Following on from our discussion yesterday about adopting one or two of the techniques the enormously successful GB Olympic cycling team there are other areas where a technical advantage can be sought.
Football is awash with metrics these days. Clubs know things about their players they never even wondered about 10 years ago, leading to more informed decisions. It is probably no exaggeration to suggest that a club like Celtic will have some information on thousands of players. At the top level, much of this information will be fresh in the minds of coaches and scouts, and will easily be recorded on a database, but scouting permeates through youth football. Acquiring and assimilating information on the many hundreds of players on view each month is an information challenge.
The US sports were early to get on top of this problem. SportsBoard is a iPad-based data capture and management app which enables coaches and scouts to record information on players (their own players and others) as they watch the game. Data is uploaded from the iPad to a cloud-based database. Information and comment on each player or opposing team can then easily be analysed.
The alternative would be to scour through unstructured notes without any way of controlling the up-flow of information.
The app has also been used to provide instant metrics to first team squads. Players can get home from training, login and see how their performance was rated that day, allowing them to adjust their own target for the next session. I spoke to the designer, Gregg Jacobs, who has received a ton of media coverage in the US over the last two years. He told me this was about providing “more meaningful feedback”. Take a look at the Assessment and Contact Management features, which has screenshots of the ‘soccer’ app.
So this week we’ve covered orthopaedic pillows on tour and leg heaters from the GB cycling team, as well as a scouting management and instant metrics system from US sports, all low-cost and designed to reduce risk and improve performance.
Should we do it?
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Ten Men – had also heard the story about Hoops agent…very plausible and may yet swing in our favour.
I think your 50/50 decision point is generous…more like anything better then 70/30 will go in their favour!
bbg
Ten Men…as in 30 to them!
Kayal33
As I said, yes, it was the best home league performance of the season. Of the players, my top three would be Wanyama, Matthews, and Sammi without a shadow of a doubt.
When it come to picking a team (let’s remember, it’s just a bit of fun, he said gazing at his triple screen full of stats) I break it down into how players combine in their positions. It may be a bit simplistic but I don’t have access (yet) to those metrics Paul67 was on about (imagine how many pub conversations would be ruined if someone did). That’s why I go for Hooper and Watt in this formation.
up_over_goal
My top 3 would be Forster, Samaras & Wanyama.
Europe is where the big players come into their own and these guys have excelled.
Interesting to hear other views though.
LB
Big TW made an impression on me the few times I have seen him play, but as I mentioned earlier I think he can be lazy at training which must be frustrating for Lenny and supporters alike. He is still young though and it might take a bit of time for him to get it together but I want him to stay at celtic and if anyone can sort him out Lenny can.
HH
How did Rami Gershon do in the under 20 game last night?
LiviBhoy
I meant top 3 from Sat. My overall top 3? Probably Samaras, Wanyama, Commons.
Gordon_J
He was subbed after 46 mins, don’t know how well he played
Livibhoy
Meant to add that keepers are a breed apart – impossible to compare what they do to outfield players.
Reading back on the blog re Gary Hooper, we have unnamed sources statements
being taken as gospel, yet Johan being accused of covering his tracks when he says they want him to stay, who needs the MSM when we have some of the posters on here
There are lots of candidates for Celtic’s 3 best players so far this season. One player who should be mentioned is Kelvin Wilson. He’s been immense in the CL games. The moves that lead to the 2nd and 3rd goals in Moscow both start with Kelvin winning the ball for us.
Forster, Victor, Mulgrew and Sami have also been outstanding.
There’s an on line Celtic SB survey on the fishul site.
Took the opportunity to tell the club any fast tracking of Sevco or ignoring punishments/ sanctions of old Rangers = no season book renewal for me.
Well done Jungle Jim – don’t do their job for them. A Celtic Chairman once said to me -‘The Scottish football press are the lowest form of life – even they don’t believe what they write.’ He was right! P.S. re Edinburgh – we were taught that it was called after ‘Edwin’s burgh’ after Edwin, King of Northumbria – and we all know that Edinburgh is an English city.
Feel righteously compelled to comment on the reckless waste of time, effort and money that is the shebawz of the Glasgow George Square redesign.
While in any competitive tender participants take their chance against the field, in this case a tremendous amount of energy, creativity and man hours has been invested in a competition that will never be won because… the council leaders now have decided that they ought to listen to their voters, who have apparently given the thumbs down to all of the designs submitted.
“”The people of Glasgow have made it clear that they do not want a radical redesign of the square.” says Council Leader Gordon Matheson. “They also want us to keep the statues where they are, and they like the grass.”
