Chapter 153： Data is king

"Come on, everyone, to celebrate this victory, let's do it!"

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

Except for the players and non-drinkers such as Charlene Laheri, all the others are Tsingtao beer imported from China.

Although it was still in mid-February, the weather was very cold, but a glass of beer can be poured, one word, cool!

More importantly, Yang Huan found the familiar taste of his hometown.

"I have a life creed!"

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

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

"I believe that in every person's life, at least one must do something different that no one else can do, then life will have a meaningful life. If we do everything that others have done, It's the most common and ordinary kind of meddling, just like eating and sleeping, so what's the meaning of life?"

After Yang Huan said this, almost everyone in the audience revealed a glimmer of understanding.

"Okay, Master Huan, well said!"

"It makes sense, I just said it into my heart!"

There are also some people who are unbelievable, as if this kind of remark is not like Yang Huan would say at all.

For example, Maki Horikita found it difficult to understand.

Couldn't it be copied from a certain book, or from a website forum?

"Thanks to Miss Charlene Laheri!" Yang Huan pointed to the beautiful Charlene Laheri.

Suddenly there was a roar of shouts on the scene.

"She checked it for me. In the history of English football, no third-level league team has ever won the FA Cup."

When Yang Huan said this, he paused on purpose.

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

"With more than one hundred years of history, no one has ever done it!"

There is a trace of desire on the faces of many players.

"We reached the quarter-finals. We are far from this unprecedented, and there is probably no one to come. We are about to create a new history of English football. There are only three games left!"

Yang Huan's gesture of three on his right hand made many players nodded.

There was a burst of extremely warm cheers and applause.

"Okay, Master Huan, we will fight for these three games!"

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

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

"Too exciting, this kind of opportunity is not random."

"If you don't do it now, when will you do it?"

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

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

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

"...Please, everyone!"

All the players, coaches and staff all stood up immediately, raised their glasses, and **** with him!

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

This is very rare in high-end European restaurants.

For this kind of thing, all the guests who come to Wangjiang Pavilion are also used to it. After all, it is a Chinese restaurant.

What about Chinese food, if it’s not a lively treat for dinner, what kind of atmosphere will it have?

There are even many guests wishing to see the players and employees of Southampton, or the employees of WeChat.

For them, this is also a very honorable bonus.

The reason why Yang Huan likes to have a dinner is because he is convinced that any place in the world is the same. To build a good relationship, a dinner is indispensable.

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

After eating and drinking, Yang Huan hooked his finger at Charlene Laheri.

This little Nizi walked out of the lobby with a reluctant expression on his face and came to the outdoor restaurant area outside.

When the weather is cold, few guests are willing to come here for a hair dryer, especially at night.

"Hey, call out next time, don't hook your fingers, those who don't know think we are the two..."

Charlene Laheri tightened her thick down jacket tightly, a bit cold, and a little angry in her heart.

This guy is getting more and more excessive, and he almost regards himself as a servant that he calls and leaves.

"What do you think we two?" Yang Huan looked at her with a smile.

The faint light from the lampposts along the River Teste spilled on her face, as if coated with a light film.

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

Gradually, a slight blush appeared on the white pink face.

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

Charlene Laheri was staring so motionlessly with his eyes. At first she pretended to be okay, but gradually, she felt very uncomfortable, her pink face became redder involuntarily, and her body was like drinking. It's hot.

"Just tell me if you have anything, look at it this way, and I'll go!" That tone was more like acting like a baby.

Yang Huan smiled cheeky, "Sorry, my biggest shortcoming is that I can't see a beautiful girl. Who makes you look so beautiful, I can't help but look at it more!"

Damn, just watch, and speak so openly and confidently?

Charlene Laheri had the urge to beat him up.

"Say things quickly!" She couldn't hate it in the end.

I even wondered a little bit in my heart. He praised me for being beautiful. Is it true?

"Actually, it's not a big deal." Yang Huan decided not to look at her, so as not to think that he was going to prostitute her with his eyes.

"You know a lot of people. I want to form an analysis team in Southampton recently. Do you know any experts?"

When it comes to serious matters, Charlene Laheri also regained her usual ability and calm, "Analysis team?"

"Analyze the opponent before the game, analyze the game and both players during the game, and summarize the game after the game. In addition to the game, there is also an assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of your team, etc., and even provide some professional for the transfer opinion."

Charlene Laheri understands, "You are talking about an analyst or a research coach."

