Great stuff! It would be awesome to see 2 players added to the graph, for comparison: Peak Robbo, and Robbo of this season. How would they compare to this pool, using these parameters?
Could you mention why you didn’t include Dutch and Portuguese league? I know they are traditionally lesser quality but we have a fair number of decent players from them in the EPL over the years. I heard reviews about Jorrel Hato and Inacio as decent shouts for LB. I wonder how they measure up against your shortlist.
Premium piece, thnx. Davis seems an interesting analysis on 1 PL yr -- such elite output a tier down, like various players coming from Holland struggling at first on bad teams. But no longer young too. Might guess Gutierrez/Hall eliminated next due to MCity and Newc, and Guti return to RMad not a bad bet.
While it's a really important topic I get a pain in my stomach and I start to feel very disloyal when we even talk about Andy's demise and the need to replace him.
He epitomised the Klopp era with his energy, graft and grit
It might just be me, but I like a player who looks up for the fight on the eye test. Not sure if there is a metric that encapsulates that, but for example Kerkez just looks like he's more aggressive on the pitch compared to Ait Nouri. Would be interesting to see who Slot and recruitment team goes for given that Robbo/Bradley is the aggressive type (Kerkez) and TAA never appears overly aggressive on the pitch (Ait Nouri).
Do we need to be greedy, Hato and then Kerkez or Air-Nouir. Slot defo likes a normal full back and I don’t think we should stray from that but the tactical flexibility we could have by buying both profiles could be beneficial
I've publicly stated that I would have Alt-Nouri for 3 seasons now. I also like the "played in the PL" factor.
Great stuff! It would be awesome to see 2 players added to the graph, for comparison: Peak Robbo, and Robbo of this season. How would they compare to this pool, using these parameters?
The more I see of him, the more Hall is passing the eye test. Interested to see where he ranks at the end of this series.
Think the final answer may be… you should pick one guy just for the fun of it. I say Miguel Gutierrez
This week the names of Hato , Kerkez by Joyce. And Hall by another outlet.
I personally would like Miguel Gutierrez to avoid English premier league money to Ait nouri .
However, seems like club is leaning towards Hato , Kerkez , Dean.
Could you mention why you didn’t include Dutch and Portuguese league? I know they are traditionally lesser quality but we have a fair number of decent players from them in the EPL over the years. I heard reviews about Jorrel Hato and Inacio as decent shouts for LB. I wonder how they measure up against your shortlist.
Easy answer. FBref no longer provides data for those leagues, so I had no choice but to exclude them.
I think the Dutch and Portuguese leagues aren’t as scalable / outliers compared to the others.
Nice selection and would be happy with Gutiérrez or Aït-Nouri, but got the feeling it is going to be Hato. But maybe they‘ll sign two.
Not sure Moreira is realistic as Chelsea own him.
Premium piece, thnx. Davis seems an interesting analysis on 1 PL yr -- such elite output a tier down, like various players coming from Holland struggling at first on bad teams. But no longer young too. Might guess Gutierrez/Hall eliminated next due to MCity and Newc, and Guti return to RMad not a bad bet.
While it's a really important topic I get a pain in my stomach and I start to feel very disloyal when we even talk about Andy's demise and the need to replace him.
He epitomised the Klopp era with his energy, graft and grit
It might just be me, but I like a player who looks up for the fight on the eye test. Not sure if there is a metric that encapsulates that, but for example Kerkez just looks like he's more aggressive on the pitch compared to Ait Nouri. Would be interesting to see who Slot and recruitment team goes for given that Robbo/Bradley is the aggressive type (Kerkez) and TAA never appears overly aggressive on the pitch (Ait Nouri).
Do we need to be greedy, Hato and then Kerkez or Air-Nouir. Slot defo likes a normal full back and I don’t think we should stray from that but the tactical flexibility we could have by buying both profiles could be beneficial
And as if by magic… Hall links appeared today. What software you using for the graphics, Josh?