Dmitry
@dmitry.mclachbot.com
I like Chelsea Football Club
I also like to complain about Chelsea Football Club
I also like to complain about Chelsea Football Club
If you want substantive critique, my substantive critique is that eigenvector centrality is somewhere between irrelevant and misleading in extremely small, fully connected networks like passing graphs and is probably highly correlated to just the number of passes a player made
More name calling
That's not me having a go at you.
Me having a go at you would be asking what university are you a professor at, so that I know which one to swerve for my kids education, because arrogance and ignorance is not a good combination for an educator.
Me having a go at you would be asking what university are you a professor at, so that I know which one to swerve for my kids education, because arrogance and ignorance is not a good combination for an educator.
December 1, 2025 at 10:43 AM
If you want substantive critique, my substantive critique is that eigenvector centrality is somewhere between irrelevant and misleading in extremely small, fully connected networks like passing graphs and is probably highly correlated to just the number of passes a player made
That's not me having a go at you.
Me having a go at you would be asking what university are you a professor at, so that I know which one to swerve for my kids education, because arrogance and ignorance is not a good combination for an educator.
Me having a go at you would be asking what university are you a professor at, so that I know which one to swerve for my kids education, because arrogance and ignorance is not a good combination for an educator.
Having a go at me because he still doesn’t understand his own argument.
I'm just back temporarily. I'm too busy setting up a substack where I present a relatively in-the-weeds concept from my chosen field to football audience without ever making a coherent argument on why it's useful in the football domain
December 1, 2025 at 10:16 AM
That's not me having a go at you.
Me having a go at you would be asking what university are you a professor at, so that I know which one to swerve for my kids education, because arrogance and ignorance is not a good combination for an educator.
Me having a go at you would be asking what university are you a professor at, so that I know which one to swerve for my kids education, because arrogance and ignorance is not a good combination for an educator.
So do I, buddy. So do I
I have a bad habit of getting into these argumentative loops where the other person doesn’t understand the implications of their own claim, thus that I’ve already refuted it, so I just keep reposting myself in the thread in desperate hope they’ll catch on.
December 1, 2025 at 9:48 AM
So do I, buddy. So do I
I should start a substack. You can apparently get a decent following there calling yourself an analyst despite not understanding why p90 metrics are useful to analyse player performance
December 1, 2025 at 9:09 AM
I should start a substack. You can apparently get a decent following there calling yourself an analyst despite not understanding why p90 metrics are useful to analyse player performance
He has the second highest number of touches p90 in attacking third on Spurs. I don't think "rarely sees the ball" is supported by evidence. What is true is that he simply can't do anything when he has the ball because he's extremely light weight and gets easily muscled off it
I think this is mostly to do with the fact that he’s in a system with no attacking ideas, especially through the middle, rarely sees the ball, and is underplayed. Not about ‘adapting to the Prem’ at all.
Let me just check in on how Xavi Simons at Spurs is adapting to the Prem- ohhhhh no.
It's been a while since we've seen a hatched of unrealised dreams this stark.
It's been a while since we've seen a hatched of unrealised dreams this stark.
December 1, 2025 at 7:48 AM
He has the second highest number of touches p90 in attacking third on Spurs. I don't think "rarely sees the ball" is supported by evidence. What is true is that he simply can't do anything when he has the ball because he's extremely light weight and gets easily muscled off it
One day, behavioural science will be advanced enough to explain how Morgan Rogers is considered by so many to be one of the best players in the league despite having a literal flaming pile of dog poop for statistical profile
November 11, 2025 at 8:23 AM
One day, behavioural science will be advanced enough to explain how Morgan Rogers is considered by so many to be one of the best players in the league despite having a literal flaming pile of dog poop for statistical profile
This is a very dumb stat but guess which player in the premier league has the highest take on success rate with at least 7 attempted?
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 AM
This is a very dumb stat but guess which player in the premier league has the highest take on success rate with at least 7 attempted?
Fun stat to highlight both how good he's been and also the absolutely dire state of striker quality in the Premier League:
Enzo Fernandez is currently 4th in the league in total NPxG (3.8). Not 4th amongst midfielders, 4th overall.
Enzo Fernandez is currently 4th in the league in total NPxG (3.8). Not 4th amongst midfielders, 4th overall.
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Fun stat to highlight both how good he's been and also the absolutely dire state of striker quality in the Premier League:
Enzo Fernandez is currently 4th in the league in total NPxG (3.8). Not 4th amongst midfielders, 4th overall.
Enzo Fernandez is currently 4th in the league in total NPxG (3.8). Not 4th amongst midfielders, 4th overall.
Garnacho against Wolves yesterday. Led the team in xA (1.26) and successful deliveries into penalty area (10) and provided relentless passing threat into dangerous areas.
November 9, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Garnacho against Wolves yesterday. Led the team in xA (1.26) and successful deliveries into penalty area (10) and provided relentless passing threat into dangerous areas.
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NEW EPISODE! A bit later in the week than usual... but we got to talk about three games with the excellent @dmitry.mclachbot.com and ponder on the issue of our revolving centre backs. #CFC #ChelseaFC #TheChelseaPodcast #KTBFFH
open.spotify.com/episode/60HF...
open.spotify.com/episode/60HF...
The Mixed Bag Episode
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November 7, 2025 at 12:15 PM
NEW EPISODE! A bit later in the week than usual... but we got to talk about three games with the excellent @dmitry.mclachbot.com and ponder on the issue of our revolving centre backs. #CFC #ChelseaFC #TheChelseaPodcast #KTBFFH
open.spotify.com/episode/60HF...
open.spotify.com/episode/60HF...
