All Episodes
A.I. In Football — 173 episodes
Ep69: The Shop Window: What the World Cup’s Famous Transfer Stories Don’t Tell You!
Ep68: What Spain’s World Cup Win Taught Us About Identity-Led Recruitment
Bonus Episode: David and Tom Discuss Mentality and Psychological Shifts from the Argentina v England Semi Final
Ep67: The Verdict - Is Recruiting from a World Cup a Mugs Game?
Ep66: Into the Semi-Finals — England, the Market, and What the Tournament Has Actually Produced
Ep65: The Night at the Azteca — What England vs Mexico Told Us
Ep64: Three Games In: What Can We Actually Say?
Ep63: The Noise Begins! Is There A Brief Behind Any Of This?
Ep62: World Cup Window — How to Watch a Tournament Like a Recruitment Department
Ep61: The Clean Slate — What Would You Build If You Started Today?
Ep60: The Summer Window Is Open — Are You Ready?
Ep59: The Board Conversation — Making Recruitment Decisions Defensible Upwards
Ep58: Reading the Market — How 'Identity' Filters Opportunity in a Noisy Window
Ep57: The New Manager Scenario - Rebuilding Identity Without Losing the Work
Ep56: Preparing for the Summer Window — What to Do Before the Pressure Arrives
Ep55: The One-Window Club - Why Process Gains Don't Stick
Ep54: The Agent Call — Maintaining Process Discipline When the Timeline Isn’t Yours
Ep53: The Manager Problem - When The Brief Gets Overruled
Ep52 - The Method Meets Reality - Why Good Processes Get Rejected.
Ep51: The Club Operating Rhythm - Making The Model Outlast The Individual.
Ep50: The Shortlist Funnel: Data, Video Scouting, Live Scouting and the Target Matrix.
Ep49: The Definition/Selection Meeting Split - When Are Player Names Allowed In The Room?
Ep48: Turning Behaviours into Metrics - Choosing KPI's that Serve The Team Identity (And Avoid Analysis Theatre)
Ep47: Formations & Role Archetypes — What Your Identity Demands From Each Line.
Bonus Episode 2 - Replacing Heung-Min Son - Ranking The Best Fit Replacements (Xavi Simons Ranked Number 33!)
Bonus Episode: What Type of Player Should Replace Son Heung-Min at Spurs?
Ep46: Identity → Game Model — Turning Words Into 'Behaviours by Phase'.
Ep45: Templates + Variants — Defining Identity Fast (Without Turning the Club into a Cartoon)
Ep44: Identity Before Positions — Why “How We Win” Comes First
Ep43: The Boundary Line — Using AI in Recruitment Without Getting Burned
Ep42: Putting It Into Practice — The Context Stack As A Club Standard.
Ep41: From Question to Shortlist: A Repeatable AI-Supported Recruitment Workflow
Ep40: Behaviours Over Labels: Writing Role Definitions AI Can Follow
Ep39: Structure in Recruitment Decisions: Why Clarity Beats Guesswork
Ep38: Why Football Needs Better Thinking: Structure, Clarity & the Rise of AI-Supported Decisions
Ep37: The Festive Fixture Pile-Up - Rotation, Recovery and Risk
Ep36: Player Pathways: How Clubs Build from Grassroots to First Team
Ep35: Inside Recruitment: Lessons from Successes and Failures
Ep34: The Analyst’s Role in Storytelling: Shaping How Fans See the Game
Ep33: What Will Data Never Be Able To Tell Us?
Ep32: From Data to Dressing Room: How Insights Actually Influence Coaches
Ep31: Why Some Teams Overachieve: From Brentford to Mjällby - When Process Beats Payroll.
Ep30: Match Analysis Myths: What TV Pundits Get 'Wrong'!
Ep29: Scouting in the Age of AI: What Football Clubs Really Value
Ep28: Inside the 11-Stage Funnel: From 'What Do We Need' to 'Player To Target'
Ep27: From Pilot Sessions to Future Evolution - What's Next?
Ep26: From shortlist to Target Matrix — Turning Data Into Decisions
Ep25: How Do You Filter 700,000 Players Down To a Shortlist?
Ep24: Building Your Player Recruitment House!! The War Room Has Begun!
Ep23: The Steps of a Real Recruitment Process - Steps 9-11 and Ready For The War Room!
Ep22: The Steps of a Real Recruitment Process - Steps 4-8
Ep21: Behind the Curtain: The First Steps of a Real Recruitment Process - Steps 1-3
Ep20: Inside the Machine – How Smart Clubs Build Player Shortlists in 2025
Ep19: Moving Away From Complex Chaos Towards Simple Clarity
Ep18: The Shadow Team Model: Training to Build Multi-Window Strategy
Ep17: The Thinking Behind the Shortlist — How to Justify Player Picks Like a Pro!
