Chapter 241 Attention from Liverpool's "God of Love"!The folks are coming!
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Ni Yao Ka Yan
Chapter 241 Attention from Liverpool's "God of Love"!The folks are coming!
After writing the news headline, Evelyn couldn't help being stunned, "...Mr. Hiller, you just said so much in one breath!"
Alan Shearer was also shocked, "What? Yeah! I, I, I... What's wrong with this? What's wrong with me, talking so much!"
Evelyn asked: "Did you talk more about your professional field? Let me ask you another question. Do you think the Southampton U18 team will win this game or the Liverpool U18 team?" Win? Why do you say that?"
Alan Shearer opened his mouth, and the language became extremely fluent, "I, I, I, I am more optimistic about the Southampton U18 team, because, uh, um... I like the Southampton U18 team."
Evelyn: …
Alan Shearer struggled to answer such a simple question.
"Well, it doesn't seem to be a matter of professional field or non-professional field," Evelyn said with a smile: "Then let me ask another question. Gu Ran had two head-to-head competitions with Sterling's speed on the court. Gu Ran's speed did not seem to be as fast as Sterling the first time, but the second time, Gu Ran's speed was almost the same as Sterling, how do you evaluate Gu Ran's performance?"
Alan Shearer's eyes lit up immediately, he thought for a while, and then said in a calm voice: "...I must use the word genius to describe Gu Ran, yes, he is really a genius. You know, the increase in speed , especially the improvement of the limit speed, even if it is only increased by 0.1 seconds, requires a lot of training. But Gu was able to break through his speed limit during the competition, which shows that his physical condition is very talented, and there is still a lot to do. untapped potential.”
Hearing this, Evelyn couldn't help licking her upper lip subconsciously.
Alan Shearer continued: "Sterling is very fast, but Sterling's sprint is not as powerful as Gu Ran's. I believe that as long as Gu Ran discovers his potential, Gu Ran's speed will not be long. More than Sterling."
Gu Ran, who was half lying on the side and receiving a massage, felt a little embarrassed when he heard Alan Shearer's flattery.
However, Gu Ran didn't want to interrupt at this time, as soon as she interrupted, Evelyn would definitely pester her.
I heard Evelyn say with a smile: "Okay, Mr. Hiller, I finally figured it out now. It turns out that as long as you mention Gu Ran and analyze and explain Gu Ran, your language will be fluent and logical."
Alan Shearer was stunned for a moment, and then said excitedly: "Hiss...it seems to be true! God! This is really amazing! It turns out that I was just crazy for caring!"
Evelyn also said excitedly: "Me too!"
shit...
Gu Ran next to him covered his face, not knowing whether to laugh or cry:
How did you two find a common language?
I didn't do anything!
I didn't even put my mouth in it!
I think I'm still pretending to sleep...
Gu Ran closed his eyes even tighter.
--the other side.
The Liverpool executives left the stands and temporarily returned to their exclusive lounge.
The atmosphere in the lounge was a bit depressing.
Liverpool's executives thought that this friendly match would be Liverpool U18 unilaterally crushing Southampton U18.
For this reason, they also specially prepared three high-definition cameras to record in all directions, and also made a highlight of the team's wonderful performance, and gave it to the new boss Henry and the new boss Linda as a tribute gift...
result……
The first 30 minutes were okay, and Sterling's performance was indeed very exciting.
But in the last 15 minutes of the first half and stoppage time, it completely became a performance by the Chinese boy Gu Ran on the opposite side!
Another overtaking by outsiders, another magic lamp to guide the way, another super long shot, another wonderful penetration and involvement, and another sideways barb shot...
Damn Falk...
How can this kind of video be shown to the new boss and his wife?
Where did Southampton, the dog day, discover this B9B shooter who wears the No. 2 jersey and plays left back?
Gu Ran is simply a cruel and terrifying monster!
Compared with Gu Ran, Sterling originally had a slight speed advantage, but in the second speed duel, not only was Sterling almost overtaken by Gu Ran, but he also made a ridiculous low-level mistake because he kicked the earth!
Gu Ran's defensive pressure is really too strong!
In other aspects, Gu Ran is much better than Sterling!
The value of 200 million pounds was suppressed by Gu Ran and only showed a value of 20 pounds...
Liverpool executives are all sullenly sitting on the luxurious sofa.
