Quote Originally Posted by tony260674 View Post
Billy Beane was not the creator of Moneyball Animal. He was general manager at Oakland Athletics and tried out some of the theories of Bill James. The film was very good but it is widely accepted that it hugely exaggerated Beane's role for dramatic effect. The closest thing to sabermetrics in UK football is Brentford.
Yes I'm aware of that Tony , the truth is Billy Beane is putting his name to our model and nothing more .

You could say he may learn something from us given as we are already successful at finding undervalued talent and this isn't baseball .

Promoting the club is how I see his value and not much more .