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A.I. In Football

Tom Butterfield & David Bromley

AI in Football: Recruitment Decisions, Done Properly is a practical podcast about how football clubs make better recruitment decisions in an AI world — without the hype. We don’t chase novelty tools. We focus on the thinking and structure that makes any tool useful: clear role briefs, behaviours over labels, constraints and trade-offs, repeatable shortlisting, and decision review that actually improves the process. Each episode gives you something you can use: - Role Definition Templates

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56:05

Ep43: Transfer Rumours and Who Are The Undisputed EFL...

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2024/06/14

In this episode we celebrate a massive jump in the total attendance for the EFL Championship in the 2023/24 season. Over 12 million people attended Championship games, a huge 22% increase on the previous season.........coincidence we started our podcast this season?? I'm sure we can't take all the credit.......or most of the credit.......or even a little of the credit really!Great to see that the EFL Championship is more popular than ever, and football fans see the drama, excitement and

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01:06:10

Ep42: Which Team Created The Most Chances? Who Were...

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2024/06/07

In this week's episode we take a look back at the attacking output of each team from the 2023/24 season. Which team created the most chances over the season? Which team were the most dangerous from dead ball situations?Which team were the most clinical finishers? This information will help form the foundations of our future deeper dives into each team, and the areas in which they could potentially improve their attacking output for next season. We put forward a few tentative names who could be

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46:27

Ep41 - Sunderland A.F.C. Season Review - What Now?

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2024/05/31

In this episode we talk through the 2023/24 season of Sunderland AFC. On the back of an outstanding previous season you got the feeling that expectation was to be back fighting for at least a play off place. But things didn't quite go to plan.....Tony Mowbray was ushered out of the dugout with the team comfortably in the top half of the table, and replaced by Michael Beale..... the less said the better really. There didn't seem to be any connection between the fans and Mr Beale throughout his short

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51:40

Ep40: EFL Championship Play Of Final Preview - Leeds...

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2024/05/22

In this weeks episode we look back at two excellent play off semi final 2nd leg games. The performances by the winners left us in no doubt that these are the two teams deserving their place to fight it out on May 26th for the right to return to the English Premier League. We think it will be a very close match, and picking a winner is a toss of a coin really. Both teams are capable of creating lots of chances and scoring lots of goals on their day...... so we could be in for a goal fest...... or

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01:00:58

Ep39: EFL Championship Play Off Semi Final Leg 2...

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2024/05/16

Images For This EpisodeIn this episode we look back at the intriguing 1st legs of the EFL Championship Play Off Semi Finals. There might not have been a raft of goals...... or any goals at all!! But that doesn't take away from the tension that all four sets of fans felt on the day, and that will only be ramped up further as we move towards the 2nd leg...... where the two finalists will be decided. David has looked at the way that all four teams progressed the ball up the pitch over the weekend, and

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07:20

Bonus Episode 38a: Liam Rosenior Sacking Opinion! Was...

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2024/05/10

We talk about the surprising and pretty shocking decision by Hull City to part ways with the highly rated Head Coach Liam Rosenior. Was it as left field a decision as first appeared? The owner brought in some big names in both the summer and January transfer windows.... players who have previously excelled in the EFL Championship, and even the Premier League. Therefore, should Liam Rosenior have taken his £170m rated squad into the playoff positions? Or should there have been more patience to see

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01:07:23

Ep38: Play Off Semi Finals - Is Leeds United's...

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2024/05/10

Today we look back over yet another bonkers week of EFL Championship action. With so many teams still mathematically in with a chance of being relegated to League 1 it was expected that perhaps 2 or maybe 3 would get a win to save themselves....... 'Hold my Beer' said 5 of the bottom 6 teams. At one point out of nowhere Blackburn were only one goal away from being in the drop zone themselves.... until Super Sammy Szmodics himself dragged Rovers to safety. The promotion race was all but over, and the

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51:47

Ep37: Are Pressure and Stress A Bad Thing? Or Are...

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2024/05/03

In todays episode we talk about what could make all the difference coming into the final weekend of matches in the EFL Championship....... who will prepare their players to handle the pressure and stress the best?We tend to think of stress and pressure as a bad thing, however, research shows that without stress we're unlikely to ever reach our best performance.So if we ned stress, it comes down to who can prepare the players the best to handle the upcoming pressure and stress. Can they help the

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40:16

Ep36: The Final Countdown! Who Will Hold Their...

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2024/04/26

In this episode we look back at the past weeks results and discuss how that changes the landscape for the final run in at both the top and bottom of the EFL Championship table. As ever...... things never go as expected so we got a few 'shock' results. Should we be surprised by ANY result in the EFL Championship anymore? It's really coming together and we've still got a fierce three way fight for the Title and the Promotion places. Four teams are fighting it out for the final two play off spots, with

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51:50

Ep35: Who Makes Our EFL Championship Team of The...