Top political analysis Gordon.
Simple question: Would it not have been more prudent to carry out the consultation on what the people of Glasgow want BEFORE asking Designers to spend goodness knows how much money conceiving and developing their ideas for the space? Indeed, would it not have been a common courtesy to both the city’s people and the Designers to establish the baselines first?
The people of Glasgow want to keep the statues where they are. Really? Do the people of Glasgow know who the statues represent and why they were erected in the first place? Here’s the run down of the celebs celebrated in bronze on the plinths of George Square:
Sir Walter Scott, high on his column, dominates the square. I rather like Wattie, wrote some damned good stories, all resonant with emotion and historical proverb. A one off chap, born in Edinburgh and who chose to settle in the borders where his father had roots, who has little to do with Glasgow’s history at all, excluding perhaps that he enjoyed the odd noseful of snuff courtesy of the city’s merchants. Perhaps he stopped by at Queen St on his way from Edinburgh to Loch Katrine one time.
Next up, James Watt, who of course is credited with transforming the efficiency of steam engines and thus accelerating the nascent industrial revolution. Born in Greenock and educated at home, he got his big break when despite being blackballed by the Glasgow Guild of Hammermen, he got a gig repairing instruments at Glasgow Uni. The rest is engineering history.
Thomas Graham on the other hand was a Glaswegian whose work in the area of Chemistry is still taught today, and whose legacy includes the principles of dialysis. Top fellow. Deserves a place on the podium alongside Watt.
Thomas Campbell, born in Glasgow’s High Street and a contemporary of Scott’s, was a poet of some distinction, who, after a couple of decades in London in which he helped set up the University of London, returned to Glasgow as Rector of the Univesity, beating Walter Scott in the play off. No mean feat.
Of course, Campbell stands eternally in the shadow of Robert Burns, who, although an Ayrshireman, was known to enjoy Glasgow’s vibrant nightlife when chance permitted a Pint of Wine and Ae Fond Kiss. Betty Burns was left as a living token of his appreciation of the hospitality of the city’s wimmin folk.
Next up, Lord Cyde, born plain old Colin Campbell in Glasgow. Like many of his fellow citizens, he enjoyed a bit of a rammy, notably in the Crimea and later India. His specialism though was putting down insurrection, which he did with distinction in the West Indies, South America, China and particularly India where his fondness for a square go was somewhat detrimental to the interests of India’s diverse communities. Old Colin was by no means in the vanguard of Equality and Fair Trade.
Similarly, John Moore liked a scrap. Whether in America in the War of Independence or Spain in the Peninsular War, Johnny liked nothing better than a square go, and put his talents to extensive use in Ireland, France and elsewhere as required. Mortally wounded, his last words were “I hope the people of England will be satisfied.I hope my country will do me justice!” Perhaps we ought to move his statue to Swindon.
A statue of Queen Victoria is pretty much ubiquitous in the cities of the UK and Glasgow is no different, with perhaps the exception that Vicky is given prominence on her horse. That and the fact that the square is named after her Granda. At the start of her reign the population of the city was 250,000, rising to 760,000 at the end. It is not known to what extent the population growth was attributable to Robert Burns.
Her old man, Albert, is likewise honoured, and is unique in being the only German on the podium. The nationality of his horse is not known.
The statue of Robert Peel, an Oxford educated Conservative politician, was presumably erected to reflect the great municipal tradition of Glasgow and her people, and stands as testament to the esteem in which the city holds young English Tories of privilege.
On the other side of the House, William Gladstone, Liverpool born of Scots stock (Father Edinburgh, Moother Black Isle) Liberal politician and 4 time Prime Minister. Amongst other notable facts, Gladstone’s claim to fame is that Queen Victoria didn’t like him much. He presumably thought she should get down off her high horse more often.
Our final contestant is James Oswald, Glasgow born merchant banker and Member of Parliament for the city. Oswald’s statue was originally sited on Sandyford Place in 1856, but was transfered to George Square on a bosman 20 years later, shortly before McPhabs was opened.
And there you have it, Glasgow’s A Listed celebrities. “We shall not be moved” I can hear them cry in solidarity with the people with whom they share so much.
What happened all the Head & Shoulders money?
THE EXILED TIM,
Hope that means he was given a half rather than picked up an injury …
Goldsstar10
Good for you
HH
Gordon J
Twitter reported he played well last night and looks a player.
Matt mcglaone ” Gershon really looks a player, strong, lots of poiseand good skill”
Probably subbed at HT so he can be a sub tonight????
play
The thing that bugs me a bit about the Hooper debate is not so much will he go (because sooner or later he will but Celtic will go on) but NORWICH?
