates, they hardly register who Ndiaye was/Is, they worry more about Arsenal, Man U and previous Man City, players, in fact they’re that thick they don’t know who he is or that he’s signed for Citeh.

Kopites are cnuts.
They give us Fcuk all.
None of them would give us any credit.
I’m
With Jeff.
Even little baby ones!
My wife thinks I’m insane
I hate the cunts

She was talking about you Brendan 😁

Patric (42) Thanks for your explanation of data and no I don’t hate it, I’m indifferent to stats, which I think is worse even though I know clubs, plenty of them, use data to sign players but not to go on about it — the eye is mightier than the pen writing data.

Geoff Twentyman was a good player for Liverpool but was a very good scout for Liverpool I doubt if he used data but watching the player he was interested in. same as Peter Taylor for Brian Clough, or Harry Catterick going in the ground among the supporters of a player he was tipped off about and listening to them and learn what they thought about that player as well as using his eyes to see if he weighed up.

Each to their own Patric and I think Adam @ (44) gives a version that I understand. I think data can be misleading and can be used to make players better or worse than they are although I imagine that Ian Callaghan would be top of the lists of most data fans working up and down the right wing for Liverpool year after year, I rated him because he was seldom brilliant but a very consistent player and a great team player— I didn’t need any data for that conclusion my eyes made me see that and you could add Johnny Morrissey to that along with Dennis Stevens and there were many players of the same calibre.