Josh Hobbs kicks off a series about the ‘Transfer Gurus’ who have improved their clubs through smart business. After a decade at the club in various roles, Michael Edwards will step down from his role as Sporting Director at Liverpool at the end of this season. Edwards has been...
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Andy Watson delves into the GBE regulations for non-playing staff in a post-Brexit landscape. It’s that time of year when football clubs might be feeling a little nervous about their head coaches. Either expectations have been dashed and a re-think is required, your manager’s contract is up for renewal...
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Jeremy Steele investigates the impact of national cultures on head coaches’ careers. Last week, in the course of working on some analysis for one of our Coach ID clients, we delved into some data gathered by CIES Football Observatory regarding the average length of head coaches’ stay at football...
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Josh Hobbs looks at the problems surrounding backward passing and showcases TransferLab’s newest metric. For some time now, football analysts have been looking for a way to value on-field actions which goes beyond simple shot-based metrics. Analytics FC have been working with advanced non-shot-based models for some time with...
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Aidan Reagh takes a look at performance and player salary data from the last eight seasons to determine whether football is seeing the impact of modern recruitment techniques. In 2014, Martin Klienbard presented a paper at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference titled, “Can’t Buy Me Love: Why Money...
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Analytics FC made an appearance in the media this week when our CEO and founder Jeremy Steele spoke to the i Paper about using analytics to assess coaching performance. The article, titled “Man Utd will have to ‘rip up their entire squad’ if they appoint Mauricio Pochettino or Erik ten...
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Analytics FC are excited to announce their latest client, Sports Interactive, the world’s leading developer of football management simulations through its Football Manager series of games. Last July, Sports Interactive announced that they were introducing women’s football into the Football Manager platform. This commitment to the women’s game requires...
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Abdullah Abdullah takes a look at the centre back situation for England and tries to determine Sarina Weigman’s optimal pairing. After a slow start, the England Women’s National Team are really starting to flourish under Sarina Weigman. The Arnold Clark Cup win has been the first real sign of...
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Elliott Stapley looks for a way to quantify the benefits of progressive passes in the build up phase. “Pep hates these full-back to winger passes because they don’t offer progression, but I used to do them with Messi a lot and he’d be annoyed.” – Dani Alves Inspired by...
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Andy Watson looks back at the January transfer window just gone to see what it can teach us about the post-Brexit market. The January 2022 transfer window was the third window in which the new GBE regulations applied. In previous articles in this series, we have looked backwards to...
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