2018/19 Bernard

[Baines' left foot]

What’s his first touch impact radius stats like? You know, the distance the ball travels after he takes his first touch.

 

[mahermi1]

My favourite Everton player atm, I hope the goals will come, he's our David Silva.

 

[Brisan123]

What’s his first touch impact radius stats like? You know, the distance the ball travels after he takes his first touch.

Those stats compared to Rom's would be interesting

 

[mahermi1]

Those stats compared to Rom's would be interesting

If you had a tape measure and a sat nav.

 

[TheBigIguana]

Stats cannot define the moments that win or lose football matches. If, for instance, a player is the type who defenders fear because of his ability, he can, if he has a good football brain, drift out of position and take 1 or sometimes 2 defenders with him leaving a huge gap in the defence, if his team then score due to the space he has given them you will not see him credited with an assist.
Football is a simple game and cannot nor should not be turned into an over complicated set of spreadsheets. Anybody with an eye for the game will be able to watch a player and decide whether they are quick, fast, brave, hard working or gifted. No amount of JCBx8 or SASx6 can ever be anything more than a very small part of judging a player.
My criteria over the years has always been that I don’t want to see players who can do all the things I could do on a pitch, but faster and more efficiently, i want to see players who can do the things I could never of dreamt about. Bernard is one of those players.

The concept is simple yes but at the professional level it is extremely complex.

 

[Brisan123]

The concept is simple yes but at the professional level it is extremely complex.

No people try and make it more complex than it is.
Brands may use stats and metrics and all that jazz but at the end of the day he will judge a player by what he sees on the pitch and has said so.
He also said he will get second opinions because he likes technical players whereas he doesnt go for physicality so uses other scouts to inform him of these qualities.
Its all about a trained eye and gut instinct

 

[TheBigIguana]

No people try and make it more complex than it is.
Brands may use stats and metrics and all that jazz but at the end of the day he will judge a player by what he sees on the pitch and has said so.
He also said he will get second opinions because he likes technical players whereas he doesnt go for physicality so uses other scouts to inform him of these qualities.
Its all about a trained eye and gut instinct

Sounds like the Steve Walsh approach that. And I was talking more about what happens on the field anyway. Modern day tactical set ups are extremely complex.

 

[Brisan123]

Sounds like the Steve Walsh approach that. And I was talking more about what happens on the field anyway. Modern day tactical set ups are extremely complex.

By what stats and metrics did he judge Sosa and supposedly Gaich.
Neither have played enough games to have pages of stats ,so you go on what your eye s tell you.
Brands was not brought up using stats and metrics and XA and XG and percentage passes forwards.
Just tools he now uses
A trained eye will spot a good player,an untrained eye can spot a great player

 

[Brisan123]

Sounds like the Steve Walsh approach that. And I was talking more about what happens on the field anyway. Modern day tactical set ups are extremely complex.

they are nor really complex at all.
Its 11 vs 11 and in 99% of games the team with the best players will win.
Not just technically better but physically and mentally better as well

 

[TheBigIguana]

By what stats and metrics did he judge Sosa and supposedly Gaich.
Neither have played enough games to have pages of stats ,so you go on what your eye s tell you.
Brands was not brought up using stats and metrics and XA and XG and percentage passes forwards.
Just tools he now uses
A trained eye will spot a good player,an untrained eye can spot a great player

I guarantee you he wasn't just watching Argentina games and noticed them. There was undoubtedly some kind of statistical analysis first. Not that he didn't watch them after that but the footballing world is too vast to just watch every player.

 

[roy vernon]

The concept is simple yes but at the professional level it is extremely complex.

Perhaps not as complex as some would like to make it.

The concept is simple yes but at the professional level it is extremely complex.

Perhaps overly so. Simple game ultimately. Barring the odd lucky result the team with the best players wins.

 

[Brisan123]

I guarantee you he wasn't just watching Argentina games and noticed them. There was undoubtedly some kind of statistical analysis first. Not that he didn't watch them after that but the footballing world is too vast to just watch every player.

more than likely some contact of his ws watching a game after being informed of sosa or some other player and he noticed Sosa.
Watched him a couple of times more and informed Brands
That's the way its always worked.
I am fairly sure Brands does not spend all day checking stats of some random South American teenagers

 

[LostLegend]

Can’t wait for more of this next season:

 

[Archer]

Can’t wait for more of this next season:

That didn't count as an assist because Schmeichel got a touch on it. Stats though @CRIMHEAD

 

[Charles Hawtrey]

That didn't count as an assist because Schmeichel got a touch on it. Stats though @CRIMHEAD

Stats are for sports like cricket and baseball where the game is less immediate and action packed. Football is not about stats its about performances and excitemetn. Bernard has it in spades. stats not required, he sells tickets...