Valuing Passes and Thoughts on Metrification
In my last post, I looked at passing performance and identified players with pass completion rates higher than expected, given the difficulty of the passes they attempted. This seemed to pass the [...]
How Lucky is Top Tier English Football?
A recurring question in sport is the extent to which skill or luck determine the outcome. Back in 2012, Michael Maubisson the Director of Research at BlueMountain Capital Management, published a book [...]
Analytics as a Decision Support System
2018 marks the tenth anniversary of my involvement in football analytics. This has prompted me to crystallise a few thoughts on the role of analytics and data science in football. In particular, [...]
The Best and Worst Managers in the Premier League (Probably)
Some people don't think football managers make much difference at all. The guys at Soccerbrain for instance are quite skeptical about the influence a manager has: Coaches don’t matter so long as they are competent, [...]