Several senior executives were frowning and smoking blue ring cigars, several senior executives were drinking whiskey, and several senior executives hugged their miniskirt female assistants to seek spiritual comfort...
At this time, a high-level executive stood up and suggested: "Gentlemen, I think it's better not to send the video to the new boss and the new boss wife. If they watch it and withdraw their capital in anger, it will be bad."
The other senior officials nodded in agreement.
Another executive stood up and objected, "No, no, Linda knew about the friendly match yesterday, and we also promised to show her the video, so we can't say nothing, right?"
"Then why don't you tell them the score, just cut the highlights of our Liverpool U18 team and fool them?"
"It's a good idea. Few of those wealthy owners really understand football, and they may not be able to watch the highlights we send."
As soon as this proposal came out, it was approved by most of the high-level officials present.
But soon there were high-level objections: "Not bad! The new boss John Henry really doesn't know football. What he is really interested in is baseball. The Boston Red Sox is his home team. Let's show him the football youth training." He won't watch the highlights of the friendly matches [-]%. But! Our new boss Linda is an avid football fan!"
"Linda Pizzutti is of Italian origin and has loved football since she was a child. You don't know that this time Fenway Group can acquire Liverpool Club and help the club cancel more than 1 million pounds of foreign debt, all of us The young proprietress Linda's credit!"
"Linda is not just a simple beautiful vase for our Liverpool, she is the real new queen of Liverpool!"
"If you want to fool the new queen, you are digging your own grave!"
Another executive nodded and said, "That's right, we can fool John Henry, a 61-year-old old man, but we can't fool Linda, a 31-year-old beauty who has a master's degree from MIT and owns a family real estate business. "
"Then what do you say now?"
The living room fell into silence again.
Michael Edwards, head of data analysis at the Liverpool club, sat by the window, staring out the window.
Edwards didn't say a word as the brass debated.
——In a professional football club, the head of data analysis is an unremarkable but actually very important position.
The head of data analysis is responsible for collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data related to the team, and providing corresponding suggestions and even tactical decisions.
Specifically, the data analysis supervisor is responsible for collecting various data related to the team and the game, including the technical statistics of the players, such as pass success rate, number of shots, running distance, etc. , It is also necessary to collect the information of the opponent team, and even to collect the opponent's defensive and offensive styles, the conditions of the playing field and weather conditions and so on.
Of course, these data are not collected by the supervisor himself, but by specialized technical personnel, or by purchasing data packages provided by professional data suppliers, and so on.
After the data is collected, it will enter the analysis stage, which is the business scope of the supervisor himself.
Data analysis is a very complicated subject. It needs to use various tools and techniques to analyze the collected data. It will use statistics, model building, AI learning, data mining, analytical regression, clustering and classification and other methods to summarize and extract Patterns and trends in the data, from which valuable information is extracted to provide to the coaching staff to help players and teams improve.
The reports submitted to the coaching staff must also be clear and easy to understand, which also requires the data analysis supervisor to produce detailed reports, charts and visualization tools.
All in all, with the development of the technology era, big data has become more and more important, and the role of the data analysis supervisor for the club is becoming more and more important, and the right to speak is becoming more and more important, almost equivalent to the existence of a military strategist behind the scenes .
Speaking of which, Michael Edwards is an out-and-out Southampton native. He also heard about the legend of Southampton's "black-haired Bell" a few days ago. The winner of the contest.
However, as a newcomer to Liverpool's data analysis department, Edwards has recently focused on helping the first team players to analyze and classify-including the introduction of Sterling, and his data analysis is also credited.
So he didn't have much time to pay attention to who the black-haired Bell was, and he didn't know who the so-called "Chinese father of Southampton High School" was.
until today.
He finally met the legendary "father".
Michael Edwards was deeply shocked.
Edwards was also a professional player when he was young, but he failed to enter Southampton or other high-level league teams, but only played in the reserve team of Peterborough United in the second division of England-in a short period In his professional career, he failed to play in the professional league.
He is short in stature and poor in confrontation. Although he worked hard, he was never recognized by the coach.
Edwards believes that it's just that the coaching staff's vision is not enough, they will not discover and tap the potential of the players, and they only rely on their own subjective preferences to judge the future of the players.
