Mátrai Márk
@matraimark.bsky.social
Data Analyst at @cubefootballhq.bsky.social📊
Sports Event Organiser🏟
Sports Event Organiser🏟
Nikola Jokić has started the 2025-2026 NBA season in historic fashion.
Currently at 127%, his true shooting from all over the floor is hitting unprecedented heights. An all-time great, box office player.
His league-adjusted true shooting % from season-to-season per @basketball-reference.com
Currently at 127%, his true shooting from all over the floor is hitting unprecedented heights. An all-time great, box office player.
His league-adjusted true shooting % from season-to-season per @basketball-reference.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Nikola Jokić has started the 2025-2026 NBA season in historic fashion.
Currently at 127%, his true shooting from all over the floor is hitting unprecedented heights. An all-time great, box office player.
His league-adjusted true shooting % from season-to-season per @basketball-reference.com
Currently at 127%, his true shooting from all over the floor is hitting unprecedented heights. An all-time great, box office player.
His league-adjusted true shooting % from season-to-season per @basketball-reference.com
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Who should Liverpool sign in 2026? How will the Reds look after Salah? Is Guéhi essential in January? Why don’t Liverpool draw more often? How can Slot get more from his full-backs? Can we trust Richard Hughes?
I guested on @distancecovered.bsky.social's latest pod to answer these questions & more:
I guested on @distancecovered.bsky.social's latest pod to answer these questions & more:
Episode #091: Q&A Special
Listen now | The 91st episode of my weekly podcast, Distance Covered. Josh Williams hosts Andrew Beasley.
distancecovered.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Who should Liverpool sign in 2026? How will the Reds look after Salah? Is Guéhi essential in January? Why don’t Liverpool draw more often? How can Slot get more from his full-backs? Can we trust Richard Hughes?
I guested on @distancecovered.bsky.social's latest pod to answer these questions & more:
I guested on @distancecovered.bsky.social's latest pod to answer these questions & more:
Liverpool's squad outlook by looking at peak ages for each position. There will be some turnover in the next 2 years (Alisson, Salah, possibly Van Dijk from the starting XI), but the age profile looks very healthy.
Exciting times for Liverpool FC.
Thank you for the help, Dobi Gergő!
Exciting times for Liverpool FC.
Thank you for the help, Dobi Gergő!
October 8, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Liverpool's squad outlook by looking at peak ages for each position. There will be some turnover in the next 2 years (Alisson, Salah, possibly Van Dijk from the starting XI), but the age profile looks very healthy.
Exciting times for Liverpool FC.
Thank you for the help, Dobi Gergő!
Exciting times for Liverpool FC.
Thank you for the help, Dobi Gergő!
Liverpool confirms the signing of Alexander Isak on #DeadlineDay
He is great finisher, shooter, but is also a very good facilitator, which will further enhance Liverpool's attacking prowess. He can scale up massively in this team, which has the potential to be incredible.
He is great finisher, shooter, but is also a very good facilitator, which will further enhance Liverpool's attacking prowess. He can scale up massively in this team, which has the potential to be incredible.
September 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Liverpool confirms the signing of Alexander Isak on #DeadlineDay
He is great finisher, shooter, but is also a very good facilitator, which will further enhance Liverpool's attacking prowess. He can scale up massively in this team, which has the potential to be incredible.
He is great finisher, shooter, but is also a very good facilitator, which will further enhance Liverpool's attacking prowess. He can scale up massively in this team, which has the potential to be incredible.
Szezonértékelő a PoolBarátokban, valamint a jövőbe révedés. Köszönöm a lehetőséget! / Season review podcast on PoolBarátok, where we also talked about the new iteration of Liverpool. Thank you for the opportunity! (HU)
open.spotify.com/episode/2ZA2...
open.spotify.com/episode/2ZA2...
Szezonfelvezető 9x05
PoolBarátok Podcast · Episode
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August 16, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Szezonértékelő a PoolBarátokban, valamint a jövőbe révedés. Köszönöm a lehetőséget! / Season review podcast on PoolBarátok, where we also talked about the new iteration of Liverpool. Thank you for the opportunity! (HU)
open.spotify.com/episode/2ZA2...
open.spotify.com/episode/2ZA2...
Martín Zubimendi has signed for Arsenal. The North London club has signed a player, who is a metronome midfielder, whose all-round game will help Mikel Arteta's side in multiple phases of the game.
Visualisations are by @xfbsays.bsky.social
Thread🧵
Visualisations are by @xfbsays.bsky.social
Thread🧵
July 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Martín Zubimendi has signed for Arsenal. The North London club has signed a player, who is a metronome midfielder, whose all-round game will help Mikel Arteta's side in multiple phases of the game.
