Cannon IQ
@cannoniq.bsky.social
Full time Risk Quant, part time Football Fanalyst, lifetime gunner #afc
https://cannoniq.substack.com/
https://cannoniq.substack.com/
Serious hoopers here boy
August 29, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Serious hoopers here boy
Arsenal’s left-back lottery spins again 🎟️
Kiwior out, Calafiori inside… could Piero Hincapié be the winning ticket?
📊 Full data dive here: cannoniq.substack.com/p/piero-hinc...
Kiwior out, Calafiori inside… could Piero Hincapié be the winning ticket?
📊 Full data dive here: cannoniq.substack.com/p/piero-hinc...
August 29, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Arsenal’s left-back lottery spins again 🎟️
Kiwior out, Calafiori inside… could Piero Hincapié be the winning ticket?
📊 Full data dive here: cannoniq.substack.com/p/piero-hinc...
Kiwior out, Calafiori inside… could Piero Hincapié be the winning ticket?
📊 Full data dive here: cannoniq.substack.com/p/piero-hinc...
Frankfurt have quietly snatched Dortmund’s chain for flipping players for huge profit
+ Ekitike they’ll be €500m in the green in last 5 years
They even won a Europa league 3 years ago
Markus Krösche is doing a great job
+ Ekitike they’ll be €500m in the green in last 5 years
They even won a Europa league 3 years ago
Markus Krösche is doing a great job
July 20, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Frankfurt have quietly snatched Dortmund’s chain for flipping players for huge profit
+ Ekitike they’ll be €500m in the green in last 5 years
They even won a Europa league 3 years ago
Markus Krösche is doing a great job
+ Ekitike they’ll be €500m in the green in last 5 years
They even won a Europa league 3 years ago
Markus Krösche is doing a great job
🚨New Post
Few words on Simons vs Eze
Still prefer Eze but Simons numbers are hard to ignore
cannoniq.substack.com/p/quick-data...
Few words on Simons vs Eze
Still prefer Eze but Simons numbers are hard to ignore
cannoniq.substack.com/p/quick-data...
July 20, 2025 at 11:12 AM
🚨New Post
Few words on Simons vs Eze
Still prefer Eze but Simons numbers are hard to ignore
cannoniq.substack.com/p/quick-data...
Few words on Simons vs Eze
Still prefer Eze but Simons numbers are hard to ignore
cannoniq.substack.com/p/quick-data...
New post 🚨
He’s here and he’s taking the #14
Walk with me while I’ll rationalise this move to you
substack.com/@steveaq94/n...
He’s here and he’s taking the #14
Walk with me while I’ll rationalise this move to you
substack.com/@steveaq94/n...
July 10, 2025 at 9:54 PM
New post 🚨
He’s here and he’s taking the #14
Walk with me while I’ll rationalise this move to you
substack.com/@steveaq94/n...
He’s here and he’s taking the #14
Walk with me while I’ll rationalise this move to you
substack.com/@steveaq94/n...
🚨 New post: Five Questions About Viktor Gyökeres That Arsenal Fans Need to Stop Asking
Arsenal fans, stop asking if he’s worth the gamble.
He creates space, bullies defenders, and fits Arteta’s system more than you think.
substack.com/@steveaq94/n...
Arsenal fans, stop asking if he’s worth the gamble.
He creates space, bullies defenders, and fits Arteta’s system more than you think.
substack.com/@steveaq94/n...
July 8, 2025 at 8:49 AM
🚨 New post: Five Questions About Viktor Gyökeres That Arsenal Fans Need to Stop Asking
Arsenal fans, stop asking if he’s worth the gamble.
He creates space, bullies defenders, and fits Arteta’s system more than you think.
substack.com/@steveaq94/n...
Arsenal fans, stop asking if he’s worth the gamble.
He creates space, bullies defenders, and fits Arteta’s system more than you think.
substack.com/@steveaq94/n...
New OGC Nice top is a work of art.