After retiring, Edwards did not give up his favorite football project because of various setbacks. He determined to strive for more talented but unrecognized players, so he began to learn data technology analysis.
Starting out as a Pro Zone analyst in Portsmouth, and later working as a data collector and analyst at Tottenham, Edwards arrived at the Liverpool club when the Fenway Group completed their takeover of Liverpool - and, it turns out, he This job-hopping is very wise.
Liverpool's new boss John Henry may not understand football, but as a top businessman, he believes in big data analysis very much.
The Boston Red Sox were able to win the American baseball championship again after more than 80 years, largely because Henry adopted a scientific model of big data analysis and management after taking over.
And when Edwards applied for the job with his data model, it simply hit it off with Henry's management ideas.
As a result, Edwards, who was originally unknown, became the head of data analysis of the Liverpool club as soon as he came, and the entire Liverpool club also took the lead in entering the era of data model analysis.
Many people only know the later coach Klopp. In fact, before Klopp's arrival, since Fenway Group reused Edwards' big data analysis, it has entered the eve of revival.
Edwards, who is not very visible now, will have more and more voice in the next few years. He will be promoted to Liverpool's technical director and sports director, join the transfer committee trio, and become the leader of Liverpool's revival era. The talker in the transfer market, and eventually became the best manager in the Premier League.
Future stars such as Firmino, Coutinho, Salah, Robertson, Alisson, etc. are all written by Edwards data analysis.
Of course, there are also Southampton players such as Mane, Van Dijk, McQueen, Lallana, Lovren, Klein, Lambert, etc., who were also dug by Edwards himself.
Why is the Southampton club affectionately called "the fellow" by the Red Army fans?
Because, at that time, Michael Edwards, the sports director who was in charge of poaching people, was really a genuine Southampton fellow.
Relying on big data and the "Graham" model he participated in establishing, Edwards has almost never lost money in buying and selling people. Even small, unknown players can sell high-value players under his operation. .
During Liverpool's renaissance period, Edwards was even honored as the "God of Love" by the fans.
——Of course, these are things for later.
Today's U18 friendly match is actually not within the scope of Edwards' data analysis work. He came today to appreciate Sterling's speed.
but……
But he discovered another dazzling statistic.
Ever since Gu Ran appeared on the stage, Edwards never took his eyes off Gu Ran.
"Hey, Michael? Why haven't you said a word since you came in? What do you think? Tell us!"
The eyes of all Liverpool executives were focused on Edwards' slightly younger face.
"Oh..." Edwards looked away from the window, adjusted his glasses on the bridge of his nose, and said calmly, "I was just thinking... How much will it cost to poach Gu Ran to Liverpool?"
The Liverpool executives present were all stunned.
"……what?"
"Digging Gu Ran?"
"Fuck! Why didn't we think of it! This is such a good idea!"
"Haha! It's really you, Michael! One sentence solved our big headache!"
"That's right, Gu Ran is really a talented player! A player like him should not belong to other clubs, but to our giant Liverpool!"
"Hahaha! Gu Ran paired with Sterling... May I ask who else in the front line can stop the new generation of Liverpool?"
"Mary Farke, I'm already fantasizing about our first Premier League trophy for Liverpool!"
"Let's not go so far, with the premise of buying Gu Ran, we can edit the highlights of this game and give it to our new queen Linda!"
"Yes! I bet Linda will fall in love with Gu Ran!"
"We bought Sterling for 200 million pounds, right? I don't know if 200 million pounds can buy Gu Ran."
"The scabs at Southampton—I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend you, Michael, I mean, those fellows at the Southampton club will certainly not let their hopeful star go easily."
"I think £300m is definitely fine."
"Hey, 300 million pounds to buy a youth player, this price can buy a first-class Premier League player!"
"But you've also seen Gu Ran's strength. Let alone his speed, he can break through the limit during the competition! His potential is immeasurable!"
"I don't think it's about money! We need to open our minds! Are we short of money in Liverpool now? No, we lack something to make the boss and the proprietress happy! Especially to make the proprietress happy! Don't say 300 million pounds, even if it is £500 million, that's worth it!"
"Haha! Makes sense, makes sense!"
"Then we've decided - to buy Gu Ran!"
"Let's tell Linda about this by the way, so that it makes sense to have Gu Ran's wonderful shots in the game highlights."
