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WAGMI Utd

Discussion in 'City Talk' started by Lordofthemanor, Mar 23, 2024.

  1. borderlescott

    borderlescott Squad Player

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    Recruiting with a strategy. using football analytics for a purpose.

    if you mention xG on here some have a meltdown!
     
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  2. Wolfysmith

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    A bit old but definitely worth watching
     
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  3. SimonW

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    I wonder though would the same manager and same players perform the same for you as they are at Crawley? I do feel that maybe there are factors about the club, you the fans being one of them that play a part in the underperformance because the expectations are just so much higher so the pressure on the players and manager are higher and that can lead them to shrink. And every season you are stuck in League 2 the more the expectations increase

    Just look for example how over the last few seasons you have seen teams containing multiple players that the fans deemed not good enough and the club decided to offload have outperformed you and these players have done well at these clubs. Using scouting apps might help you identify who would statistically be good signings but they can't identify which players have the mentality and maybe this is where you need to improve no matter who the owner is, you need to be identifying managers and players who thrive under pressure and expectation rather than those who seem to shrink as it seems they are.
     
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  4. bantamlad92

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    It's certainly no coincidence that an uncomfortably high majority of players underperform when they're here and perform(ed) better before/after their spell with us.
     
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    They might be doing well in the league this season but it shouldn't be forgotten how badly they did last season and that they were very lucky not to get relegated last season. They also had a mess of a summer with the home kit being launched a couple of days before the season, they played their pre-season matches in training kits, season tickets didn't go on sale until July, the owner called Crawley fans crazy.
     

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