(15-03-2021, 02:33 PM)Knocker West Wrote: Talking of raising standards I see that young Johnson is in the Wales squad again, lovely for him, smashing boy-o, isn't it?

Mae Brennan yn goch ac mae'n casáu Derby!

(15-03-2021, 04:49 PM)Tricky Wrote:

(15-03-2021, 02:33 PM)Knocker West Wrote: Talking of raising standards I see that young Johnson is in the Wales squad again, lovely for him, smashing boy-o, isn't it?

Mae Brennan yn goch ac mae'n casáu Derby!

Aren't we all  :D

(12-03-2021, 12:57 PM)Knocker West Wrote:

(12-03-2021, 11:52 AM)Salvatore Matrecano Wrote: KW you have consistently spoken about the need to recruit based on stats and analytics. Yet now you are talking about far more subjective issues, personality, hunger, discipline and the vaguest of all maverick spirit.

100%, yes, it's a wonderful contradiction, in't it?

it's also the way that clubs like Brentford operate, you do your research, you check your stats, then you do your homework on the player & check that the man behind the stats is just as suitable as the stats themselves.

Recruitment should be a thorough job, especially when you see how much is being invested.

The stats are useless, without knowing the context & all about the player, but conversely knowing the context & all about the player is useless if you ignore the actual stats, you need both elements, & I've always said that, but both elements need to be used because a great player, with the wrong attributes will be useless to you, just as a useless player with all the right attribute will be also.

A 7 with all the right attributes? Perfect

A 7 with the wrong attributes? Good player but no good to us in the team ethos

A 6.5 with the right attributes? The right person, but not good enough for the team as a player

A 6.5 with the wrong attributes? Totally useless to us.