"15-20 Players Leaving This Summer"

[wizadry]

Fuck em.
And Bord

This I completely agree with, especially if we can sort the whole process out.

 

[The Fox]

I realise the AI term stuck but really its data analysis and if anyone thinks we should sign players in future without it then we're in trouble
The key is using both knowledge , gut feel and data to back it up .
Using data on its own is as nonsense as not using it at all.
Perhaps we might get players who are less injury prone , can last 90 mins or have some pace rather than the gaffer likes them and they'll fit in .

 

[David Wheatley]

Totally agree regarding Knill

 

[KMC-1889]

Just seen this on X. Very funny that fans have voted they’d rather keep Nwachukwu and Ukaki rather than wilder ‘culture carrier’ Shackleton

 

[Silent Blade]

Just seen this on X. Very funny that fans have voted they’d rather keep Nwachukwu and Ukaki rather than wilder ‘culture carrier’ Shackleton

The votes were just from a minority number of Blades fans, I wouldnt read too much in it.

 

[Keen Blade]

I realise the AI term stuck but really its data analysis and if anyone thinks we should sign players in future without it then we're in trouble
The key is using both knowledge , gut feel and data to back it up .
Using data on its own is as nonsense as not using it at all.
Perhaps we might get players who are less injury prone , can last 90 mins or have some pace rather than the gaffer likes them and they'll fit in .

Tell me how well Wilder scouted Gbric or Cannon ...
Or Tom Davies or Shackleton
Just as examples , like

 

[The Fox]

Tell me how well Wilder scouted Gbric or Cannon ...
Or Tom Davies or Shackleton
Just as examples , like

I've no idea, and thats my point .

It has to be a combination of the person, the player and data .

These guys are wired up like F1 cars , sprints ,recoveries, distance etc . It'll all be there along with stats and scouting.

 

[EddieColquhoun]

Just seen this on X. Very funny that fans have voted they’d rather keep Nwachukwu and Ukaki rather than wilder ‘culture carrier’ Shackleton

Campbell has had a big drop off this season. Bit harsh on Curtis who's had a good loan spell.

 

[Carlton Blade]

When things are going well, Bettis is all over public talks about players, plans, contracts, transfers
When things are going poorly, Bettis just an accountant who handles sponsorship etc

He's giving an absolute masterclass in grifting. Fair play, gotta get that bag

 

[Keen Blade]

I've no idea, and thats my point .

It has to be a combination of the person, the player and data .

These guys are wired up like F1 cars , sprints ,recoveries, distance etc . It'll all be there along with stats and scouting.

Exactly
That's the flaw in Wilder's outright rejection of any method of assessing players ,
apart from his noticeably imperfect judgement (since 2020) ,
Or the fact that they're "in" , coz they :
like a drink and can carry that culture
or
they're riddled with injuries
or
they're a "project".
The biggest problem that the idiot Selles has given the club is not the legacy of his terrible signings
But
the fact that if he is the reference point by which the club judges the managers who follow him ,
We are going nowhere.
What we don't need to hear - ad infinitum - is
"At least he's not as bad as Selles".
That bar is set too low.

 

[Tom Bott]

The votes were just from a minority number of Blades fans, I wouldnt read too much in it.

Oh I don't know, 9% of that minority of fans wanting to keep Grbic must tell us something.

 

[Houston_Blade]

Tell me how well Wilder scouted Gbric or Cannon ...
Or Tom Davies or Shackleton
Just as examples , like

Didn’t Hecky sign Davies?

 

[Keen Blade]

Didn’t Hecky sign Davies?

Fair enough , I can't remember all the duffers & crocks in the right order

 

[jimmymuir]

 

[FriethBlade]

I realise the AI term stuck but really its data analysis and if anyone thinks we should sign players in future without it then we're in trouble
The key is using both knowledge , gut feel and data to back it up .
Using data on its own is as nonsense as not using it at all.
Perhaps we might get players who are less injury prone , can last 90 mins or have some pace rather than the gaffer likes them and they'll fit in .

As you say if we'd used data on Davies it would have told us he cant string more than 5 games together without having 3 months out and it would have saved us a fortune in wages.

 

[Weasel]

As you say if we'd used data on Davies it would have told us he cant string more than 5 games together without having 3 months out and it would have saved us a fortune in wages.

Or, we could just have used common sense...

There was a thread on here about the (potential) signing of TD 3 years ago. Some posters said we really shouldnt be signing him as he is never fit and he will be a very expensive waste of wages... whilst some others, liked to say that the naysayers were just against the lad coming in cos he dressed like a dandy.

Seems like common sense isnt shared by all. The thing is, it gives me sod all pleasure in it turning out as a blind man could see it doing. Its just been a total waste of of a big chunk of money that could have been spent elsewhere. We havent half spunked some money away as our recruitment team(s) seemingly have shit for brains at times.

Nice lad though and he sure looks good in his attire.

 

[CM14blade]

A fully fit and regularly functioning TD would never have been a signing we could have aspired to or been able to afford. As we sadly only saw in glimpses he would have been one of the best players in the Champ so it was always a risk and unfortunately this one didn’t come off. Whatever we paid him whilst no doubt looks a lot in comparison, it’s peanuts to what he has likely had previously or was hoping to build back up to. Shame for the lad - and unfortunate for the club that this one didn’t work

 

[Nick Jansky]

A fully fit and regularly functioning TD would never have been a signing we could have aspired to or been able to afford. As we sadly only saw in glimpses he would have been one of the best players in the Champ so it was always a risk and unfortunately this one didn’t come off. Whatever we paid him whilst no doubt looks a lot in comparison, it’s peanuts to what he has likely had previously or was hoping to build back up to. Shame for the lad - and unfortunate for the club that this one didn’t work

As a one off gamble it would have been fine. But we make far too many of them and the only one I can ever remember paying off is Didzy.

 

[SE1Blade]

As a one off gamble it would have been fine. But we make far too many of them and the only one I can ever remember paying off is Didzy.

Bamford & Jairo for two.

 

[Nick Jansky]

Bamford & Jairo for two.

Not really. Neither had a history of chronic long term injuries.

 

[SE1Blade]

Not really. Neither had a history of chronic long term injuries.

But both had not played for a long time before signing. That is a risk in itself.
But those risks paid off. That’s the nature of it. Some do, some don’t.

 

[Bladesman]