Jacob already explained what moneyball is its not always players up the leagues we need to compete for.
There could be players in leagues below us who have great stats it is finding them before others do.
You could argue Roberts is one who worked but possibly Knight wont work ?
Cameron more than likely had good stats at Torquay but he is more likely to have impressed whilst we scouted Torquay and played them.
No method is fool proof everyone signs good and bad players you just need a 60-70% hit ratio.
For all the pissing about we do with it, the most noticeable thing about this season so far is how many goals we’re scoring from set pieces. Even more so considering we’re not exactly a massive side. I suppose the tippy tappy lads would say it’s the poncey football that’s creating the set pieces in the first place.
Agree with this totally
Watching Notts over the years playing the long ball game has been frustrating to say the least. Sometimes it's been effective other times not but on the whole not great to watch
I like how IB wants us to play. We still have a lot to learn and shouldn't be afraid to mix it up a bit with the occasional ball over the top
Mistakes will be made playing this style of football but hopefully lessons will be learnt from these mistakes and the players can grow in confidence playing this way
On a separate note i thought Brennan, Cameron, Palmer and JOB were outstanding on Saturday. A lot get said about the brilliance of R&R and rightly so but Palmer for me is just class
2 Assists and looks a different class on the ball.
Hartlepool and Barrow have both gone up playing the style of football we’re playing, it’s not exactly unheard of.
I don't think we should be getting too focused on this "tippy tappy" label. My problem with most of our play this season and under Ardley is that it felt like there was an electromagnetic force stopping us crossing the halfway line. We need to be playing on the front foot more, probing in the opposition's half and not stuck on the edge of our own penalty area. That requires the players to be braver. We also need to be more switched on when we do get the ball in transitions for quick breaks.
A perfect example of that came with Jack Grealish's goal against Andorra on Saturday, which came from a quick, long throw-out from the goalkeeper (in truth, the kind of goal you normally only see at schools level). Also worth noting that the ultimate tippy-tappy club, Man. City, have a great asset in Edison's kicking, which is used to bypass the high press when necessary.
Playing the style of football we’re playing, or the style of football we’re trying to play?
I have no knowledge of the Hartlepool and Barrow promotion teams, but in the games I saw against them they had far more steel in midfield than we have. It’s good if you can pass through the opposition, not so good if they can also easily pass through you.