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A total fraud of a player, conning the club over 100 grand a week. The video of him in the Arsenal game tells you all you need to know about his character.

Pratting around on social media denying the training ground spat was the final nail for me. No way back as far as I'm concerned, I would sell him at the first opportunity. No place at EFC for cowards.

Similarly, I think Allardyce making a like-for-like change, given at that point we had to see the game out from a winning position, was correct. Still, however, I haven't got over his absolute cock-up he made at Arsenal while accepting zero responsibility.

I must admit it took me a while to read it as I was physically sick after reading the first paragraph. The thought of us qualifying in 7th for the Europa League again was too much for me.

I'll be quite happy that this close season will be spent reflecting on the cock-ups of this season. Try and re-establish ourselves and get a full a preseason in as we can.

I think there'll be enough turmoil in the Club with players and management without the Europa League to bother us.

A trench deserter. A tool-downer on a level we haven't seen since Alex Nyarko. Some of his performances have been unforgiveable... and yet.

You are also on the money when you say Evertonians are a forgiving bunch. We do get frustrated by lack of ability, but if a player struggles to get his shirt off after a game because it is dripping in sweat, your average blue will love him.

I get the feeling Schneiderlin has no great affection for the club, or the northwest of England, but he has been offered two contracts he couldn't refuse.

The annoying thing about this is, his next manager, at his next club, whoever he may be, will almost certainly get a tune out of him. Unfortunately it wont be Allardyce – he couldn't get a tune out of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra!

I hadn't seen the video until I watched it just now. An outrageous lack of effort.

I admit to being one of the supporters who booed. I've never done that to an Everton player before. Never, since my first home match in 1969.

The sooner he's gone from our club, the better.

1. He's lost his bottle and is playing in fear of a bad injury.

2. Something happened over the summer that made him hostile towards his employers and he's milking his generous contract in retribution.

3. Married life has changed him and he just can't be bothered with winning football matches any longer.

Whatever the cause, why is Sam putting up with it when it's so obvious?

The point of all that, is that Schneiderlin was once mooted as a footballer's footballer! And his lazy trotting around in the midfield might actually have worked in a much more accomplished team where 9 other players are good enough to carry the forward attack. But in this current Everton side, we can afford no free passengers waiting for the rest of the team to gel before coming into their right!

We need him to do those smart forward passes, left and right, that he did during his first month or so!

I groan every time I see Morgan on the team sheet but, if he can get back to that way of playing, he can win us all back! Fair tackles are good, but he sometimes looked like he'd totally lost track!

Like James @1, I can't bring myself to even watch him in the blue shirt; I feel he disgraces it, and the sooner he is gone, the better.

At Everton he's incapable of influencing a game in a positive way. His tackling is poor, his passing is crab-like and as an offensive force he is non-existent. He needs to be shown the door, but with modern contracts, I doubt if that's possible.

He should never be picked to start a game and I don't believe he should be on the bench.

Just thought I'd help you out. Taxi!

Easy to pick out Schneiderlin, but fingers need to be pointed at other players and backroom staff.

Poor Tosun must be wondering what decision he has made, he could could've been playing against Bayern in the Champions League next week; now he can't even get on the pitch in a very poor side.

3 managers now and the same problem. Lookman wanted out, Sandro doesn't want to come back, Klaassen can't get a game, but we persevere with Schneiderlin, Williams, Martina to name a few. Total madness.

Another £200m needs to be spent in the summer and a big clear-out needed.

If we make 7th this year which is now a real possibility it will be a miracle, the football we've played this season has been diabolical.

We do have some quality: Walcott, Sigurdsson, Rooney, Coleman, Gueye – we need to build a team around them. Making Europa League may just tempt some decent players to Everton.

For a central midfielder to be so negative with the ball tells me he has no bottle whatsoever and he is even more negative without the ball.

Get shut asap.

Regarding the video link Lyndon posted, there's an even more damning clip that I saw immediately following the fourth Arsenal goal but I have not been able to locate it since.

Schneiderlin is assigned to mark Mikhitaryan, and he simply lets him go and stands there watching him receive the pass in the middle, 35 yards from goal, giving him all the time in the world to pick out Aubameyang for the easy one. The replays show Mikhitaryan receiving the pass, but they don't show how Schneiderlin simply abandoned him five seconds earlier and left him alone.

