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Summer 2022 transfer rumours (Gilbey loan confirmed p513, a signing falls through last minute p541)
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Richard J said:Athletico Charlton said:Would Ben Thompson be a good, cheap, local back up for Dobson?
Gills fans reckon they will get £350K or so for Tucker from a tribunal which is the amount we have spent a number of times since TS joined. Would he be the perfect Pearce replacement?0 -
Scoham said:Cafc43v3r said:Scoham said:Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:"Martin’s improvements to the recruiting system have blown him away. It’s now a lot easier to work with. Before that it was theoretical, and before that pretty much nothing other than Gallen’s negotiating skills"
That para stuck out for me. Where to start!
I don't suppose he elaborated?
What I’d take from it is with the setup more established we’ll be looking across a wider pool of players. Hopefully we’ll benefit from that but if we put too much focus on stats or use them badly it could go horribly wrong.
Because of reasons that don't need going over here the pool of possible players we can sign is really small.
If we say want a left back there aren't 100s of possible options are there? You don't need an algorithm to get it down to half dozen do you. Seems there is a bit too much faith put in it. The world has changed since Brentford did it.
If you use a striker as an example, when Bretford started it the pool of players was in the 1000s. I am guessing now there are about 500 professional strikers in Britain? You can probably rule out 450 of them straight away. Then age and type of striker your left with about half a dozen. That you would have to scout anyway.
They would probably all be players you knew about anyway. I think we have missed the bus with this to be honest.0 -
Cafc43v3r said:Scoham said:Cafc43v3r said:Scoham said:Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:"Martin’s improvements to the recruiting system have blown him away. It’s now a lot easier to work with. Before that it was theoretical, and before that pretty much nothing other than Gallen’s negotiating skills"
That para stuck out for me. Where to start!
I don't suppose he elaborated?
What I’d take from it is with the setup more established we’ll be looking across a wider pool of players. Hopefully we’ll benefit from that but if we put too much focus on stats or use them badly it could go horribly wrong.
Because of reasons that don't need going over here the pool of possible players we can sign is really small.
If we say want a left back there aren't 100s of possible options are there? You don't need an algorithm to get it down to half dozen do you. Seems there is a bit too much faith put in it. The world has changed since Brentford did it.
If you use a striker as an example, when Bretford started it the pool of players was in the 1000s. I am guessing now there are about 500 professional strikers in Britain? You can probably rule out 450 of them straight away. Then age and type of striker your left with about half a dozen. That you would have to scout anyway.
They would probably all be players you knew about anyway. I think we have missed the bus with this to be honest.1 -
Cafc43v3r said:Scoham said:Cafc43v3r said:Scoham said:Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:"Martin’s improvements to the recruiting system have blown him away. It’s now a lot easier to work with. Before that it was theoretical, and before that pretty much nothing other than Gallen’s negotiating skills"
That para stuck out for me. Where to start!
I don't suppose he elaborated?
What I’d take from it is with the setup more established we’ll be looking across a wider pool of players. Hopefully we’ll benefit from that but if we put too much focus on stats or use them badly it could go horribly wrong.
Because of reasons that don't need going over here the pool of possible players we can sign is really small.
If we say want a left back there aren't 100s of possible options are there? You don't need an algorithm to get it down to half dozen do you. Seems there is a bit too much faith put in it. The world has changed since Brentford did it.
If you use a striker as an example, when Bretford started it the pool of players was in the 1000s. I am guessing now there are about 500 professional strikers in Britain? You can probably rule out 450 of them straight away. Then age and type of striker your left with about half a dozen. That you would have to scout anyway.
They would probably all be players you knew about anyway. I think we have missed the bus with this to be honest.
Through our network with Standard Liege didn't we have access to players across Europe pre Brexit?
My problem with the early Roland era was that they were clearly not good at the execution and implementation.
In contrast Brentford utilised their network and used data effectively.1 -
Scoham said:Cafc43v3r said:Scoham said:Cafc43v3r said:Scoham said:Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:"Martin’s improvements to the recruiting system have blown him away. It’s now a lot easier to work with. Before that it was theoretical, and before that pretty much nothing other than Gallen’s negotiating skills"
That para stuck out for me. Where to start!
I don't suppose he elaborated?
What I’d take from it is with the setup more established we’ll be looking across a wider pool of players. Hopefully we’ll benefit from that but if we put too much focus on stats or use them badly it could go horribly wrong.
Because of reasons that don't need going over here the pool of possible players we can sign is really small.
If we say want a left back there aren't 100s of possible options are there? You don't need an algorithm to get it down to half dozen do you. Seems there is a bit too much faith put in it. The world has changed since Brentford did it.
If you use a striker as an example, when Bretford started it the pool of players was in the 1000s. I am guessing now there are about 500 professional strikers in Britain? You can probably rule out 450 of them straight away. Then age and type of striker your left with about half a dozen. That you would have to scout anyway.
They would probably all be players you knew about anyway. I think we have missed the bus with this to be honest.