Decent club certainly and I like to catch their games on MotD but hardly the kind of move a player with confidence in his ability would be actively seeking.
So how confident is he and could he attract bigger clubs by staying until the summer?
Deary me…………I only posted what SSN were reporting.
Might very well be p#sh,maybe I should have made some
phone call’s.
playfusbal4dguilders,
Great, thanks.
up_over_goal
Fair points. Didn’t realise you meant Saturday. Agree with you on your selctions though.
LB
TBB- Most interesting and perhaps something the City Fathers should be looking at.
What’s the scrap price for bronze these days?
Central Coast Mariners reject Sevco approach for a joint Acedemy,
Speaking exclusively to Scotzine, a club spokesperson said: “At this stage Central Coast Mariners FC is fully focused on developing its own Academy pathway.
“We are open to the idea of collaboration with various professionals and professional clubs, however there is as you are aware, uncertainty with the level of football Rangers will play at for the foreseeable future.
“We would not entertain the prospect of acting as a feeder club or Academy partner with a club currently playing in the lower echelons of Scottish football.”
Oh Charlie is my darling….,
obonfanti1888 10:11 on 22 January, 2013
“Hooper would be a fool to move this month. I think his head has been turned and besides he’s never seemed the brightest. Sell him in the summer if he won’t sign a new deal.”
Gary Hooper is doing what we all do when it comes to getting a pay rise – he is trying to get the best deal available.
That doesn’t make him thick. The guy has given Celtic a superb return for their original investment. Why not accept that instead of getting into personal abuse, with the ‘never seemed the brightest’ stuff?
I am fairly confident Hooper will sign a contract extension. If he doesn’t, we move on.
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The battered bunnet
Interesting post, I agree that half the statues there should be removed as they have little place in Glasgow. I think it was frank mcaveety who ordered the square to be changed to red square as it’s known today. The square was lovely the way it used to be and why they changed it I will never know, but a lot of glaswegians hate it the way it looks now, me included.
They used the excuse that the trees were rotten and had to be removed, which I believe was a load of horse manure. Put it back the way it was, and put up statues about the many great scots pioneers and inventors that we produced. That’s my opinion as a disgruntled Glaswegian.
HH
the battered bunnet
10:48 on
22 January, 2013
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Illuminating. If statues are required and somehow hardwired into our psyche, could they not at least be updated to truly reflect Glasgow’s own history in a more meaningful way?
There must be hundreds of ideas more apt than the present anachronisms (Watt, Scott, and Burns can remain!).
The Battered Bunnet
10:48 on
22 January, 2013
Whits that got to do with Hooper and Norwich? :-)
A fine read many thanks
TBB
I remember climbing one of those worthies in a drunken moment 30 some years ago.
Not Walter Scott, by the way
The more greenery, the better, imo.
“DAVID McAllister, the half-Scottish Prime Minister of Lower Saxony, who has been widely tipped as a potential successor to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, has left office after narrowly losing a state election.”
Ooops. Is it safe to call this hun supporter a hun??
Ten Men Won The League
10:13 on
22 January, 2013
Euan Norris the MIB tonight
Expect every 50/50 decision to go DU’s way
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Surely you meant Euan (penalty to sevco)Norris. :))
Norris is dangerous,biased, anti hoops MIB of the highest order IMHO
The Battered Bunnet
10:48 on
22 January, 2013
Like your good self I had a look see who the statues represented ,couldn’t have put
down as well as you,mine was more like … Chemist , Burns and Watt ..keep them.
Vicky GTF ,Alby ???? you anaw ,warmongers ,sling yir hook.hh
Headtheball
What happened all the Head & Shoulders money?
Put in the sink fund.
BTW, I feel compelled to point out that in no way could Sammi’s lustrous Barnet been subjected to Head & Shoulders. He’s a Red Ken man.
jimmci
10:06 on
22 January, 2013
For a media who seem obsessed with attendances this year I find it surprising there has been no mention of which match housed the biggest attendance in the UK over the weekend. Wonder where that could have been then?
Newcastle v Reading
When I worked for the Cooncil mid-seventies, in the summer we would roll up the sleeves, take off the tie, and sit in one of the many grassy areas of the square for lunch.
ah, the pasty flesh of the lassies…braw!!
TBB
A very enjoyable, amusing and informative read.
I was intrigued by the mention of the Glasgow Guild of Hammermen.
Where they the equivalent of the Calton Tongs of my youth circa 1960?