"That's right, even if we draw today, or even lose to Gu Ran, it doesn't matter! We can tell Linda that we have wanted to dig this black-haired kid for a long time."
"We can also say that this friendly match was specially organized by us to further test Gu Ran's ability."
"That's right! We can also say that even we bought Sterling to create an opponent for Gu Ran. Our real goal is to buy Gu Ran!"
"Yes, yes, it doesn't matter if you lose like this, hahaha!"
"The key is... who is going to negotiate with Gu Ran?"
The Liverpool executives immediately looked at each other in blank dismay.
Edwards cleared his throat, "Although I am the director of data analysis, it is not my responsibility to poach people, but... I am also a graduate of Southampton High School, and I am considered an alumnus of Gu Ran. I think that if I come forward, Gu Ran should won't reject me."
"Aha! Great!"
"Michael! The future of Liverpool depends on you!"
"Come on, Michael, we are all optimistic about you!"
"Thank you..." Edwards nodded.
Can anyone else turn down an offer from the Liverpool giants?
Anyway, I don't believe it!
Edwards is brimming with confidence and looking forward to the end of the game...
After the half-time break, the senior Liverpool executives who had discussed the countermeasures all returned to the stands with red faces.
Different from the mentality before, these Liverpool executives no longer regard Gu Ran as an opponent, but regard Gu Ran as Liverpool's future main player.
The Liverpool executives looked at Gu Ran with anticipation.
Edwards even hoped that Gu Ran could score a few more goals, so that when Linda saw the highlights, she would like Gu Ran even more.
... Gu Ran felt weird.
Before the second half of the game started, he felt that the atmosphere on the court was a bit weird.
It's like... being missed by someone.
Gu Ran didn't think too much, put on his sneakers, stretched his muscles, and walked onto the pitch with his Southampton U18 teammates.
"Win Liverpool U18!"
"Roar!!!"
With Gu Ran's two goals to equalize, the morale of the Southampton U18 team is very high.
Liverpool's U18 players also returned to the field.
The two sides changed positions.
Sterling stood at the striker's position, his eyes involuntarily looked at the opposite left back Gu Ran.
Gu Ran smiled happily at Sterling.
Sterling suddenly felt a fear of being eaten alive...
beep!
With the whistle of the referee, the second half of the game started in a tense atmosphere.
The Liverpool U18 team took the lead.
After a halftime rest and psychological adjustment, the Liverpool U18 team significantly strengthened their offense.
This is their home court, there are three high-definition cameras on the sidelines, and there are Liverpool executives full of expectations in the stands, so each of them must show their full strength to win this game.
The core tactics of Liverpool U18 still rely on Sterling's impact speed.
Although Sterling was severely restricted by Gu Ran in the last 15 minutes of the first half, and even made a mistake that made his opponent happy, Sterling's strength is unquestionable.
In the 48th minute of the second half, the midfielder of the Liverpool U18 team took advantage of his physical advantage and foot skills, passed two Southampton U18 team defensive players in a row, and distributed the ball to the empty area on the right.
The right side of Liverpool U18 corresponds to Gu Ran's left side.
Although we know that Gu Ran's side is difficult to break through, Southampton U18's defensive formation on the right side is relatively stable, but Gu Ran's side has a relatively large gap.
Moreover, Sterling is more accustomed to playing the right winger position.
When the Liverpool U18 midfielder scored the ball, Sterling quickly started to plug in.
Southampton's left midfielder immediately dropped back to defend, but Sterling passed him like a road at four o'clock in the morning.
Sterling has also regained his confidence in speed!
only……
Sterling's self-confidence lasted for less than a second.
Before Sterling dribbled the ball into the 18-meter dangerous area on the left side of Southampton U30, Gu Ran rushed towards him diagonally with a gust of wind and lightning speed!
This time, Gu Ran's speed was even faster!
Almost instantly, Gu Ran rushed in front of Sterling, within reach!
Sterling immediately went numb!
The Liverpool executives in the stands couldn't help but exclaimed!There is a trace of excitement in the exclamation!
The speed and power of this sprint will make your adrenaline soar!
What's even more amazing is that in the first speed duel with Sterling, Gu Ran was at least two positions behind Sterling, and in the second speed duel, Gu Ran was able to keep pace with Sterling up.
Now this is the third speed confrontation between the two!
Gu Ran can already surpass Sterling's speed!
