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How to win the Premier League
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2025 10:14 am
by Corway
Has anyone read this Sunday Times Best seller written by Ian Graham Director of Research at Liverpool FC from 2012.
Fascinating to see how data analysis drove recruitment (or on one occasion stopped it when they couldn’t find anyone better than what they had.
It explains why half of all transfers fail and how expected goals and statistics on passing shooting tackles etc allow players to be rated and how Transfermarkt values were good enough for their analysis.
What happened to the company Pace said he’d bought for this?
Re: How to win the Premier League
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2025 11:08 am
by dougcollins
Corway wrote: ↑Wed Jul 02, 2025 10:14 am
Has anyone read this Sunday Times Best seller written by Ian Graham Director of Research at Liverpool FC from 2012.
Fascinating to see how data analysis drove recruitment (or on one occasion stopped it when they couldn’t find anyone better than what they had.
It explains why half of all transfers fail and how expected goals and statistics on passing shooting tackles etc allow players to be rated and how Transfermarkt values were good enough for their analysis.
What happened to the company Pace said he’d bought for this?
Weren't Brentford the first moneyball team to hit the prem?
Re: How to win the Premier League
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2025 11:10 am
by Falcon
SPOILER ALERT.
The answer is to get more points than the other teams.
Re: How to win the Premier League
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2025 11:13 am
by ollieclarets8
Falcon wrote: ↑Wed Jul 02, 2025 11:10 am
SPOILER ALERT.
The answer is to get more points than the other teams.
Once upon a time it was, "Get more points than Man United" but these days that just keeps you up!
Re: How to win the Premier League
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2025 12:14 pm
by GordonvaleClaret
Corway wrote: ↑Wed Jul 02, 2025 10:14 am
Has anyone read this Sunday Times Best seller written by Ian Graham Director of Research at Liverpool FC from 2012.
Fascinating to see how data analysis drove recruitment (or on one occasion stopped it when they couldn’t find anyone better than what they had.
It explains why half of all transfers fail and how expected goals and statistics on passing shooting tackles etc allow players to be rated and how Transfermarkt values were good enough for their analysis.
What happened to the company Pace said he’d bought for this?
There's an open bracket there, but no closing bracket.
Personally I'd beware of these "what ever they are".
Re: How to win the Premier League
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2025 2:24 pm
by Corway
dougcollins wrote: ↑Wed Jul 02, 2025 11:08 am
Weren't Brentford the first moneyball team to hit the prem?
Hi Doug
They certainly feature in the book with a section about them (and Brighton) as early adopters when in the championship with a mention of Tarkowski being sold to buy Andre Gray and others.
Graham starts his story at Spurs with moderate success then a disaster with Brendan and success with Klopp.
Expected Poseidon Value was a new one on me as was much of the book.
Re: How to win the Premier League
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2025 2:25 pm
by Corway
Possession not Poseidon!
Re: How to win the Premier League
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2025 5:04 pm
by dougcollins
Corway wrote: ↑Wed Jul 02, 2025 2:25 pm
Possession not Poseidon!
You turned it upside down!
Re: How to win the Premier League
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2025 5:40 pm
by Vegas Claret
If you aren't already Liverpool it's
1: Get bought by a country
2: Ignore PSR