July 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
New OGC Nice top is a work of art.
Call me insane, I don’t know why I feel we’re going to transition to a back 3 next season.
Eze for me is an interior and whatever you say about installments c.£70m is a mental outlay for a depth player even if he’s the 12th man.
If we are going for 3 fwds…
Thoughts? @arsenalvisionpodcast.com
Eze for me is an interior and whatever you say about installments c.£70m is a mental outlay for a depth player even if he’s the 12th man.
If we are going for 3 fwds…
Thoughts? @arsenalvisionpodcast.com
July 1, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Call me insane, I don’t know why I feel we’re going to transition to a back 3 next season.
Eze for me is an interior and whatever you say about installments c.£70m is a mental outlay for a depth player even if he’s the 12th man.
If we are going for 3 fwds…
Thoughts? @arsenalvisionpodcast.com
Eze for me is an interior and whatever you say about installments c.£70m is a mental outlay for a depth player even if he’s the 12th man.
If we are going for 3 fwds…
Thoughts? @arsenalvisionpodcast.com
📊Two quick charts from my end-of-season model audit:
🔵 Wages ≠ Results: Brighton, Brentford & Bournemouth massively overperforming
🔴 Goals → Points: 1.13 points per goal, R² = 0.80
Data from FBRef & Capology | 2024/25
#PremierLeague #DataViz #EPL
🔵 Wages ≠ Results: Brighton, Brentford & Bournemouth massively overperforming
🔴 Goals → Points: 1.13 points per goal, R² = 0.80
Data from FBRef & Capology | 2024/25
#PremierLeague #DataViz #EPL
June 30, 2025 at 4:12 PM
📊Two quick charts from my end-of-season model audit:
🔵 Wages ≠ Results: Brighton, Brentford & Bournemouth massively overperforming
🔴 Goals → Points: 1.13 points per goal, R² = 0.80
Data from FBRef & Capology | 2024/25
#PremierLeague #DataViz #EPL
🔵 Wages ≠ Results: Brighton, Brentford & Bournemouth massively overperforming
🔴 Goals → Points: 1.13 points per goal, R² = 0.80
Data from FBRef & Capology | 2024/25
#PremierLeague #DataViz #EPL
💷 The Premier League’s wage dominance is staggering. Once you visualise it, the case for a Super League (for continental clubs, anyway) starts to make uncomfortable sense.
🧵 Read the full piece here:
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/cannoniq...
#PremierLeague #FootballFinance #SuperLeague #Arsenal
🧵 Read the full piece here:
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/cannoniq...
#PremierLeague #FootballFinance #SuperLeague #Arsenal
June 30, 2025 at 10:06 AM
💷 The Premier League’s wage dominance is staggering. Once you visualise it, the case for a Super League (for continental clubs, anyway) starts to make uncomfortable sense.
🧵 Read the full piece here:
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/cannoniq...
#PremierLeague #FootballFinance #SuperLeague #Arsenal
🧵 Read the full piece here:
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/cannoniq...
#PremierLeague #FootballFinance #SuperLeague #Arsenal
Me and another 4 guys in my 11 aside league turning up with Pogba Monaco tops in August
June 29, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Me and another 4 guys in my 11 aside league turning up with Pogba Monaco tops in August
🚨 New ML DoF Post!
Finding Arsenal a Versatile Centre Back with Principal Component Analysis to scout CBs who can tackle, pass, and cover ground.
Crunching numbers to find who's crunching tackles.
open.substack.com/pub/cannoniq...
#AFC #Arsenal #DataViz #MachineLearning
Finding Arsenal a Versatile Centre Back with Principal Component Analysis to scout CBs who can tackle, pass, and cover ground.
Crunching numbers to find who's crunching tackles.
open.substack.com/pub/cannoniq...
#AFC #Arsenal #DataViz #MachineLearning
June 28, 2025 at 11:38 PM
🚨 New ML DoF Post!
