Tag: data

21 October 2026 Off

Erik ten Hag interview: Man Utd’s use of data, impact of legends’ criticism, and ‘special’ Mainoo | Football News

By Total Football News

A message on my phone buzzes. “I pick you up at the station.” It is Erik ten Hag offering a lift in his car once my train from Amsterdam arrives in Enschede, in the east of the Netherlands. It is delayed, but he doesn’t seem to mind.

Soon after, he pulls up in a silver Range Rover and gets out to exchange a handshake. He has finished a day’s work

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5 November 2025 Off

Tony Pulis Column: ‘More data than ever, but does it help managers?’

By Total Football News

I managed the recruitment at all my clubs. I would tell my scouts and coaches what I wanted and then did my homework on their recommendations and watched them in action.

The more the years passed, the more noise there would be in this area from other people inside the club, but I always insisted on being the person who made the final decision.

My scouts and coaches knew exactly

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13 May 2025 Off

Championship play-offs: What does data say about who could go up?

By Total Football News

Three teams in Championship history have been top of the table on Christmas Day but found themselves in the play-offs having missed out on automatic promotion. Each time this happened, all three failed to be promoted.

Ipswich Town were top in 2004-05 with 49 points, but ended up finishing down in sixth and then losing in the semi-finals to West Ham.

Watford were top in 2007-08 with 43 points but

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9 April 2025 Off

Robert Sanchez, Kepa Arrizabalaga and Djordje Petrovic among world’s best keepers, says data

By Total Football News

While Chelsea’s goalkeeping position has been a source of debate for fans in recent seasons, new data suggests supporters should have nothing to worry about.

Since Edouard Mendy lost his place and left the Blues for Al-Ahli in 2023, the opinions of who is the right man to have in goal have differed.

Enzo Maresca this season has opted to back Robert Sanchez, sending previous first-teamers Kepa Arrizabalaga and Djordje

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5 February 2025 Off

Stephen Bettis: Sheffield United signings driven by data

By Total Football News

Sheffield United’s two permanent transfer deadline day signings came off the back of work with data experts, says chief executive Stephen Bettis.

The Blades completed deals for winger Christian Nwachukwu from Bulgarian side Botev Plovdiv and striker Jefferson Caceres, who has arrived from FBC Melgar in his Peruvian homeland.

“There was a discussion about long-term planning and bringing in some young players who, with the right coach and the right

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22 May 2024 Off

Aston Villa Football Club leaks members’ data

By Total Football News

The Cybernews research team discovered that Aston Villa Football Club (AVFC) left a publicly leaking bucket containing the personally identifiable information of 135,770 individuals. The affected fans are vulnerable to spear phishing, social engineering attacks, and identity theft attempts.

On March 13th, 2024, the Cybernews research team discovered a publicly accessible AWS S3 bucket (cloud storage service). The storage likely belongs to Aston Villa Football Club, as it contained 135,770 …