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Four things to pay attention to when you start analysing corners
Analysing corners is part of my daily routine and through the years I’ve been quite fortunate to be able to dedicate my time to it as much. Analysing set pieces can be quite daunting: Where do you start? Where do you gain knowledge? There are great resources out there, but if you want to train…
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League stability analysis: evaluating how shot ability changes after promotion
It’s not a surprise to most of people, but the Dutch Eredivisie is one of the most interesting leagues in Europe for different reasons. It’s a league where you can develop talent, but it’s also a league that often acts as a feeder league to the top 5 European leagues. This often constitutes the big…
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Differences in shooting styles across Regionalliga — Germany’s 4th tier
“Data does tell facts and therefore always is the truth” — how often I’ve heard this, I can’t even count the number. I think this is such a weird way of looking at data, as data is a construct so if anything, it’s always subjective and prone to bias. One of the cases is how…
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The idea behind the threat: Creating Pass Progression Score (PPS)
What has always fascinated me is the way we look at football players and the value we give those players. There is a pecking order of course, because in terms of the general football audience, we tend to value entertainment. Entertainment is something you can directly compare to the ones making the goals (which is…
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Proactive vs Reactive defence score: Measuring in what way defenders like to engage in defensive activities
I was thinking the other day that developing metrics is completely based on bias because the creator of said metric has particular intentions with it. That made me think about whether I should publish my thoughts on a new metric I developed. Not because I think it’s bad, but because it might not be useful…
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Stina Blackstenius — Scout report 2023/2024
Do you ever look at a player and think: I don’t exactly know what to make of you? That’s what I have with Stina Blackstenius and her period at Arsenal. She is a good player, but how impactful is she? That’s something I will try to find out using data in this article. It’s good…
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