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The "Bundesliga Tax": Why transfers from outside the Premier League have flopped, and why that does not mean Premier League teams should…
contexts, contexts, contexts
Aug 7 • Michael Caley
Who Made the First Meat Wall? The Origins of the Set Piece Revolution
Finally answering the question, whose fault is it?
Apr 1 • Michael Caley
Long Throws and Meat Walls: The Set Piece Revolution in the Premier League
The game is changing in the English Premier League.
Jan 28 • Michael Caley
What Happens When Teams Have "Nothing to Play For"
Using analytics to determine who wants it more
Dec 1, 2025 • Michael Caley
Expecting Goals Premier League Team Ratings
A new method for evaluating soccer teams in the major European Leagues, and an opportunity to discover whether I am biased against your favorite team or…
Oct 28, 2025 • Michael Caley
Building Marcel, Part III: Contexts and Confounders
Using positional data and modeling to suggest the next steps forward and what may have been missed in the previous newsletters.
Sep 30, 2025 • Michael Caley
Building Marcel, Part II: Age Curves
In which we begin to grapple with the final boss of soccer analytics, context adjustments.
Aug 7, 2025 • Michael Caley
Substitutes, Part II: Clubs, Leagues and Managers
or, England hates subs
Feb 8, 2024 • Michael Caley
Substitute Effects Study: Part I
and away we go
Jan 18, 2024 • Michael Caley
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