Not really. I have a background working with analytics and data visualization but I found it rather simple.
I should be able to do that as well, but would be interesting!Not really. I have a background working with analytics and data visualization but I found it rather simple.
It's doable with Google sheets and Excel, but was really easy with Vizzlo.com - I found it googling and signed up for a trial. Just create a radar chart and modify labels, then look up values for the metrics on FBref.com. Some are calculations (simple ones) and I'll see if I can find some time to do a short write up on it
Milner was not signed to be a backup at Liverpool, he’s actually a perfect example of signing a player who creates a competitive atmosphere at the club. He currently holds the CL record for assists in a campaign, he’s only become a back-up because Liverpool signed Fabinho. That’s how it should be.
Park is another one I’m not sure was signed to be a back-up I seem to remember him always starting against us and being an absolute pain. Feel like he was first name on the team sheet against Arsenal ffs.
Again, like Milner, signing a utility player is different to signing somebody to be a backup up. Cedric for example is not a utility player, neither is Mari.
The rest of your examples don’t really apply to us. Delph was signed fo be utility/to help with HG player quotas, he was actually a good player at the time too. Liverpool should also have signed a better player than Shaqiri to challenge their front three. Firmino went almost a whole season without scoring at home, if he had a young hungry forward on the bench itching to take his place I’m not sure that would have happened.
Yeah, depends on where your team is though. If you're at the top of the game then it goes without saying that you'll be signing guys to push your existing starting eleven.
This is beyond silly. Are you aware that Brazil won more than 20% of the world cups? You dont need talk like a disrespectful teen, as if Brazilian football was the Guatemala League. If you think Brazilian League and Libertadores do not provide a basis to judge potential of players, why almost every year in the Uefa CL ideal XI we have players formed in brazilian league, but we almost never see an english player there? Why 9 out of 10 times when you line up the two NTs, the brazilian nt is much stronger? And brazilian football is slower not because players can't run, "Einstein", its because in general the temperatures are 30 degree celsius higher than in England.
This is awesome. More like it please!
Became a little interested in comparing players so threw this together. Based on their resp domestic league stats 19/20 season.
Gabriel stands out to me, looks a no brainer tbh. Slight concern over his passing, though. He hits fewer long balls than the others as well and that should really give him a relatively higher Passing%. Originally had Aké in there as well, but visualization became really messy so removed. But he falls short imo.
It's based on Statsbomb CB template, but I have replaced their metrics of "Pressured Long Balls" and "Unpressured Long Balls" with "PAdj Passes into final third" and "Passes under pressure ratio" (how many % of passes came under pressure from opponent). Did this because of difficulties with extracting the data for their original metrics.
I had to reverse engineer the PAdj Tackles & PAdj Interceptions but think I managed to with some help from the internet. Verified it vs van Dijk and Wan Bissaka's 18/19 seasons and it checked out, but small disclaimer on validity there.
Suggestions on other metrics very welcome!
Idk about that example bro, Vertonghen and Alderweireld. They played together at Ajax for years too before they played together at Tottenham. Perhaps it means we need to check if ASS have another talented defenseman for us?
Nope even utd weak links. Everton and Napoli only teams interested
What about Terry and Carvahlo? Didn’t they start off their partnership in their early 20’s.
No wait Carvahlo was 26 and Terry 23.
Yeah I understand. Varane and Ramos come into mind too. I guess the question is. Who can we sign who’s in that bracket of world class and a tutor to Saliba?
We have Mari and Luiz as the older CB's?