Gu Ran is about to eat Sterling raw! ! !
(End of this chapter)
After writing the news headline, Evelyn couldn't help being stunned, "...Mr. Hiller, you just said so much in one breath!"
Alan Shearer was also shocked, "What? Yeah! I, I, I... What's wrong with this? What's wrong with me, talking so much!"
Evelyn asked: "Did you talk more about your professional field? Let me ask you another question. Do you think the Southampton U18 team will win this game or the Liverpool U18 team?" Win? Why do you say that?"
Alan Shearer opened his mouth, and the language became extremely fluent, "I, I, I, I am more optimistic about the Southampton U18 team, because, uh, um... I like the Southampton U18 team."
Evelyn: …
Alan Shearer struggled to answer such a simple question.
"Well, it doesn't seem to be a matter of professional field or non-professional field," Evelyn said with a smile: "Then let me ask another question. Gu Ran had two head-to-head competitions with Sterling's speed on the court. Gu Ran's speed did not seem to be as fast as Sterling the first time, but the second time, Gu Ran's speed was almost the same as Sterling, how do you evaluate Gu Ran's performance?"
Alan Shearer's eyes lit up immediately, he thought for a while, and then said in a calm voice: "...I must use the word genius to describe Gu Ran, yes, he is really a genius. You know, the increase in speed , especially the improvement of the limit speed, even if it is only increased by 0.1 seconds, requires a lot of training. But Gu was able to break through his speed limit during the competition, which shows that his physical condition is very talented, and there is still a lot to do. untapped potential.”
Hearing this, Evelyn couldn't help licking her upper lip subconsciously.
Alan Shearer continued: "Sterling is very fast, but Sterling's sprint is not as powerful as Gu Ran's. I believe that as long as Gu Ran discovers his potential, Gu Ran's speed will not be long. More than Sterling."
Gu Ran, who was half lying on the side and receiving a massage, felt a little embarrassed when he heard Alan Shearer's flattery.
However, Gu Ran didn't want to interrupt at this time, as soon as she interrupted, Evelyn would definitely pester her.
I heard Evelyn say with a smile: "Okay, Mr. Hiller, I finally figured it out now. It turns out that as long as you mention Gu Ran and analyze and explain Gu Ran, your language will be fluent and logical."
Alan Shearer was stunned for a moment, and then said excitedly: "Hiss...it seems to be true! God! This is really amazing! It turns out that I was just crazy for caring!"
Evelyn also said excitedly: "Me too!"
shit...
Gu Ran next to him covered his face, not knowing whether to laugh or cry:
How did you two find a common language?
I didn't do anything!
I didn't even put my mouth in it!
I think I'm still pretending to sleep...
Gu Ran closed his eyes even tighter.
--the other side.
The Liverpool executives left the stands and temporarily returned to their exclusive lounge.
The atmosphere in the lounge was a bit depressing.
Liverpool's executives thought that this friendly match would be Liverpool U18 unilaterally crushing Southampton U18.
For this reason, they also specially prepared three high-definition cameras to record in all directions, and also made a highlight of the team's wonderful performance, and gave it to the new boss Henry and the new boss Linda as a tribute gift...
result……
The first 30 minutes were okay, and Sterling's performance was indeed very exciting.
But in the last 15 minutes of the first half and stoppage time, it completely became a performance by the Chinese boy Gu Ran on the opposite side!
Another overtaking by outsiders, another magic lamp to guide the way, another super long shot, another wonderful penetration and involvement, and another sideways barb shot...
Damn Falk...
How can this kind of video be shown to the new boss and his wife?
Where did Southampton, the dog day, discover this B9B shooter who wears the No. 2 jersey and plays left back?
Gu Ran is simply a cruel and terrifying monster!
Compared with Gu Ran, Sterling originally had a slight speed advantage, but in the second speed duel, not only was Sterling almost overtaken by Gu Ran, but he also made a ridiculous low-level mistake because he kicked the earth!
Gu Ran's defensive pressure is really too strong!
In other aspects, Gu Ran is much better than Sterling!
The value of 200 million pounds was suppressed by Gu Ran and only showed a value of 20 pounds...
Liverpool executives are all sullenly sitting on the luxurious sofa.
