Roberto Angioni
@rangioni.bsky.social
Head of Data Science @Soccerment ⚽️📊
🇮🇹 living in 🇪🇸 via 🇩🇪
PhD, former astrophysicist 🪐
Avid gamer, ⚽️ and 🎾 fan
Opinions mine
🇮🇹 living in 🇪🇸 via 🇩🇪
PhD, former astrophysicist 🪐
Avid gamer, ⚽️ and 🎾 fan
Opinions mine
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Seems to me that a big competitive advantage could be gained in a few years by the companies that hire, develop and invest in young talent now - while the other companies look round their offices at bored old twats all running out of ideas and watching their businesses die around them
November 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Seems to me that a big competitive advantage could be gained in a few years by the companies that hire, develop and invest in young talent now - while the other companies look round their offices at bored old twats all running out of ideas and watching their businesses die around them
The switch to a July-May season for the #MLS seems sensible for many reasons, and I think this is an important one: MLS matches are played in significantly higher temperatures compared to the top 🇪🇺 leagues.
Also, judging by those recent CPL highlights, snow football looks awesome, bring it on
Also, judging by those recent CPL highlights, snow football looks awesome, bring it on
November 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The switch to a July-May season for the #MLS seems sensible for many reasons, and I think this is an important one: MLS matches are played in significantly higher temperatures compared to the top 🇪🇺 leagues.
Also, judging by those recent CPL highlights, snow football looks awesome, bring it on
Also, judging by those recent CPL highlights, snow football looks awesome, bring it on
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My latest blog post "From Data to Wisdom: Playing Football’s Information Game at the Right Level" explores how football clubs can move from simply collecting data to making better, evidence-based decisions.
janvanhaaren.be/posts/from-d...
janvanhaaren.be/posts/from-d...
From Data to Wisdom: Playing Football’s Information Game at the Right Level – Jan Van Haaren
From Data to Wisdom: Playing Football’s Information Game at the Right Level.
janvanhaaren.be
November 12, 2025 at 10:00 AM
My latest blog post "From Data to Wisdom: Playing Football’s Information Game at the Right Level" explores how football clubs can move from simply collecting data to making better, evidence-based decisions.
janvanhaaren.be/posts/from-d...
janvanhaaren.be/posts/from-d...
Here's a new batch of numbers, let's use them to build narratives! (cit.) ☄️
November 12, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Here's a new batch of numbers, let's use them to build narratives! (cit.) ☄️
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A study earlier this month found that America’s more fragmented media landscape — particularly the takeoff of cable news — accounts for fully one third of the increase in cultural conflict in the US since the year 2000.
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
A study earlier this month found that America’s more fragmented media landscape — particularly the takeoff of cable news — accounts for fully one third of the increase in cultural conflict in the US since the year 2000.
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As someone who's had to write code around MLS competition format, I can attest that best-of-3 is the worst thing in the history of football and MLS should be banned by FIFA as a fair punishment.
November 10, 2025 at 6:37 AM
As someone who's had to write code around MLS competition format, I can attest that best-of-3 is the worst thing in the history of football and MLS should be banned by FIFA as a fair punishment.
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Absolutely insane goal in insane conditions in the CPL final. Absurd.
November 9, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Absolutely insane goal in insane conditions in the CPL final. Absurd.
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yikes 💀
Today, when Elena Rybakina won the year end championships, with her now-unbanned (“allegedly”) abusive situationship back as her coach, she REFUSED TO TAKE A PHOTO WITH THE WTA CEO 🎾
I don’t think I can be happy for her success!!! I hate that Vukov is back in the picture!!
I don’t think I can be happy for her success!!! I hate that Vukov is back in the picture!!
November 8, 2025 at 8:27 PM
yikes 💀
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Spurs vs United was so rancid that both clubs should refund their supporters and the millions who watched their poor attempt at playing the beautiful game
November 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Spurs vs United was so rancid that both clubs should refund their supporters and the millions who watched their poor attempt at playing the beautiful game
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This is really good writing about using data to communicate, and hits some of the things I don’t like about the ways soccer statistics are created and used
Tennis deserves better than these worthless metrics: defector.com/tennis-deser...
Tennis Deserves Better Than These Worthless Metrics | Defector
Recently, I have been watching a lot of tennis, and thus trying to learn about tennis. This, as it turns out, is very difficult, because tennis is not a sport that wants to teach you about itself. If…
defector.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:36 PM
This is really good writing about using data to communicate, and hits some of the things I don’t like about the ways soccer statistics are created and used
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This has been super gross to witness. Arsenal fans putting Ohio State fans to shame in the “Taking a compliment as an insult and being super toxic about it” department.
I temporarily revived No Grass in the Clouds to write about the strangers on the Internet who are getting mad at the person I'm going to marry about an article I wrote six years ago: nograssintheclouds.substack.com/p/on-set-pie...
