Miguel A. Rios
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Ahem… that’s news to me.
Incorrect info unfortunately.
Wolves 1st team lead scout Mark Ridgeway will leave the club in order to join Manchester City as a scouting manager. 🔵
#MCFC
Massive statement from City to work with best young talents in the world.
Ridgeway signed Bukayo Saka and Emile Smith Rowe in previous role at Arsenal.
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Televised commentary on English broadcasts of the first 2 World Cup matches has been at a very low level. The level of technical and tactical detail from foreign broadcasts is much higher.
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I love that Denmark scored another goal from a shot outside of the penalty area. The worshipers of the Temple of the Expected Goal must be confused that goals can be scored from outside of the penalty area.
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Teach children to be polite, say hello, shake hands, keep eye contact, say pleases and thank yous as first impressions go a very long way.
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I have lost a work colleague but gained a friend.
All the best in your football journey.
Un abrazo fuertísimo 💪🏼
It's time to say goodbye. This magnificent adventure, where we got the challenge of getting Watford back to the Premier League, has come to an end. I thank ALL the club staff with all my heart for making everyday easier, their work and love have been essential in this adventure.
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This past week has been very difficult for me with my younger brother passing away.
I would really urge anyone who has any niggles or doubts about their health to go and get it checked out. The NHS is fantastic & dealing with issues early is so important.
It’s a sad time.
RIEP
Deportivo Galicia are saddened to announce the passing of Chicho Rios,Manager of DGL2,our Reserve Team.His love and hard work as a trailblazer for his team laid the foundation for much of our success.A legend who leaves a legacy.Our deepest condolences to his Family & Friends RIP
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I feel like a proud dad watching
@MitchellTyrick
score his first Premier League goal and also get an assist.
It just shows you, anything is possible if you prepare you self as best as possible and also want it that badly.
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Jude Bellingham is fantastic, only 20 years old and born in 2003.
Interesting he’s born in June, not enough is made about that.
Things like this question the early developer theory massively.
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Disagreement or having a different view is ok.
Disrespect and abusive direct messages are not ok.
Have a nice Sunday.
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Everybody you meet will know something that you don’t know, you can learn from everybody that you meet.
But… it’s important to always remember not to forget that opinion is the lowest form of knowledge.
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Jaden was playing at the Westway when I first scouted him. He had a small frame but his technique & ball manipulation were outstanding for an U7. Unfortunately he wasn’t offered anything due to players being ahead of him at that age.
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Twitter is brilliant.
There’s people with 1% of knowledge or even experience that use a megaphone for their opinion.
It’s ok if you don’t get it.
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What a journey for Xavier, identified at 7 years old and and always worked so hard. He has done extremely well and shown that the football journey is never a straight line or one that is easy. Congratulations to him and his family and
@chelseayouth
Particularly cool for Xavier Simons to make his professional debut against and away to Brentford, the club he was at until they closed their academy and he switched to Chelsea at 13.
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A beautiful picture showing that we should appreciate all of the sacrifices
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Only a few know and if you don’t know, you don’t know the history.
There was no doubt that
@BukayoSaka87
was always going to make an impact.
Credit to the
@TheSecretScout_
for the picture.
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Always remember your core values and maintain those high standards. Never forget that opinion is the lowest form of knowledge, remember that it’s just an opinion.
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Watford FC is looking at 3 Intern positions for the First Team for next season
Performance Analyst
Data Analyst
Coaching Analyst
Have a look at the link below and apply if interested.
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Parents & coaches sometimes forget this.
“We need to make sure young people play football for the right reasons - to have fun, stay fit, socialise, make friends, make memories”
Football should always be the last reason children play football. Class by
@JustinCochrane8
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and to finish up… If you don’t demonstrate the energy or enthusiasm to the children you’re with don’t expect them to show energy and enthusiasm for your session.
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Interesting
🎙️ Thomas Müller: "In Germany, we don't believe in superstars. We are taught from an early age to play as a team, not to shine alone. That's why you won't see many German players winning a Ballon d'Or, but that's also why you can see 4 stars on our jersey." 🇩🇪⭐
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The lack of respect to Unai Emery is bizarre.