Several senior executives were frowning and smoking blue ring cigars, several senior executives were drinking whiskey, and several senior executives hugged their miniskirt female assistants to seek spiritual comfort...
At this time, a high-level executive stood up and suggested: "Gentlemen, I think it's better not to send the video to the new boss and the new boss wife. If they watch it and withdraw their capital in anger, it will be bad."
The other senior officials nodded in agreement.
Another executive stood up and objected, "No, no, Linda knew about the friendly match yesterday, and we also promised to show her the video, so we can't say nothing, right?"
"Then why don't you tell them the score, just cut the highlights of our Liverpool U18 team and fool them?"
"It's a good idea. Few of those wealthy owners really understand football, and they may not be able to watch the highlights we send."
As soon as this proposal came out, it was approved by most of the high-level officials present.
But soon there were high-level objections: "Not bad! The new boss John Henry really doesn't know football. What he is really interested in is baseball. The Boston Red Sox is his home team. Let's show him the football youth training." He won't watch the highlights of the friendly matches [-]%. But! Our new boss Linda is an avid football fan!"
"Linda Pizzutti is of Italian origin and has loved football since she was a child. You don't know that this time Fenway Group can acquire Liverpool Club and help the club cancel more than 1 million pounds of foreign debt, all of us The young proprietress Linda's credit!"
"Linda is not just a simple beautiful vase for our Liverpool, she is the real new queen of Liverpool!"
"If you want to fool the new queen, you are digging your own grave!"
Another executive nodded and said, "That's right, we can fool John Henry, a 61-year-old old man, but we can't fool Linda, a 31-year-old beauty who has a master's degree from MIT and owns a family real estate business. "
"Then what do you say now?"
The living room fell into silence again.
Michael Edwards, head of data analysis at the Liverpool club, sat by the window, staring out the window.
Edwards didn't say a word as the brass debated.
——In a professional football club, the head of data analysis is an unremarkable but actually very important position.
The head of data analysis is responsible for collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data related to the team, and providing corresponding suggestions and even tactical decisions.
Specifically, the data analysis supervisor is responsible for collecting various data related to the team and the game, including the technical statistics of the players, such as pass success rate, number of shots, running distance, etc. , It is also necessary to collect the information of the opponent team, and even to collect the opponent's defensive and offensive styles, the conditions of the playing field and weather conditions and so on.
Of course, these data are not collected by the supervisor himself, but by specialized technical personnel, or by purchasing data packages provided by professional data suppliers, and so on.
After the data is collected, it will enter the analysis stage, which is the business scope of the supervisor himself.
Data analysis is a very complicated subject. It needs to use various tools and techniques to analyze the collected data. It will use statistics, model building, AI learning, data mining, analytical regression, clustering and classification and other methods to summarize and extract Patterns and trends in the data, from which valuable information is extracted to provide to the coaching staff to help players and teams improve.
The reports submitted to the coaching staff must also be clear and easy to understand, which also requires the data analysis supervisor to produce detailed reports, charts and visualization tools.
All in all, with the development of the technology era, big data has become more and more important, and the role of the data analysis supervisor for the club is becoming more and more important, and the right to speak is becoming more and more important, almost equivalent to the existence of a military strategist behind the scenes .
Speaking of which, Michael Edwards is an out-and-out Southampton native. He also heard about the legend of Southampton's "black-haired Bell" a few days ago. The winner of the contest.
However, as a newcomer to Liverpool's data analysis department, Edwards has recently focused on helping the first team players to analyze and classify-including the introduction of Sterling, and his data analysis is also credited.
So he didn't have much time to pay attention to who the black-haired Bell was, and he didn't know who the so-called "Chinese father of Southampton High School" was.
until today.
He finally met the legendary "father".
Michael Edwards was deeply shocked.
Edwards was also a professional player when he was young, but he failed to enter Southampton or other high-level league teams, but only played in the reserve team of Peterborough United in the second division of England-in a short period In his professional career, he failed to play in the professional league.
He is short in stature and poor in confrontation. Although he worked hard, he was never recognized by the coach.
Edwards believes that it's just that the coaching staff's vision is not enough, they will not discover and tap the potential of the players, and they only rely on their own subjective preferences to judge the future of the players.
After retiring, Edwards did not give up his favorite football project because of various setbacks. He determined to strive for more talented but unrecognized players, so he began to learn data technology analysis.
