Roy Hodgson - Coach of Fulham Gives Us A Timely Reminder On the Subject of "Success" in the Premier League

Roy Hodgson, yes Roy Hodgson provides a realisitc picture of life in Football at a Club - no matter what level or location.

After my Club, Woden Valley, were smashed today by the terrific new PL addition to the competition, Goulburn Strikers, I take some comfort in Roy's musings. Honestly, who would be a Coach in the Premier League, when training was good and no one really saw this shallacking coming.

AH yes - Michael Azize, Coach of the WVFC P16s, you are absolutely right about the earlier post (see 1-4-3-3 video), it is Roy Hodgson. I know, the jumper is the give away, and I shall never trust my source again - when I can find hin to tell him!!!! Apologies to Harry Redknapp.

In the meantime, take the long view and don;t get too tense yet, its still the preseason. But I know some flamin' players who have played their way back to the Gallarginbone Sixths after today though!

What Can Game Statistics Tell You and Does Your CLub Collect and Use Them?

Its unlikely that many of our Premier League Clubs too muchin the way of game stats, which is a shame, because they can tell the Coach and player(s) a lot - about themsleves and their opponents.

Collecting stats takes time and analysing them takes more time. Then what to do with them?

How many teams in our PL take vidoe of their games - the good old hand held video camera will do? I don;t see too much of it around the grounds. Pity. I suspeect that many of our junior games have a more comprehensive record captures on video by enthusiastic parents - pciture and videos "go striaght to the pool room"!

This video provides some rudimentray analysis of the EPL season 2007. Take the time to see what it might have told you if you were a supporter, coach or player. Very intersting. Data collected by The Times and analysed by Phil Wymer.