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Christina @christina6ys.bsky.social · 22h

What do you think is the most misused stat/incorrectly applied measure in football currently?

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PySport @pysport.org · 1d

We’re excited to launch the 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐗 𝐏𝐲𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐂𝐮𝐩 - a hackathon-style challenge that will bring together the community to collaborate, compete, and innovate using open-source SkillCorner data.

👉 Sign up pysport.org/analytics-cup

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Ron Yurko @stat-ron.bsky.social · 2d

That's right folks, the in-person registration deadline for #CMSAC is this FRIDAY OCT 17TH!!! REGISTER NOW and reserve your spot for what should be a fantastic event www.cmsaconference.com

We'll be announcing the research competition finalists soon... #sportsanalytics #datascience #AI

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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 2d

New blog post!

Let's say you have two measures meant to capture the same confounder. They're highly correlated. Can you still proceed with your regression analysis?

(I admit, the title is a bit of a spoiler)

www.the100.ci/2025/10/13/i...

If you have two measures of the same confounder, you can just include both of them in your regression model

Sometimes, researchers worry about multicollinearity in situations where it’s actually a non-issue. Here’s one such scenario. Imagine a situation where you are interested in the effect of X on Y (X...

www.the100.ci

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Christina @christina6ys.bsky.social · 2d

"The demands of the game stay the same. There's only three things that happen in a game. You've got it. They've got it. And no one's got it."
- Dyche 07/01/25

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Isabella Velásquez @ivelasq3.bsky.social · 5d

Quarto has a way to collapse code, but what if you want to collapse code OUTPUT?

The amazing @mickael.canouil.fr created an extension that does just that!!!

Check it out! github.com/mcanouil/qua...

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Rob Suddaby @robsuddaby.bsky.social · 5d

We're hosting a new series of live webinars designed to share insights from some of the game’s leading coaches and technical experts based upon our in-depth analysis of the FIFA Club World Cup 2025.

Register on the FIFA Training Centre👇🏻

World club football series

Learn from Roberto Martínez, Aliou Cissé, Jürgen Klinsmann and others.

www.fifatrainingcentre.com

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Michael Lopez @statsbylopez.bsky.social · 6d

Open role with our Football/Media Data & Analytics teams at the NFL - please reach out if this seems like a good fit

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Christina @christina6ys.bsky.social · 8d

🥽⚽VR entering the football world again over the weekend.
This time with Shearer on Match of the Day. Earlier this year, Burnley streamed a VR experience for their friendly v Lazio whilst some Club World Cup matches were available in AR/VR.

Christina @christina6ys.bsky.social · 9d

33C on October 6th...sign of the times

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Christina @christina6ys.bsky.social · 10d

Far more balanced structure than Thursday v Midtjylland as Anderson and Milenkovic tasked with more fitting roles. #epl-live #nffc

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Christina @christina6ys.bsky.social · 10d

Forest begin with a 541/3421 this time v Newcastle. #nffc

Christina @christina6ys.bsky.social · 12d

Quite the rough looking 532/352~ Ange/Forest put out from the start. A little needs must with the lack of fullbacks but tough one to pull off. Murillo off injured sees a reshuffle to 433 with Savona coming in. Lack of sub use was an interesting choice. #nffc

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OptaJoe @optajoe.com · 10d

25 - Wolves have already made 25 changes to their starting XI in the Premier League this season; through the first seven games of a single campaign, only two sides have ever made more (29 for Man Utd in 2001-02 & 26 for Man City in 2012-13). Tinker.

