Chapter 153: Data is King

"Come, guys, let's celebrate this victory!"

As Yang Huan raised the wine glass in his hand, everyone at the scene also stood up and raised the wine glass.

In addition to the players and Charlene? Except for people who don't drink alcohol, all the others are Tsingtao beer imported from China.

Although it is still the middle of February and the weather is very cold, you can pour a glass of beer, one word, cool!

What's more, Yang Huan found the familiar taste of his hometown.

"I'm a person who has a life creed!"

After drinking a glass of wine, Yang Huan waved his hand and motioned for everyone to sit down.

Everyone sat down, but they still looked up at him and listened to him.

"I believe that in everyone's life, at least we have to do something that others can't do, something different, then life is meaningful, if we do things that others have done, are the most ordinary and most ordinary, just like eating and sleeping idle things, then what is the meaning of life?"

After Yang Huan said this, almost everyone in the audience showed a trace of understanding.

"Okay, Young Master Huan, that's a good point!"

"It makes so much sense, it just goes into my heart!"

There are also some people who are incredulous, as if this kind of thing is not like Yang Huan will say at all.

Maki Horikita, for example, found it difficult for her to understand.

It can't be copied from a book or a web forum, right?

"Thanks Charlene? Miss Lahri! Yang Huan pointed to Charlene, who was as beautiful as a flower? Lahri.

Suddenly, there was a burst of heckling shouts at the scene.

'She checked for me that in the history of English football, there has never been an FA Cup won by a team in the third tier.

When Yang Huan said this, he deliberately paused.

Everyone in the audience also calmed down, and all of them looked solemn.

"For more than a hundred years, no one has ever done it!"

There was a hint of longing on the faces of many players.

"We're in the quarter-finals, we're no one before and probably no one will come to this great feat of making a whole new history of English football, with only three games left!"

Yang Huan's gesture of the third on his right hand made many players present nod their heads.

There was a burst of enthusiastic cheers and applause.

"Okay, Young Master Huan, we must fight these three games!"

"Yes, even if we fight to the death, we will win!"

"We must win, win these three games, and we will make history!"

"It's so exciting, this kind of opportunity is not casual."

"If you don't fight now, when will you fight?"

Yang Huan stretched out his hands and signaled the players to be quiet.

"Words, I won't say much, the game depends on everyone, I'll just say a word......"

Yang Huan faced all the players, coaching staff, and staff on the scene, and raised the wine glass in his hand again.

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Please, everybody! ”

All the players, coaches and staff immediately stood up in unison, and they all raised their glasses and him!

Every time Yang Huan invited guests to dinner, Wangjiang Pavilion was always noisy and very lively.

This is very rare in high-end restaurants in Europe.

For this kind of thing, all the guests who come to Wangjiang Pavilion have become accustomed to it, after all, it is a Chinese restaurant.

Chinese food, if the dinner is not lively, then what is the atmosphere?

There are even many guests who wish they could meet the players and employees of Southampton, or the staff of WeChat.

This is also a great bonus for them.

And the reason why Yang Huan likes to invite guests to dinner is because he is convinced that it is the same everywhere in the world, and it is essential to have a good relationship.

Didn't you see that Manchester United often organizes dinners for players and employees?

After eating and drinking, Yang Huan rushed to Xia Lin? Rahri hooked his fingers.

The little girl reluctantly followed him out of the lobby and came to the open-air restaurant area outside.

When it's cold, few guests want to come here to blow the wind, especially at night.

"Hey, shout next time, don't hook your fingers, you don't know and think we're two ......"

Charlene? Rahri tightened the thick down jacket on his body, a little cold, and a little angry in his heart.

This guy is getting more and more excessive, and he simply thinks of himself as a servant who comes and goes when he calls.

"What do you think the two of us are?" Yang Huan looked at her with a smile.

The faint light that came out of the lamppost along the banks of the Teste River seemed to be coated with a film of light on her face.

The cold wind blew across her face, causing the bangs scattered on both sides of her face to sway slightly.

Gradually, a slight flush appeared on the fair pink face.

Almost everyone worships her as a goddess, but few people know that she is much more beautiful in real life than on TV.

Charlene? Lahri was stared at by his eyes so motionless, and at first she pretended to be fine, but gradually, she felt very uncomfortable, her pink face involuntarily turned even redder, and her body was burning as if she had drunk wine.

"If you say anything, if you look at it like this, I'll leave!" That tone is more like being coquettish.

Yang Huan smiled cheekily, "I'm sorry, my biggest shortcoming is that I can't see beautiful girls, who made you look so beautiful, I couldn't help but take a few more looks!" ”

Wow, just look at it, and still say it so openly and justifiably?

Charlene? Lahri felt the urge to beat him up.

"If you have something, say it quickly!" She still couldn't hate it in the end.

I even wondered in my heart, was it true that he praised me for being beautiful?

"Actually, it's not a big deal." Yang Huan decided not to look at her, saving herself from thinking that she was going to prostitute her with her eyes all day long.

"You know a lot of people, I want to set up an analysis team in Southampton recently, do you know any experts?"

When it comes to getting down to business, Charlene? Rahri also regained his usual ability and calmness, "Analyze the group? ”

"Analysing the opponent before the game, analysing the game and the players on both sides during the game, summarizing the game after the game, in addition to the game, there is also an assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of your own team, etc., and even providing some professional advice for transfers."