Not only has he won 4 Europa Leagues, he was a league title amongst other trophies. The lack of respect and the criticism he gets is all a bit weird.
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An Expected Goal value of 0.14 gets you 2 goals and beats Argentina.
People’s interpretation of this really is going to be interesting.
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This is an excellent podcast from
@ground_guru
, it has so much to like in it. Damien’s focus on culture is fascinating. Too many focus on playing style but culture really is fundamental but being able and knowing how to measure culture really is the game changer.
Episode
#40
of the
@ground_guru
Podcast is out and features Damien Comolli, the chairman and sporting director at
@ToulouseFC
, last season's champions of Ligue 2 in France.
Listen now at the link below👇
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Asking for a friend.
Is it normal for a coach to start an Under 5s session 20 minutes late drinking a cup of coffee whilst taking the session?
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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again but relying on xG in tournament football really isn’t going to give you the answers to questions that make the sense that you think.
The worshipers of the Temple of xG will get offended I’m sure.
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“Those that know, know”
Robzilla
7th October 2020
“When you know, you know”
Unknown
4th May 2016
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Amazing to see 91,553 people at any football match.
Even more impressive is to see that 91,553 people were at a women’s football match.
Barcelona 5-2 Real Madrid (8-3), a world record crowd and, as Alexia called it, a before and after moment in football
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People care more about seeing footballers taking the knee than they do about racist abuse
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The credit for him getting to where he is and where he is going is to, goes to his mum Serita and obviously Jaden himself. They have had to be resilient with all the adversity he has faced and knock backs that he has had due to his size. Not many people have backed his ability.
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People that have criticised Steve Cooper in the past have probably never seen him work on the training pitch with players. I’ve not seen him at first team level but know that when working with England he was very knowledgeable delivering very good information to players.
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A pleasure and very privileged to be able to present to university students at Birkbeck, University of London on Football Analytics.
Tonight's online workshop is being led by Watford's Head of Analysis & Talent ID,
@miguelrios__
, who is sharing insight on applying data & analytics in negotiation with club decision makers.
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There are people that light up the room when they walk into it.
And there are people that light up the room when they walk out of it.
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The problem with top coaches like Klopp, Mourinho, Pochettino and Guardiola is that people seem to remember and count more the matches that they lose than the amount of matches that they have won or what their teams achieve.
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This is interesting from
@ReneMaric
in that nearly all the England U21 group came in at the Foundation Phase from being at the club at U7 & U8.
The source of the below is
@projectfootballer
on Instagram
"When I visited a Premier League game a few months ago, I talked with someone from the club and they said they were scouting a seven-year-old. I don’t think that’s the right way to go; I don’t think that should be how we treat young people.”
@ReneMaric
of
@FCBayernEN
, who have
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100% right. Appreciate, have empathy and look to help others.
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😂💪🏼
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Tyrick Mitchell an England International footballer. Who would have thought that… ✅
People forget the hard work these young players put in both off and on the pitch. Massive congratulations to Ose Aibangee and Shaun O’Connor & the late great Trevor Hutton from AFC Wembley
I feel like a proud dad watching
@MitchellTyrick
score his first Premier League goal and also get an assist.
It just shows you, anything is possible if you prepare you self as best as possible and also want it that badly.
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“When a clown moves in to a palace it does not make him a king, it just makes the palace a circus”
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It’s fantastic to see young children playing football and see them pass the ball as their last resort.
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There are will be very few coaches like
@josemourinhotv
. His personality, aura combined with his achievements could be called generational. Amazing to look back at this.
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This is a really good podcast, very much worth listening to. It shows that there is a difference between football science and sports science.
Being as successful as Rui Faria doesn’t happen by accident - Success Leaves Clues.
Would argue that the most important person in history of Tactical Periodisation is Rui Faria. Adapted it from a theory into something that was practiced - and with huge success.
🎧👉
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@TheSecretScout_
Luke Mbete wasn’t playing football when first scouted & signing in an academy.