I've never used the word 'contemptible' for an Everton player before. I did at that moment.

It's not a one-off. There have been countless examples of Morgan doing just that – making a pretence that he is doing any of those things – not just from this season, but also from his first season.

What is equally curious to me is, given today's story (still not referenced here on TW) of Jagielka saying ''There is no hiding place for the players under Sam Allardyce" – how is Schneiderlin still being picked?

The Jagielka story relates how Sam uses statistics from training and games to scrutinise performances. This data is pinned to the wall and analysed during team meetings.

If so, I cannot for the life of me fathom how Schneiderlin is still being played. Because I cannot believe the empirical evidence I and many others witness every week through simple observation is being radically disproven by the statistical evidence offered by Sam Allardyce's data gathering.

I don't see TW on my phone, so I've dived on my laptop! Where do I start:

1. Great article!

2. Totally agree about Schneiderlin.

3. We have a very good side, but Williams, Schneiderlin, Martina can't be in it, ever!

4. Sam fat face has to go, as he is way over his head at Everton!

5. I don't want Europa League if this season is anything to go by – I think Leicester will finish 7th! We will get safe then go through the motions, sadly! but hopefully that will be the push that Allardyce needs to sack him!

6. Shame about Ade, Sandro & Cenk! A good manager would have kept Ade & Sandro and instilled belief into Cenk to get him up & running! Allardyce just hasn't got the skills nor the ability!

7. We will all see if Dubai has worked or not. Notice the kick-off at Watford, 5:30 pm London, déjà vu, hope I'm wrong! The poisoned pens are ready.

There's a very good reason for that, Nobody actually says it.

It always amazes me how the hindsight merchants are "more right" than everyone else. Some of us were nailing Schneiderlin on here a year ago.

Lyndon inserted a clip to illustrate and highlight his point... I don't think he believed he was telling any of us something we didn't already know.

But when the final whistle has gone the only stat that matters is did you win... and we don't win very often with him in the side, that's the stat Allardyce needs to stuff up his algorithm.

"Some of us were nailing Schneiderlin on here a year ago."

Really? Funny, I have no recollection of that, none at all. (Of course, I have no recollection of what I had for supper, but still...) Nailing him? Perhaps you could find and post a sample?

What I do recall is Schneiderlin one year ago instantly improving our club on arrival and becoming one of the best players in the side. I recall us going 9-3-2 in games he played in (that's 30 from a possible 42 I believe)... and 0-1-3 in games he missed.

I even recall a particularly piquant lecture from one Darren Hind on why he was a better player than Gueye because he was better going forward and didn't go down as often.

But "nailing" escapes my feeble memory. Hope one of those "hindsight merchants" can help me out with that.

Jay #18, "I don't quite understand why some are only now outraged... " ... er, have you been reading anything here for the last few months? It would be hard to find anybody who hasn't been outraged for quite some time. I got to that level in November, and as one of Schneiderlin's biggest boosters I was probably among the last, so I'd say it's been pretty much unanimous.

He did look decent last season, he looked like he knew the pitch, and was very good at regaining possession on the blind-side, but that's all gone now, and I personally think you would have to be blind not to notice it.

This brings me to "canny Sam" who can't be that clever to be caught in a simple sting, but "Look at the cards I've been dealt," is the message he will be sending to Farhad.

They say there are no friends in football, so hopefully Moshiri, gets the message, and Steve Walsh's services will no longer be required at Everton.

Interesting mention of Ernie Hunt in this week after the furore over Ronaldo's double hit penalty for Real the other night. That free kick he scored against us for Coventry is one of those moments in football that stay with you for a lifetime.

I can still see Westie splayed in every direction trying to make head or tail of it but failing to save. For the younger members of the blue fraternity, he looked a little like our present goalkeeper when trying to deal with a shot from long range.

Edit; I've just looked again and it may have even took a slight deflection too.

Such an infuriating player who takes a weekly wage most supporters would take years to match.

He started drifting at Man Utd and that malaise has now become his norm. Whether it's motivation due to be so financially secure or whatever it's very disappointing.

Personally, first opportunity, get rid.

I only saw that game on MotD but was at Coventry the year before, with a Royle goal doing the business. More memorable than that though was being chased by a horde of sky blues across the terrace on arrival, one of whom was wielding a machete.

He will suspect that another Premier League club will employ him come the summer and he can continue his amazing lifestyle with little effort required.