Anyway, here's a Claude AI generated list of all the players Chelsea have signed from Bundesliga since 2000, and I'll let you be the judge on how many of these actually turned out to be worth it.
November 3, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Anyway, here's a Claude AI generated list of all the players Chelsea have signed from Bundesliga since 2000, and I'll let you be the judge on how many of these actually turned out to be worth it.
Over the weekend someone pointed out to me that both Xavi Simons and Florian Wirtz have been found out as physically unusable in the premier league and I don't think it's exactly right. Wirtz actually had decent underlying numbers - he's xG+xA p90 is 0.44.
November 3, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Over the weekend someone pointed out to me that both Xavi Simons and Florian Wirtz have been found out as physically unusable in the premier league and I don't think it's exactly right. Wirtz actually had decent underlying numbers - he's xG+xA p90 is 0.44.
I don't really know what we're to do with the fact that Aaron Anselmino appears to both be very good and also literally made our of papier mache
October 31, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I don't really know what we're to do with the fact that Aaron Anselmino appears to both be very good and also literally made our of papier mache
I don't even have a picture for Panichelli in my database yet but the guy is putting up ridiculous numbers. Strasbourg aren't going to miss Emegha at all when he moves to Chelsea.
October 30, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I don't even have a picture for Panichelli in my database yet but the guy is putting up ridiculous numbers. Strasbourg aren't going to miss Emegha at all when he moves to Chelsea.
Tosin yesterday lost 3 out of 4 aerial duels in or near our penalty box yesterday, which is just brutal considering that being a tall guy who wins headers is his entire raison d'etre
(Red triangle - aerial duel lost, green triangle - aerial duel won)
(Red triangle - aerial duel lost, green triangle - aerial duel won)
October 30, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Tosin yesterday lost 3 out of 4 aerial duels in or near our penalty box yesterday, which is just brutal considering that being a tall guy who wins headers is his entire raison d'etre
(Red triangle - aerial duel lost, green triangle - aerial duel won)
(Red triangle - aerial duel lost, green triangle - aerial duel won)
I cannot wait to see what kind of dumb shit this club tries to do tomorrow!
August 31, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I cannot wait to see what kind of dumb shit this club tries to do tomorrow!
Ok, this is the nerdiest thing I'll ever admit here, but I tried asking ChatGPT to run a D&D campaign for me acting as a DM... And it's pretty good?
August 8, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Ok, this is the nerdiest thing I'll ever admit here, but I tried asking ChatGPT to run a D&D campaign for me acting as a DM... And it's pretty good?
If Manchester United do end up buying Sesko for £80m, they will have spent £210m on three attackers that outperformed their xG last season by a combined 16.5 goals.
Zero red flags, no notes, would buy again.
Zero red flags, no notes, would buy again.
August 5, 2025 at 9:54 PM
If Manchester United do end up buying Sesko for £80m, they will have spent £210m on three attackers that outperformed their xG last season by a combined 16.5 goals.
Zero red flags, no notes, would buy again.
Zero red flags, no notes, would buy again.
This thread is absolutely fucking sending me
Zoopla's new AI room designer sure is something.
Just look at this run-down living room. With a bit of TLC you could have... er... toilet stairs?
Why have a window when you could have some lovely art? Like this picture of bricks!
Just look at this run-down living room. With a bit of TLC you could have... er... toilet stairs?
Why have a window when you could have some lovely art? Like this picture of bricks!
August 5, 2025 at 8:35 PM
This thread is absolutely fucking sending me
Is there some other West End I'm not familiar with? Because the one I know, you can't turn without bumping into a huge group of tourists at 9 pm and much later.
The idea that no one walks around the West End after nine pm is just absolute hokum.
August 4, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Is there some other West End I'm not familiar with? Because the one I know, you can't turn without bumping into a huge group of tourists at 9 pm and much later.
Garnacho fan club assemble
August 4, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Garnacho fan club assemble
My only take on the Sidney Sweeney "controversy" is that every time I see a photo of her, I am totally creeped out by her dead, soulless eyes.
August 3, 2025 at 10:40 AM
My only take on the Sidney Sweeney "controversy" is that every time I see a photo of her, I am totally creeped out by her dead, soulless eyes.
Quantico Quaresma crying at home that he missed out on this.
Chelsea invited Trump to present the Club World Cup trophy after beating PSG. His unexpected lengthy presence confused players, while his son Eric stated Chelsea viewed it as an honor, despite players' mixed feelings. By Matt Debono. Sports Illustrated
Donald Trump's son: Chelsea invited US President for Club World Cup trophy lift
Chelsea requested US President Donald Trump to be part of the 2025 Club World Cup celebrations, his son Eric has claimed.
www.si.com
July 30, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Quantico Quaresma crying at home that he missed out on this.
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Jorrel Hato pod is out.
TL;DW/L good prospect for the role targeted, appropriately priced, nice work!
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4WMD...
Youtube: youtu.be/WLYcKq7jEIs
TL;DW/L good prospect for the role targeted, appropriately priced, nice work!
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4WMD...
Youtube: youtu.be/WLYcKq7jEIs
Should Chelsea Sign Jorrel Hato?
YouTube video by KierDoyle
youtu.be
July 30, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Jorrel Hato pod is out.
TL;DW/L good prospect for the role targeted, appropriately priced, nice work!
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4WMD...
Youtube: youtu.be/WLYcKq7jEIs
TL;DW/L good prospect for the role targeted, appropriately priced, nice work!
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4WMD...
Youtube: youtu.be/WLYcKq7jEIs