Tag: Tottenham

• February 21, 2017

  Expected Passing for Everyone!

  Regular readers will note that I’ve been boring off about ‘expected passes’ (xP) a lot recently both on the blog and on twitter. What is xP? It’s basically assigning each pass a probability of it being completed successfully. I’ve done this by gridding out the pitch in (roughly) 10yd x 10yd sections. This splits the…
• March 26, 2014

  The Spanish Inquisition – Roberto Soldado

  Once the last ball of the season has been kicked and a few hundred Premier League footballers have flown off to exotic locations to rest their battered feet, I’d like to think club staff get themselves round the table for a season debrief. They’d discuss what went right, want went wrong and what went……..Mmmkay. Come…