To develop it, he feels like a Rolls-Royce you see on eBay, once owned by a celebrity with an accomplished service history.

It arrived all nice and shiny and drives nicely for a couple of journeys feeling like it hasn't been used much recently... and, when it loosens up – what a cat.

However, after a little while, you realise it's a dog; sure, it may start but will not get you reliably where you want it to go. But it is still costing you a fortune.

The best thing is to get it on eBay quick and hope someone has a penchant for an expensive tired old Roller.

Sorry to all for going on a bit...

Get shot ASAP – even a loan to Turkey.

He must be training hard otherwise he wouldn't be near the team.

He will be gone in the summer hopefully and we can give Joe Williams his shirt number.

I swear Pistone, was clenching his fist when a similar thing happened to him in the second game of the season at Bolton, all those years ago, because he was another who never ever looked bothered either.

Now this isn't an attack on overseas players as many have elevated the Premier League to what it is today, but I think there are too many run-of-the-mill players that are no better than our homegrown talent. Although it seems a lot more difficult for British lads to break into Premier League sides.

But, getting back to Everton, apart from Coleman we have no other player as yet that would get into any of the top 6 sides, and therein lies the problem. Moshiri has pumped in 𧶀 million to buy players yet we are worse off than last season. I think if I was him, I would cut my losses and run.

I recall back around 1968 and Catterick was talking about how a few of the younger players had got married in the summer and how this could sometimes affect their form for a while. Schneiderlin of course was all over social media with his girlfriend and then after the wedding and I wonder if his hunger for the game has now gone.

Unfair reference above to Ernie Hunt – played out of position, tried hard and scored 3 in 12 before Catterick realised he wasn't a striker and moved him on at a loss of 㿀k. He was a very good player for Coventry and we have bought far worse players than him.

Try Joe Harper – another who lost heart though I think he had family problems – Hottiger, Thomsen, Belfitt, Mo Johnston, Mick Ferguson, Mickey Walsh – there's too many to mention, but Ernie was a good player in the wrong position.

"Jay #18, "I don't quite understand why some are only now outraged... " . er, have you been reading anything here for the last few months? It would be hard to find anybody who hasn't been outraged for quite some time."

Context Mike, context. But as someone who in the same post admits he can't recall what he had for supper, I can understand if you are not attentive to the detail. My memory is not so frail.

Yes, the rumblings over Schneiderlin have been loud and growing on TW over many months. I wrote what I did in this thread – legitimately – because quite clearly some posters responded with surprise at the ambling Morgan clip vs Arsenal when in truth they can find examples of the same in virtually every game he has played for Everton this season.

Simples, really...

But then as you yourself admit – as one of the last men standing still supporting Schneiderlin up until November V some are a tad slower than others at recognizing what players do (or don't...) contribute.

From the very start of this season he has been a waste of space. Looking at his career, we probably shouldn't be that surprised. He spent much of his earlier years in lower leagues and, after some good seasons in the top flight with Southampton and surrounded by other players who have big reputations like Wanyama, that diving runt who plays for our neighbours and others, he got the big move to Man Utd where he got found out. He's still being found out.

Like Bolasie, why don't we look at the circumstances and further back than one season of form? What do our scouts do, tune in to Match of The Day when the guy has one of his better games eulogised and then take notes? That's when they're presumably not watching Swansea's tactics.

June 2017: Marries this woman.

August 2017: Commences a 6-month run of dreadful form.

Enough said.

For some unknown reason he has not been heavily criticised by the fans. He was obviously advised to turn down his initial move to Chelsea and bide his time until his contract ran out thereby denying EFC a proper fee.He is a dishonest liar who milked our club who have looked after him so well over his career. I would question the whole subject of his transfer to Chelsea which smacks of dishonesty.I do agree about Schneiderlin's attitude but at least he is turning out when selected.

You shouldn't worry too much about your feeble memory. If I was you, I would be more concerned about remembering things that did happen.

I've never had any preference for either of the players I dubbed tackling machines last year, I've always maintained neither are good enough footballers for me; they never have been.

I do recall you conceding, after denying Gana went to ground too easily – once he proved you wrong, but I think you'll find any comparisons made in that debate were with Kante – not Schneiderlin.

Too many people had a dig at me for labelling them tackling machines for you to get away with that.

