Too much analysis is 'useless' - Andre Villas-Boas

[Folami David]

Tottenham Hotspur coach Andre Villas-Boas has bucked his reputation as one of the most innovative managers in the game by declaring that he is not an unavowed fan of statistical analysis.
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The 35-year-old earned his spurs working alongside Jose Mourinho at Porto, Chelsea and Inter Milan, where his role involved producing detailed dossiers on opposition teams.
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However, the Portuguese says he has always been wary of the kind of empirical statistical analysis.
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"I don't use it because I don't believe (in it)," Villas- Boas said.
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"You always have to be very, very careful with statistics. It doesn't mean that we negate them completely; we just don't use them to the extent that people might think.
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"We have a scientific department that deals with that, but we don't prepare our training or players based on the physical data we get from matches.
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"The mind and how the player feels is much more important for us, rather than statistical data.
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"For me it's useless but it varies from coach to coach. We all have different approaches."
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Villas-Boas was speaking ahead of his side's trip to West Ham United in the Premier League on Monday, with Spurs seeking a victory that would lift them above Chelsea into third place.

[Shola Sholaz]

he is quite right on this.i kind of agree with him big time

[Folami David]

AVB is known to say tinz like dis

[Folami David]

he can say heavy things at times