During the first half of last season, Sportsmail sat down with former Premier League midfielder Matt Oakley and the professor behind the recruitment tool that, they believe, will revolutionise the way in which clubs obtain and retain players.
In short, their technology tells you what will happen, not what has happened. We needed convincing.
Now, with the benefit of hindsight, almost every forecast made came to fruition.
They spoke then of how, last summer, they were asked to run a 'player impact' report on Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, prior to Arsenal's decision to award him a lucrative new contract, worth £55million over three years.