MANCHESTER UNITED are “on a mission to build the best data platform in sport, not just football”, according to their new Head of Data Operations Chris Shumba.
MANCHESTER UNITED are “on a mission to build the best data platform in sport, not just football”, according to their new Head of Data Operations Chris Shumba.
LEE MOONEY, Director of MUD Analytics and former Director of Data Insights at Manchester City, says what Union Saint-Gilloise are achieving relative to their budget in Belgium is "ridiculous, really ridiculous." In this article he highlights why.
HEAD of Medical and Performance Adam Brett has left Brighton after a decade as the club revamps the department. Doctor Vicann During has also exited after less than a year.
GIANLUCA NANI has returned to Watford as Sporting Director, replacing Cristiano Giaretta.
CHELSEA’S Under-12s won the annual Christmas Truce Tournament for the third straight time as clubs from England, Germany, Belgium and France came together for a flagship commemorative event.
NOWADAYS it's shape, not formation, that matters - and tracking data models make it possible to identify and analyse team shape. In this article, Stats Perform's Jon Manuel uses such a model to look specifically at inverted full-backs in the Premier League.
BIRMINGHAM CITY have brought in two performance consultants linked to Tom Brady to work with their performance and medical teams and “write a philosophy from scratch”.
CHRIS WILDER has brought long-time lieutenants Alan Knill and Matt Prestridge with him to Sheffield United, with Keith Andrews joining as a newcomer to his backroom staff.
NEW Bayern Munich Sporting Director Christoph Freund says “soft skills are absolutely crucial in our assessment of players” and that the club “gather a lot of insight into the players off the pitch.”
PLAYERS employing their own external support staff is one of the hottest topics in elite football. Martin Buchheit says we have to accept that different teams must now work together around players - and explains how they can do so effectively.
WOLVES Sporting Director Matt Hobbs has been handed a one-game suspension and fined £4,000 for calling referee Anthony Taylor “absolutely f****** useless” after the 2-2 Premier League draw against Newcastle United at Molineux on October 28th.
TIM HARKNESS is leaving his role as Chelsea’s Head of Sport Science and Psychology after 14-and-a-half years. The South African has been one of the great survivors at Stamford Bridge, working under a dozen different managers during a period of considerable change.