Football Tactics: Mind Boggling?

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Imo "stats" are the mainstay of spoofers. If you cannot glean what is happening out on the pitch or at training with your own eyes you shouldn't be let near a team.

The main "tactic" for success imo is to have 5 or 6 lads on the subs bench as good if not better than the starting 15 .  Oh and luck plays a major part.

In any professional sports (you know where people play/coach sports for a living and are paid to know what they are talking about) stats are key!! To say that a manager "should just know from looking at the game" is bullshit and a reason why a lot of teams are behind the Dubs!!

[manfromdelmonte]

Imo "stats" are the mainstay of spoofers. If you cannot glean what is happening out on the pitch or at training with your own eyes you shouldn't be let near a team.

The main "tactic" for success imo is to have 5 or 6 lads on the subs bench as good if not better than the starting 15 .  Oh and luck plays a major part.

you make your own luck
by being more organised and having all angles covered - fitness, skills, video analysis, player match ups, kickout strategieis, freetakers etc

[thewobbler]

Imo "stats" are the mainstay of spoofers. If you cannot glean what is happening out on the pitch or at training with your own eyes you shouldn't be let near a team.

The main "tactic" for success imo is to have 5 or 6 lads on the subs bench as good if not better than the starting 15 .  Oh and luck plays a major part.

In any professional sports (you know where people play/coach sports for a living and are paid to know what they are talking about) stats are key!! To say that a manager "should just know from looking at the game" is bullshit and a reason why a lot of teams are behind the Dubs!!

Such nonsense. The key to success is having the best players arriving in prime condition. Even in stats heavy American sports. Anything else is at best an edge, not a reason.

[manfromdelmonte]

Imo "stats" are the mainstay of spoofers. If you cannot glean what is happening out on the pitch or at training with your own eyes you shouldn't be let near a team.

The main "tactic" for success imo is to have 5 or 6 lads on the subs bench as good if not better than the starting 15 .  Oh and luck plays a major part.

In any professional sports (you know where people play/coach sports for a living and are paid to know what they are talking about) stats are key!! To say that a manager "should just know from looking at the game" is bullshit and a reason why a lot of teams are behind the Dubs!!

Such nonsense. The key to success is having the best players arriving in prime condition. Even in stats heavy American sports. Anything else is at best an edge, not a reason.

watch Moneyball or read Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game

[Brick Tamlin]

In any field sport I would say that stats are only one of the many important components.
They aren't critical but to try and be successful in today's game without some sort of measurable involved for your players/team is a tough task.

No point in having your best players arrive in peak condition if some of them repeat the same errors/habits on a regular basis, it could cost you on the field.
If management can illustrate an individual's strengths and weaknesses or tendencies/habits and if players can recognise these then maybe they can alter their own performance and try to improve. If this means that your no9 is more mindful of delivering the 'holywood pass' in games then great. Or if your no3 stays closer to his man during games rather than standing off the great.

[Hardy]

For instance, at the Under 21 AI final, Dublin had 5 lads on laptops offering video analysis, stats etc for the management during the game
Roscommon had none.

On the other hand, did Dublin have their own bus? These things even out in the end.