On set pieces and staying sane
Last week, I wrote an article about the one slippery-slope of using data in soccer that I’d always worried about: the path where everyone gets good at set pieces at the expense of everything else.
nograssintheclouds.substack.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:08 PM
This has been super gross to witness. Arsenal fans putting Ohio State fans to shame in the “Taking a compliment as an insult and being super toxic about it” department.
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For Awful Announcing, I wrote about how the relentlessness of Saudi Arabia's sports ventures is wearing down critics, with thoughts from a few of them: awfulannouncing.com/orig/saudi-a...
Saudi Arabia's sportswashing campaign has already won
With more sports leagues partnering with Saudi Arabia, its sportswashing campaign to gain mainstream access appears to be a rousing success.
awfulannouncing.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:07 PM
For Awful Announcing, I wrote about how the relentlessness of Saudi Arabia's sports ventures is wearing down critics, with thoughts from a few of them: awfulannouncing.com/orig/saudi-a...
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October 23, 2025 at 5:19 AM
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Welcome new people, here are some soccer analytics and tactics accounts to follow if you're into that
October 15, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Welcome new people, here are some soccer analytics and tactics accounts to follow if you're into that
The Boss 😎🇮🇹
3 - Jasmine Paolini is just the second player to concede three or fewer games en route to victory over Iga Swiatek in a WTA-1000 match, along with her next opponent, Coco Gauff (Madrid 2025). Zone.
#WuhanOpen | @wtatour.bsky.social
#WuhanOpen | @wtatour.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 12:28 PM
The Boss 😎🇮🇹
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Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
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this is really good stuff from @gelliottmorris.com
the core issue is that polling in the subjunctive is dumb. if you ask people to imagine things, people will imagine things
when you ask questions about actual, material acts of political violence, rates of support run incredibly low
the core issue is that polling in the subjunctive is dumb. if you ask people to imagine things, people will imagine things
when you ask questions about actual, material acts of political violence, rates of support run incredibly low
Glad Morris is on this issue. Obviously political violence in our society and the openness to it is a big issue. BUT I do think a lot of these polls, intentionally or not, have a way of amplifying very hypothetical questions. Or from a different perspective ... www.gelliottmorris.com/p/most-polls...
Why most polls overstate support for political violence
Misperceptions about the popularity of violence increase public support for it — but you can help change that.
www.gelliottmorris.com
October 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
this is really good stuff from @gelliottmorris.com
the core issue is that polling in the subjunctive is dumb. if you ask people to imagine things, people will imagine things
when you ask questions about actual, material acts of political violence, rates of support run incredibly low
the core issue is that polling in the subjunctive is dumb. if you ask people to imagine things, people will imagine things
when you ask questions about actual, material acts of political violence, rates of support run incredibly low
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Karolina Muchova, you are not like the other players (complimentary)
September 30, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Karolina Muchova, you are not like the other players (complimentary)
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One of the items in the latest at Bounces was looking at the contrast between how the comedy green room reacted to lucrative Saudi invitations compared to the flaccid response from tennis locker rooms to the same phenomenon.
Feat. @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social:
www.benrothenberg.com/p/china-open...
Feat. @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social:
www.benrothenberg.com/p/china-open...
September 29, 2025 at 6:40 PM
One of the items in the latest at Bounces was looking at the contrast between how the comedy green room reacted to lucrative Saudi invitations compared to the flaccid response from tennis locker rooms to the same phenomenon.
Feat. @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social:
www.benrothenberg.com/p/china-open...
Feat. @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social:
www.benrothenberg.com/p/china-open...
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Tennis pics that go hard
September 26, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Tennis pics that go hard
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Gridlines >>> axes
Almost always, gridlines are better than axes. At least for vertical axes.
I admit, vertical axes are the default option, and they have been around for centuries, so they are very well known. But your typical vertical axis also has some downsides.
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Almost always, gridlines are better than axes. At least for vertical axes.
I admit, vertical axes are the default option, and they have been around for centuries, so they are very well known. But your typical vertical axis also has some downsides.
1/15
September 25, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Gridlines >>> axes
Almost always, gridlines are better than axes. At least for vertical axes.
I admit, vertical axes are the default option, and they have been around for centuries, so they are very well known. But your typical vertical axis also has some downsides.
1/15
Almost always, gridlines are better than axes. At least for vertical axes.
I admit, vertical axes are the default option, and they have been around for centuries, so they are very well known. But your typical vertical axis also has some downsides.
1/15
Playing goal kicks short has usually yielded better returns, but the gap in NP xG difference between short and long GKs might be shrinking in most top 🇪🇺 leagues...except for the PL, where the gap seems to be widening despite an uptick in the % of long GKs, which would buck a very persistent trend
September 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Playing goal kicks short has usually yielded better returns, but the gap in NP xG difference between short and long GKs might be shrinking in most top 🇪🇺 leagues...except for the PL, where the gap seems to be widening despite an uptick in the % of long GKs, which would buck a very persistent trend