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A blog on football analytics & more
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Why the most common arguments against the stop-clock are nonsense
In which I refute the most common arguments given against the introduction of a stop-clock in professional football.
Frenkie de Jong on song
An analysis on rising star Frenkie de Jong, that was originally posted on the OptaPro blog.
Improving my ‘xG added’ model
A write-up of a research paper I did for university, mostly around an improvement to the xG added model I introduced earlier.
How accurate are xG models II: the ‘Big Chance’ Dilemma
A test of how good our xG models are and reflections on the usage of the 'Big Chance' variable.
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Top 2000 web-app
Dynamic web-app on the NPO Radio 2 Top 2000
A Flask web-app that produces d3 graphics based on the result of the yearly NPO Radio 2 Top 2000. Every year, it attracts about 10,000 users in the week the Top 2000 is being aired.