The Numbers Game | How Data Is Changing Football | Documentary

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  • čas přidán 21. 12. 2017
  • You've spent a small fortune on the squad, got state-of-the-art facilities and employ a dietician and a psychologist - but today you'll win nothing without an analytics team to crunch the numbers from every aspect of your players' performances. We do the maths so you don't have to...
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Komentáře • 85

  • @JimdalfTheOrange
    @JimdalfTheOrange Před 5 lety +126

    My dream job - being an analyst for Tottenham. This documentary is amazing. I got my degree in economics because of Moneyball, Billy Beane is the man.

    • @Pannafreestyle
      @Pannafreestyle Před 5 lety

      Woah. Amazing. Did you do a course in statistics or something

    • @hugogrimm6344
      @hugogrimm6344 Před 4 lety

      could you please respond to me on email grih00@vse.cz?

    • @oneverest
      @oneverest Před 4 lety +6

      best of luck!.... from an Arsenal fan.

    • @JimdalfTheOrange
      @JimdalfTheOrange Před 4 lety

      Sanket N sounds like we both need it, brother

    • @frosty6297
      @frosty6297 Před 3 lety +3

      Do your MSc in Performance Analysis and you'll be snapped up instantly

  • @danyosuna7276
    @danyosuna7276 Před 3 lety +3

    I work in a solar panels company and we use data A LOT when it comes to hiring new people, choosing customers, advertisements etc etc. Simple things as a phone call produce metrics that are complex to evaluate I do not want to think of how complex those can be in a football
    match

  • @shifty277
    @shifty277 Před 6 lety +60

    Solid documentary all for free thanks.

  • @IvanSekamatte
    @IvanSekamatte Před 8 měsíci +1

    I'm a traditional football ⚽ MAN,love analytics though, however it's the grit in each player being a student love and value the science,that's the sweet recipe 442 formation Sir Ferguson,433 Johan Cruffy,molded my play with Paul once ,Paul,Gaza,Lothar mathues,Zidane,plantini,,Diego,Maradona,Paul Scholes etc,defensive box to box midfielders,if you want to appreciate the game the midie is the golden Nugget young players,give everything,hardwork❤❤❤

  • @dian.krisnanjaya
    @dian.krisnanjaya Před 4 lety +11

    Great documentary! So there is something behind the team. There are those intelligent people who work behind the club. Football nowdays is more than just a competition to win titles, but it is also a "Data Analytics War" among the clubs. Interesting.

  • @raulrodriguez8272
    @raulrodriguez8272 Před 6 lety +36

    Keep doing what you're doing love the content

  • @tornaperinso1484
    @tornaperinso1484 Před rokem +2

    I've been reading Bill James since the 80s. Nice to see how his approach has developed into a worldwide approach to other sports.

  • @rishikeshkumar9076
    @rishikeshkumar9076 Před 6 lety +6

    Hey! I've watched all your videos and i just want to say a big thanks for helping us beginners out there. Your channel is amazing and you make it a lot easy for us to understand and learn the game properly.. I'd really appreciate it if you could do a video series on how to become a better player. Wish you a great new year and I really hope that you'll consider my request faithfully...

  • @jaredflavel6800
    @jaredflavel6800 Před 6 lety +22

    Nice documentary

  • @michaelfern4079
    @michaelfern4079 Před 3 lety

    Fascinating. Thanks!

  • @tw3665
    @tw3665 Před 6 lety +2

    very good work!!!!

  • @rodolfosuarez2706
    @rodolfosuarez2706 Před 4 lety +2

    Wow this was so fascinating!

  • @iliyasbektas9189
    @iliyasbektas9189 Před 3 lety +6

    The video that made me choose data science field! Thank you very much!

    • @yassirzarhouni6022
      @yassirzarhouni6022 Před 3 lety +1

      hii do u start studying ?
      because i think we are in the same point now and am so excited if we can study together?

    • @natashaaafreen8236
      @natashaaafreen8236 Před 2 lety

      Hi , so how far you reached now?

  • @tamojitbasu8634
    @tamojitbasu8634 Před 3 lety +4

    This is a dream job to work for a bigger football club as a sports analyst🔥🔥

  • @jwh0122
    @jwh0122 Před 2 lety +2

    In the future, would it be possible to let the algorithm select Man of the Match? It could be the person who doesn't score, but contribute the most to the team victory.

  • @johannesvonsaaz3987
    @johannesvonsaaz3987 Před 6 lety +6

    Quality content. Keep 'em comin'

  • @dwaipayandattaroy9801
    @dwaipayandattaroy9801 Před 6 lety

    Yes insight is required

  • @kartikmishra278
    @kartikmishra278 Před 6 lety

    Lovely Insight

  • @lukemurray8108
    @lukemurray8108 Před 6 lety +3

    Interesting video.

  • @josueetsesfunnyvideo5540
    @josueetsesfunnyvideo5540 Před 2 lety +2

    I'm a french-speaking, but i want to integrate this environment like Data scientist for a sandwich course or internship in UK.
    Here in France, it's not really in the culture of using data in football yet. There are rare clubs using data and it's so difficult to have an expirience in there here, in France. I'm coming to finish my first year of Master's degree in Econometrics-statistics on France.
    I hope i will find some people of good will.