He came into system where no club knew about him at the age of 8. He could pass off one foot but strike the ball better off his other foot. His reading of the game with not playing it was very good
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His impact on my career is massive & a big influence in football. He is forward thinking & understands exactly how the game is developing. I’ve been fortunate to call Chris with anything I wanted to discuss on any football topic whenever I needed it, he is a very generous person
Chris Ramsey MBE has left his role as Technical Director and Head of Coaching
@QPR
after more than nine years with the club.
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When defending in a low block and you allow players to shift and then shoot off their dominant foot, not preventing a shot from outside the penalty area you’re going to have a problem.
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People talk a lot about how successful or unsuccessful teams are in relation to transfers they make, but one thing that is missed is that scouting has a lagging factor of success.
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A great opportunity to work with one of the best coaches I’ve seen and the best people developer.
We have a number of part time Academy coach roles for next season. An exciting opportunity to join the team, please spread the word! ⚽️
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I’d like to think that most people did their work with a purity of purpose or a desire to improve.
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“Success always leaves footprints”
Booker T. Washington
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Chris was not only a professional footballer but also a teacher before he became a coach, he gets what players need, I’ve seen thousands of sessions & he is the best coach I’ve seen work. His session design is second to none with every detail tailored to players & the team needs.
His impact on my career is massive & a big influence in football. He is forward thinking & understands exactly how the game is developing. I’ve been fortunate to call Chris with anything I wanted to discuss on any football topic whenever I needed it, he is a very generous person
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This one deserves a retweet. I love Twitter where someone cam sit in the box room of the house and tweet whatever they like trying to make themselves popular.
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Wanting to do things 100% isn’t the same as doing things 100%.
Re-Frame, Focus then Achieve
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A fantastic opportunity for someone to be involved in football.
ℹ️ An exciting opportunity has become available at Watford FC.
We are looking to recruit a forward thinking, proactive Data Scientist, reporting into the First Team Analysis Department ⤵️
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Detail, detail and then think about the detail
You don't see manager interviews like this in England - and look how much Guardiola enjoys it
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This is well written Dan. The clever people amongst us will look to measure it in training in crossing or possession practices or whatever with finishing. The highest volume of shots is in training, how do you know a players has strengths/weaknesses if you only know on match day?
Has the focus on expected goals gone too far? Should players take more long shots? Our latest article uses some simple methods to examine the quality-quantity tradeoff:
🔗
cc
@miguelrios__
😉
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The film King Richard on Serena and Venus Williams is so interesting, definitely worth watching. An incredible story telling the story of where both Williams sisters came from since they’re childhood. The Williams sisters father comes across as quite a character.
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Always measure Total Distance covered, an extremely important metric.
Capoue 🆚
@stokecity
: 11km distance covered.
Capoue 🆚
@Coventry_City
: 11.4km distance covered.
Back-to-back club best figures 💪
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@MyFootballCoach
This is great 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
You’ve worked with players of all levels with a proven track record developing them yet there are Twitter coaches who sit on stools on the side line who learn everything off a book that are critical instead of learning from you. The power of social media...
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Another goal from outside the penalty area at around 0.03 or thereabouts maybe even 0.02.
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When you point at the stars in the sky, there will always be people staring at your finger...
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There should be an Olympic event for misunderstanding tweets and people reading what they want to understand or interpret.
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@TheSecretScout_
He had a great appetite to learn & was humble with a fantastic family & support network with his brother and sisters. His professional debut is fantastic & just shows that with the application, patience and s also opportunity dreams do happen. Congratulations to Mbete-Tabu family
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I had left Brentford and heard he was looking for another club, he had trialed at Southampton and a few other clubs that didn’t take him until Aston Villa saw the player inside him. The rest is history now and this goal just confirms how good and what kind of ability he has.
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Aaron is too kind.
He is a fantastic young man with so much potential to be successful in life, a good person with a fantastic family. He is a credit to his father Albert who has great human values.
@azzabarnes
@TheManna49
@ScoutAppreciate
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Franny is not only very, very good at his job but the best to know what a player needs to look like to be a good fit at his football club, both on and off the pitch.
He’s someone that I have learnt huge amounts from over the years and most important he’s a very good person.
