use of data in recruitment

[Rjk]

https://twitter.com/StatsBomb/status...AqizmSAhw&s=19

interesting thread showing some of the things clubs are doing in this area

[Kitman]

You mean its not just

1) Do they play for Bristol City
2) Do they belong to Neil Warnock's son's agent

[A Quiet Monkfish]

You mean its not just

1) Do they play for Bristol City
2) Do they belong to Neil Warnock's son's agent

3) Have they been injured in the last month, and if 'yes', are they still able to walk

[splott parker]

4) Is Howells School acceptable for their children.

[Enoch Mort]

5) Are they related to Willie Mackay

[tforturton]

The problem with the moneybag approach (which is what this is, basically) is that once everyone has access to the same data, then any advantage you had disappears.