Ep16: Scouting with Constraints — How Real-World Limits Shape Smart Decisions
Ep15: What a Recruitment Department Actually Does — and How You Can Train Like You're Already Inside One
Ep14: Future-Proofing Yourself — Why Augmented Analysts Will Lead the Next Generation of Football Clubs
Ep13: How to Work With AI Like a Football Recruitment Analyst, Not Like a Casual User
Ep12: The Recruitment Process That Helps You Think Like a Real Football Club
Ep11: Why the Future of Football Recruitment Belongs to the Process-Driven and AI-Savvy Analyst
Ep10: What Makes A Good Recruitment Decision?
Ep9: We're Building A Football Club - Want In?
Ep8: Does Momentum Make A Difference?
Ep7: How Important Is Scoring The First Goal? Is It Different For Every Team?
Ep6: Why It's So Important To Try And Create A Process.....Not Perfection!
Ep5: Important Storytelling Stats - Turning Numbers into Narratives
Ep4: Key Passing Metrics - Passes Into the Final Third + Passes Into the Penalty Area
Ep3: Progressive Passes and Progressive Runs - What Are They? How Are They Calculated?
Ep2: Expected Goals (xG) and Expected Assists (xA) - What Do They Mean? How Are They Calculated?
Ep1: The Secret to Finding Hidden Gem Players with Data Analytics.
Ep100: Want To Learn How To Become A Football Analyst? This Is The Place To Be.
Ep99: January Transfer Window - Could These Players Make The Difference?
Ep98: EFL Championship - Matchday 27 (Futile) Predictions Episode
Ep97: January Transfer Window - Could These Players Make The Difference?
Ep96: EFL Championship - Matchday 26 (Futile) Predictions Episode
Ep95: January Transfer Window - Could These Players Be The Missing Piece?
Ep94: EFL Championship - Matchday 24 (Futile) Predictions Episode
Ep93: EFL Championship - What Are The Attacking Strengths and Weaknesses of Each Team? - Part 3
Ep92: EFL Championship - Matchday 22 - (Futile) Predictions Episode
Ep91: EFL Championship - What Are The Attacking Strengths and Weaknesses of Each Team? - Part 2
Ep90: EFL Championship - (Futile) Predictions Episode - Matchday 21
Ep89: EFL Championship - What Are The Attacking Strengths and Weaknesses of Each Team? - Part 1
Ep88: EFL Championship - Matchday 19 (Futile) Predictions
Ep87: Does Our 'Attacking Funnel' Data Shows Which Teams Are Most Likely To Escape the Drop?
Ep86: EFL Championship (Futile) Predictions Episode - Matchday 18.
Ep85: Our 'Attacking Funnel' Data Shows Which Top 6 Team Could Drop Out Of The Promotion Race?
Ep84 - Matchday 16 - (Futile) Predictions Episode
Ep83 - Oxford to West Brom Season Review - What Does The Data Tell Us?
Ep82: Blackburn to Norwich Season Review - What Does The Data Tell Us?
Ep81: EFL Championship - Matchday 15 (Futile) Predictions Episode
Ep80: EFL Championship - Top 12 Attacking Support Players
Ep79: The Top 12 EFL Championship Chance Creators - What Are Their Roles?
Ep78: EFL Championship: Matchday 12 (Futile) Predictions
Ep77: The Top 12 EFL Championship Strikers - What 'Role' Do They Play?
Ep76: Matchday 10 - Futile Predictions Episode
Ep75: Sunderland, Luton Town, Oxford United and Portsmouth - Playing Style Deep Dive.
Ep74: Middlesbrough F.C. - Deep Dive Analysis - Where Do They Need To Improve?
Ep73: Matchday 9 (Futile) Predictions Episode
Ep72 - What Could Catapult Coventry City F.C. Into The Promotion Picture?
Ep71 - Matchday 8 - (Futile) Predictions Episode
Ep70: EFL Championship - Matchday 7 (Futile) Predictions
Ep69: Playing Style Analysis - What Are West Brom Doing Differently This Season?
Ep68: Match Day 6 - (Futile) Predictions Episode!
Ep67: Manager of the Month Curse! and What's Going On At Stoke City?
Ep66: Match Day 5 Predictions - Which Teams Will Be Back With a Bang?
Ep65: Two 'Under The Radar' EFL Championship Attacking Monsters + Who Wins August Manager of the Month?
Ep64: Will These 5 New Signings Boom or Bust?
Ep63: Could These 5 Players Replace Morgan Whittaker or Tom Fellows?
Ep62: Which Teams Could Be Battling Relegation This Season?
Ep61: Could These teams Make A Surprise Promotion Push? & Is 'Old School' Player Scouting Dead?
Ep60: Which Teams Will Battle For the EFL Championship Playoffs?
Ep59: Our Two Championship Elite Teams and How To Become a FIFA Licensed Agent
Ep58: Who Are The Financial David and Goliaths of the 2024/25 EFL Championship?
