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Mailbag with Ryan O'Hanlan, on football analytics, measuring process over results, Raul as Castilla manager, and more

This mailbag edition of the Managing Madrid Podcast comes in two parts. Part 1 (Kiyan Sobhani, Ryan O'Hanlan) - Fernando Torres's retirement - Metrics to measure positional performance, and what space a player should in on the pitch when his team has the ball - How xP is calculated - How Real Madrid underperformed their xP last season - How much does Zinedine Zidane's three-peat give him a pass? - Is Paul Pogba's attitude really a significant distraction? - What does he bring to the table on the pitch? - Jan Oblak freak stats that make him undeniably the best goalkeeper in the world - The…

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