Didn't know quite where to post this, but this thread will do. It's an article about another Moneyball-type strategy, this time at Winston Reid's old club in Denmark. An interesting read, especially thinking about the Nix and our inability to score from set pieces. It seems that set pieces make a massive part of this plan - which makes sense to me because they are easier to replicate and train for than fluid situations which arise in open play.
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jul/27/ho...
There are some weird bits in there though. This quote for instance:
The fresh thinking extends to psychology. Sviatchenko, the team’s best defender, believes that using the mind coach Rene Petersen – whose time at the club predates Benham – has made a big difference. “He has helped me a lot,” he says. “As a 19-year-old I was asking myself: ‘What I am fundamentally as a defender. Am I John Terry or am I David Luiz? And when does Good Erik and Bad Erik appear?’ He helped with that.”
Edit: Just realised I posted another article about these guys a couple of pages back too