Analytics FC Podcast

In which we chat to Xarius Desai, performance analyst at Brentford FC, about his role and football analysis more broadly. Tweet us! www.twitter.com/AnalyticsFC --------------- Find Joel and Bobby on twitter: Joel www.twitter.com/MessiSeconds Bobby www.twitter.com/BobbyGardiner --------------- Intro music is MMHHMM by LiamLRY. Logo created by Erik Wagner from the Noun Project.

This week we met Rory Campbell, Head of Technical Analysis at West Ham. Tweet us! www.twitter.com/AnalyticsFC --------------- Find Joel and Bobby on twitter: Joel www.twitter.com/MessiSeconds Bobby www.twitter.com/BobbyGardiner --------------- Intro music is MMHHMM by LiamLRY. Logo created by Erik Wagner from the Noun Project.

This week we're joined by Red Bull Salzburg and Spielverlagerung's Rene Maric! Tweet us! www.twitter.com/AnalyticsFC --------------- Links from the podcast: Rene's twitter www.twitter.com/ReneMaric Spielverlagerung (English) http://spielverlagerung.com/ Spielverlagerung (German) http://spielverlagerung.de/ --------------- Find Joel and Bobby on twitter: Joel www.twitter.com/MessiSeconds Bobby www....

Beginning of the new season. In Season 2 Episode 1 of the Analytics FC Podcast we introduce Joel Salamon and Jeremy Steele to the team. Follow us! http://www.twitter.com/AnalyticsFC Joel's intro video: https://youtu.be/hyssqYD-gxA --------------- Links from the podcast: Packing article http://statsbomb.com/2016/08/unpacking-packing/ --------------- The guys can be found on Twitter: Bobby http://ww...

In Episode 28 of the Analytics FC Podcast we are joined by Michael Caley and Mike Goodman to discuss their new podcast (The Double Pivot), the recent Champions League Final and to roundup our favourite team’s 15/16 seasons. 
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In Episode 27 of the Analytics FC Podcast we are joined by David Sumpter, author of Soccermatics: Mathematical Adventures in the Beautiful Game, to discuss his new book. We also are running a competition to win 3 copies of the book. Listen to the podcast or check our Twitter for details! Competition runs until 12/05/16 and is for UK listeners only. --------------- Links from the podcast: http://ww...

In Episode 26 of the Analytics FC Podcast we take your questions from Twitter. Remember this isn't edited, you were warned! --------------- Links from the podcast: https://twitter.com/search?q=tobin%20heath&src=typd (Tobin Heath cooking up the ?) http://statsbomb.com/2016/04/the-search-for-confidence-and-the-hot-foot-theory/ (Bobby Gardiner on the 'Hot Foot') https://twitter.com/wosostats (WoSo St...

In Episode 25 of the Analytics FC podcast we are joined by blogger Paul Riley. We talk to Paul about his recent work about picking a data-driven England squad for the upcoming Euro 2016 tournament, his work around goalkeeper analytics and take your questions from Twitter. --------------- Links from the podcast: http://differentgame.wordpress.com/ https://differentgame.wordpress.com/2016/02/19/engl...

In Episode 24 of the Analytics FC Podcast we are joined by Jen Lute Costella, co-founder of hockey analytics consultancy LCG Analytics. We talk about the overlaps between ice hockey (hockey) and football, the current state of hockey analytics and Jen’s work with LCG Analytics. We also find out about Jen’s previous work with a public analytics project and the upcoming Hockey 101 series too, which i...

In Episode 23 of the Analytics FC Podcast we are joined by Thom Lawrence, blogger over at http://deepxg.com/. We talk about Thom’s wayward entry into the analytics community, his EGMAYO and PATCH metrics (seriously) and discuss the results of Thom’s recent “State of Analytics” survey. --------------- Links from the podcast: http://deepxg.com/ http://deepxg.com/2015/12/02/egmayo-an-injury-impact-me...

In Episode 22 of the Analytics FC Podcast we are joined by goalkeeper analytics blogger, Sam Jackson. We talk about the important qualities Sam looks for in a goalkeeper, why he writes about the “non-shots” stats and then discusses some of his recent work, including his GPI metric and his upcoming Opta Pro Forum presentation. We also find out Sam’s favourite goalkeepers and close out the podcast w...