Don't go down the same route of TW number one hindsight merchant. You know too much for that.

I just couldn't see it. Get simple pass, play simple pass. Occasionally float one out to the fullback. Too slow to actually help penetrate the opposition midfield.

I tend to be a bit generous and think that for every poor performer who gets criticised in the Premier League, there's actually a decent player if used correctly. I mean, these guys were the best at every team they played in to get to this level. They can undoubtedly play. We just frequently see them played in a way that doesn't match their strengths. I'll even apply that to Aiden McGeady.

With Schneiderlin, I genuinely think he's conned his way into and then around the league. His passing stats will look impressive and the moneyballers will drool. But how many passes are of any value? Most just slow his team down.

Lack of effort? Well, yes, that's unacceptable. But I don't even think he's a half-decent footballer.

But then I was never a professional player, doing it for a living. So what's Schneiderlin's excuse?

Someone needs to be held accountable and establish an ethos of competition and hard work (the Everton Motto). Nothing less should be accepted. I find it hard to reconcile a break in Dubai with the necessary attitude needed.

Two things puzzle me about this saga.

a) How can a professional footballer go out onto the pitch and not try?

I can understand players being off form but I can never understand a player who goes out onto the field and does not attempt to put himself about. Surely his teammates give him an earache?

b) What does Allardyce see that we supporters don't see?

I don't know why I asked that second question, I don't have any respect for Allardyce's capacity to be Everton manager anyway. We are far better than that.

I can't believe I didn't spell your name correctly.

No excuses, just apologies.

Darren (#40), apparently I'm not the only one who's a bit feeble in the memory department, if you think you "proved" to me that Gueye went to ground too easily. I disagreed then and I disagree now. (What I readily conceded was the very obvious point that Kante is overall a vastly superior player.)

And you did indeed quite snappily educate me at one point along the lines of "at least Schneiderlin can make a pass and stay on his feet" or something close to that. Seems I recall some of your posts better than you do.

But as to your claim of having "drilled" Morgan last year, my memory remains vacant – even though as noted I was reading your posts carefully – and you don't cite specifics on that either. So I'll respectfully decline to credit you for prescience on this player.

As to "TW number one hindsight merchant"... no idea who that might be... I tend to skip over heated exchanges between posters here.

So I'll ask you now what I asked you then... do you think our strikingly better results with Schneiderlin on the pitch were coincidence, or even accomplished in spite of the player? Not being sarcastic here... I'd really like to know who you think should get the credit that I give to Schneiderlin.

That said to me how much contempt he has for us and wants to be seen as one of the big boys! His performances have been nothing short of a disgrace and I can't think of a player who I've disliked in the blue like I do him!

Need to sell before he's worth nothing!

You are simply making up stuff about me praising Schneiderlin. I'm not sure why but that sort of thing is probably the main reason "overheated exchanges" take place on here...

I don't need, nor seek credit from you for heavily criticising Schneiderlin last season (there is no credit to be had). Nor does it matter to me that you don't recall it.

We can all see him losing track of opposition players, failing to close opponents down, simply picking the easy option 9 times out of 10. If the manager's statistics don't tell him these things then his statistics aren't thorough / sophisticated enough, which is a common problem with statistics and their application.

If the manager isn't pushing the player to improve then it is unlikely he will, though the player should have better self-awareness as well.

The main question is what has happened since the summer that has rendered Schneiderlin nigh on useless? Is it marriage, his own history repeating itself, or is it one visible piece of the general malaise around the club? Allardyce is clearly hoping that if he keeps playing him, the player he admired last season will reappear.

Whatever it is, he shouldn't be near the team until he bucks up.

Or come on over to my house in Oregon. I still have the game on my DVR.

My efforts to do so resulted in an unfortunate injury. I had the role of the player (I don't, regrettably, recall his name) who had to flick the ball into the air with both heels. Anyone who has tried this will know that the unskilled will flick the ball onto his arse or lower back.

I did this but my teammate, determined to get a shot in, realigned himself and had a go with his left foot. By this stage the ball had trickled over my head (I was lying flat at this stage, having, in my view, completed my part in the "wonder goal"). He connected with full force on my left hip causing long term damage to the sciatic nerve. Happy memories.

So, thanks Lenny. By the way, I believe that goal was a diamond in an era when only geniuses were good enough to thrive and survive.