Francis Cagigao was a key man during the Arsene Wenger years
@Arsenal
As Head of International Scouting he helped to bring in players including
@cesc4official
@Alexis_Sanchez
and
@gabimartinelli
He told
@schneiderweiler
about his scouting secrets and why he left the club...
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It's a myth to think that a high number of touches in the penalty area is a good thing. if you do want to use it, then there is much more relevant info that needs to be provided with it to make it useful to indicate performance or even playing style.
That’s to be expected - he doesn’t need to get involved in the build up. He’s there to finish the attacks
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@TonyAdams
The time that you give people is understated.
People that know you will know the leader and inspiration that you are and how you care and understand the detail of what people are about.
Knowing you’re vulnerabilities is one of your strengths, I don’t think people understand.
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Analysis like this is just ok…
But it doesn’t tell you very much… the passes were where? Their own half, opposition half, final third?
A team’s passing behaviour & tendencies and speed of play can be very different in the different areas of the pitch.
The playing styles of each Championship side this season 👀👏
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Interesting insights right here
"I do a lot of meditation and visualisation" 🧘
@anthonygordon
shocks Gary Neville with his pre-match routine! 😮
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@ground_guru
A great guy too. He’s a great example of a data scientist who talks to the “football people”, understands what they need to see and has also taken the time to understand what happens on the grass not just what’s on his computer.
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@TheAthleticUK
@MarkCarey93
There’s a difference between what pressure on the ball is and what pressing is. There’s big differences at player and then at team level.
They’re basic tactical concepts that anyone involved in data needs to understand.
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A good event. These guys are doing some really interesting things that are relevant and most importantly useful to processes and workflows at a football club.
Thank you to everyone for attending
#StatsBombEvolve
We can't wait to speak to you again in the future about further developments
But for now
Welcome to StatsBomb 360
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Asking for another friend.
Is it ok for a coach to sit on a camp stool and not talk while taking a session?
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@Philistine55
Given N shapes in N-dimensional Euclidean space, it is possible to divide all of them in half with a single (N − 1)-dimensional hyperplane.
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@SBunching
This is good advice but don’t think this is the only solution. Write too much and you’ll be considered just a ‘writer’, posting too much is probably also not great. Try and get the balance write between writing (the theory) and the practical real world part.
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I don’t actually think it’s that hard Saul, a lot of coaches just can’t see it unfortunately. It’s knowing what skills and detail players need for individual actions in matches is what good coaches like you see and then introduce it into drills (yes I said drills) 👏🏼
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Last chance to apply for this exciting role to work in football - closes tomorrow.
@ground_guru
#DataScience
#DataAnalytics
#PremierLeague
#Analytics
#PremierLeague
#Jobs
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This is the best technical ability from a football player that I think I’ve ever seen.
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Having experienced Good and know what it look like is quite important if you’re going to tell everyone what Good looks like.
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I like this but 2 things to be careful of:
1. People could think it’s true & the trend will revert from shot distances having got shorter to longer shot distances in the future.
2. The Expected Goals Militia will become very excited & angry at you.
You have been warned
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Congratulations
@isaacogundere
💪🏼
Well deserved achievement for this excellent young man with a fantastic family.
Congratulations to
@isaacogundere
who has won the Natalie Callow Memorial Trophy for Men’s Young Player of the Year 🏆
#AFCW
🟡🔵
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Coachable players <=> Growth
If you cannot be corrected without being offended, then you’ll never truly grow in life. 🧠
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Turn data into strategical knowledge.
Be effective.
Make sure that the data has the right context and is football related and not just a descriptive number.
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I’m not sure the point is that this age is too young for children or it is the children that don’t make it through the system and the issues it potentially causes.
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Another goal scored from a shot from outside the penalty area.
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@ArsenalHarmoni
If there is any advice that I can give parents and children who dream about being football players apart from the technical, tactical, physical etc… is to have good guidance and good people around you in both the good times and the more difficult or complicated situations.
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@ground_guru
One PL GK’s this year conceded his highest numbers of goals from outside the area in his career this season, you can blame drop in performances which could be the case. Looking deeper his team conceded more shots, played in a lower block & pressed defensively in a diff way
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