Brentford chairman says club aims to emulate Saints

[Saint-Armstrong]

http://www.westlondonsport.com/brentford/bees-keen-to-emulate-southampton

 

 

 

I did think when I saw the Warburton news and the talk of restructuring that it sounded very similar to ourselves - although we clearly aren't unique in this respect.

 

Rightly or wrongly, I quite like being viewed as the example club for others.

[Matthew Le God]

Mark Warburton was on Sky Sports's Footballer's football show last season along with with Les Reed, they disagreed on philosophies quite a bit. Seems the Brentford chairman favours Les Reed's view.

[stardustonmyfeet]

I thought Warburton was DoF originally, so not sure why he's so opposed to someone else taking over that role.

 

With all the praise for Saints it would have made sense for them to give Adkins a call, until I saw the bit where they highlight swapping him for Pochettino. Maybe not then.

[Matthew Le God]

[Saint_clark]

Well they're gonna have to ditch the stripes for a season or two then

[Crazy Diamond]

According to Mark Warburton they want to rely on stats, because the Brentford Chairman owns a football statistics company. Whilst there is something to be said about stats in football, I'm pretty sure it'll never go the way of sabermetrics, Billy Beane and the Oakland A's.

 

Apart from anything else it seems ridiculous that a manager that could well deliver promotion has had his nose put so out of joint that he wants to leave come what may.

 

I have to say on a personal level I find stats incredibly boring thanks to their massive over-use in football. If you have 99% possession and don't score, the other team score with their 1%, what's the point? As for heat maps... Jesus wept.

[Redslo]

According to Mark Warburton they want to rely on stats, because the Brentford Chairman owns a football statistics company. Whilst there is something to be said about stats in football, I'm pretty sure it'll never go the way of sabermetrics, Billy Beane and the Oakland A's.

 

Apart from anything else it seems ridiculous that a manager that could well deliver promotion has had his nose put so out of joint that he wants to leave come what may.

 

I have to say on a personal level I find stats incredibly boring thanks to their massive over-use in football. If you have 99% possession and don't score, the other team score with their 1%, what's the point? As for heat maps... Jesus wept.

 

Figuring out how to use statistics effectively in baseball was easy compared to football. People are still trying to figure out how to do that. (Or, perhaps, more accurately, if anyone has figured out something significant they are keeping their mouths shut--as Oakland A's fans wished Billy Beane had.) But it would be foolish to assume that it will never happen.

[Lallana's Left Peg]

Mark Warburton was on Sky Sports's Footballer's football show last season along with with Les Reed, they disagreed on philosophies quite a bit. Seems the Brentford chairman favours Les Reed's view.

 

Well remembered - I remember that show now you mention it. Les has definitely softened his stance on loans now though!

[SuperSAINT]

Well remembered - I remember that show now you mention it. Les has definitely softened his stance on loans now though!

 

I remember that now too. Didn't we literally send Stephens to Swindon a couple of days after that show aired?!

 

I think loans for some of the older lads are still a good idea. I've always thought Gazza & Rowe could probably do with some 1st team action somewhere out on loan for some experience.