⚽ Tactical Ideas & Hidden Gems

For our next meetup we’ll be exploring a couple of different aspects of football analysis.

We’ll start with a quick warm-up discussion: “Useful stat or overrated stat?”. Bring along a football metric you think is either particularly valuable or perhaps a little overused, and we’ll go around the table to hear a few perspectives.

Next, we’ll move into a short Tactical Breakdown section. If you’d like to contribute, bring along one interesting tactical idea from a team you’ve watched recently.

You might cover:

• The team and situation (e.g. build-up, pressing, chance creation)
• What the pattern or idea looks like
• Why you think it works (or doesn’t)

Finally, we’ll finish with some Hidden Gem scouting. If you’d like, bring along one player you think could soon make the jump to a bigger league.

A few things you might mention:

• Who they are and where they play
• What they’re particularly good at
• A stat or observation that supports it
• A club they might fit at

As always, the aim is to share ideas, hear different approaches to analysis, and enjoy talking football.

Location TBC