Visualisations are by @xfbsays.bsky.social
Thread🧵
Visualisations are by @xfbsays.bsky.social
Thread🧵
Florian Wirtz can become the most impactful signing of this transfer window. The 22-year-old completed his transfer from Bayer 04 Leverkusen in a club-record deal for Liverpool FC. Thread by @xfbsays.bsky.social
June 20, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Florian Wirtz can become the most impactful signing of this transfer window. The 22-year-old completed his transfer from Bayer 04 Leverkusen in a club-record deal for Liverpool FC. Thread by @xfbsays.bsky.social
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Tom Thibodeau broke Leon Rose’s rules.
@prezidente.bsky.social’s latest: a top-down breakdown of why Tom Thibodeau’s exit wasn’t a spur-of-the-moment reflex, rather a culmination of Thibs’ slow departure from Leon’s vision:
www.thestrick.land/strick/the-k...
@prezidente.bsky.social’s latest: a top-down breakdown of why Tom Thibodeau’s exit wasn’t a spur-of-the-moment reflex, rather a culmination of Thibs’ slow departure from Leon’s vision:
www.thestrick.land/strick/the-k...
June 18, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Tom Thibodeau broke Leon Rose’s rules.
@prezidente.bsky.social’s latest: a top-down breakdown of why Tom Thibodeau’s exit wasn’t a spur-of-the-moment reflex, rather a culmination of Thibs’ slow departure from Leon’s vision:
www.thestrick.land/strick/the-k...
@prezidente.bsky.social’s latest: a top-down breakdown of why Tom Thibodeau’s exit wasn’t a spur-of-the-moment reflex, rather a culmination of Thibs’ slow departure from Leon’s vision:
www.thestrick.land/strick/the-k...
Szezonértékelő a PoolBarátokban, valamint a jövőbe révedés. Köszönöm a lehetőséget! / Season review podcast on PoolBarátok, where we also talked about the new iteration of Liverpool. Thank you for the opportunity! (HU)
@xfbsays.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/6g68...
@xfbsays.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/6g68...
Szezonértékelő; új szelek fújnak 8x31
PoolBarátok Podcast · Episode
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June 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Szezonértékelő a PoolBarátokban, valamint a jövőbe révedés. Köszönöm a lehetőséget! / Season review podcast on PoolBarátok, where we also talked about the new iteration of Liverpool. Thank you for the opportunity! (HU)
@xfbsays.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/6g68...
@xfbsays.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/6g68...
@hemmenkees.bsky.social and @amoniz.bsky.social what do you mean by Liverpool not being dominant this season?
Liverpool were consistently above +1.00 xGD/90 thorughout the season, they spent only 12.7% of minutes trailing, 38.2% leading. Thread is by @dankennett.co.uk bsky.app/profile/dank...
Liverpool were consistently above +1.00 xGD/90 thorughout the season, they spent only 12.7% of minutes trailing, 38.2% leading. Thread is by @dankennett.co.uk bsky.app/profile/dank...
And here it is visualised.
Never got 5 wins in a row but never dropped below 11/15 at any point #lfc
Never got 5 wins in a row but never dropped below 11/15 at any point #lfc
June 3, 2025 at 1:13 PM
@hemmenkees.bsky.social and @amoniz.bsky.social what do you mean by Liverpool not being dominant this season?
Liverpool were consistently above +1.00 xGD/90 thorughout the season, they spent only 12.7% of minutes trailing, 38.2% leading. Thread is by @dankennett.co.uk bsky.app/profile/dank...
Liverpool were consistently above +1.00 xGD/90 thorughout the season, they spent only 12.7% of minutes trailing, 38.2% leading. Thread is by @dankennett.co.uk bsky.app/profile/dank...
Köszönöm a lehetőséget a Sportalnak, hogy Bajnokok Ligája-mérkőzésekről beszélhettem az utóbbi hónapokban a Bajnokok Világában!
Thankful for Sportal for the invitation during the latter stages of the Champions League as a data analyst for
@xfbsays.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftuo...
Thankful for Sportal for the invitation during the latter stages of the Champions League as a data analyst for
@xfbsays.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftuo...
Bajnokok Világa – Kiütéses PSG-siker, Doué a franciák új sztárja
YouTube video by Sportal HU
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June 3, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Köszönöm a lehetőséget a Sportalnak, hogy Bajnokok Ligája-mérkőzésekről beszélhettem az utóbbi hónapokban a Bajnokok Világában!
