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And, no doubt, Eckert will reward them with an unchanged side next match...

To be honest, that's politicians in general sadly.

Is it still possible to section someone in this country...? #bagoffrogs

Yeah Matsuki needs a run of games. He's got quality.

Cheers. Interesting. There is so much to pick through in those bullets. Watching every game on tape makes sense to me. The more info the better. Interpreting what you see is the key though. Does that require a skill or is AI being used. If the latter, then its 'simply' a matter of getting the right parameters in place. That's what Liverpool do, I think. But they have spent millions. Doubt we have a similar system in place. Are scouts and video analysts one and the same people? I guess for Saints, I'd like to know who is watching the tape and determining whether a player is good or not? Is it one person or several? Are these people scouts too or are they video analysts? Are the video analysts less qualified to assess players than our scouts? If a video analyst has been doing this for years and years and continuously identifies the right players, then that's preferable to a scout that has done it for five minutes and picked some shockers. Ultimately, if good players are being identified like Fernandes, then it's hard to argue against a process, but if you are bringing players like Gronbaek into the club that then can't get a game in a poor side, then that raises questions.

We deserved to win that yesterday. We could have been at least two up at half time. Leo's goal and celebration were class 😊 I thought Peretz and the back four of Bree, Stephens, THB and Welington were excellent. Really solid, as were both Downes and Jander. Really committed. Leo, Arma, Azaz and Matsuki all worked really hard. Everyone gave it their all. COYR 😊

It’s funny how all of the Tories defecting to Reform slag off the Tories when they were part of the reason the Tories were so crap. Never trust a Tory said Farage, who now leads Tory 2.0.

Yep. "Quieten the crowd"

Yeah but on bench and not getting much game time, so rumours of him wanting out (from my Brighton pals). Rome vs Soton may be a challenge though!

If true that's a surprise said no one.

To put this into perspective i have some insight into modern scouting as my son is the Chief scout for a team in the 2nd division of the MLS. He does not live in the USA and in fact has only been to his team in Arizona once. Yes he has travelled to watch players in the country his lives in (Venezuela), he did travel recently to do some scouting in Africa (Senegal) and he does go to games when back in the UK to visit family but that is generally as much face to face scouting he does. The vast majority of his time is spent analysing video footage and stats. Anyone that knows him recognises he has an eye for a player and this pre-season for his American team has been telling by the number of players his side have signed purely on his recommendation. I'm off the older generation where my idea of a scout is someone that goes to watch players all the time but i appreciate everything changes and nowadays it is possible to discover players purely through the ability to watch video footage.

Yes, remember the Luke O'Nien incident against Sunderland in the playoffs a few years ago. Bunch of inbred neanderthals. "Ner ner ner ner ner Portsmuff"! Bestest in the world...

I’ve watched the highlights and we were better than them all over the park. If Armstrong puts those chances away, it’s a rout. Let them have their moment.

Oh, so that's how they managed to build the second worst team in Premier League history. Utter c***s.

Jack Stephens - Bouncer Adam Armstrong - Alter boy in a monastery. Tom Fellows - work experience boy Iain Dowie - failed boxer Matt Le Tissier - banjo player in the film Deliverance Terry Hurlock - extra in any Guy Ritchie movie Terry Paine - collecting money on fairground rides Nick Holmes - Shaggy in the Scooby Doo live action movie. Phil Foden - the kid who offers to look after your car if you park in the street in Liverpool. David Beckham - member of East 17 Sammy Lee - rear end of a pantomime horse

Russell Martin has a wealth of experience in the Championship including getting promoted.

Fair points. Maybe that's part of the problem - they squad aren't invested in each other's success.

"We'll most likely sign a couple" - sounds promising. I haven't expected us to do any/much business in this window considering the amount of players signed in the summer.

I think they're referring to this interview with Ankersen where he says he prefers watching match videos over being in person though that the scout's job is not to say whether the play is good or not because they already know. Some key quotes below https://thecorrespondent.com/2607/how-data-not-people-call-the-shots-in-denmark/230219386155-d2948861 Where he says: ‘The scouts do a different job here,’ Ankersen says. ‘We tell them: your job is not to tell us whether a player is good or not. We already know that. The scouts need to see whether they are a fit from a personal, psychological point of view.’ In fact, Midtjylland are questioning how valuable it is for their scouts to travel to live matches to evaluate players. ‘One game doesn’t tell you anything as a scout. If you base your opinion of a player on a few games you’ve attended, it will blur your vision. It’s a small sample. We believe it is more effective to see lots of matches on video.’ Last week, Ankersen travelled to Spain to meet with a player who is on a team in the Segunda Division. According to the model, however, the club plays like a mid-table team in the Primera Division; i.e. a lot stronger than its real-world position. ‘And I’m not going there to watch him play,’ Ankersen says – this could only muddle his opinion of the player, who he knows is good. ‘It’s to convince him to move to Denmark.’ ‘People see huge difference between the Premier League and the lower divisions in England,’ Ankersen explains. ‘We think this is not true. There is a big gap between the Premier League’s number 7 and number 10. But the gap between the Premier League’s number 10 and the Championship, or even League One, is far smaller.’ Sparv landed on the club’s radar because Midtjylland’s model was bullish on his former club, Greuther Fürth, from Germany’s second tier. ‘Our model says that last season, Greuther Fürth were good enough to play in the English Premier League.’ ‘We redesigned the club based on a question: what would a football club look like if it had no human eye and ear? Of course, it turns out you need a human element. But if you say from the start that ‘Oh, it has to be a combination of stats and humans,’ then you won’t be radical enough to be able to make a difference.’

All I know is nic is fucktard

Doesn't look like that to me. I don't see him berating Leo at all. Looks like he shouts something to Leo immediately after he has scored as they faced each other - probably "yeeeessss" - and then Leo runs off to celebrate and AA doesn't chase after him. Looking at the video closely, some players jog/run in Leo's direction to celebrate, but several ignore him and head towards Azaz. Pretty normal stuff - players reacting differently to goals going in. That said, Armstrong's celebration seems almost non existent and there is no "glee" which we all experienced. All I can say is that as a striker, you want to be the guy scoring the goals and when others score you sometimes don't feel the same joy. However, to counter that, if the game means everything to you, as this one should, then you are normally keen to share the enjoyment of a goal. Either he's being super professional and knowing the game still needs to be won or he just isn't feeling it at that moment? Not sure Armstrong is a big celebrator of goals either, even his own (I might be wrong there). He often seems a little muted or that's the impression I have had this season. I've tried to look back and see how he has celebrated recent goals, but he's not really been on the pitch when we have scored. I think the THB equaliser at Oxford was the last one - he certainly goes to celebrate with THB, but THB steams off and the video cuts off. Looking at that specific goal, it's noticeable that Fellows doesn't celebrate at all or try to join in, while the rest of the players at least head in the goalscorers direction. Is his reaction strange or is it just normal that you don't always 'feel glee' when a goal goes in? 36 second in for that Oxford goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBoicPHGYF4

All the rats deserting a sinking ship to another rat infested ship

In the least surprising news of the day, Suella Braverman has defected to Reform.

Why on earth would you waste time watching players, when you can study their stats on spreadsheets? Stats don’t lie, and putting that data into a model will tell you if said player will generate profit in a year or two!

Interesting to see that Leicesters main criteria for a new manager is "experience". Wish we did the same. And on the topic of Leicester, I'm posting this because I'm a big child