Strategy
Beyond the Playbook: The Role of Anti-Strategy in Competition
What is anti-strategy and how does it manifest in football?
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Strategy
Reverse-Engineering: How Players and Teams Poke Football's Margins
Football evolves. How do we stay ahead?
Analysis
Consolidating Aerials and The 'Aerial Duel' Stat in Football
In football, the battle for aerial dominance extends beyond the ball's arrival.
Mechanics
Deducing a Player's Fit From Their Tackling Mechanics
Background Coaches and scouts project players’ skillset and how they might align with their specific game model. While discussions abound on player statistics, potential, and performance, the biomechanics behind these attributes often go unnoticed in public discourse, take tackling for instance. Methodology To understand how a player’s tackling mechanics
Scouting
Projections: Manchester United's Amad Diallo
Blitz report and projections on Manchester United's Amad Diallo.
Strategy
Player Development Curriculums Need Digital Sieves
The implications of digital proliferation on player development.
Analysis
Developing A Framework to Assess and Fine-Tune Dribbling in Football
Culmination of a year-long immersion into football.
Scouting
Projections: Maxi Oyedele
Salford-born Maxi Oyedele is one of the recent beneficiaries of Manchester United’s innovative loan scheme for academy players. Under the setup, the 18-year-old joined National League club Altrincham FC on loan – gaining match-day experience while still training with United’s development and first team. United’s website reads, “This
Analysis
Role Transition: Unpacking Iwobi’s Move to Midfield
Alexander Chuka Iwobi has been phenomenal this season. The 26-year-old Nigerian has become a key cog of Frank Lampard’s midfield, featuring in every available minute for the Toffees in the Premier League this season. He also leads Everton’s charts in key creative statistics: assists, expected assists, passes completed,
Analysis
The Tweaks Behind Manchester United’s Resurgence
The highlight of United’s crucial wins over the past three game-week has been De Gea booting the ball long. After the Brentford defeat, where United got caught out playing from the back, some caution has been employed in the team’s tendencies while the ball is in their defensive
Analysis
On 2nd-Balls & United's Case for Casemiro
In their first two games of the Premier League season, Manchester United faced sides who deliberately went long. Here are the numbers vs Brentford: Here are the numbers vs Brighton: Pass Directness = progressive distance/total distance for all pass attempts After United lost those two matches, conversations sparked about Lisandro