Thankful for Sportal for the invitation during the latter stages of the Champions League as a data analyst for
@xfbsays.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftuo...
Thankful for Sportal for the invitation during the latter stages of the Champions League as a data analyst for
@xfbsays.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftuo...
Liverpool FC have won the league title for a record-equalling 20th time. Arne Slot's team has been by far the best team in the league and the metrics also underline that, with team averaging 2.41 points/game at the moment of clinching the title.
Mega-thread by @xfbsays.bsky.social 🧵
Mega-thread by @xfbsays.bsky.social 🧵
May 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Liverpool FC have won the league title for a record-equalling 20th time. Arne Slot's team has been by far the best team in the league and the metrics also underline that, with team averaging 2.41 points/game at the moment of clinching the title.
Mega-thread by @xfbsays.bsky.social 🧵
Mega-thread by @xfbsays.bsky.social 🧵
Reposted by Mátrai Márk
@joshqueipo.bsky.social has a great piece up today on how evaluators outside the NFL can bring their big boards more in line with how those inside the building put their boards together
www.readoptional.com/p/a-new-way-...
www.readoptional.com/p/a-new-way-...
A new way of building a draft big board
Josh Queipo combs through the data to build a more 'league-accurate' draft board
www.readoptional.com
April 14, 2025 at 2:43 PM
@joshqueipo.bsky.social has a great piece up today on how evaluators outside the NFL can bring their big boards more in line with how those inside the building put their boards together
www.readoptional.com/p/a-new-way-...
www.readoptional.com/p/a-new-way-...
A PoolBarátokban való második fellépésemen lehetséges nyári igazolásokról volt szó. Fontos nyár lesz ez a klub számára. Néhány célpont lent👇/ On my second appearance on PoolBarátok podcast, I've talked about potential signings. A few targets below👇 HU open.spotify.com/episode/0JfF...
Bevásárlólista 8x26
PoolBarátok Podcast · Episode
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March 26, 2025 at 12:22 PM
A PoolBarátokban való második fellépésemen lehetséges nyári igazolásokról volt szó. Fontos nyár lesz ez a klub számára. Néhány célpont lent👇/ On my second appearance on PoolBarátok podcast, I've talked about potential signings. A few targets below👇 HU open.spotify.com/episode/0JfF...
Rayan Cherki is one of my favorite players to watch currently. His game brings me back the joy I've played with when I was younger.
He has been linked with many top clubs, so it'll be interesting to see, which club signs him in the summer.
🧵by me and @xfbsays.bsky.social
He has been linked with many top clubs, so it'll be interesting to see, which club signs him in the summer.
🧵by me and @xfbsays.bsky.social
February 7, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Rayan Cherki is one of my favorite players to watch currently. His game brings me back the joy I've played with when I was younger.
He has been linked with many top clubs, so it'll be interesting to see, which club signs him in the summer.
🧵by me and @xfbsays.bsky.social
He has been linked with many top clubs, so it'll be interesting to see, which club signs him in the summer.
🧵by me and @xfbsays.bsky.social
Köszönöm a lehetőséget a Pool Barátoknak! Még az NBA történetének legmegdöbbentőbb cseréje is szóba került (Hello Luka!) / Thank you for the opportunity, Pool Barátok! Couldn't resist to talk about the most shocking transaction in sports in my lifetime (Živjo Luka!)
We're so proud! Our colleague, @matraimark.bsky.social
had his first podcast appearance since he started working for us, as a guest at Pool Barátok podcast to talk about Liverpool's trip to Bournemouth.
Listen to it below (HU)
open.spotify.com/episode/2YBM...
had his first podcast appearance since he started working for us, as a guest at Pool Barátok podcast to talk about Liverpool's trip to Bournemouth.
Listen to it below (HU)
open.spotify.com/episode/2YBM...
Az igazi rangadó 8x20
PoolBarátok Podcast · Episode
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February 5, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Köszönöm a lehetőséget a Pool Barátoknak! Még az NBA történetének legmegdöbbentőbb cseréje is szóba került (Hello Luka!) / Thank you for the opportunity, Pool Barátok! Couldn't resist to talk about the most shocking transaction in sports in my lifetime (Živjo Luka!)
Manchester City has been struggling this season, mainly due to their baaad negative transitions and their overall out of possession game, but they had struggles in attack too. Our visualizations shed some light on their issues.
Thread by @xfbsays.bsky.social
Thread by @xfbsays.bsky.social
February 3, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Manchester City has been struggling this season, mainly due to their baaad negative transitions and their overall out of possession game, but they had struggles in attack too. Our visualizations shed some light on their issues.