    • @cu_kito
      @cu_kito Před rokem +1

      Even in France its not common? Here in LATAM, teams use it for their business/marketing side, not for their sports side. Missed opoortunity imho

  • @ravi87910
    @ravi87910 Před 6 lety

    Damm. So much good information

  • @greekfloyd
    @greekfloyd Před 6 lety +4

    loved it, more of the same please!

  • @tw3665
    @tw3665 Před 6 lety +1

    amazing video

  • @hungrytime3343
    @hungrytime3343 Před rokem

    I can understand the pressures on the coaches. At the end of clip 😀😀😀

  • @marionveloria1451
    @marionveloria1451 Před 4 lety +3

    data is great and extremely useful but it's not everything. you have to actually be able to judge a player with your eyes as well. also i love billy beane.

    • @zaidabraham7310
      @zaidabraham7310 Před 2 lety +3

      No. The whole point of data is that it's more reliable and more insightful than judging a player with your eye. Anecdotal observations are only useful for making adjustments mid-match.

  • @TheFraziak
    @TheFraziak Před 5 lety

    “Small clubs with limited budgets”, shows Forest Green who had probably the biggest budget ever seen in the conference and lost millions each year which would send most clubs at that level out of business

  • @ballyk4065
    @ballyk4065 Před 2 lety +1

    I disagree with some things, stats don't mean a lot in football you must watch the game in order to judge the game and not rely on stats. The comment about stats being a scout for every player is also not true lok

  • @chinmaydhok3887
    @chinmaydhok3887 Před 2 lety

    What is the average salary range for this job?

  • @asmitgamre9114
    @asmitgamre9114 Před rokem

    Does this mean football managers should be working with analysts as well to get the best out of the team?

  • @victorjacobo5948
    @victorjacobo5948 Před rokem +1

    if this true, why haven't they won the premier league?

  • @somiljagnani2953
    @somiljagnani2953 Před 4 lety +3

    Can I still get a heart?

  • @Teleschmiede
    @Teleschmiede Před rokem

    Let me think about it.

  • @andyrobertson4096
    @andyrobertson4096 Před 6 lety

    Southampton are going down right?

  • @winstong7438
    @winstong7438 Před 9 měsíci

  • @FoxStar99
    @FoxStar99 Před 6 lety +1

    Darta

  • @aaronmstevenson
    @aaronmstevenson Před 2 lety

    State of the game? This has 200,000 views almost four years later smh

  • @mohitdeshmukh3398
    @mohitdeshmukh3398 Před rokem

    I literally don't like statistical football every time

  • @harindharanjeyabalan6553

    Here is the short similar summary video : czcams.com/video/LNxyriIFeqU/video.html

  • @narajphilip3218
    @narajphilip3218 Před 2 lety

    this is what youngsheldon got tht from

  • @MakingMoneyInMarketsAtHome

    If we can win millions of pounds in financial markets using data we can do again in football. But may be we've got a problem if we couldn't win these millions of pounds in financial markets. ¿?

  • @marting1984
    @marting1984 Před 5 lety +1

    I wonder if soccer will take to analyitics. Other sports already have, namely Baseball and Hockey.
    Soccer seems like it's an old boys sport. Change rarely comes. Rules rarely change. Video replay is only in it's infancy.
    I wonder what will be the first major change that begins a copy cat mentality.

    • @MTCoblivsicas12345
      @MTCoblivsicas12345 Před 5 lety +1

      It is more difficult to analyse soccor/football because it is free-flowing, low scoring and played over a long period. I think data and technology will become more important gradually though just look at VAR 5 years ago it was unheard of and if it was spoken pundits would ridicule it.

    • @patrickcroysdale4729
      @patrickcroysdale4729 Před 5 lety +1

      Top clubs have been using it for years. Burnley and Sean Dyche are a great example of over achieving by using great analysis. Last season they finished 8th.

    • @nhdarling2
      @nhdarling2 Před 4 lety

      Look at liverpool

    • @graciapropertindo3457
      @graciapropertindo3457 Před 3 lety

      @@patrickcroysdale4729 now brentford 😀😀🔥🔥

  • @BMRH09
    @BMRH09 Před 5 měsíci

    explaining losing by numbers. Clever. The game is winning not best value. This is nothing like the financial markets. Losing a soccer game in the Premier league two to one gets zero points winning gets three points who cares if you sign a guy who's punching above his weight if it doesn't save you from relegation? I think analytics has value but its value isn't in winning and losing unless you're willing to look beyond the numbers

  • @AnalRampage
    @AnalRampage Před 3 lety

    Put angle, assist and distance to an algorithm to get the expected goals. Total bs

    • @zaidabraham7310
      @zaidabraham7310 Před 2 lety

      It wouldn't be used if it was bullshit. But I'm sure you know better than some of the world's best data scientists.

