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Johan Lange & Tottenham’s Data Strategy — Can Spurs Still Find A Transfer Edge? (Moneyball, Brighton’s Model, xG & A Better-Balanced Squad)
Is Johan Lange right that the race for hidden gems is over? Enya, a quantitative investor and former CPL player, says if it were true she wouldn't have a job.
Jim, Enya and Raj walk through how data is actually used in football recruitment, and why every Premier League club buying the same data doesn't mean every club ends up with the same shortlist. They cover Moneyball and the Oakland A's, the efficient market hypothesis, how Brighton and Brentford keep finding new edges, whether data can measure attitude (Rafael Leão), why Tottenham's two 17th-place finishes weren't really about signings…
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