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Searching for a Right Back - Part 2

Since first writing about Oxford's search for Right Back in January I've had a feeling that whilst the steps are logical, they could probably be better. Ram Srinivas outlined a famework on the Purefitbaw podcast  that led to me creating the first piece, but also thinking how it could be improved. I started researching further and found this piece  - it relates to NBA but why not adapt and see if this can be applied to football also? On first reading, I didn't have a clue what was going on so attempted to break down each element and see if this had a logical, football implication. This lead me to Will Gurpinar-Morgan's 2+2=11  blog and initially presented a process at Opta in  2015  and further presented this year. (You should follow his work and watch his presentations!) This could provide a blueprint within recruitment when sourcing players of a specific skillset to fulfil a specific role within the squad. In Oxford's example Chris Cadden was a creative Rig