Football

In today’s sporting landscape, football management titles are discussed and attributed without total clarity or understanding of how they differentiate. These include the role of Sporting Director, Technical Director, High-Performance Manager, Director of Football, Football Development Manager, and Academy Manager just to name a few. Of course, their descriptions and…

PSG Last 16 Curse Strikes Again! From trailing 1-0 at home to getting hammered 2-0 at Germany, PSG have for the fifth time in seven years crashed out of the UEFA Champions League in the round of 16. Despite having superstars, Kylian Mbappe and Lionel Messi at their disposal at…

Recently, I came across a quote, “There are only two people that you need to make proud — your 8-year-old self and your 80-year-old self”. Something about this made me linger over it and try to break it down, churning up my interpretation. As an 8-year-old, I wanted to become…

Throughout my career I’ve met plenty of young people absolutely mental for football — some, like me, are all enthusiasm and no skill, but some are truly gifted athletes. It’s no secret that playing sport is massively beneficial for one’s body and mind. For many students learning English as an…

As news of Dont’a Hightower’s retirement from the NFL broke, New England Patriots fans couldn’t help but feel nostalgic for the linebacker’s incredible decade-long career with the team. …

Introduction A few days back I did a course on “data camp” about “Monte Carlo simulations in Python”. Since then I am thinking about how to apply those skills in real-life data to simulate something. Then in my last post, I used Poisson distribution to estimate the chances (i.e., probability) of…

At the time of writing (21/03/23) in the 2022/23 season Erling Haaland has already scored a remarkable 42 goals in 37 games in all competitions. …