Starting out as a Pro Zone analyst in Portsmouth, and later working as a data collector and analyst at Tottenham, Edwards arrived at the Liverpool club when the Fenway Group completed their takeover of Liverpool - and, it turns out, he This job-hopping is very wise.
Liverpool's new boss John Henry may not understand football, but as a top businessman, he believes in big data analysis very much.
The Boston Red Sox were able to win the American baseball championship again after more than 80 years, largely because Henry adopted a scientific model of big data analysis and management after taking over.
And when Edwards applied for the job with his data model, it simply hit it off with Henry's management ideas.
As a result, Edwards, who was originally unknown, became the head of data analysis of the Liverpool club as soon as he came, and the entire Liverpool club also took the lead in entering the era of data model analysis.
Many people only know the later coach Klopp. In fact, before Klopp's arrival, since Fenway Group reused Edwards' big data analysis, it has entered the eve of revival.
Edwards, who is not very visible now, will have more and more voice in the next few years. He will be promoted to Liverpool's technical director and sports director, join the transfer committee trio, and become the leader of Liverpool's revival era. The talker in the transfer market, and eventually became the best manager in the Premier League.
Future stars such as Firmino, Coutinho, Salah, Robertson, Alisson, etc. are all written by Edwards data analysis.
Of course, there are also Southampton players such as Mane, Van Dijk, McQueen, Lallana, Lovren, Klein, Lambert, etc., who were also dug by Edwards himself.
Why is the Southampton club affectionately called "the fellow" by the Red Army fans?
Because, at that time, Michael Edwards, the sports director who was in charge of poaching people, was really a genuine Southampton fellow.
Relying on big data and the "Graham" model he participated in establishing, Edwards has almost never lost money in buying and selling people. Even small, unknown players can sell high-value players under his operation. .
During Liverpool's renaissance period, Edwards was even honored as the "God of Love" by the fans.
——Of course, these are things for later.
Today's U18 friendly match is actually not within the scope of Edwards' data analysis work. He came today to appreciate Sterling's speed.
but……
But he discovered another dazzling statistic.
Ever since Gu Ran appeared on the stage, Edwards never took his eyes off Gu Ran.
"Hey, Michael? Why haven't you said a word since you came in? What do you think? Tell us!"
The eyes of all Liverpool executives were focused on Edwards' slightly younger face.
"Oh..." Edwards looked away from the window, adjusted his glasses on the bridge of his nose, and said calmly, "I was just thinking... How much will it cost to poach Gu Ran to Liverpool?"
The Liverpool executives present were all stunned.
"……what?"
"Digging Gu Ran?"
"Fuck! Why didn't we think of it! This is such a good idea!"
"Haha! It's really you, Michael! One sentence solved our big headache!"
"That's right, Gu Ran is really a talented player! A player like him should not belong to other clubs, but to our giant Liverpool!"
"Hahaha! Gu Ran paired with Sterling... May I ask who else in the front line can stop the new generation of Liverpool?"
"Mary Farke, I'm already fantasizing about our first Premier League trophy for Liverpool!"
"Let's not go so far, with the premise of buying Gu Ran, we can edit the highlights of this game and give it to our new queen Linda!"
"Yes! I bet Linda will fall in love with Gu Ran!"
"We bought Sterling for 200 million pounds, right? I don't know if 200 million pounds can buy Gu Ran."
"The scabs at Southampton—I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend you, Michael, I mean, those fellows at the Southampton club will certainly not let their hopeful star go easily."
"I think £300m is definitely fine."
"Hey, 300 million pounds to buy a youth player, this price can buy a first-class Premier League player!"
"But you've also seen Gu Ran's strength. Let alone his speed, he can break through the limit during the competition! His potential is immeasurable!"
"I don't think it's about money! We need to open our minds! Are we short of money in Liverpool now? No, we lack something to make the boss and the proprietress happy! Especially to make the proprietress happy! Don't say 300 million pounds, even if it is £500 million, that's worth it!"
"Haha! Makes sense, makes sense!"
"Then we've decided - to buy Gu Ran!"
"Let's tell Linda about this by the way, so that it makes sense to have Gu Ran's wonderful shots in the game highlights."
"That's right, even if we draw today, or even lose to Gu Ran, it doesn't matter! We can tell Linda that we have wanted to dig this black-haired kid for a long time."