In Episode 21 of the Analytics FC Podcast we are joined by Sean Ingle, senior sports writer and columnist at the Guardian. We discuss journalism, data journalism and Sean gives some excellent advice for aspiring writers. We then dive into three main topics: Football, Tennis and Athletics - discussing Leicester’s surprise season, the recent Buzzfeed/BBC investigation into match-fixing in tennis and...

Guess who’s back! In Episode 20 of the Analytics FC Podcast we are joined by Simon Gleave, Head of Analysis at Infostrada Sports. We discuss Simon’s fascinating background, his role at Infostrada Sports and some of the public work he’s done in football analytics recently, and take your questions from Twitter. Links from the podcast: http://scoreboardjournalism.wordpress.com/ http://www.infostradas...

In Episode 19 of the Analytics FC podcast we are joined by Huddersfield Town performance analyst and Spielverlagerung and New York Red Bulls writer Tom Payne. We talk tactics; breaking down a few key concepts to understand them better, the combination of both analytics and tactics and find out the sides that Tom enjoys watching. If you're interested in sponsoring the podcast, send us an email usin...

In Episode 18 of the Analytics FC podcast we debate a number of topics back and forth, including "Teams should sell players that outperform expected goals", "The demise of Grantland will impact the promotion of analytics" and "An English team will get the CL semis" - an interesting and fun pod, we hope you'll agree! Links to things we mentioned on the podcast: - Chad Murphy on selling your overper...

In Episode 17 of the Analytics FC podcast we briefly discuss the new Analytics FC consultancy and then welcome former Liverpool and Tottenham Director of Football Damien Comolli onto the show to talk about his previous roles, evaluating transfers, quantifying defenders and goalkeepers and how injury prevention may be the next frontier in Football Analytics. If you're interested in sponsoring the p...

In Episode 16 of the Analytics FC Podcast the boys are joined by fellow analysts Ben Torvaney and Bobby Gardiner to shamelessly plug their recent work, the battle between being an analyst and being a fan, what we shouldn't use analytics for, Jamie Vardy, the use of analytics in the play-offs and we take your questions from Twitter. The NYA Soccer post we talk about at the end can be found here: ht...

In Episode 15 of the Analytics FC Podcast we are joined by Michael Caley to talk about his new Expected Goals model, what it contains, what teams it likes and doesn't likes, why it doesn't work outside the Top 4 European leagues and we take your questions from Twitter. You can read more on Michael's latest model here: http://cartilagefreecaptain.sbnation.com/2015/10/19/9295905/premier-league-proje...

In Episode 14 of the Analytics FC Podcast we are joined by Allison McCann, visual journalist at FiveThirtyEight, to talk about the new CARMELO rating system, the recent Women's World Cup model and what Tom and Sam think about the current state of Football Analytics. You can check out the CARMELO system here: http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/carmelo/ You can also find all of Allison's work at Fi...

In Episode 13 of the Analytics FC Podcast we are joined by Michael Cox (writer at Zonal Marking, The Guardian and ESPN FC among others) to talk about the origins of Zonal Marking (the blog), the combination of tactics and analytics and the future of analytical football writing. Michael also gives some tips on how to break into football journalism. You can read Michael's blog at http://www.zonalmar...

In Episode 12 of the Analytics FC Podcast we are joined by journalist Gab Marcotti to talk about the recent anti-stats pieces, analytics in the mainstream media, how analytics and #FootballMen can work together, the future of football (and sports) analytics and we take questions from Twitter! Another plug for Intopress, if you're an aspiring young writer and want to get started in the football jou...

Episode 08: A Mixed Bag by Analytics FC

Episode 04: Womens World Cup Preview with Emily Dulhanty and Danny Page by Analytics FC

Episode 02: Ben Torvaney by Analytics FC

In Episode 11 of the Analytics FC podcast, we're joined by Bobby Gardiner and Ben Torvaney, two fellow analytics bloggers (and students!) We discuss PDO and its downfalls, analytics in mainstream journalism, Brendan Rodgers sacking, Chelsea's poor start and take some questions from Twitter also. Make sure you check out Intopress if you're an aspiring young writer and reach out to Bobby if you want...