Ep57: Euro 2024 Post-Mortem: England's Attacking Struggles and the Hunt for Southgate's Successor
Ep56: Euro 2024 Final Preview: England v Spain - Who Will Win?
Ep55: Euro 2024 Semi Final Preview - Netherlands v England.... England Playing Style Is Unique?
Ep54: Euro 2024 Semi Final Preview - France v Spain.... Puncher V Counter Puncher?
Ep53: Jed Wallace Talks Pre-Season and Switzerland v England
Ep52: Euro 2024 Quarter Final Previews - Switzerland v England and Netherlands v Turkey.
Ep51: Who Makes Our England and World Food XI's?
Ep50: Euro 2024 Quarter Final Previews - Germany v Spain and Portugal v France.
Ep49: England V Slovakia Preview - Are Slovakia A Better Attacking Team Than England?! (Euro Champs 2024)
Ep48: European Championships - Groups E & F - Team Playing Styles and Match Previews
Ep47: European Championships - Groups C & D - Team Playing Styles and Match Previews
Ep46: European Championships - Group B - Team Playing Styles and Match Previews
Ep45: European Championships - Group A - Team Playing Styles and Match Previews
Ep44: Transfers and England v Serbia Breakdown with Jed Wallace
Ep43: Transfer Rumours and Who Are The Undisputed EFL Championship Dead Ball Kings?
Ep42: Which Team Created The Most Chances? Who Were Clinical Finishers? Who Were Deadly From A Dead Ball?
Ep41 - Sunderland A.F.C. Season Review - What Now?
Ep40: EFL Championship Play Of Final Preview - Leeds United v Southampton FC
Ep39: EFL Championship Play Off Semi Final Leg 2 Preview: Who Will Hold Their Nerve?
Bonus Episode 38a: Liam Rosenior Sacking Opinion! Was The Owner Right?
Ep38: Play Off Semi Finals - Is Leeds United's Playing Style Perfect For Norwich?
Ep37: Are Pressure and Stress A Bad Thing? Or Are they Vital To Success?
Ep36: The Final Countdown! Who Will Hold Their Nerve.... And Who Will Crumble?
Ep35: Who Makes Our EFL Championship Team of The 2023/24 Season?
Championship Prediction Challenge - Man V Machine
Ep33: Ian Foster SACKED: Bad Coaching Decisions Or Losing Key Players To Blame??
Ep32: Momentum.......Is It Just A Load Of B*ll*cks?
Ep31: Can This One Thing Predict The EFL Championship Playoff Winners? Shows a 70% Correlation.
Ep30: What's The Best Playing Style After Conceding The First Goal? Who Should We Sign?
Ep29: How Important Is Scoring The First Goal?
Ep 28: What Happened During The Run In Last Season? Could It Happen Again This Year?
Ep27: We Predict The Top Scorer and Who Is The Most Over Rated Player?
Which Attacking Players are the Hidden Gems in the EFL Championship?
Which Team Has The Toughest and Easiest Run In?
EFL Championship Predictions: End of Season Table - Who Goes Up and Who Goes Down?
January Transfer Window Wrap-Up: EFL Championship's Biggest Moves
Which Team Could Get Promoted And Stay In The Premier League?
Will Coventry City Go Up? Will Blackburn Go Down? We Find Out.
Who Could Realistically Replace Crysencio Summerville? Have We Found The Uzbek Messi?!
Which Two Teams Show Sniper Like Attacking Quality? It's nobody in the top 3!
Transfer Rumour Roundup: Healey to Blackburn, Whiteman's Norwich City Link, and Cullen's QPR Prospects
Who Could Birmingham City, Coventry City and West Bromwich Albion sign to replace their Key Players?
If Crysensio Summerville, Stephy Mavididi and Isaiah Jones Were Sold... Who Could Replace Them?
6 Superstar Signings Who Could Shake Up the EFL Championship in January
EFL Championship: Where Does Your Team Need To Strengthen In The January Transfer Window?
Achieving Success in Sports Recruitment: The Role of Financial Analysis and Cultural Integration
Scouting Smarter, Not Harder: Data’s Role in Modern Player Evaluation
Local to Global: The Remote Revolution in Football Talent Identification
EFL Championship Schedule Adjusted League Table. Blackjack Strategy in Football? Top 20 Attackers.
Unveiling the Style, Expectations, and Players of the Top 12 EFL Teams
Who Are The Top 10 Attacking Support Players In The EFL Championship?
We Hate Assists?! And Who Are the Top 10 EFL Championship Chance Creators?
Top 10 EFL Championship Strikers so far. You'll Never Guess Number 5!
Glory To Turmoil: The Turbulent Journey of West Brom and Stoke City
The Reasons Preston Won't Stay Top......But Will Boro Go Down?
The Player Recruitment Process: Prospects to Powerhouses In 3 Steps.
Welcome To Attacking The Championship! - The Warm Up
Welcome To Those Ready To Attack The Championship! Start Here.