By James Dailey My mentor in the analytics field taught me a lesson which I have found invaluable. To put it simply, he said it is best to always start with asking what question one is attempting to answer? Alan did an excellent job of answering the question in this piece last fall about what … [continue reading]
Artificial Pitches
Europe and Plastic Excuses
Defeat to Livingston was as abject as any in recent memory. To be comprehensively out fought and out thought by a team of players that would do well to hold their own in English League Two was an eye opener. Much has been made of playing on artificial surface and also of playing a few … [continue reading]
Artificial Intelligence
Celtic start the 2017 Scottish Cup campaign against Albion Rovers at the Excelsior Stadium before a sell-out crowd. The last game against Albion Rovers was in the 1976 League Cup when Celtic won 5-0 aided by 2 assists from King Kenny Dalglish. Soccerbase provides a head-to-head search facility to retrieve historical matches between clubs. Contemporary … [continue reading]