Analytics is about Context: Premier League Transfers Edition

An episode of the The Double Pivot: Soccer analysis, analytics, and commentary podcast, hosted by Mike Goodman and Michael Caley, titled "Analytics is about Context: Premier League Transfers Edition" was published on June 17, 2022 and runs 40 minutes.

June 17, 2022 ·40m · The Double Pivot: Soccer analysis, analytics, and commentary

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Summary

Fabio Carvalho, Marc Cucurella and Yves Bissouma are all at different stages in the transfer rumor to actual transfer process, all generally look like good players that good teams are right to target, but all are complicated to evaluate analytically because of the different tactical contexts in which they have produced. (We also talk about Bissouma's sexual assault arrest and how we think about a less cut-and-dried but still troubling story.) Support the show

Episode Description

Fabio Carvalho, Marc Cucurella and Yves Bissouma are all at different stages in the transfer rumor to actual transfer process, all generally look like good players that good teams are right to target, but all are complicated to evaluate analytically because of the different tactical contexts in which they have produced.

(We also talk about Bissouma's sexual assault arrest and how we think about a less cut-and-dried but still troubling story.)

Support the show