The authorities subsequently banned any repeat of the feat based on the existing rules. The player setting it up effectively touched the ball twice by having the ball positioned as he did between his feet.

Any free kick – including penalties, of course – requires that another player must touch the ball after the free kick taker has made a SINGLE touch of the ball.

We wuz robbed!

I know and all Everton fans know there is a good player in there. I personally would not play him but booing him is bad – just as the booing of Williams as he warming up, was out of order. It should never happen, but that's just me. Other fans gave their own way and pay their money.

I can't remember much from the game, 'cause I turned it off at some point and turned it back on... Been a loong time since I did that.

Thanks for the offer, I'd have to cross the Atlantic, being in Greenland and all. 🇬🇱

I think the main reason was the fuddy-duddies at the FA... this was new... not since our own Sam Chedgzoy dribbled the ball from corner kick into the goal, catching the defenders napping. (If I recall correctly, he said later a reporter was talking to him about it and bet him ٣, probably a week's wages then, that he couldn't do it.)

Had there been any 'new' sort of freekick? There were newspaper headlines of 'Donkey Kick' and 'Circus Trick'. Not wanting a repeat of this innovation and more 'circus tricks' (and it's not a circus now?) they flat out banned it.

The 'Official' reason was that when Willie Carr put his heels either side of the ball he broke the two touches rule. They deemed it impossible for a player to simultaneously place two heels in contact with the ball, aka, two touches = foul.

Obviously we were no better nor worse than 7th for most of the season. We had a run of easyish home games that had us dreaming we might be a top 6 side, only to firmly be put back in our place against Spurs.

In truth though, I do recall thinking we'd improved. Maybe the Morgan effect went further than we realised... being able to look decent without actually doing anything worthwhile. We were the epitome of that last season. The most 7th team any of us will ever witness.

I can honestly say I've never seen a player's form turn like this, it's as if he paid his twin brother to show up while he has an extended honeymoon.

On the subject of players milking the club – come on, guys, grow up: all players are whores, and do what their pimps tell them to... I accept that, provided that, when they put a blue shirt on, they give their all for their wages and/or their professional pride. Morgan Schneiderlin downed tools in August; what bothers me is how three different managers appear not to have noticed.

I got involved in quite a back and forth on the other forum discussing the booing of this muppet but not even one supporter could I recall disputed the fact that this guy wasn't arsed and hasn't been for quite a while (what stats could he be producing?)

Question: How can Fat Sam be so wrong when 40k + fans are right?
Answer: He is shit and robbing our club too. Algorithms? Fuck off and do your own job, you clown!

Both should be launched, the very day after the final game this season – if not before. What a sorry era in a run of many for this once-great club

ps: Keep up the booing, btw, or they will serve up more or the same shite for next 30 years. It's your choice, folks. Throw in some rotten fruit and a few protests and you just never know – Bill Kenwright may just read what it says on the crest...

I did some work at a well known northwest English club a few years ago, including some of the scouting staff. They used them, a little bit like the way some racing punters use speed figures and collateral form. They never based any decisions solely on them, but they were a strong part of their player analysis.

The only excuse I can possibly make for him is he suffers badly with anxiety, in which case he needs help and should be kept away from football until it's sorted.

Anyway, he will go in the summer, along with a few (or is that a lot?) of others – Allardyce and Walsh included. If only Bill Kenwright would retire, we might start to move forwards then.

The argument provided by the club I worked with was that the algorithms were used on multiple targets and when more than one of the scouting staff looked at a player. They were also sometimes used as evidence to persuade those in charge to bid/pay for a player. They were never the only method used.

My main point is that this isn't new and is widespread practice. The only club that predominantly works on statistical models is Brentford; that's why Warburton left after getting them to the play-offs.

How can an algorithm pick up on what is a "clever" pass or a brave player having the courage to show for the ball?? Schneiderlin is guilty of neither, I would suggest.

Surely they cannot take into account the oppositions performance and positioning either? I agree anybody with an ounce of sense would only use these things to calculate mileage / endeavour etc.

So I can only assume that our Morgan has been exempt from this screening or maybe those pointless cowardly sideways borderline hospital balls he sprays into both full backs constantly are pushing his stats through the roof!!

Let's stop splashing big money on shite players and offer a manager who has at least won something in football a wage packet they cannot refuse?

