after reading tonights echo i`m convinced dalglish had very little say in the transfers, the owners explain that they are huge believers in this moneyball philosophy and they still believe it`s the right philosophy for the club in the long term, apparently moneyball is about analysing stats and key performance data to identify players undervalued by the market (does that sound like kenny?)
as we all thought comoli was brought in because he was recommended by billy beane and he had a good track record of signing players like berbatov, modric and bale who`s value increased dramatically after he signed them, comoli was pushed not because of the players signed but because of the lack of `value for money`.
it mentions how comoli was initially brought in over hodgson as a director of football strategy to basically sign the players but later on he was promoted to DoF with the added responsibilities of overseeing performance analysis, medical provision and team administration....whatever the f**k that means.
kenny`s statement is just an attempt to try and not make it seem that comoli is being hung out to dry, but whatever kenny says i just cannot see him sitting there studying pages of stats looking for `value in the market`. i dont think kenny or any other manager we have in the future will have that much of a say in player recruitment while we are using this moneyball malarky, the owners want to sign assets that increase in value but who`s to say that asset will suit our style? you cant run a team like a portfolio of stock market shares.