Math is Hard: Is The Number Up For Traditional Football Methodolgy?

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   Luis Adriano on February 26, 2015 at 10:50 pm

   Great stuff. I’m too dumb to fully understand it all but not dumb enough to miss how much it can help us. In Benham we trust.

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   David Carey on February 27, 2015 at 1:34 am

   My understanding from what I have read and the video interviews I have read is that Warbs and Weir have embraced the mathematical modelling and are already using this method. The issue of difference seems to lie in who makes the final decisions – a nerd statistician or the Head of the Football Department (i.e., Manager – read Warbs). A working combination, merging the obvious outstanding talents of both would seem to be the best long term outcome for Brentford. It is just such a pity that the outstanding abilities of Warbs and Benham cannot be jointly harnessed for the long term benefit of Brentford.
   Fortunately Warbs and his team (on and off the field) are good enough and focussed enough to win promotion this year – so the pressure will be on Benham next year to stay in the EPL.

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   Jonathan on February 27, 2015 at 1:13 pm

   Thank you for the very interesting article. It should be required reading for all Bees fans so that they can understand the reasons why they should trust the Benham revolution. As the outlaw Josey Wells said “it is about getting the edge”.
   If Brentford can get ahead of the crowd there will be no stopping us.

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