Tim Keech
@timkeech.bsky.social
MRKT Insights/ Clean Sheet Capital / Everton moaning
Interesting BBC article on Tony Pulis and data in football. Quotes include "my database was in my head"
Halfway through the article Tony talks about buying the Rothman's Football Yearbook.
That was a printed database. Data = information
Halfway through the article Tony talks about buying the Rothman's Football Yearbook.
That was a printed database. Data = information
November 8, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Interesting BBC article on Tony Pulis and data in football. Quotes include "my database was in my head"
Halfway through the article Tony talks about buying the Rothman's Football Yearbook.
That was a printed database. Data = information
Halfway through the article Tony talks about buying the Rothman's Football Yearbook.
That was a printed database. Data = information
With the grumbling about Everton's summer recruitment there is quite a good debate about the strategy. There was a clear need to buy younger, they did. Are they starters? You can't get world class 20 year olds at Everton's level. Right positions? Right skillsets?
November 4, 2025 at 9:34 AM
With the grumbling about Everton's summer recruitment there is quite a good debate about the strategy. There was a clear need to buy younger, they did. Are they starters? You can't get world class 20 year olds at Everton's level. Right positions? Right skillsets?
It's really hard to buy players with upside potential who will also immediately perform better than experienced, proven players.
Particularly in the Premier League.
Particularly in the Premier League.
November 4, 2025 at 9:23 AM
It's really hard to buy players with upside potential who will also immediately perform better than experienced, proven players.
Particularly in the Premier League.
Particularly in the Premier League.
Dastan Satpayev, the Kazakh striker Chelsea have already signed looks fantastic.
Scores every type of goal, fast, good close control.
Scores every type of goal, fast, good close control.
October 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Dastan Satpayev, the Kazakh striker Chelsea have already signed looks fantastic.
Scores every type of goal, fast, good close control.
Scores every type of goal, fast, good close control.
As a 20 year subscriber to World Soccer it was exciting to be quoted in it.
October 27, 2025 at 1:12 PM
As a 20 year subscriber to World Soccer it was exciting to be quoted in it.
xG gods worked against me today. Every client over +1 and no victory.
October 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
xG gods worked against me today. Every client over +1 and no victory.
I hate that the online world I live in means that I know more about the New York mayoral election and Trump's advisors than I do about the people who I can actually vote for.
I would not know my own MP if they walked past me but I could pick out Chuck Schumer in a look a like contest.
I would not know my own MP if they walked past me but I could pick out Chuck Schumer in a look a like contest.
October 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I hate that the online world I live in means that I know more about the New York mayoral election and Trump's advisors than I do about the people who I can actually vote for.
I would not know my own MP if they walked past me but I could pick out Chuck Schumer in a look a like contest.
I would not know my own MP if they walked past me but I could pick out Chuck Schumer in a look a like contest.
Anyone who says set pieces are boring football has never experienced an Andy Hinchcliffe corner. We used to celebrate the winning of a corner more than most teams celebrate goals.
October 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Anyone who says set pieces are boring football has never experienced an Andy Hinchcliffe corner. We used to celebrate the winning of a corner more than most teams celebrate goals.
Seeing that Kompany has signed a new deal at Bayern Munich, here is our article from that summer showing why the biggest clubs will go for coaches like him.
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Staff in major European clubs are being summoned to meeting rooms. Their clubs need a new head coach, someone who can be trusted to work well with their star players with a track record of success. Th...
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October 21, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Seeing that Kompany has signed a new deal at Bayern Munich, here is our article from that summer showing why the biggest clubs will go for coaches like him.
mrktinsights.com/index.php/20...
mrktinsights.com/index.php/20...
They were giving away chilli peppers at a garden near me. I took home the hottest one for the novelty. Curiosity got the better of me so I tried the tiniest amount humanly possible. I am already regretting it, sweating with a feeling of impending doom.
October 6, 2025 at 4:16 PM
They were giving away chilli peppers at a garden near me. I took home the hottest one for the novelty. Curiosity got the better of me so I tried the tiniest amount humanly possible. I am already regretting it, sweating with a feeling of impending doom.
One of the hardest things in football is keeping perspective.
Players get written off after a few games in a new team. A defeat after a run of success means the world is ending.
It happens with fans but also within clubs and is really disruptive.
It is really hard for those under public scrutiny
Players get written off after a few games in a new team. A defeat after a run of success means the world is ending.
It happens with fans but also within clubs and is really disruptive.
It is really hard for those under public scrutiny
October 6, 2025 at 7:45 AM
One of the hardest things in football is keeping perspective.
Players get written off after a few games in a new team. A defeat after a run of success means the world is ending.
It happens with fans but also within clubs and is really disruptive.
It is really hard for those under public scrutiny
Players get written off after a few games in a new team. A defeat after a run of success means the world is ending.
It happens with fans but also within clubs and is really disruptive.
