Welcome back to Generation X G where we use analysis to
explain the biggest stories. But how did Premier League
clubs use analysis to improve the performance of their
players forming? The number one, Rachel Brown finished
visiting the Wolverhampton Wanderers goalkeeping
Department to find out.
Thanks, Joanna, me, we're here for insight into goalkeeper.
Analysis is Tony Roberts and Josie start. So, tell me about
this room. Do use it for goalkeepers the whole team
meetings.
Both
also, when the Mars are came in, he was somewhere
where we could relay the messages across and
this room was spare. So we only Built
For This purpose. It's probably all use.
A lot for the team meetings,
I use it a lot for
the meetings with the goalkeepers
must demolish ones.
Best practice meetings during the weeks on goalkeepers
doing things right and wrong and
breaking it down. So do a lot of analysis in it. Okay. So
Joe's a is that
if you've made a brilliant save, is it looking at how that
saves maiden and when you're looking at the analysis, do you
like to you? Happy to discuss the mistakes that you've made
the things you could have done better or do you like to see
more of
the positive stuff
normally? Referred see the, what I did wrong
and discuss about this. What I can improve, what I can do.
Better, what options I have to play your
what
technique I can use and yeah, of course,
it's what we analyze and we discuss about this.
And so in Alice is a,
an important and a big part
of your weekly sort of goalkeeper routine
and how much do you use it for post-match
looking at good stuff? Maybe things to improve on
and how much is it looking
Forward to the opposition
ahead. Yeah, on sale. The last day of March 1 and Friday.
I'll come in with the to Alice, because I've got this to Alice
who helped us as well,
and I'll get old goalkeepers in. I will go through
the threats of individuals,
free-kicks of individuals,
so that they've got a picture of what may happen the next
day. It's the games the games on Saturday will break down all
the goals
on the two teeth to three days later. Huh. So that if they're
in that situation, what would they do? We've got a lot of
discussion there.
So on different opinions
and what
some thinking because I want to know was the coach what they're
thinking in certain situations and on prep for games
clip that we're going to show is palette. So you probably
saved as much from for that. You looking at the Liverpool
game, where make sure it's scored. You're looking ahead to
the game. What information do you want from Tony
Jersey?
We saw the penalties of Fulham.
And I know that
last goal, he's shooting the left of the goalkeeper
and but it give me a lot of Silence.
That you will shoot in the other side because when was
penalty, take the ball and he look a lot of time.
Yeah. Like here you look a lot of time to my my left. Okay. A
lot of time like
look like
four times
and I think, okay, he wanted show me that he will put in
the in that side. So I will go to the other,
the man can still play but Joe's, I saw which way.
So moving on to set pieces, these are things that you again
you were talk about, probably I'm actually a minus one,
there's a reason why you've got your draft excluder, talk us
through that. Why would you have a player there
to protect my side? So because
in the in this case, the wall will jump with everything
suppose quite close to yeah with everything.
So it's difficult to him to put a strong wall in my in that
sign have to
Be like a clip. So if is a clip I have,
I can have time to go there
and if it's
on the floor, I have that player. So my my target is
only protect my side
now. Which pruner Fernandez in the Sci-Fi. Just
looking at balls into the box. Love, good counter-attack.
Don't ya Josie
is that to boost your stats from last season?
Sometimes they say, no, you just want to assist
my sis like the student thing. When you set pieces, the houses
just like
the Personnel, you've got.
So we've got we've got Pace a top. So
this fellow has got good distribution of cut and slow so
the quicker we can get our boys at the pitch because usually if
people
have got a set piece, the used in committing
7, 8 11. On a back maybe to. So if he catches it in close
this space up top
on behind. Yeah, there it could have been a bit more flattered.
Yeah. So timing for the cross or
comes out. It don't
look at me. That's the one in it. Yeah. But it's
like, all these things
are worked on during
I'll see during the week. Will do we throw the ball? I'm in
sales, we capable and Sam's,
and looking to counter
Isis is a massive part of it
and that ass is. This is Harmons. Still held him at us.
Emotion.
So this one I love because it's like one of the you do every
training session, double save, or
save second time. Love those as a goalkeeper and I was Chained
and thousands millions unborn it comes off in a game. It
feels brilliant on it. Well
as he's coming there
he steps down the line stands and spreads as
how he's open. He's body. So he's come as it comes out, he
stops is not going to get that ball because
Isaac
He spreads then it's just his speed power and Agility when
she gets up and then it's just a desire to just a lot less
golden
eyes, never off the ball as well. That's always important
it. Some goalkeepers, you know, or even young goalkeepers turn
away from being the big savior.
If your eyes are not on the ball, you're not going to make
that second save as well. Do you like practicing those in
training? Those kind of a Dremel times. I do
this and
I sometimes I be angry with me because I don't want I want to
be with facing the ball. Sometimes he's like,
Instinct, you know like you do the end after you turn
a little.
So Tony, this is some footage from training we just explained
the cell What sort of
tools and things that you are using your session and why?
Yeah, so I must have Leon to
the goalkeepers dominating, their their box depends on
where the ball is. Okay, I want them to be
front foot, dominating them spaces because the best
goalkeepers make the best decisions either from balls
over the top off and Crosses,
I've got coming from crosses here, obviously, I've built it
up
and see that little half triangle as it were in, you know,
four yards, fired.