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

For example, when Mourinho coached Chelsea early, Boas was one of his analysts.

Mourinho is the most important of all head coaches for data analysis, and many people even think that once he loses his ability to analyze data, his aura as a coach will no longer exist.

Another person who values ​​data analysis is Barcelona’s coach Guardiola. His coaching team has 24 people, many of whom are professionals specializing in various data analysis.

"Yes, analysts, but what I want to form is an analysis team to serve the team."

Although many analysts are nominally serving in the club, they actually play for a certain head coach. Once the head coach dismisses get out of class, he will follow.

But what Yang Huan wants is a set of analysis teams that not only serve the head coach, but everyone in Southampton, including tactics, games, training and even transfers. These are the areas that the analysis team needs to cover.

"Are there any suitable candidates?"

Yang Huan also has a headache for this.

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

The real question is, how do laymen develop a set of application software for insiders?

In addition, football analysis is not just the cold data. If you want those, go out and turn left, Sky TV’s OPTA can provide it. There are other football analysis companies in Europe that can provide this data.

A real football analyst not only has to be able to deal with those cold and cumbersome statistics, he must also understand the ball, especially when he has played it, because only those who have played can understand the appearance of players on the pitch. The ins and outs of the weird moves, and then better to evaluate a player.

To be honest, there are not many that have to meet these requirements.

What Yang Huan wants now is to have a set of analysis team, at least a few people can be called a team.

"You talk about a lot of such people, such as James Smith of Everton, Moyes' most powerful assistant; Liverpool's strategic director Frenchman Damian Comoli, Wenger's former assistant; Mike Ford, Chelsea’s director of player data analysis, and Kevin Frege, Manchester City’s chief data analyst."

Charlene Laheri is so dear to the analysts of these Premier League teams, it is obvious that he has worked hard.

"A lot of people don’t know that the reason why Manchester United sold Stam back then was not because of autobiography, but because Ferguson’s data analysis team told him that Stam was no longer good enough, so he decided to sell, but the Dutch Italy shines."

"Few people know that after the acquisition of Manchester City by the Abu Dhabi consortium, the first thing it did was to form a data analysis team led by Kevin Frege with as many as twelve people."

Hearing this, Yang Huan shrugged, "Well, I admit that we are behind in this respect!"

Data analysis is indeed Southampton's weakness, which also leads to a heavy task for the coaching staff.

This is mainly because Southampton did not have such an analysis team before, and it was a League One team, so it was ignored.

Yang Huan has too many things to be busy with, and it's normal to ignore such minor matters.

Fortunately, it is too late to pay attention.

Charlene Laheri did not expect that Yang Huan would take the initiative to admit her mistake.

"Are there any good experts to introduce to me?"

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

Charlene Laheri said some of her own views, "Like in the United States, many employees engaged in data analysis in the NBA and football teams are high-achieving students from Harvard University or the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, or even PhDs. Compared with them, The current level of football data analysis may not be as good as that of junior high school students."

"Including OPTA and?" Yang Huan was a little surprised.

These are the top two data analysis companies in the football field.

I don't know, Charlene Laheri nodded very surely, "Hmm."

Yang Huan was a little tempted to hear, "Do you think that if you want to build a set of the best, comparable to the NBA and the American football team, the top data analysis team, how much investment is needed?"

"Like the level of Manchester City and Arsenal, the investment is about two million pounds a year, but if you want to reach the level of the United States, at least four million pounds or more, the whole set of equipment alone is very valuable."

Yang Huan knew it well.

In the eyes of many Premier League teams, the investment of 4 million pounds is indeed very high. This price is better than a long-term maintenance and investment analysis team.

Therefore, the teams, including Manchester United and Manchester City, do not pay much attention to it, and even reluctant to ask for the money.

But Yang Huan feels that data analysis will become more and more important in the football field.

At least one thing he knows very well that is, in 2014, even if some amateur fans are discussing football, they always talk about data, heat maps and running roadmaps. Wait.

In professional circles, I am afraid that the use of data will be more in-depth.

This represents the future trend, whoever takes the lead will have the advantage.

The future of professional football will be an era where data is king!

"I know two great people in this area. One is the professor of statistics at Oxford University, Marcus Du Satoy. I interviewed him when I wrote a report. I think that in Europe and the world, He is an authority in this area, and he is also a **** football fan, having played in his youth."

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

Charlene Laheri laughed, "Smelly you, you are a diehard Arsenal fan."

"Wow, he doesn't hate us now? How could he agree to come?" ()