    • @AnalRampage
      @AnalRampage Před 2 lety

      @@zaidabraham7310 I’m a data scientist myself. That’s not how machine learning works

  • @edenalexandriab9120
    @edenalexandriab9120 Před rokem

    Keep strong. Dont forget that despite the evil in this world, God is full of justice, mercy and love.
    Justice said we broke His perfect law - causing the world's previous perfection to be destroyed - and therefore we deserve Hell (like a punishment in any legal system but this is eternal as His perfect law is eternal too). Don't think you fit in that category? Ever done one of these?: lying, stealing - regardless of how small the object EVER, hating others - which is murder in God's perfect law, lusting (plus God sees our entire thought life). Justice says "the soul that sins shall die" - if we break one in thought/word/deed it's as if we're guilty of all of them. Quite simply, living by the law (which is doing everything perfectly) is impossible for sinful humans
    . The law shows us that 1. We will die in Hell if we fail to follow it and 2. We cannot save ourselves BUT, 3. God's perfect, immovable law points us to Christ, who followed and fulfilled the law in thought, word and deed perfectly in our place. He did what we couldn't and did it on our behalf. He was then sentenced to death on a cross, and took our personal punishment for our sin, paying our penalty (like paying our fine) completely FOR us, and has given us freedom.
    If we turn from the sins we have committed and repent (pursue the opposite direction of love through Christ) He will, overtime, recreate us into His image through The Holy Spirit which Jesus sends to all who accept Him as their personal Lord and Savior of their life. We cannot purify ourselves, but Christ lived that perfect sinless, pure life and then allotted it to our "account".
    That's where our righteousness comes from. Not from any good, works that you or I could do.
    It is not based on the amount of good works we do. God starts the changes, He carries it on, and He completes it in those who let Him.
    It's about letting Christ in to guide and teach you and obeying Him, again, through His power and instruction).
    He is our substitute in His life, death and resurrection. He essentially rewrote history in our place so that, if you believe in Him, it will be as if YOU had never sinned if you accept Christ's death as our own in our place.
    He is in Heaven right now preparing a place for us so that He can take His faithful, believing children home with Him when He returns. He will ressurrect us from death when He returns, giving mercy to those who accept His love, forgiveness, instruction and teachings in their life, and give justice to those who refuse it.
    He doesn't want ANY of us to go to Hell and die for continuing in evil and rejecting His way to life, thats why He died FOR us. Hes giving EVERYONE a chance, He wants everyone to take the free gift of salvation from Hell. He wants us to be His and begin to follow His life of love and service through His power and abiding (staying) with Him. So long as we keep our hearts near to Christ through His strength, strive to follow His will of perfect love revealed in the Bible, and let Him lead in the midst of (very certain) pitfalls and struggles, we will, in time, win the ultimate victory over sin, pain and DEATH through Christ. Even if you are willing to be made willing, pray for Jesus to come in and He will do what we can't. Give us The Holy Spirit who will guide us in the right way.
    NOTE: You are NEVER too sinful or messed up that God cannot turn your life around through Jesus. EVER
    If you have any questions let me know

  • @farhanibrahim7919
    @farhanibrahim7919 Před 5 lety +1

    It may work in baseball and basketball but it'll never work in football.

    • @garymckeon5410
      @garymckeon5410 Před 5 lety +12

      it already does work in football in many ways .

    • @joshloveridge9434
      @joshloveridge9434 Před 5 lety +6

      It already does work in football but I'm interested to know why you don't think it ever will?

    • @Pannafreestyle
      @Pannafreestyle Před 5 lety +2

      Why do you think they made this documentary XD

    • @Veaseify
      @Veaseify Před 4 lety +3

      @@joshloveridge9434 In the book 'The Numbers Game' the authors basically argue that 50% of all results in football are random so analytics is based on the other 50% of data that can be rationally predicted . Unfortunately goals is one of the parameters in the random part of the equation, this is one reason that football is not as easy to analyse as sports with much more scoring like baseball and especially basketball.
      The other main reason that football is tough to analyse is the constant interplay and changing positions of 20 outfield players moving simultaneously despite only one of them ever having the ball at any given moment, plus the constant and unpredictable changes in possession. Baseball is essentially a one on one interaction between pitcher and hitter so it is much easier to isolate key numbers that make a material difference.

    • @nhdarling2
      @nhdarling2 Před 4 lety +2

      Liverpool will say otherwise.

  • @hullohulloRFC
    @hullohulloRFC Před 4 lety +1

    football is art not maths

    • @JR-iu8yl
      @JR-iu8yl Před 4 lety +4

      You'll be surprised

    • @nhdarling2
      @nhdarling2 Před 4 lety +6

      It's a combination of many things. Just like boxing is an art form, but it's motions can be studied scientifically.

    • @JimdalfTheOrange
      @JimdalfTheOrange Před 4 lety +4

      Art is math, math is the universal language. Math reveals truth about the world around us, and cuts through human bias. Math is beautiful, just like the game. It has power to connect the world.

    • @BetoMty007
      @BetoMty007 Před rokem

      Maths are everywhere, science is the king of kings.

  • @huskerfly9390
    @huskerfly9390 Před 6 lety

    Listening to Southampton staff talk about this stuff is laughable ...