Finding Arsenal a Versatile Centre Back with Principal Component Analysis to scout CBs who can tackle, pass, and cover ground.
Crunching numbers to find who's crunching tackles.
open.substack.com/pub/cannoniq...
#AFC #Arsenal #DataViz #MachineLearning
Finding Arsenal a Versatile Centre Back with Principal Component Analysis to scout CBs who can tackle, pass, and cover ground.
Crunching numbers to find who's crunching tackles.
open.substack.com/pub/cannoniq...
#AFC #Arsenal #DataViz #MachineLearning
🚨 New Post: Striker Wars 🇸🇪🇸🇮🇮🇹🇸🇪
Isak is the pipe dream
Gyökeres is the bagman
Retegui is the model's pick
Šeško is the future
But who really fits Arsenal best?
Full data viz, ML models, and striker brainrot👇
🔗 cannoniq.substack.com/p/striker-wa...
#AFC #Arsenal #DataViz
Isak is the pipe dream
Gyökeres is the bagman
Retegui is the model's pick
Šeško is the future
But who really fits Arsenal best?
Full data viz, ML models, and striker brainrot👇
🔗 cannoniq.substack.com/p/striker-wa...
#AFC #Arsenal #DataViz
June 28, 2025 at 4:55 AM
🚨 New Post: Striker Wars 🇸🇪🇸🇮🇮🇹🇸🇪
Isak is the pipe dream
Gyökeres is the bagman
Retegui is the model's pick
Šeško is the future
But who really fits Arsenal best?
Full data viz, ML models, and striker brainrot👇
🔗 cannoniq.substack.com/p/striker-wa...
#AFC #Arsenal #DataViz
Isak is the pipe dream
Gyökeres is the bagman
Retegui is the model's pick
Šeško is the future
But who really fits Arsenal best?
Full data viz, ML models, and striker brainrot👇
🔗 cannoniq.substack.com/p/striker-wa...
#AFC #Arsenal #DataViz
I can't lie, I don't know what to make of this Isak chart, looking like a flat-track bully...
But the volume of goals speaks for itself, dare I say he might be a tad overhyped.
But the volume of goals speaks for itself, dare I say he might be a tad overhyped.
June 27, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I can't lie, I don't know what to make of this Isak chart, looking like a flat-track bully...
But the volume of goals speaks for itself, dare I say he might be a tad overhyped.
But the volume of goals speaks for itself, dare I say he might be a tad overhyped.
New viz drop 🚨
Attacking dashboards for Šeško, Retegui, Ekitike & Watkins.
💥 Per 90 by opponent strength
📈 Cumulative vs xG/xAG
🎯 Context > raw output
FBREF data, Python-built.
More soon.
#xG #DataViz #FootballAnalytics #PitchIQ
Attacking dashboards for Šeško, Retegui, Ekitike & Watkins.
💥 Per 90 by opponent strength
📈 Cumulative vs xG/xAG
🎯 Context > raw output
FBREF data, Python-built.
More soon.
#xG #DataViz #FootballAnalytics #PitchIQ
June 27, 2025 at 9:24 PM
New viz drop 🚨
Attacking dashboards for Šeško, Retegui, Ekitike & Watkins.
💥 Per 90 by opponent strength
📈 Cumulative vs xG/xAG
🎯 Context > raw output
FBREF data, Python-built.
More soon.
#xG #DataViz #FootballAnalytics #PitchIQ
Attacking dashboards for Šeško, Retegui, Ekitike & Watkins.
💥 Per 90 by opponent strength
📈 Cumulative vs xG/xAG
🎯 Context > raw output
FBREF data, Python-built.
More soon.
