MR. Beane.

[animallittle3]

Well old animal is as intrigued by Billy Beane at Oakwell as the next man .

The funny thing is I only saw the film for the first time a few months ago and thought of our club straight away as the story unfolded .

I'd never heard of the guy before watching the film and I always thought US sports such as baseball and american football were all fairly equal because of the college draft system which is designed so the same teams can't dominate .

Oakland is a fairly blue collar city and a poor relation to San Francisco just across the bay , I've an interest in baseball in as much as I watch a highlights programme on BT sport and the odd match , sometimes it can be very boring in a low scoring game and yet can also provide extreme drama with a team a few runs behind who load the bases and then some dude hits a home run and all four get home and turn the game on its head , some of the homers are unbelievable , those top batters knock em out of the stadium and that ball is travelling at great speed , curving , diping and god knows what else .

I once had a go on a computer game , reality WI MLB , your havin a laff trying to hit that fecker , it was past you before you could blink , rounders it aint .

Billy Beane didn't invent Moneyball by the way , he was the chief recipient of it , some saddo kid with a liking for baseball , stats , computer programmes and too much time on his hands did and Billy hired him .

The kid taught Billy the system and how to analyze the stats , not a clue where that kid is today .

I think this is an important point , some kid had to learn Billy about his own game , the game he played in the majors and brought him to Oakland as General Manager when he retired .

So clearly Billy thinks he can add value to our model using a system he didn't even invent and in a game he doesn't really know .

I'll tell you here and now Hecky might not fancy this , I suspect there's one or two players at the club today Hecky doesn't care for and that's with football people and Cryne junior blowing in his ear .

Interesting times at the club , to say the least .

[red_card4zip]

Wow, that's probably the winner of the most misinformed post EVER on 'ere.

Oakland is a fairly blue collar city and a poor relation to San Francisco just across the bay......

It's in the top 5% of desirable zip codes(super codes)

Billy Beane didn't invent Moneyball by the way , he was the chief recipient of it , some saddo kid with a liking for baseball , stats , computer programmes and too much time on his hands did and Billy hired him .

The kid taught Billy the system and how to analyze the stats , not a clue where that kid is today .

Really??

Where the fuq did you dream that sh!t up.....

Paul Depodesta/Bill James/Sandy Alderson.

You need to watch more BT highlights.

[Jules88]

I know ...... weshin mi mouth out as I write

[Kevthetyke]

How can they be any debt with the amount of money mafe from player sales over the last 18 months???

[animallittle3]

How can they be any debt with the amount of money mafe from player sales over the last 18 months???

The club could be showing a paper debt with outstanding money on transfer outgoings still only paid in part .

You don't normally receive the fee in one go but rather two or three payments , this can obviously give the books a false position .

I'm no accountant by any means but I reckon that maybe the reason we are showing a hole in the finances .

Cough , bloody accountants eh :-) :-) :-)

[Exiletyke]

The club could be showing a paper debt with outstanding money on transfer outgoings still only paid in part .

You don't normally receive the fee in one go but rather two or three payments , this can obviously give the books a false position .

I'm no accountant by any means but I reckon that maybe the reason we are showing a hole in the finances .

Cough , bloody accountants eh :-) :-) :-)

[QUOTE=animallittle3;38658112]The club could be showing a paper debt with outstanding money on transfer outgoings still only paid in part .




Debt is what the club owes someone not the other way round int it?

[EastStandRed]

Maybe the journalist is guessing

[Exiletyke]

Maybe the journalist is guessing

Just guessed that bit eh?

Perhaps he's guessed right

[EastStandRed]

Just guessed that bit eh?

Perhaps he's guessed right

Could have