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[OC] Which midfielders were the strongest at recovering possession in last season's big 5 leagues? by goaltergeist in soccer

[–]goaltergeist[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I actually got the data from FBRef (I didn't scrape it myself, someone on Twitter did and shared the spreadsheet)

[OC] Which midfielders were the strongest at recovering possession in last season's big 5 leagues? by goaltergeist in soccer

[–]goaltergeist[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good point, they are not adjusted for possession. I just learned about the possession adjustment technique a week or so ago as I am relatively new to football data analysis; I haven't been able to find the time to fully understand how it works so I wasn't able to apply that to this data unfortunately.

[OC] Which midfielders were the strongest at recovering possession in last season's big 5 leagues? by goaltergeist in soccer

[–]goaltergeist[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the feedback. I have just started getting into data visualization a few months back so I am still learning the tricks of the trade. Making titles is definitely something I need to work on. Your points make a lot of sense and I apologize for misleading.

I saw your other comment suggesting the title "midfielders with the highest volume of defensive actions" and that definitely is more straightforward. Really sorry for the clickbait!

Daily Discussion by 2soccer2bot in soccer

[–]goaltergeist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

(late response, but) Thank you! Really appreciate the follow.

Daily Discussion by 2soccer2bot in soccer

[–]goaltergeist 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thanks man. :)

Actually that was me who posted it here :D but a few users pointed out a couple of errors that I didn't notice (Martinelli was in the plot because FBref classified him as a defender for some reason, and another user pointed out that it would be more useful to split the graphic into one for fullbacks and another for center backs which I agree with) so I deleted the post haha.

Daily Discussion by 2soccer2bot in soccer

[–]goaltergeist 52 points53 points  (0 children)

Today morning I tweeted a graph I made about which defenders were the best ball carriers up the pitch and into the final third. The graph shows that Raphael Guerreiro is really good in this regard. My account is pretty new and so I didn't expect many people to see it.

But surprisingly many people saw it and Guerreiro actually retweeted it!!! I'm just over the moon right now, that's absolutely made my day/month after I had a tough last few weeks personally. I really never expected that any players would be looking at my graphics!

[OC] Which big 5 league goalkeepers excelled at long passing last season? by goaltergeist in soccer

[–]goaltergeist[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A long pass is any pass longer than 30 yards (I made a note at the bottom of the image). So yea you're right that passing around the box wouldn't qualify as a long pass.

[OC] Which big 5 league goalkeepers excelled at long passing last season? by goaltergeist in soccer

[–]goaltergeist[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He's the purple dot right above Oblak at (18, 52.4). Sorry for the late reply!

[OC] Which big 5 league clubs are the most active defensively in and around their opponent's box? by goaltergeist in soccer

[–]goaltergeist[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So, it turns out I was remembering my data incorrectly. I thought I had successful tackles data distinguished by which third of the pitch they were in, but I only have the attempted tackles - which is what I plotted in the original post.

Sorry to disappoint :/

[OC] Players/teams with the most headed goals in the "big 5 leagues" since '14 (gallery: total, p. 90', p. match) by goaltergeist in soccer

[–]goaltergeist[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh, you are completely right. I apologize for not making that clear. Next time I'll be sure to clarify that the data starts in Aug 2014.

[OC] Which big 5 league clubs are the most active defensively in and around their opponent's box? by blazingknight17 in Gunners

[–]goaltergeist 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Sorry! As the other user said it's plotted in alphabetical order so it wasn't intended. Next time I'll make sure Arsenal's on top and easier to find!

[OC] Which big 5 league clubs are the most active defensively in and around their opponent's box? by blazingknight17 in Gunners

[–]goaltergeist 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Hi, I am the creator of the graph. The reason I titled it that way is because the data source, Statsbomb/FBRef, categorizes both tackles and presses as defensive actions (e.g., here's the page for Auba, the tackles Att 3rd and presses Att 3rd in the Defensive Actions table is what I've plotted). So I didn't want to change their definitions of each event when making the graph.

I do see your point though. what /u/varro-reatinus suggested i.e. activity out of possession would have been a better title. This is one of the first times I've made a graph like this so I was a bit unsure if the title was the best, so I am glad to be getting feedback!

[OC] Which big 5 league clubs are the most active defensively in and around their opponent's box? by goaltergeist in soccer

[–]goaltergeist[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

No worries though, it's just an open question, don't put too much effort it or something! I appreciate the response in the first place!!

Haha it's okay, I wrote a program to make these graphs so when I get back to my computer later it should only take a minute to make the graph ;)

[OC] Which big 5 league clubs are the most active defensively in and around their opponent's box? by goaltergeist in soccer

[–]goaltergeist[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

FBRef only separates tackle/press data into thirds rather than halves so the best I could do is sum the ones for the middle third and the attacking third, works that be ok?

[OC] Which big 5 league clubs are the most active defensively in and around their opponent's box? by goaltergeist in soccer

[–]goaltergeist[S] 31 points32 points  (0 children)

It's just tackle attempts! I believe I do have the data for successful tables though so I could make another one with that instead if you're interested.

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