I certainly don't buy into the "now the data is better we will be better" narrative. The field of players is to small for it to be a game changer. If it throws up a wild card brilliant, but that should be the cherry, not the whole cake.0 -
I think a combination of good scouting and data is best.3
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TS is such a weird one. When I read an interview I’ll feel really positive and encouraged and then he’ll say a couple of really weird things which make you question whether he knows what the hell he’s talking about. ‘Making coaching 10% more intensive’ sounds like such clueless bollocks. And the fact that the one thing that really impresses him is what his own son has done really makes you wonder.14
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A bit of a mystery how Thompson ended up at Gillingham in the first place. I imagine he only went there as it was convenient, and as a shop window for his next move0
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killerandflash said:A bit of a mystery how Thompson ended up at Gillingham in the first place. I imagine he only went there as it was convenient, and as a shop window for his next move2
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Uboat said:TS is such a weird one. When I read an interview I’ll feel really positive and encouraged and then he’ll say a couple of really weird things which make you question whether he knows what the hell he’s talking about. ‘Making coaching 10% more intensive’ sounds like such clueless bollocks. And the fact that the one thing that really impresses him is what his own son has done really makes you wonder.
the whole ‘walking is brilliant’ and constant corporate sayings/phrases (FAIL- first attempt in learning etc) suggested that he wasn’t going to have an intense training regime that was picky and finicky about details- results and performances proved that0 -
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killerandflash said:A bit of a mystery how Thompson ended up at Gillingham in the first place. I imagine he only went there as it was convenient, and as a shop window for his next move
https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/football/portsmouth-fc/the-reality-about-where-things-stand-for-ex-millwall-man-ben-thompson-after-portsmouth-homecoming-3666445
If that's to be believed, he wasn't really match fit etc when leaving Millwall, so maybe there weren't a lot of options and Harris being the link sealed it.
Wonder if Portsmouth might go in for him this summer if he's popular there?1 -
Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:"Martin’s improvements to the recruiting system have blown him away. It’s now a lot easier to work with. Before that it was theoretical, and before that pretty much nothing other than Gallen’s negotiating skills"
That para stuck out for me. Where to start!
I don't suppose he elaborated?2 -
Maccn05 said:RonnieMoore said:Maccn05 said:One one fan on Twitter adamant that CBT has strong interest from Barnsley.
Will say a lot if we sold to a L1 rival0 -
RonnieMoore said:Maccn05 said:RonnieMoore said:Maccn05 said:One one fan on Twitter adamant that CBT has strong interest from Barnsley.
Will say a lot if we sold to a L1 rival3 -
RonnieMoore said:Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:"Martin’s improvements to the recruiting system have blown him away. It’s now a lot easier to work with. Before that it was theoretical, and before that pretty much nothing other than Gallen’s negotiating skills"
That para stuck out for me. Where to start!
I don't suppose he elaborated?
https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/exclusive-martin-sandgaard-appointed-charlton-athletics-director-of-analysis/
“Now he is responsible for all of the data analysis. Those people formally report to him.
“He reports directly to me. Steve Gallen [director of football] also reports directly to me. Steve is the negotiating part of it. If you want to sell anything in your house, just ask Steve Gallen! He is the best negotiator you can find.
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shirty5 said:RonnieMoore said:Maccn05 said:RonnieMoore said:Maccn05 said:One one fan on Twitter adamant that CBT has strong interest from Barnsley.
Will say a lot if we sold to a L1 rival6 -
Massimo Luongo, Sheff Wednesday,midfielder0
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Richard J said:Athletico Charlton said:Would Ben Thompson be a good, cheap, local back up for Dobson?
Gills fans reckon they will get £350K or so for Tucker from a tribunal which is the amount we have spent a number of times since TS joined. Would he be the perfect Pearce replacement?0 -
Doesn't fill me with much confidence that his son, with zero experience in football, is playing such an integral part in our recruitment.5
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He's probably the least qualified in all 4 divisions.0
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stonemuse said:seth plum said:From the scraps of information we glean, and from my limited insight, it looks as if Thomas is a fan of the Brailsford method of improvement.
How long can you tread water for?2 -
Athletico Charlton said:0
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Quotes from TS interview with Charlton Live
https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/thomas-sandgaard-last-summers-transfer-window-a-major-factor-in-charlton-not-mounting-promotion-challenge/
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There is always a huge amount of Agent churning.
I am trying to think of the last player heavily rumoured to be coming to us that we ended up signing.0 -
Croydon said:Doesn't fill me with much confidence that his son, with zero experience in football, is playing such an integral part in our recruitment.3
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Scoham said:RonnieMoore said:Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:"Martin’s improvements to the recruiting system have blown him away. It’s now a lot easier to work with. Before that it was theoretical, and before that pretty much nothing other than Gallen’s negotiating skills"
That para stuck out for me. Where to start!
I don't suppose he elaborated?
https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/exclusive-martin-sandgaard-appointed-charlton-athletics-director-of-analysis/
“Now he is responsible for all of the data analysis. Those people formally report to him.
“He reports directly to me. Steve Gallen [director of football] also reports directly to me. Steve is the negotiating part of it. If you want to sell anything in your house, just ask Steve Gallen! He is the best negotiator you can find.1 -
Cafc43v3r said:stonemuse said:seth plum said:From the scraps of information we glean, and from my limited insight, it looks as if Thomas is a fan of the Brailsford method of improvement.
How long can you tread water for?0 -
Andrew Barclay says we're up for sale again. I do hope that's not true0