#xG #DataViz #FootballAnalytics #PitchIQ
🔍 Also some similar players:
June 26, 2025 at 11:35 PM
🔍 Also some similar players:
🚨 Eze to Arsenal rumours heating up 👀🔴
Had a look at the data across roles and comps and… yeah, there’s something there. One of the few profiles that can wriggle through a low block and create with chaos ⚡️🎨
#AFC #Eze #Arsenal #Transfers
📸👇
Had a look at the data across roles and comps and… yeah, there’s something there. One of the few profiles that can wriggle through a low block and create with chaos ⚡️🎨
#AFC #Eze #Arsenal #Transfers
📸👇
June 26, 2025 at 11:35 PM
🚨 Eze to Arsenal rumours heating up 👀🔴
Had a look at the data across roles and comps and… yeah, there’s something there. One of the few profiles that can wriggle through a low block and create with chaos ⚡️🎨
#AFC #Eze #Arsenal #Transfers
📸👇
Had a look at the data across roles and comps and… yeah, there’s something there. One of the few profiles that can wriggle through a low block and create with chaos ⚡️🎨
#AFC #Eze #Arsenal #Transfers
📸👇
📰 With Cristian Mosquera potentially coming in, I’ve been playing with ways to visualise his profile
📊 These radar and KDE templates are inspired by @cannonstats.com , whose work helped spark Pitch IQ.
🧱 Classic CB template
🎯 Deep-Lying CM template
📉 KDE-style Defender Breakdown
📊 These radar and KDE templates are inspired by @cannonstats.com , whose work helped spark Pitch IQ.
🧱 Classic CB template
🎯 Deep-Lying CM template
📉 KDE-style Defender Breakdown
June 26, 2025 at 11:17 PM
📰 With Cristian Mosquera potentially coming in, I’ve been playing with ways to visualise his profile
📊 These radar and KDE templates are inspired by @cannonstats.com , whose work helped spark Pitch IQ.
🧱 Classic CB template
🎯 Deep-Lying CM template
📉 KDE-style Defender Breakdown
📊 These radar and KDE templates are inspired by @cannonstats.com , whose work helped spark Pitch IQ.
🧱 Classic CB template
🎯 Deep-Lying CM template
📉 KDE-style Defender Breakdown
🚨 Arsenal are moving quick this summer and I’ve got way too much sitting in the drafts
Zubimendi x Rice Pivot: Was This the Plan All Along?
What looked like a midfield overload might’ve been the control blueprint all along.
📖 open.substack.com/pub/cannoniq...
📊 + radars, heatmaps
Zubimendi x Rice Pivot: Was This the Plan All Along?
What looked like a midfield overload might’ve been the control blueprint all along.
📖 open.substack.com/pub/cannoniq...
📊 + radars, heatmaps
June 26, 2025 at 12:55 PM
🚨 Arsenal are moving quick this summer and I’ve got way too much sitting in the drafts
Zubimendi x Rice Pivot: Was This the Plan All Along?
What looked like a midfield overload might’ve been the control blueprint all along.
📖 open.substack.com/pub/cannoniq...
📊 + radars, heatmaps
Zubimendi x Rice Pivot: Was This the Plan All Along?
What looked like a midfield overload might’ve been the control blueprint all along.
📖 open.substack.com/pub/cannoniq...
📊 + radars, heatmaps
Was digging into overlapping fullbacks who could raise the level, not all are natural left-backs
Some really interesting names in here. Ceiling raisers galore. 📈
📊 PIQ Dynamic LB Model | Scores based on carrying, duels, crossing, and recovery
🧠 Inspired by roles, not just positions
Some really interesting names in here. Ceiling raisers galore. 📈
📊 PIQ Dynamic LB Model | Scores based on carrying, duels, crossing, and recovery
🧠 Inspired by roles, not just positions
June 26, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Was digging into overlapping fullbacks who could raise the level, not all are natural left-backs
Some really interesting names in here. Ceiling raisers galore. 📈
📊 PIQ Dynamic LB Model | Scores based on carrying, duels, crossing, and recovery
🧠 Inspired by roles, not just positions
Some really interesting names in here. Ceiling raisers galore. 📈
📊 PIQ Dynamic LB Model | Scores based on carrying, duels, crossing, and recovery
🧠 Inspired by roles, not just positions