However, how could I get familiar with smaller leagues and unknown players? I needed a data driven approach. I follow the main leagues, competitions and players. I had to scout young players with big potential (thinking on the long term) and unknown players from smaller leagues (for the short term). I knew that in order to build a team I would need to scout "cheap" players. Then there's fifty feet of cr*p, and then there's us.
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In the "Moneyball" movie there is a scene where the Billy Beane says to the scouters: "The problem we're trying to solve is that there are rich teams and there are poor teams. I was pretty confident that with the following team I could win any championship.Īt that time I realized I was facing the "Moneyball problem". Winning the Champions League is not hard, you just need the right team. In this blog post, I described my new challenge with FIFA 16: "Win the Champions League with Accrington Stanley". Update: the result of the challenge I presented last year at the MTL Data meetup. actually you should play with Portsmouth." Then he said, "You should play with a team from the fourth division. I answer saying I would select a team from the third division. In the next day I told him, proudly, that the EPL was also too easy and he said that if I wanted a challenge I should play with a team from the second division. Again, after some trades, I won the EPL and the Champions League. That night I used the same approach, but now with Chelsea. Next day, I explain to him about my experience and he said that La Liga is actually too easy and I should try the English Premier League (EPL). I selected Barcelona, played few seasons (simulating all the games), did some trades and I won La Liga and the Champions League. After few weeks I decided to give it a try.
From that day, he decided to convince me to play Career Mode, and started asking me almost everyday.
I want to play the real game and not play as a manager". Last year, I was talking with a friend about the game and he asked me if I was playing Career Mode. Playing "Moneyball" on EA FIFA 16 Playing "Moneyball" on EA FIFA 16 by Ary Bressane Playing "Moneyball" on EA FIFA 16