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2024/04/19

In this episode we take a look at how successful our predictions were last week...Now predicting the EFL Championship is near impossible at the best of times.... but last week seemed to throw up even more chaos than usual. Who was the winner of our Man v Machine challenge? This got avid thinking.... we say that we love the unpredictability of the EFL Championship.... but is this usually the way? David came up with a random results generator (as he does - how he does these things is beyond me!). This

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52:40

Championship Prediction Challenge - Man V Machine

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2024/04/11

This week we decided to have a bit of fun. We pitted Man (Tom) versus Machine (David) in an EFL Championship Results Prediction Challenge!!Tom decides to rely on his 'intuition' and 'gut feel' while David puts together a simple algorithm to try and find the best way to objectively predict the winners and losers of the upcoming weekend results. We recorded this on a Tuesday afternoon prior the midweek fixtures so the picture may have become even more exciting by the time this episode is released. We

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01:01:44

Ep33: Ian Foster SACKED: Bad Coaching Decisions Or...

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2024/04/05

In this episode we take a look at a few different areas. Click Here For The Data Analytics Tables and Charts For This EpisodeThe first being the exciting progress of both the promotion and relegation battles. It seems to be a revolving door at the top of the league with the team at the top changing almost every game. Ipswich Town are up there right now but Leicester still hold that game in hand. Win that and they retake top spot and push Leeds United don into the dreaded play off spots. We could

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01:10:08

Ep32: Momentum.......Is It Just A Load Of B*ll*cks?

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2024/03/29

'You want to be the team going into the playoffs with 'Momentum'...'How many times have you heard an 'expert' say that statement when talking about the playoffs? We've heard it a lot and we were interested in seeing whether this was in fact true.... or in fact a load of bollocks. So as usual we released David to get to work crafting a bespoke way to use the data available in order to answer the question. The result was quite surprising to be honest...... but was very conclusive. Because the

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01:00:13

Can This One Thing Predict The EFL Championship...

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2024/03/22

In this episode we look at two different areas. First David takes us through the different attacking strengths of the teams in the EFL Championship. We look at the expected goals scored and expected goals conceded for each team and see the data on one of David's famous scatter plot graphs. This helps us see how strong their attack is compared to thier defensive performance. Are they a team with a strong attack and strong defense? Or are they weak in both attack and defense? Because this is expected

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01:27:13

Ep30: What's The Best Playing Style After Conceding...

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2024/03/15

Today we dive deeper into what happens when teams score the first goal. Today we carry on from last weeks episode where we looked at 'How Important Is The First Goal?'The question I asked David this week was in two parts. 1) Is there a style of play that makes you more likely to come back from conceding the first goal?2) Could we use data to identify players who would fit this style? As always David has gone beyond the call of duty and delivered a very precise answer...... as precise as we can be of

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53:49

Ep29: How Important Is Scoring The First Goal?

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2024/03/08

How many times do you watch a game of football where the commentators or pundits say 'The first goal will be vital today.'Yeah of course you always want to score first, because you want to score!! But does it really make a difference who scores the first goal in an EFL Championship game?We threw that logical hand grenade to David Bromley who set about collecting the data and changed the raw information into a format that gave us a clear insight into; 1) Is scoring the first goal important?2) Is

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59:09

Ep 28: What Happened During The Run In Last Season?...

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2024/03/01

Episode 28 Charts and TablesWelcome to a special episode of Attacking The Championship, where today we journey back to the high-stakes finale of the 2022/2023 season. It was a time that tested the mettle of teams and players alike, presenting a clear divide between those who soared under pressure and those who found themselves wilting. As we dissect the teams' performances in those critical final 12 games, comparing goal tallies, defensive records, and the all-telling points per game against their

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58:15

We Predict The Top Scorer and Who Is The Most Over...

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2024/02/23

In todays episode we start by talking through the main news stories of the week. Michael Beale got the boot from Sunderland after only a dozen games. All of a sudden they find themselves in a very different position than last season where they looked like one of the most exciting teams not only in the division, but the whole of English football. What would they ive to have Tony Mowbray back in charge? Speaking of which, we wish Tony Mowbray a speedy recovery from his current health issues and look

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52:29

Which Attacking Players are the Hidden Gems in the...

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2024/02/16

In this episode we invited members of the 'Championship Fans Group' on facebook to decide who their most under rated player was this season. There were some spot on picks from the group so we rewarded some of you with a shout out. Thank you for joining in, it makes the group much more engaging, and lets us make content more tailored towards what you're interested in. There were a few names that we expected, and a few that were a bit more left field. We also looked at which players added the most

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49:57

Which Team Has The Toughest and Easiest Run In?

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2024/02/14

In today’s thrilling episode of Attacking The Championship, we dive deep into the heart-pounding world of the EFL Championship, dissecting each team's path as the season races toward an epic conclusion. We've analyzed the fixtures, considered the stakes, and crunched the numbers to bring you our definitive guide on who's got the roughest road ahead and who might just coast to the finish line........ the trouble is it's the Championship and of course nothing goes to plan! Who could make a late run

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