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Christina @christina6ys.bsky.social · 11d

29/09/25 Nuno Espirito Santo on xG

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Andrew Heiss @andrew.heiss.phd · 12d

Just discovered the {gm} package, which lets you programmatically create sheet music (and audio!) with #rstats (with MuseScore as the backend) flujoo.github.io/gm/index.html

library(dplyr)
library(gm)

golden <- tribble(
~pitches, ~duration, ~lyric,
"E4", "q", "I’m",
"G4", "q", "done",
"C5", "q", "hid-",
"B4", "q", "-ing",
"D4", "q", "now",
"G4", "q", "I’m",
"E5", "q", "shin-",
"D5", "q", "-ing",
"G4", "q", "like",
"B4", "q", "I’m",
"A5", "q", "born",
"F#5", "q/3*(q/8)", "to",
"G5", "q/3", "be._",
"G5", "h", ""
)

music <-
Music() +
Key(1) +
Tempo(125) +
Meter(2, 4) +
Line(pitches = golden$pitches, durations = golden$duration) +
Tie(13) +
Lyric(golden$lyric[1], 1) + Lyric(golden$lyric[2], 2) +
Lyric(golden$lyric[3], 3) + Lyric(golden$lyric[4], 4) +
Lyric(golden$lyric[5], 5) + Lyric(golden$lyric[6], 6) +
Lyric(golden$lyric[7], 7) + Lyric(golden$lyric[8], 8) +
Lyric(golden$lyric[9], 9) + Lyric(golden$lyric[10], 10) +
Lyric(golden$lyric[11], 11) + Lyric(golden$lyric[12], 12) +
Lyric(golden$lyric[13], 13)

show(music)

The first part of the bridge from "Golden" from KPop Demon Hunters

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Christina @christina6ys.bsky.social · 12d

29/09/25 Dyche on xG 🤔

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Christina @christina6ys.bsky.social · 12d

louder for the people in the back

Eiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social · Feb 18

Found this and couldn't resist ..

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Eiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social · 12d

Excellent detailed intro paper on open scholarship in clinical psychology by some of my favourite authors on the topic, including @drlynam.bsky.social @dsbarra.bsky.social @jnfrltackett.bsky.social @aidangcw.bsky.social @jdmiller.bsky.social and others. Perfect paper to turn into an intro lecture!

PsyArXivBot @psyarxivbot.bsky.social · 13d

The Open Science Movement and Clinical Psychology Training: Rigorous Science is Transparent Science: https://osf.io/s46wd

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Christina @christina6ys.bsky.social · 12d

Quite the rough looking 532/352~ Ange/Forest put out from the start. A little needs must with the lack of fullbacks but tough one to pull off. Murillo off injured sees a reshuffle to 433 with Savona coming in. Lack of sub use was an interesting choice. #nffc

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Alison Gale @agale.bsky.social · 14d

With 4 matches left in the #NWSL season, the playoff picture is anything but clear

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Christina @christina6ys.bsky.social · 14d

Lots going for sure. It's a whole bunch of things at once impacting fluency.

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Thomas Lin Pedersen @thomasp85.com · 14d

🎨 Theming got a huge overhaul with the latest #ggplot2 release. In honour of that @teunbrand.bsky.social has written a comprehensive deep-dive into styling your plots, covering both old and new functionality. Grab a coffee and dive in!

#rstats

ggplot2 styling

This post discusses one function in ggplot2: `theme()`. Find out about the glamour of graphics in this deep-dive article.

www.tidyverse.org

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Rob Suddaby @robsuddaby.bsky.social · 14d

For the past year or so our team at FIFA has been working hard to develop our set play analysis. Here’s the first article on defensive strategies using this new methodology from our post tournament analysis of the FIFA Club World Cup 👇🏻
www.fifatrainingcentre.com/en/game/tour...

Set plays: Defending corner strategies

Our Technical Study Group and Football Performance Insights Team take a deep dive into the trajectory of the global club football landscape.

www.fifatrainingcentre.com

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Christina @christina6ys.bsky.social · 14d

Slot said he did this because he anticipated Gala to play in a certain way that meant Szoboszlai would end up in midfield (w the inverted LW) with Frimpong more RWB (w the high LB) but as is common v Liverpool the opposition did something different than usual.

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Christina @christina6ys.bsky.social · 14d

Gakpo was benched v Palace not because he needed a rest but to give Bradley minutes. He benched Salah v Gala not to rest him but to give Jones/Frimpong mins. Slot is not a 'rotation' manager but he's trying to be proactive and getting burned/destabilizing the team in the process. #lfc

Christina @christina6ys.bsky.social · 15d

🗣️Slot on squad rotation

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