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 high, everyone at the scene also stood up and raised the wine glass.

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

Although it's still mid-February, the weather is very cold, but you can drink a glass of beer. In one word, it's cool!

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

"I have a life creed!"

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

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

"I believe that in everyone's life, at least one must do something different that others can't do, and then life will be meaningful. If we do things that others have done, It's all the most common and ordinary, just like eating and sleeping, so what's the point of life?"

After Yang Huan said this, almost everyone in the audience showed a hint of enlightenment.

"Okay, Young Master Huan, well said!"

"It's so reasonable, it just went into my heart!"

There are also some people who are incredulous, as if such words are not like Yang Huan would say at all.

For example, Horikita Maki, she found it difficult to understand.

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

"Thank you Miss Charlene Laheri!" Yang Huan pointed at the beautiful Charlene Laheri.

Immediately, there was a burst of roaring shouts.

"She checked it out for me, and in the history of English football, no third-division team has ever won the FA Cup."

When Yang Huan said this, he deliberately paused.

Everyone in the audience also fell silent, all of them looked solemn.

"A hundred years of history,

No one has ever done it! "

The faces of many players showed a trace of desire.

"We have reached the quarter-finals. We are unprecedented in this role, and it is very likely that there will be no newcomers in the future. It is about to create a great feat of new history in English football, and there are only three games left!"

Yang Huan's right-hand gesture made many players nod their heads.

There was a burst of warm cheers and applause.

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

"Yes, even if we fight to the death, we have to win!"

"Definitely win, win these three games, and we will make history!"

"It's too exciting, this kind of opportunity doesn't come randomly."

"If you don't fight now, when will you fight?"

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

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

Facing all the players, coaching staff, and staff at the scene, Yang Huan raised the wine glass in his hand again.

"...Please everyone!"

All the players, coaches, and staff immediately stood up, raised their glasses, and fucked him!

Every time Yang Huan treats guests to dinner, Wangjiang Pavilion is always noisy and very lively.

This is very rare in high-end restaurants in Europe.

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.

As for Chinese food, what kind of atmosphere would there be if it wasn't a lively dinner?

There are even many guests who are eager to meet Southampton players and employees, or to see the staff of the WeChat company.

For them, it was also an honorable bonus.

And the reason why Yang Huan likes to treat guests to dinner is because he is convinced that any place in the world is the same, and to have a good relationship, treating guests to dinner is essential.

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

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

The little girl reluctantly followed him out of the lobby and came to the open-air restaurant area outside.

When the weather is cold, few guests are willing to come here to blow air, especially at night.

"Hey, next time you shout, don't hook your fingers, those who don't know think we two..."

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

This guy is getting more and more excessive, and he simply treats himself as a servant he calls and leaves.

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

The faint light from the lamppost along the River Tester sprinkled on her face, as if coated with a light film.

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

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

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

Charlene Laheri was stared at so motionlessly by his eyes. At first she pretended to be fine, but gradually, she felt very uncomfortable, her pink face turned red involuntarily, and her body was like drinking alcohol. Hot.

"If you have something to say, just look at it this way, and I'll leave!" That tone was more like coquettish.

Yang Huan smiled cheekily, "I'm sorry, my biggest weakness is that I can't see beautiful girls. Who made you look so beautiful, I couldn't help but take a few more glances!"

Whoa, just look at it, and say it so openly and confidently?

Charlene Laheri had an urge to beat him up.

"Just tell me if you have something!" She still couldn't hate it in the end.

I even wondered in my heart, is he really sincere when he praises me for being beautiful?

"Actually, it's not a big deal." Yang Huan decided not to look at her, so as not to think that he would use his eyes to prostitute her all day long.

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

When it came to serious business, Charlene Laheri also returned to her usual sophistication and calmness, "Analysis team?"

"Analyze the opponent before the game, analyze the game and the players of both sides during the game, and summarize the game after the game. In addition to the game, there is an evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of your team, etc., and even provide some professional services for transfers. Opinion."

