The Merseyside Derby appears to have fully turned the tide against Everton manager Roberto Martinez and once more we ponder possible candidates for the role. Lets use 6 seasons of Premier League expected goals data and Tableau! For a look at managerial style we can plot defensive efficiency (expected goals against/actual goals against) on one…

Ever since I started the blog, I’ve been as open as possible about the methods I used to build each of my models. However, up until recently, I was pretty precious about my data, because data in this game is pretty precious. It’s a pretty hypocritical stance as my metrics are derived from data that…

This week, England carried on with its take on 4-3-3. The nation was jubilant with the late come-back versus Germany but I still see each unit – the defence, the midfield and the attack playing in isolation. In between some great goals and nice link up for two other great chances, there was a lot…

I’ve whittled right backs and centre backs down to the following based on minutes played: Defenders: N Clyne, K Walker, S Cook, C Smalling, J Stones, A Cresswell, R Bertrand, D Rose Three left-backs left (ahem) to look at. I’m going to keep it really simple to start. At present, I think Rose is above…

So last time I looked at defenders who made the various cuts and the following players made it: Defenders: N Clyne, K Walker, S Cook, C Smalling, J Stones, J Tomkins, A Cresswell, R Bertrand, D Rose I did a bit of full-back trimming to get to that point, so today I’ll concentrate on centre-backs.…