Quote Originally Posted by LeftPeg_Pie View Post
Patterson is not going to have an earpiece in which will have a coach consistently talking to him, relaying stats every second of every minute for 90+ minutes.

But the data will be able to map the game as it happens and pick up on certain things a Head Coach may not see from the touchline.

For example, a data model might pick up that a certain opposition player who plays in a certain position (say a Right Back) positions himself in a certain way (say engages with a winger/wing back aggressively when they receive the ball) that if we adapted how we moved the ball, we could exploit that positioning.

So, say Right Back X plays against Jarvis, and closes him down quickly when Jarvis hugs the touchline, but this creates a gap between Right Back X and Centre Half Y, you may bring our 10 into that channel and also encourage Bedeau to push on by either (a) overlapping or (b) underlapping so he can (a) create more space inside for the 10 or (b) create an overload inside.

With everything else going on, a Head Coach might not see that straight away. But the data, mapping the game, will see that - there?s your tactical advantage. The data is simply another coach who can process more data. Obviously, the human coaching reading the data needs to be up to it, as they need to spot it too. But with more eyes on the game, in both physical and data guises, you give yourself more scope to be successful.
This is all sounds great until MP doesnt do the move they think he should.

You have always had coaches to spot that stuff or heaven forbid how about we let players think for themselves rather than be robotic & told where to stand/pass.

I dont care what anyone says its completely killing the game.

McGoldrick was correct the game trys to suppress mavericks and this makes me wonder why he didnt stay ....we'll hide behind wages but with his influence we probably wanted him out.