September 2019

Passing – failures are as important as successes I’ve been thinking a lot about passing recently. It seems to be the area where I think there is most room for improving what analytics can offer. The traditional response to passing percentage statistics is “anyone can pass the ball under no Read more…

There are football clubs who compete for trophies every season. These clubs generally have very large fan bases, very large incomes, very high wage bills, and very high transfer spending. But there are also clubs who finish close to these clubs, with smaller wage bills, trading profits on transfers and Read more…