Shels have signed an exclusive deal with the data company that fuelled Brighton’s success – Technical director Luke Byrne explains how it will work.
Gavin Cooney FOOTBALL’S DATA REVOLUTION has come for the League of Ireland, with Shelbourne announcing last month they have struck an exclusive partnership agreement with Jamestown Analytics, whom the club herald as a “a groundbreaking provider of football data analysis.”
“They analyse you, they look at your performance, your league, your market, and you have to strike a partnership with them. They wanted to know the vision for the club, the long-term strategy for the club, the people on our side who they’d be working with, and why we wanted to work with them. It’s a vote of confidence they are working with us.”
“Nobody can tell Damien Duff or Joey O’Brien what type of person fits into our dressing room, as they know better than anyone else in the world. They have to be the people to judge that. But the data helps us narrow the search.” This is broadly how things will work at Shels. The club will decide on the profile of player they want to add to the squad and will relay that information to Jamestown, who will then recommend potential signings within Shels’ budget who they believe would perform well at League of Ireland level.
“There are so many players out there, and when you see where Ireland is ranked, there are thousands of players out there who should be able to perform at a high level in this league. Ally that to the fact clubs are more regularly tying down first-team players to multi-year contracts and the ongoing wage inflation across the league – the average weekly wage has climbed from around €800 to €1000 in the space of a year – and it’s more difficult than ever to recruit here.
Byrne also accentuates the importance of set-pieces, which Shels have taken into account in their recruitment.
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