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I feel like we're dangerously close to aspects of historical knowledge of football analytics being forgotten, and that many newly interested people just have no idea about why or what is important or what foundations current knowledge is built on...
...so I ask the old timers: what old articles, blogs or papers do you revere? What are the key pieces of work that helped build your knowledge or move the needle for the whole community? Reply to give people something to read in international week. Thanks!
Alright I should contribute.
Here's @MarkTaylor0 on "Twelve Shots Good, Two Shots Better" http://thepowerofgoals.blogspot.com/2014/02/twelve-shots-good-two-shots-better.html , and a later related post from @luishusier "Many bad shots or one good shot?" http://www.luishusier.com/2017/10/19/shot_variability/
Here's @MarkTaylor0 on "Twelve Shots Good, Two Shots Better" http://thepowerofgoals.blogspot.com/2014/02/twelve-shots-good-two-shots-better.html , and a later related post from @luishusier "Many bad shots or one good shot?" http://www.luishusier.com/2017/10/19/shot_variability/
Here's an example from @Colintrainor on Key Passes which really represents how 2013 was a time of discovery:
https://statsbomb.com/2013/09/the-animal-farm-of-key-passes/ and basically inventing PPDA which was adopted almost universally ahead of StatsBomb collecting pressure data https://statsbomb.com/2014/07/defensive-metrics-measuring-the-intensity-of-a-high-press/
https://statsbomb.com/2013/09/the-animal-farm-of-key-passes/ and basically inventing PPDA which was adopted almost universally ahead of StatsBomb collecting pressure data https://statsbomb.com/2014/07/defensive-metrics-measuring-the-intensity-of-a-high-press/
Did you know that before Arsenal bought StatDNA they had a blog? Loads of it still exists on the wayback machine, 2011! https://web.archive.org/web/20110707064735/https://blog.statdna.com/
did you know that crazy polygons on a pitch were a @lemonwatcher joint and for a few cold months he logged prolifically? https://deepxg.com/2016/02/07/defending-your-patch/
A few people who have full and interesting football blogs, maybe you don't know about if you are new:
@penaltyblog http://www.pena.lt/y/blog.html
@NilsMackay https://mackayanalytics.nl/about/
@bertinbertin http://michaelbertin.com/category/soccer/
@penaltyblog http://www.pena.lt/y/blog.html
@NilsMackay https://mackayanalytics.nl/about/
@bertinbertin http://michaelbertin.com/category/soccer/