That what's that for? This is for
guy, get up. Yeah. Yeah, this
site. So if you imagine no
shortage coming for us, a ball is played here. Okay,
played across. He's into line with my lines. Now, I don't
want them
behind that line because if its power it goes in the goal.
I don't flying down the line because
if it's then cut back,
he's out of his goal.
I want them just in front of this line
and that's their dive in line.
Yeah. So I don't want them to go
that way instead of
that way like a positive step. Yeah. Powers So
it's just a visual thing for
a national so far,
I can say the shot. Me drills that we doing.
I'm always on to them about a position, position position.
What's your favorite training session?
Is it like power
flying top corners and
we like
the trainings because they are always different, you know,
when we know what we will do in the training, this is
one year, one season, all the same,
start be boring,
you know, always the same old Today we will do this. This is
end here. Know,
I talked with him about this that we never know what we will
do, in the training is always different exercise.
Always with the same proposed with the same Target but
different and the Armani between all of us is it would
and these help us
to work to an
end to achieve our goal. Fabulous. Well
thank you very much Tony for taking your time for two shows
training. Students and talk us through because I thank you
very much for coming out and Sherry good luck
for the rest of the season.
Yeah, big thank you. That's a Rachel to Joe Zeta Tony and two
walls for their time, a fascinating insight into how
they use analysis for the benefit of the goalkeepers
engine as well, wasn't it? Some of the footage of seeing them
in training and some of the tools that Tony Roberts use
these
with these goalkeeper. Yeah, it's a good, it's good for, you
know, the guys around the world travel look and see what goes
on at football clubs, you know, hopefully Brendan Rodgers can
look at and less than it
is here.
How much did you use analysis with individual? Yeah,
absolutely. I think especially on a development side when
young boys are coming through because they can get caught up
in a result.
But necessarily they don't always play badly, you know,
and they do things very well
and if you could show them or if they make mistakes for
instance, as long as it's not a one-off mistake, I think it's
important important not to share them one-offs
if they keep repeating it, keep making the same mistakes and
you put some drills in place to stop him doing it and I think
it's all about using the technology, use the analysis,
taking it to the training field and
It ultimately taking it to the pitch, good defensive, record
up until the weekend. But then most teams have a good
defensive record until you face man city tough weekend. A, it
was a tough weekend. And
you know, they thought my city we expected this but not after
50 55 seconds,
what an unbelievable started, just what you didn't want
in the wall side and then Harland schools from the edge
of the box. I mean, I think people said this was a stuff,
but I think he means it, you know, he means to put it in
that corner. Doesn't cut it. As clean as you would like to
or he catches him clean. No, don't need her. I mean, Jack
I mean,
what was he thinking of? I mean, that was just an end if
it's not hard enough, we've 11 men down to 10 and then
deploying a puts another one on the play for foden to just they
played in first gear. Didn't know you was incredible.
Fantastic team
and a goals. Now with that big man, Ellen Harland is just
Unstoppable for me. Are they? I mean ask last the top of
the table by a point. Yeah. It's you lurking just behind the my
baton?
Yeah, I just think the city would because of Harlan. Now we
said it about the car coup when he went and He is the final
piece of the jigsaw didn't materialize, but I think this
boy is the real deal. I think he's real hunger, not only in
the Premier League is in your make a difference. They could
win the Premier League. As they've done many times your
doubts in a forward.
They can win a Champions League with this boy because this is
specialist subject. It's got the old snows at do. It doesn't
need any. You've seen a couple of things in this game as well
lure. Yeah, so we'll sing trying to influence their
opponents on the ultrasound wolves team trying to influence
their put
their opponents before the game. I've got this, the
in the tunnel just before the start of the game
and you see how in this still
You can Edison and the little chat with Jose. I saw this in
behind the glass in the play it through. I think Edison is
saying to him. You know, you better watch out because
the boy in is in the mood and Sciences. Look, Kevin,
could just take it easy today. Please
just keep it down to about 1.4
last time
and then becoming did exactly what you asked him to just gets
it down to two assistants. So actually influence them in
a positive way and you talkin about Harlan been unbelievable
player. But just
saw this at the weekend, there's only cat attack
and they're sitting just see home just around the halfway line.
Just running away from your hair
and he's up against Johnny. Just keep in mind that years.
I've been loads of space in the round, the edge of the Box.
Just going to it's going to show you too that again,
look at this, he says look Johnny
pick on someone your own size gets up
and he doesn't, he's got absolutely no chart. He's
a terrific athlete. He's obviously, he's a big guy, but
so mobile so quick. I mean
how do you go about dealing with him tea party? I think
it's too late. Once he gets the ball, I really do. I think you
have to stop it. So stop him getting the service invariably
is first touches in the
Shake Shop, Oakley's only one, and it's in the back of the net.
So stop him getting the ball. First and foremost, you see how
angry is wasn't happy with our performance of the weekends?
He's got the smile on his face. All of the time. He's hungry
for goals.
Incredible player
is only scoring a goal that every 52 minutes in the Premier
League season. Well, it's got to be
happy and every 14 touches as well, just not good enough.
He's on course for 64 at second
base rate is of course of six and four. You think it is
incredible. I mean is, is is
abilities second to none and he's
Attitude is as good as his dad's, which is incredible, as well,
without the abilities. That, I mean, he was a good player, but
it wasn't by, either with all about desire, this boy's got
a desire and the quality as well. You marry them both up.
No, that's what you see.
Brilliant addition
to the premiere.