Its a good question OSB and naturally I don't have an answer. I can only speak from my own experience. We've been using algorithms in chess for decades now. They're commonly known as chess engines and are spatially aware, if not better then most Humans now.
Here is an example of an engine grunting it out.
[video=youtube;tGX6erOSb2U]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGX6erOSb2U[/video]
To show what the engine is actually grunting out, the best programme I can show you is Thinking Machine 4. A nice little GUI placed on top of an engine to show its thought processes. This toured some exhibitions and art galleries a few years back.
http://www.bewitched.com/chess.html
http://archive.turbulence.org/spotlight/thinking/index.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqM8zmdaU6o
If he has been brought in to apply the same principles to a soccer pitch then I would say this may be a very progressive move for CCFC.