Thread by @xfbsays.bsky.social
Thread by @xfbsays.bsky.social
Dominik Szoboszlai is being asked to do different things at Liverpool than for the Hungarian NT.
Mini-thread about the differences by
@xfbsays.bsky.social 🧵
He plays as a no 10 for Liverpool, drifting towards the right half-space. For Hungary, he is a creative left-winger, cutting inside.
Mini-thread about the differences by
@xfbsays.bsky.social 🧵
He plays as a no 10 for Liverpool, drifting towards the right half-space. For Hungary, he is a creative left-winger, cutting inside.
January 17, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Dominik Szoboszlai is being asked to do different things at Liverpool than for the Hungarian NT.
Mini-thread about the differences by
@xfbsays.bsky.social 🧵
He plays as a no 10 for Liverpool, drifting towards the right half-space. For Hungary, he is a creative left-winger, cutting inside.
Mini-thread about the differences by
@xfbsays.bsky.social 🧵
He plays as a no 10 for Liverpool, drifting towards the right half-space. For Hungary, he is a creative left-winger, cutting inside.
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The theory here is that some kind of basic property of “goal probability” is “option-ness”
open.substack.com/pub/absolute...
open.substack.com/pub/absolute...
Options have Value
Zone-reads, pick 'n rolls, cut-backs
open.substack.com
December 27, 2024 at 8:51 PM
The theory here is that some kind of basic property of “goal probability” is “option-ness”
open.substack.com/pub/absolute...
open.substack.com/pub/absolute...
Reposted by Mátrai Márk
Stagnation should terrify those that want to improve. How do you stagnate? You play it safe. You make it, and then you plateau because you don’t take risks. It is more risky to play it safe than it is to take risks. tacticsjournal.com/2024/12/24/n...
Not taking any risks is a risk
Stagnation should terrify those that want to improve. How do you stagnate? You play it safe. You make it, and then you plateau because you don’t take risks. It is more risky to play it safe than it is...
tacticsjournal.com
December 24, 2024 at 12:24 PM
Stagnation should terrify those that want to improve. How do you stagnate? You play it safe. You make it, and then you plateau because you don’t take risks. It is more risky to play it safe than it is to take risks. tacticsjournal.com/2024/12/24/n...
Ruben Amorim is the new head coach of Manchester United. The portuguese has been one of the most coveted coaches in Europe. I took a look at his style of play at Sporting, how portable that is to the current United squad, and some potential transfer targets.
Thread by @xfbsays🧵
Thread by @xfbsays🧵
November 25, 2024 at 5:05 PM
Ruben Amorim is the new head coach of Manchester United. The portuguese has been one of the most coveted coaches in Europe. I took a look at his style of play at Sporting, how portable that is to the current United squad, and some potential transfer targets.
Thread by @xfbsays🧵
Thread by @xfbsays🧵
Pepijn Lijnders was announced as new Red Bull Salzburg head coach during the summer. This is Lijnders's second head coaching job after NEC, previously he was working as Jürgen Klopp's assistant manager at Liverpool.
Thread🧵by @xfbsays
Thread🧵by @xfbsays
November 25, 2024 at 5:04 PM
Pepijn Lijnders was announced as new Red Bull Salzburg head coach during the summer. This is Lijnders's second head coaching job after NEC, previously he was working as Jürgen Klopp's assistant manager at Liverpool.
Thread🧵by @xfbsays
Thread🧵by @xfbsays
Thiago Alcântara retired from the game of football this summer. This thread is a tribute to a player, who I thoroughly enjoyed watching every single time. The way he played the game made me realise how I want to feel and express myself in all walks of life.
📽️📊 by @xfbsays
📽️📊 by @xfbsays
November 25, 2024 at 5:04 PM
Thiago Alcântara retired from the game of football this summer. This thread is a tribute to a player, who I thoroughly enjoyed watching every single time. The way he played the game made me realise how I want to feel and express myself in all walks of life.
📽️📊 by @xfbsays
📽️📊 by @xfbsays
Rayan Aït-Nouri from Wolves can be a potential target for Liverpool at left-back. His numbers shows that he is really good in possession and attack. His defensive numbers are not elite (though defending is tough to measure). Would he be able to scale up next to Van Dijk?
November 25, 2024 at 5:04 PM
Rayan Aït-Nouri from Wolves can be a potential target for Liverpool at left-back. His numbers shows that he is really good in possession and attack. His defensive numbers are not elite (though defending is tough to measure). Would he be able to scale up next to Van Dijk?