Ok, so as per a very good suggestion by
Joe Clash
I'm starting a thread to contain the pollution of stats/analytics discussion in other threads, while making sure it was visible enough that people were aware of it.
We have another, generic thread on the general football section: Evil Number Wizards Taking the Fun Out of the Game, and paddy spur and I have made ourselves look silly by trying to predict the league here: The model versus Paddy's gut
If you are interesting in stats, and would like to know where to go for actually intelligent use of them, good places are StatsBomb , Analytics FC , HOME , Objective Football Blog , 11tegen11 and Football in the Clouds . Statsbomb and Analytics FC both do podcasts as well, with Analytics FC doing one with Damien Comolli this week. Statsbomb is also good because it links directly to Paul Riley's expected goals and chance creation maps for the Premier League.
Michael Caley is probably the most prominent Spurs-related stats guy, and he's easiest to keep track of via twitter (@MC_of_A), since he publishes at various places, irregularly.
If you think all of this stuff is complete bullshit, that's totally alright, and no one would ever suggest that this stuff is mandatory to an enjoyment of the game (actually, the complete opposite at times), but if you think they're completely without merit, then give this video a watch (it changed Alan Shearer's mind):
We have another, generic thread on the general football section: Evil Number Wizards Taking the Fun Out of the Game, and paddy spur and I have made ourselves look silly by trying to predict the league here: The model versus Paddy's gut
If you are interesting in stats, and would like to know where to go for actually intelligent use of them, good places are StatsBomb , Analytics FC , HOME , Objective Football Blog , 11tegen11 and Football in the Clouds . Statsbomb and Analytics FC both do podcasts as well, with Analytics FC doing one with Damien Comolli this week. Statsbomb is also good because it links directly to Paul Riley's expected goals and chance creation maps for the Premier League.
Michael Caley is probably the most prominent Spurs-related stats guy, and he's easiest to keep track of via twitter (@MC_of_A), since he publishes at various places, irregularly.
If you think all of this stuff is complete bullshit, that's totally alright, and no one would ever suggest that this stuff is mandatory to an enjoyment of the game (actually, the complete opposite at times), but if you think they're completely without merit, then give this video a watch (it changed Alan Shearer's mind):