Me every time I watch a Saints game

"The multiple first-hand accounts saying I used a racist slur are mistaken. I actually used a homophobic slur that doesn't sound anything like the racist slur I am accused of using." Just punish him for both and be done with it.

Hi my name is Piss nice to meet you

Every time I briefly forget about Matt Goodwin's existence, he is given some new unearned platform and thrust back into my consciousness.

I feel this so strongly, about both sides. It's okay to not know how another country's politics work. You can ask questions!

Bremen lose! Any chance Bayern drop points in their remaining games? According to Predicting Ball: Frankfurt - 17.5% BVB - 50.2% Gladbach - 16.2% Leverkusen - 48.7% Union - 25% Freiburg - 34% St. Pauli - 26.3% Stuttgart - 32.2% Mainz - 27.8% Heidenheim - 10.8% Wolfsburg - 28.7% Köln - 17.7%

Glad this dumb club didn't ruin my work within a couple hours of publication. Please read before BVB do something so stupid my work is obsolete.

Need to update my list of soccer analytics and tactics accounts, tell me who's posting good stuff

All I ask is that Dortmund do not immediately spoil this article by losing to Mainz two hours later. That's not too much to ask, right?

I used predicting-ball.co.uk to do some cope and consider the slim possibility of a Bundesliga title race. www.fearthewall.com/bvb-league/2... #BVB

Americans and Brits understand each other's politics challenge (impossible)

I have told a few MPs this. I genuinely feel a lot of adults hate the existence and needs of young people. Then they act surprised/bewildered that these kids are anxious/depressed.

John doesn't know ball

This is an amazing answer and stops her in her tracks completely haha

Double Pivot literally quoted in the Times for coining “meat wall.” What a time to be alive.

This is a point worth internalising if you work with data in any domain. Your data is only valuable in as much as it is a good representation of the real world you are studying, and your analysis needs to be underpinned by an understanding of the domain (or acknowledgement of your limitations).

These god damn nerds hate big strapping lads like Jorgen and I.

How do you add tactical context to football data? For futi, it starts with a phase of play model.

New blog post: Did MPs who performed better in the 2024 UK election discuss the election more often in their e-newsletters? In a brief exploratory look, I find that they do, though that relationship is more complex than simply asking "who won the race?". #polisky adamlozer.github.io/blog/posts/2...

Arsenal - Manchester United match analysis

I came up with a new, simple power-rating system for the Premier League. It had West Ham ahead of Sunderland and therefore is perfect: www.espn.com/soccer/story...

I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.

So bummed by the fbref news I haven't checked on the real news. Something to look forward to tomorrow, I'm sure it's going great.

Like you can get even more granular than FBRef ever did on FotMob. Basic xG totals was against the agreement? What?

Just to reiterate: Fuck Opta.

Damn. This sucks. Fuck Opta, but thanks to everyone at FBref for all the amazing work they've done over the years to get good quality data out in the open. Think the conversation around the sport has been much better for their efforts, and will suffer massively now.

the least interesting possible world is where clubs know everything and optimise for data us plebs can never see.

Sure seems like a good time to reconsider that Palantir deal...

This is the other shoe in a week where it's clear that we have a serious issue with media regulation - broadcast, print and social. People are being systematically, deliberately misinformed.

This shit is wild. As a (quite large) straight, white man, I get to enjoy a safety that others are not afforded, but even so I notice a difference between London and Southampton. It's so rare to get any grief in London. But I still get people from elsewhere telling me how unsafe London is!

Just slid around on the very icy front step to my house and I am certain I just escaped death.

Very informative thread summarising some of the existing literature on whether there is a demand side to democratic backsliding. ⤵️

Continuing the tradition, I have compiled an end-of-year overview of the soccer analytics content that I liked the most in 2025. This edition includes pointers to about 200 resources, including research papers, blog posts, news articles, podcasts, and webinars. janvanhaaren.be/posts/soccer...

This is genuinely horrifying. Fact-free far-right agitprop given accolades by credible media across the political spectrum.

Me every time anyone that has ever used a computer disagrees with me

I'm a doppelbock guy now.

Borough Market closing at 5pm on a Thursday (it's the new Friday, haven't they heard?) this close to Christmas is a fucking travesty. Oh yeah I guess I can just go fuck myself huh Borough Market?

"The fact that the United States has crossed the line into competitive authoritarianism does not mean that its democratic decline has reached a point of no return. Trump’s authoritarian offensive is now unmistakable, but it is reversible" www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

Man, I bet that beer is SO cold.

How much of it is just a national reluctance to relitigate this shit because it was such a mess the first time round?

Do we have any indication on who Beavo will be supporting in the next general election?

They are coming in their thousands. I heard.

Big new blogpost! My guide to data visualization, which includes a very long table of contents, tons of charts, and more. --> Why data visualization matters and how to make charts more effective, clear, transparent, and sometimes, beautiful. www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/salonis-gu...

Is now a good time to mention that I updated my model and Dortmund are closing in on being the second best team in the Bundesliga? Shame I didn't include a feature for being dumb as fucking rocks. predicting-ball.co.uk

You might think you are better than butter chicken, but let me tell you, you are not better than butter chicken.

One problem that political science has is that people who have no idea what science is make very confident but wrong assertions about what counts as science and what doesn't.

Is Julian Brandt the ugliest football player that is pretty handsome off-the-pitch? Turns into a melted candle after a couple sprints.