The phrase "astute team" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a group of individuals who are perceptive, clever, and able to make good judgments in their work or activities.
Example: "The astute team quickly identified the flaws in the project and proposed effective solutions."
Alternatives: "sharp team" or "insightful team".
After using advanced player performance metrics to rate the contributions of every player selected since 1994, ESPN established that the six most astute teams on draft day had won 11 of the past 13 NFL titles.
But drama abounded as the trial wore on for weeks and weeks, thanks in part to Hernandez's astute legal team.
Shy and soft-spoken during her first two seasons in the W.N.B.A., Hammon has matured into an astute spokeswoman for her team as well as the league.
No current Stevenage player saw the 1998 matchup at Newcastle, but the team's astute manager, Graham Westley, was never likely to pass up the opportunity to use it as a motivational tool.
As on a new album, "Common Ground" (Mack Avenue), they form the frontline in this group, which features the astute and flexible rhythm team of Scott Colley on bass and Antonio Sanchez on drums.
Kicking it all off was reader ibabel, whose concise and astute observation captivated the team for the remainder of the week: On the other hand, if you assume each couple has a possibly different probability p of producing a girl, where p need not be 0.5, it is a different and more interesting problem.
"This announcement ought to teach astute large church leadership teams [to] not to over-build, especially monuments to architectural and ministerial hubris... to make sure to have a reasonable plan of succession, and above all, to engage in wise fiscal policies," Thumma added.
His predictions for the team proved remarkably astute: on Keshi, on Mikel Obi, on the quality of the locally based players, on the team's wealth of attacking options when others were lamenting the omission of Osaze Odemwingie and Obafemi Martins.
Old-fashioned principles, of scouting, team-building and astute management, still play a part in Bilic's brave new world.
