Tim Keech

I walked 23km in my own house today whilst talking about football.

A lap of my house is approximately 40 steps. That means I circled my house 750 times.

I guess it is probably better than sitting at a desk but it seems odd.

McNeil was a good, reliable player for Everton in a really difficult period.

Don't get why we have to trash players.

Last days of the transfer window.

Impact on phone use and activity (I walk around when on the phone)

Why does there always have to be a scapegoat?

Barry was "literally a non league player" and now he is good.

McNeil was good and now he is "terrible"

Now Dibling is "the worst signing in our history"

Form fluctuations are normal. Some players suit some systems better.

Nine years ago today: Everton 4-0 Manchester City. 🔵

4 hour VAR check

An agency that clearly delivers for their clients

Hard to choose whether to watch The Traitors at 8pm tonight or that Claudia Winkleman thing on Bbc1.

You'll never sing that

On choosing new Head Coaches at biggest clubs:
Personality match to club leadership is by far the most important thing.
For big clubs - can they handle the media scrutiny. Easier for big name ex pros used to 24/7 surveillance.
Can they lead a group?
Hiring a front man - the band matters too.

The (player) wage disparities between England and mainland Europe are insane.

League One players earn more than quite a lot of Europa League level starters.

As for signing fringe players from Premier League 2 teams....some PL youth players are on 3x the salary of star players at decent sized teams

Sackings during transfer windows are always the sign of well managed clubs.

Luckily there are lots of available Head Coaches out there with the personality to manage huge clubs under intense pressure.

Simultaneous "what was the keeper doing" situations in the Old Firm and Premier League games.

Gyokeres discourse intensifying.

Sesko was seen as the alternative and he is another player where people just aren't sure if he is worth the hype.

Scoring goals is hard.

Merry Christmas, may all your presents be as exciting as a 36 year old Everton jigsaw.

Morocco overhead kick for the ages there.

So many football data jobs descriptions are:

"Reinvent the wheel"

Most of the the things they want people to do have either been done publicly, are available commercially, or tried by many and don't really give any useful output.

That was going wide

I know Liverpool are playing badly and have done so for a good few months but I'm surprised by the amount of seemingly genuine Slot out shouts.

Did last season not buy him more than a few months of grace?

3 points off 3rd.

This player is a lot of fun. Suspect he will end up at a big Spanish club as soon as he is allowed to leave Peru.

Interesting BBC article on Tony Pulis and data in football. Quotes include "my database was in my head"

Halfway through the article Tony talks about buying the Rothman's Football Yearbook.

That was a printed database. Data = information

With the grumbling about Everton's summer recruitment there is quite a good debate about the strategy. There was a clear need to buy younger, they did. Are they starters? You can't get world class 20 year olds at Everton's level. Right positions? Right skillsets?

It's really hard to buy players with upside potential who will also immediately perform better than experienced, proven players.

Particularly in the Premier League.

Dastan Satpayev, the Kazakh striker Chelsea have already signed looks fantastic.

Scores every type of goal, fast, good close control.

As a 20 year subscriber to World Soccer it was exciting to be quoted in it.

xG gods worked against me today. Every client over +1 and no victory.

I hate that the online world I live in means that I know more about the New York mayoral election and Trump's advisors than I do about the people who I can actually vote for.

I would not know my own MP if they walked past me but I could pick out Chuck Schumer in a look a like contest.

Anyone who says set pieces are boring football has never experienced an Andy Hinchcliffe corner. We used to celebrate the winning of a corner more than most teams celebrate goals.