For me its our transfer policy that has to be binned off Mouse and not the committee.
"Transfer policy that has to be binned off" - yeah Si; something I have been saying for a long time.
"And not the committee." - Well yes and no Si. I did say "FSG need to dismantle the
current committee". By that I meant get rid of the elements which do not work; the elements which rely on a model which place the "value" of a player, in terms of cost, [as determined by a computer programme] before the ability of a player and what he would bring to the team.
Just to be clear, (because there seems to be a bit of confusion re: "stats" and how they are applied. Maybe because people haven't read it or merely do not understand what was written); here it is again:
* Ian Graham: "Holder of a PhD in theoretical physics, Graham had developed a computer programme designed to add discriminative value to player performance statistics provided by companies such as ProZone."
"When Rodgers, a scout or an agent suggested Liverpool sign a particular player, Edwards would have the player's numbers run through the Graham model. If the computer said no, the deal was off."
The key words in that piece are
"add discriminative value". It's best described by way of an example.
Let's say [
for example and only that] Brendan or Hunter had suggested Diego Costa, as an alternative, who was available at say £32m. John Edwards would have his buddy, Ian Graham, run Costa's numbers through his programme. Ian Graham's programme would then attach a "value" to Costa. If that value was less than the £32m Costa would cost then... "the deal was off".
Put simply: it's Ian Graham's computer programme which decides how much a player is worth: it's the existence of and reliance on this programme which had John W so confident that we would never again overpay for players.So by all means have a "committee", if that's what Brendan wants - just don't have a reincarnation which includes Edwards [and by default his buddy Graham] or
any non-footballing entity with a veto.
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