Grumpy Old Man
Striker
If I’m deciphering correctly you think input is the boring stuff which is right, although how that applies in the case of football players I don’t know. However it appears we don’t now have the in house experts.
You said it better than me.
Two different sets of people. Data scientists handle the input and develop the algorithms to process the data. Very mathematical and pretty much exclusively IT skill based. Data analysts take the output from the algorithms and use it internally in two ways. Firstly, existing player performance to tailor individual training and monitor fatigue, and on other players to assess potential recruits to fit the desired playing shape and style.
As I understand it, we've outsourced the former, and kept the latter.