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Our squad the most valuable in the PL and third in Europe behind Barcelona and Real Madrid?
Interesting....
I haven't had time to drill down and find the full report, so don't know what values they give our players.Our squad the most valuable in the PL and third in Europe behind Barcelona and Real Madrid?
Interesting....
The 6 English players we finished the Man City game with cost a combined £13m. 2 Harrys were free. Alli £50m now? Rose £25m?
Barça very inflated as Messi was nil transfer, now £170m. And Neymar valued at £246m. Who can afford that - Real? China? He won't go to those 2. imo we're effectively better than BCF.
This is the tightest fight between the top 6 ever in the Premier League, and possibly ever in England. Literally 6 title-contending quality teams slogging it out at the top, with no room for error. The fact that we're in this with a chance of anything is pretty remarkable when you think about it.
We're not dead yet:
Even after a really fucking tough loss, we're still in a good place. (Seriously though, why must we shit the bed at Anfield every goddamn year?)
Gary Gelade made some very interesting insights on crossing at tge OptaPro conference:
Art of crossing can still count in an age of crowded penalty areas | Sean Ingle
TLDR; some types of crossing can be useful/effective. But you need Christian Eriksen to Dele Alli levels of talent to make it work properly.
And Colin Trainor took a fascinating look at how football isn't really a game of 90 minutes:
http://statsbomb.com/2017/02/additional-time-spains-missing-minutes/
Even after a really fucking tough loss, we're still in a good place. (Seriously though, why must we shit the bed at Anfield every goddamn year?)
Gary Gelade made some very interesting insights on crossing at tge OptaPro conference:
Art of crossing can still count in an age of crowded penalty areas | Sean Ingle
TLDR; some types of crossing can be useful/effective. But you need Christian Eriksen to Dele Alli levels of talent to make it work properly.
And Colin Trainor took a fascinating look at how football isn't really a game of 90 minutes:
http://statsbomb.com/2017/02/additional-time-spains-missing-minutes/
Brilliant bit of data visualisation from the FT there
Ted Knutson lays it all out on how much clubs could gain from set pieces:
http://statsbomb.com/2017/02/changing-how-the-world-thinks-about-set-pieces/
Biggest takeaways:
Damn, there's a LOT of advantages to be gained.
Damn, somewhere else Fergie was first to get to. This is why he was so good, and why MUFC are never going to get back to that level.
http://statsbomb.com/2017/02/changing-how-the-world-thinks-about-set-pieces/
Biggest takeaways:
Damn, there's a LOT of advantages to be gained.
Damn, somewhere else Fergie was first to get to. This is why he was so good, and why MUFC are never going to get back to that level.
And another one. Paul Riley talks about an expected passing model, and throws in a link to the data viz for the model. Playing around with it is interesting. And I think backs up my impression that Spurs need a lot better creative passing from our attacking players.
Expected Passing for Everyone!
Tableau Public
Expected Passing for Everyone!
Tableau Public
This is a really good podcast:
http://statsbomb.com/2017/02/statsbomb-podcast-march-2017/
http://statsbomb.com/2017/02/statsbomb-podcast-march-2017/
James has some commentary that will make you smile about Woolwich and Monaco:
http://statsbomb.com/2017/03/arsenals-defence-and-monacos-crazy-attack/
http://statsbomb.com/2017/03/arsenals-defence-and-monacos-crazy-attack/
Expected goals and Big Football Data: the statistics revolution that is here to stay
Good article, followed by some very predictable comments
Good article, followed by some very predictable comments
We already had 6 consecutive wins this season and before, 7 we hadn't got since 67.
We are now with 68 pts, 3 more points and 1 more win and we'll match our best season in the PL in total!
We are now with 68 pts, 3 more points and 1 more win and we'll match our best season in the PL in total!