It is really hard for those under public scrutiny
Philogene is a cheat code at this level
What a hattrick from Philogene.
October 5, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Philogene is a cheat code at this level
Nothing lasts in football.
Huge departmental restructures every 12-18 months with almost complete churn of staff are almost ubiquitous.
Continuity is THE most underrated thing a club can have.
Huge departmental restructures every 12-18 months with almost complete churn of staff are almost ubiquitous.
Continuity is THE most underrated thing a club can have.
October 1, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Nothing lasts in football.
Huge departmental restructures every 12-18 months with almost complete churn of staff are almost ubiquitous.
Continuity is THE most underrated thing a club can have.
Huge departmental restructures every 12-18 months with almost complete churn of staff are almost ubiquitous.
Continuity is THE most underrated thing a club can have.
Just putting my T-shirt on and a massice HORNET is inside it and stings me on the arm.
Great start to the day.
Great start to the day.
September 30, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Just putting my T-shirt on and a massice HORNET is inside it and stings me on the arm.
Great start to the day.
Great start to the day.
Great strike, terrible goalkeeping.
September 27, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Great strike, terrible goalkeeping.
Prosper Peter (Angers) is worth a look.
September 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Prosper Peter (Angers) is worth a look.
You see some really, really beautiful internal player target presentations at clubs that have clearly had a lot of time put into them.
But if your decision-makers are so remote from the process that you have to pitch to them should they be the people making the decision?
But if your decision-makers are so remote from the process that you have to pitch to them should they be the people making the decision?
September 26, 2025 at 1:39 PM
You see some really, really beautiful internal player target presentations at clubs that have clearly had a lot of time put into them.
But if your decision-makers are so remote from the process that you have to pitch to them should they be the people making the decision?
But if your decision-makers are so remote from the process that you have to pitch to them should they be the people making the decision?
The sheer amount of time that goes into getting invoices paid in this industry is unbelievable.
Luckily we have a nice client base who pay on time but there are some people/clubs who I would never work with again.
Luckily we have a nice client base who pay on time but there are some people/clubs who I would never work with again.
September 18, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The sheer amount of time that goes into getting invoices paid in this industry is unbelievable.
Luckily we have a nice client base who pay on time but there are some people/clubs who I would never work with again.
Luckily we have a nice client base who pay on time but there are some people/clubs who I would never work with again.
Cheering myself up at the state of the world by watching Botswana suddenly being so good at athletics.
September 18, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Cheering myself up at the state of the world by watching Botswana suddenly being so good at athletics.
It's finally happened.
I've been on here long enough to self- congratulatory repost my correct takes from the past.
I've been on here long enough to self- congratulatory repost my correct takes from the past.
I didn't watch a lot of Chelsea this year.
Just off data, Madueke does not look like a player who should be sold or get less playing time.
Just off data, Madueke does not look like a player who should be sold or get less playing time.
September 13, 2025 at 12:55 PM
It's finally happened.
I've been on here long enough to self- congratulatory repost my correct takes from the past.
I've been on here long enough to self- congratulatory repost my correct takes from the past.
What a hattrick from Philogene.
September 12, 2025 at 8:26 PM
What a hattrick from Philogene.
Football has a way of constantly surprising you with just how crazy decisions can be made.
Heard some genuinely staggering stories this week. A lack of basic ethics and morals abound in this industry.
Heard some genuinely staggering stories this week. A lack of basic ethics and morals abound in this industry.
September 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Football has a way of constantly surprising you with just how crazy decisions can be made.
Heard some genuinely staggering stories this week. A lack of basic ethics and morals abound in this industry.
Heard some genuinely staggering stories this week. A lack of basic ethics and morals abound in this industry.
Wages (and clauses) generally make up 50-100% of the cost of transfer but aren't public domain.
So much of good player transfer work is minimising downside risk on the new contract.
So much of good player transfer work is minimising downside risk on the new contract.
September 8, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Wages (and clauses) generally make up 50-100% of the cost of transfer but aren't public domain.
So much of good player transfer work is minimising downside risk on the new contract.
So much of good player transfer work is minimising downside risk on the new contract.
If you are interested in how the FA reached their verdict in the Lucas Paqueta case you can read the full FA panel report here www.thefa.com/news/2025/se...
I am pleased that our evidence (some would say "compelling"!) was helpful to the FA in reaching what we believe was the correct verdict.
I am pleased that our evidence (some would say "compelling"!) was helpful to the FA in reaching what we believe was the correct verdict.
September 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM
If you are interested in how the FA reached their verdict in the Lucas Paqueta case you can read the full FA panel report here www.thefa.com/news/2025/se...
I am pleased that our evidence (some would say "compelling"!) was helpful to the FA in reaching what we believe was the correct verdict.
I am pleased that our evidence (some would say "compelling"!) was helpful to the FA in reaching what we believe was the correct verdict.