Charlene Laheri understood. "You're talking about an analyst, or a research coach."

Almost all Premier League teams have some of these people, just in different roles.

For example, when Mourinho was in charge of Chelsea in the early days, Boas was one of his analysts.

Mourinho is the one who attaches the most importance to data analysis among all head coaches. Many people even believe that once he loses his ability to analyze data, his aura of famous coach will cease to exist.

Another person who attaches great importance to data analysis is Barcelona's head coach Guardiola. His coaching team has 24 people, many of which are professionals specializing in various data analysis.

"Yeah, analyst, but what I'm going to put together is an analysis group for the team."

Many analysts, although nominally working for the club, are actually working for a coach, and once the coach is dismissed, he will also be dismissed.

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

"Are there any suitable candidates?"

Yang Huan was also very troubled by this.

To say that Zhu Liangcheng, Wang Lin and others can develop a set of analysis software, there is definitely no problem.

The real question is, how can a layman develop a set of application software for a layman?

Also, football analytics is not just cold data, if you want that, turn left, Sky TV's OPTA can provide it, and there are other football analytics companies in Europe that can provide this kind of data.

A real football analyst must not only be able to deal with those cold and cumbersome data, he must also understand the ball, especially if he has played the ball himself, because only those who have played the ball can understand what a player looks like on the pitch. The ins and outs of very strange moves, and then better evaluate a player.

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

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

"You're talking about a lot of people like this, such as Everton's James Smith, Moyes' best assistant; Liverpool's strategic director, Frenchman Damian Comolli, a former Wenger assistant; Mike Ford, Chelsea's director of player data analysis, and Kevin Frege, chief data analyst at Manchester City."

Charlene Laheri knows a lot about the analysts of these Premier League teams, and it's clear she's done a lot of work.

"Many people don't know that the reason why Manchester United sold Stam was not because of his autobiography, but because Ferguson's data analysis team told him that Stam was no longer good, so he decided to sell, but the Dutchman Italy shines."

"Few people know that after the Abu Dhabi consortium acquired Manchester City, the first thing it did was to set up a data analysis team of up to 12 people, led by Kevin Frege."

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

Data analysis is indeed Southampton's weak spot, 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 was busy with too many things, and it was normal to ignore such trivial matters.

Fortunately, it is too late to pay attention now.

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

"Any good experts to introduce to me?"

"Actually, the application of data in football is still superficial and not professional at all!"

Charlene Laheri expressed some of her views, "For example, in the United States, many employees of the NBA and football teams engaged in data analysis are top students from Harvard University or MIT, or even Ph.D., 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 two of the top data analysis companies in the football field.

Who knows, Charlene Laheri nodded affirmatively, "Yeah."

Yang Huan was a little moved, "What do you think, if you want to build the best data analysis team that is comparable to the NBA and the American football team, how much investment will it take?"

"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 worth a lot."

Yang Huan knew it.

In the eyes of many Premier League teams, the investment of 4 million pounds is indeed very high. At this price, it is better to use it for signings than to build an analysis team that requires long-term maintenance and investment.

Therefore, teams including Manchester United and Manchester City do not take it seriously, and are even reluctant to ask for this money.

But Yang Huan feels that data analysis will play an increasingly important role in football.

At least one thing he is very clear about is that in 2014, even if some amateur fans were discussing football, they would always talk about data, heat maps and running route maps.

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

This represents the trend of the future, whoever walks ahead will have the advantage.

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

"I know two great people in this field, one is a professor of data statistics at Oxford University, Marcus du Satoy, I interviewed him when I wrote a report before, I think, in Europe and the world, He's an authority on this, and he's a huge football fan who played football when he was young."

"Southampton?" Yang Huan was surprised, wouldn't it be so coincidental?

Charlene Laheri chuckled, "You are ugly, you are a diehard Arsenal fan."

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