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Mark Thompson

Time-waste with tracking data, not possession

Stick through this short newsletter for a treat at the end We've reached and passed the marker of the first international break for this men's European football season. And already the campaign against nonsense added time (CANAT) has professional footballers and UEFA in its corner. Just Arsène Wenger to try

Time to give ball-in-play measures a kick into touch?

Ball-in-play time is on a lot of peoples' lips, but what causes matches to differ? And just how different should we expect in-play times to be?

Stop the clock

An analysis of ball-in-play time using StatsBomb open data and a discussion on why added time directives are silly and probably misguided.

When PIF comes to shove

Hi there, it's been a while. With the second half of the calendar year now underway, let's take a look back at the turn-of-the-year piece and what Get Goalside drew out as the themes to watch for 2023: * Football analytics jobs conceived of as an entire ecosystem (not just clubs)

Is it better to be a leftie?

Passing angles and cut-inside shot avenues: is it easier for left-footed players to make it than right-footers?

The only rule is it has to be fun

We're going to talk about television. We're going to talk about data. And we're going to ask what the definition of 'fun' is. It must be the Get Goalside newsletter.

A Pandora's Box of football media stats use

A blog about football stats in the media