Quote Originally Posted by legs77 View Post
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.
I think your first point is a sound worry for a system we do not know a lot about. That is where the Technical Board will live or die; can the post game analysis be honest, with egos left at the door. No Head Coach will get everything correct. The data will not always be correct.

I do not disagree that coaches can spot those things, the in-game data is simply another set of eyes on the game. The data produced is feedback as valid as the eye test.

On your wider point, I tend to agree that football does feel more managed, a bit more robotic. I think a decent percentage of that is down to the money/stakes at play and club therefore wanting to as much as possible control the controllables.

But it also can work tremendously. Notts under Williams were so heavily coached and played his patterns religiously. In that NL season, tactically, Notts were something else.

On the other hand, look at Jack Grealish. An outstanding talent, coached by one of the best coaches football has seen to date and he looks a shadow of what he is.