Edd Webster

NEW with @simonkuper.bsky.social:

The prevailing narrative around increased injuries and player workload in elite football is wrong.

Players don’t play any more football than in the past. What has changed is a sharp rise in intensity of play.

Not more minutes, but each minute exerts more load.

Trying something new:
A 🧵 on a topic I find many students struggle with: "why do their 📊 look more professional than my 📊?"

It's *lots* of tiny decisions that aren't the defaults in many libraries, so let's break down 1 simple graph by @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social

🔗 www.ft.com/content/73a1...

Continuing the tradition, I have compiled an end-of-year overview of the soccer analytics content that I liked the most in the past year. The 2024 edition includes pointers to over 160 resources, including research papers, blog posts, articles, podcasts, and books.

janvanhaaren.be/posts/soccer...

Substituting Similarity Summary statistics are problematic for comparing players

New (first) post on the Central Winger substack. With thoughts on Player Similarity, problems with current approaches, and a path forward.

Made one for soccer analytics dorks go.bsky.app/Hu8kEtH

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Hi Chris. Unfortunately no, our paths didn’t cross at CFG but followed you on Twitter. I miss LEGO but still buying it. Best sets, current - Knights Castle (10305). All time - Crystal Explorer Sub (6175)