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Football analytics for football fans
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Podcast: With The Greatest Respect
Jack Elderton is joined by Callum Goodall to talk through the tactical tweaks behind West Ham’s impressive performance against Newcastle before catching up with Fraser Spinney on Nathan Jones and the immediate future of Southampton.
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Podcast: Possession Value – A New Way To Assess Efficiency
Jack Elderton is joined by Callum Goodall to talk through West Ham’s 2-0 win over Derby County, the January transfer window, and some new ideas for translating and assessing efficiency.
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Hammerlytics: Derby County 0-2 West Ham
Jack’s weekly breakdown with Charlie Walsh for Hammers Chat Patreon, now available to Analytics United Members.
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Hammerlytics: West Ham 2-0 Everton
Jack’s weekly breakdown with Charlie Walsh for Hammers Chat Patreon, now available to Analytics United Members.
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Hammerlytics: Wolves 1-0 West Ham
Jack’s weekly breakdown with Charlie Walsh for Hammers Chat Patreon, now available to Analytics United Members.
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Podcast: The Rafa Gamble
Jack Elderton is joined by Callum Goodall to discuss West Ham’s 0-1 loss to Wolves and the possibility of sacking David Moyes. Where did it all go wrong? Is it time to make a move now? And would Rafa Benítez or Sean Dyche solve the key problems at West Ham to turn things around?
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Podcast: David Moyes’ Gorgeous Boys
Jack Elderton is once again joined by Callum Goodall to discuss West Ham’s 1-0 win over Brentford, Saïd Benrahma the player versus Saïd Benrahma the idea, managerial alternatives to David Moyes, how to beat Wolves, and the dishiest West Ham XI since 2006.
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Tactical Breakdown: Brentford & Leeds
Jack Elderton – For Friday’s game against Brentford, David Moyes altered his standard 4-2-3-1 formation to a 3-4-3 with Angelo Ogbonna, Emerson Palmieri and Gianluca Scamacca replacing Thilo Kehrer, Tomáš Souček and Michail Antonio in the starting lineup. Crucially, this change in formation would facilitate a deeper midfield position for Lucas Paquetá in front of…
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Podcast: Pressing Forever
The Analytics United Podcast returns! Jack Elderton is joined by Callum Goodall to review West Ham’s defeat to Brentford and draw with Leeds before talking modern goalkeepers, club identity, and transfer strategy.
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Unearthing Gems: South America – Part Three
Callum Goodall – Talent identification and development will always be an integral part of football. For clubs “lucky” enough to have access to a state’s cash reserves or the profits of a wealthy oil baron, harvesting talented players is a relatively easy task, you just sign the best players in the best leagues and hope…