"We can also say that this friendly match was specially organized by us to further test Gu Ran's ability."
"That's right! We can also say that even we bought Sterling to create an opponent for Gu Ran. Our real goal is to buy Gu Ran!"
"Yes, yes, it doesn't matter if you lose like this, hahaha!"
"The key is... who is going to negotiate with Gu Ran?"
The Liverpool executives immediately looked at each other in blank dismay.
Edwards cleared his throat, "Although I am the director of data analysis, it is not my responsibility to poach people, but... I am also a graduate of Southampton High School, and I am considered an alumnus of Gu Ran. I think that if I come forward, Gu Ran should won't reject me."
"Aha! Great!"
"Michael! The future of Liverpool depends on you!"
"Come on, Michael, we are all optimistic about you!"
"Thank you..." Edwards nodded.
Can anyone else turn down an offer from the Liverpool giants?
Anyway, I don't believe it!
Edwards is brimming with confidence and looking forward to the end of the game...
After the half-time break, the senior Liverpool executives who had discussed the countermeasures all returned to the stands with red faces.
Different from the mentality before, these Liverpool executives no longer regard Gu Ran as an opponent, but regard Gu Ran as Liverpool's future main player.
The Liverpool executives looked at Gu Ran with anticipation.
Edwards even hoped that Gu Ran could score a few more goals, so that when Linda saw the highlights, she would like Gu Ran even more.
... Gu Ran felt weird.
Before the second half of the game started, he felt that the atmosphere on the court was a bit weird.
It's like... being missed by someone.
Gu Ran didn't think too much, put on his sneakers, stretched his muscles, and walked onto the pitch with his Southampton U18 teammates.
"Win Liverpool U18!"
"Roar!!!"
With Gu Ran's two goals to equalize, the morale of the Southampton U18 team is very high.
Liverpool's U18 players also returned to the field.
The two sides changed positions.
Sterling stood at the striker's position, his eyes involuntarily looked at the opposite left back Gu Ran.
Gu Ran smiled happily at Sterling.
Sterling suddenly felt a fear of being eaten alive...
beep!
With the whistle of the referee, the second half of the game started in a tense atmosphere.
The Liverpool U18 team took the lead.
After a halftime rest and psychological adjustment, the Liverpool U18 team significantly strengthened their offense.
This is their home court, there are three high-definition cameras on the sidelines, and there are Liverpool executives full of expectations in the stands, so each of them must show their full strength to win this game.
The core tactics of Liverpool U18 still rely on Sterling's impact speed.
Although Sterling was severely restricted by Gu Ran in the last 15 minutes of the first half, and even made a mistake that made his opponent happy, Sterling's strength is unquestionable.
In the 48th minute of the second half, the midfielder of the Liverpool U18 team took advantage of his physical advantage and foot skills, passed two Southampton U18 team defensive players in a row, and distributed the ball to the empty area on the right.
The right side of Liverpool U18 corresponds to Gu Ran's left side.
Although we know that Gu Ran's side is difficult to break through, Southampton U18's defensive formation on the right side is relatively stable, but Gu Ran's side has a relatively large gap.
Moreover, Sterling is more accustomed to playing the right winger position.
When the Liverpool U18 midfielder scored the ball, Sterling quickly started to plug in.
Southampton's left midfielder immediately dropped back to defend, but Sterling passed him like a road at four o'clock in the morning.
Sterling has also regained his confidence in speed!
only……
Sterling's self-confidence lasted for less than a second.
Before Sterling dribbled the ball into the 18-meter dangerous area on the left side of Southampton U30, Gu Ran rushed towards him diagonally with a gust of wind and lightning speed!
This time, Gu Ran's speed was even faster!
Almost instantly, Gu Ran rushed in front of Sterling, within reach!
Sterling immediately went numb!
The Liverpool executives in the stands couldn't help but exclaimed!There is a trace of excitement in the exclamation!
The speed and power of this sprint will make your adrenaline soar!
What's even more amazing is that in the first speed duel with Sterling, Gu Ran was at least two positions behind Sterling, and in the second speed duel, Gu Ran was able to keep pace with Sterling up.
Now this is the third speed confrontation between the two!
Gu Ran can already surpass Sterling's speed!
Gu Ran is about to eat Sterling raw! ! !
(End of this chapter)