Get us to 40 points and take your pie charts, algorithms, and your fat wad of cash and fuck off, Far Sam!

As Paul also states (having first-hand experience of providing clubs with such statistical data) it is just one resource clubs access. Not the only one as some are presuming.

I have no doubt empirical (sensory) evidence – as in 'observation with your own eyes') also informs the decision-making of team selection at Everton.

It is still baffling what the coaching staff 'see' in Morgan Schneiderlin's performances that merits he gets selected as he does ahead of some possible alternatives.

Any corner or free-kick that can be taken immediately is far more exciting than waiting for everyone to trudge upfield.

A quickly taken set-piece will reward the attacking side especially when the defending side choose to breakdown play as they are short in numbers for example.

Bring back improvisation! You might say a penalty should remain the same but, then again, penalties are complete gifts, ha.

He obviously talks a good game.

The club I briefly worked with used them to compare similar players, but only after they'd watched them.

Football is not rocket science. The lad Amps in midfield has impressed me so far. Don't know what his algorithms are but he looks a footballer to me.

On another point: Why are Premier League refs allowed to ref FA Cup games when the Premier League team plays a lower league team? Surely a ref who has never reffed either should get the job? I always feel Premier League refs sway to the tune of the Premier League teams.

Thank god we never bought Sissoko – what a waste of space he is.

Which club were you working with?

I saw Wayne Rooney in a youth team game and, after one move in the first two minutes of the match, I knew he was something very, very special. I wish he was 16 now instead of 32.

Dave, I'm not advocating using algorithms as a sole decision-making process, just explaining how they're best-used and that they're long-established. My eyes see more context than stats.

In fact I'd say let's have more booing of players who don't put the effort in. Let them know they need to commit or get out.

Yes, from your previous posts, I realise you prefer to gauge a player from watching rather than stats, best leave the other for geometry!!!

The Premier League's deadliest player: Anyone can check the top scorers list but who comes out on top using our specially devised formula?

I hope you weren't helping Everton scouting MK Dons when they signed Galloway instead of Dele Alli ... just kidding!

A) Show what a modern, progressive manager he is;
B) Quash reasonable questions about his dubious decision-making from ‘laymen' like ourselves.

Now he is getting the players to big up his modus operandi. Presumably we are all supposed to be suitably impressed and forget all about the performances we are witnessing in the games?

Players are almost robotic these days in the mold of athletes who run in a certain way and are petrified of passing forward incase it hurts their pass completion stats. Maybe Morgan has the highest pass completion rate at the club as he just passes it backwards and sidewards when he actually can be arsed to get it in the first place.

Do we even bother to produce flair players anymore? We just rely on foreign talent. Would David Silva have made it at Man City as a youngster? Very probably not as he would have had the shit kicked out of him by the likes of Joey Barton.

It makes for painful viewing as a fan – how can you get excited in a game when the most completed passes are between the two centre-backs?

Sports science is all well and good but is no substitute for an end-to-end game of footy.

He has a wonderful life, beautiful wife and unlimited wealth. I feel his football career is an interruption in his lifestyle. Worse still, the football could get him injured and “unnecessarily” blot his lifestyle and forthcoming holidays.

Thankfully it is quite rare to see an Everton player just going through the motions. The fans just won't tolerate less than 100 percent commitment to the cause.

Nothing would please me more than to see him play for us as we know he can. Unfortunately I just can't see it happening at all. He's too far gone. He will be off in the Summer, I expect.

It's the reason that anyone can compete a Rubik's Cube. I'm assuming it's how Sam can be a manager.

Team selection is arrived at as a result of mathematical formulae based on training performance. For all except Schneiderlin, that is!

Me too, there is a good few things I would have told the algor-ometer that were non-negotiable.

I attended a conference at a 'big' Premier League club late in the 2015-16 season where we spoke with the scouting/analytics department. Leicester's success was of course a talking point and specifically how their system had missed identifying players such as Kante & Mahrez.

They had already been looking into this, now aware of the obvious blind spots in their processes and had refined their processes & re-engineered their system so that they then believed that Mahrez would've been flagged as a target.

They admitted though that they couldn't re-engineer it to have identified Kante as a prime target and that the only way he could've been identified was through eyes on the ground seeing him play.

Well it hasn't opened it's mouth for most of the season and in his best spells has spoken in a whisper, mind you Sam likes him, must have radar ears.