Charlene? "You're talking about analysts, or research coaches. ”

Almost all English teams have such people, but they have different positions.

For example, when Jose Mourinho was in charge of Chelsea in the early days, Villas-Boas was an analyst under him.

Jose Mourinho is the most important of all the managers to analyze the number of jΓΉ, and there are even many people who believe that once he loses the ability to analyze the number of jΓΉ, then his aura of being a coach will no longer exist.

Another person who values the analysis of numbers is Pep Guardiola, the head coach of Barcelona, who has a team of 24 people, many of whom are professionals specializing in the analysis of various numbers.

"Yes, analysts, but I'm going to put together a team of analysts who will serve the team."

Many analysts, although nominally at the club, are actually working for a manager who is also out of the squad when he is gone.

But what Yang Huan wants is an analysis team that not just serves the manager, but everyone in Southampton, including tactics, games, training and even transfers, which are all areas that the analysis team needs to cover.

"Is there a suitable candidate?"

Yang Huan also has a headache for this.

If you want to ask Zhu Liangcheng, Wang Lin and others to engage in a set of analysis software, there is definitely no problem.

The real question is, how do a layman open a set of insider applications?

Also, football analysis isn't just about cold numbers, if you want that, go out and turn left, Sky TV's opTa can provide it, and there are a number of other football analysis companies in Europe that can provide it.

A true football analyst is not only to be able to deal with those cold and tedious numbers, but also to understand the ball, especially if he has played the ball himself, because only the person who has played the ball can understand the ins and outs of some seemingly strange movements of a player on the pitch, and then better evaluate a player.

Truth be told, there aren't many that meet these requirements.

What Yang Huan wants now is to be equipped with a set of analysis teams, and at least a few people must be called a team.

"You're talking about a lot of people like that, like James at Everton? Smith, Moyes's right-hand man; Liverpool's strategy director, Frenchman Damien? Comoli, a former aide to Arsene Wenger; Mike? Forde, Chelsea's director of player counts and analysis, and Kevin? Frege, Manchester City's seat number jΓΉ analyst. ”

Charlene? Lachri knows a lot about the English team analysts, and it is clear that he has put a lot of effort into it.

"A lot of people don't know that the reason why Manchester United sold Stam that year was not because of his autobiography, but because Ferguson's analysis team told him that Stam was no longer good, so he decided to sell, but the Dutchman shone in Italy."

"Few people know that the first thing the Abu Dhabi consortium did after buying Manchester City was to form a team of up to 12 people, led by Kevin? Frege spearheaded the number jΓΉ analysis team. ”

Hearing this, Yang Huan shrugged, "Okay, I admit that we are lagging behind in this aspect!" ”

Analyzing the numbers is indeed Southampton's weakness, and it also leads the coaching staff to have a heavy task.

This is mainly due to the fact that Southampton did not have such an analysis team before and were a League One team, so they were ignored.

Yang Huan has too many things to be busy with, and it is normal to ignore this kind of trivial matter.

Fortunately, it's still too late to pay attention.

Charlene? Lahri didn't expect that Yang Huan would take the initiative to admit his mistake.

"Are there any good experts to introduce me?"

"In fact, the application of digital jΓΉ in the field of football is still very superficial, and it is not professional at all!"

Charlene? "For example, in the United States, many of the employees in the nBa and football teams who are engaged in numerical analysis are high-achieving students from Harvard University or the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, or even PhDs, compared to them, the current level of soccer numerical analysis may not be as good as that of junior high school students. ”

"Including opTa and prozone?" Yang Huan was a little surprised.

These are two of the top digital analysis companies in football.

Who knows, Charlene? Rahri nodded in affirmation, "Yes." ”

Yang Huan was a little moved when he heard this, "How much do you think it takes to build a set of the best numerical analysis teams that are comparable to nBa and the American football team?" ”

"At the level of Manchester City and Arsenal, about two million pounds a year is invested, but if you want to reach the level of the United States, you have to spend at least four million pounds or more, and that whole set of equipment alone is worth a lot of money."

Yang Huan knew it in his heart.

In the eyes of many English teams, the investment of four million pounds is indeed very high, and this price is better than a long-term maintenance and investment analysis team.

Therefore, teams, including Manchester United and Manchester City, do not attach much importance to it, and are even reluctant to ask for this money.

However, Yang Huan feels that digital analysis will occupy an increasingly important role in the field of football.

At least one thing he knows very well is that in 2014, even some amateur fans are talking about football, they are talking about the number at every turn, the heat map and the running route map and so on.

In professional circles, I'm afraid the use of numbers will be more in-depth.

This represents the trend of the future, and whoever leads will have the advantage.

The future of professional football will be an era when numbers are king!

"I know two great people in this area, one is the professor of statistics at the University of Oxford, Marcus? Prevent? Satoy, I interviewed him when I was writing a previous story, and I think he's an authority on this in Europe and around the world, and he's also a die-hard football fan, having played football as a young man. ”

"Southampton?" Yang Huan was surprised, it wouldn't be such a coincidence, right?

Charlene? Lachri smiled, "Stinky beauty, you're a die-hard Arsenal fan." ”

"Wow, then he doesn't hate us now? How could you agree to come? ”

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