My 2 cents on De Bruyne to Napoli:

Excited to see him in Serie A. One of my favorite player less intense and demanding league for a declining player.

Worried for Napoli business = opportunity cost + declining + bad data last season even though still elite with his assisting.

📈 I've spent years developing models to quantify tactical similarities between teams. When applied to Juventus' summer signings under Thiago Motta, the data is revealing:

Douglas Luiz, Nico Gonzalez and €60M Koopmeiners moves under the scope: the-cutback.beehiiv.com/p/team-style...

🚀 New analysis on passing reliability! Who are the most consistent and overperforming passers in football? I used advanced metrics to break it down by position—some surprising names show up!

Check it out here: the-cutback.beehiiv.com/p/measuring-...

🌎🇧🇷 Brazil’s Next Football Stars!

The Brazilian Série A remains one of the best leagues for young talent, and I’ve put together a data-driven breakdown of the most exciting names from last season. Some are already moving. 🚀

Check out my full breakdown here: the-cutback.beehiiv.com/p/brazilian-...

🚨 New Post! 🚨

I've refined my defensive quality model using convex hulls, improving efficiency and interpretability across multiple leagues. 📊

This update makes the metric more repeatable and conceptually sound.

🔍 Read more & see the #PremierLeague ranking: the-cutback.beehiiv.com/p/defensive-...

🚨 New post: Diving Deep: Possession Adjusting Through Convex Hulls

Inspired by @markposts.bsky.social I wanted to explore if there's more correlation between defensive actions and possession from opponents in the players area of responsibility.

Check it out: the-cutback.beehiiv.com/p/diving-dee...

I've tried to make radars more simple to understand for football players evaluation.

Dive into my latest post on using radars to decode player performance! ⚽️📊

#Khusanov #City #ManCity

🔗 the-cutback.beehiiv.com/p/communicat...

Manuel Ugarte vs. Casemiro: A Midfield Upgrade for Manchester United? 🔴⚽

Check out the full breakdown here: the-cutback.beehiiv.com/p/manchester...

#ManUtd #MANU #Manchester #United #Ugarte #Casemiro #PremierLeague

Analyzing Logan Costa's passing reveals some surprising insights into his playstyle at Toulouse. The once Fulham #FFC linked centerbacks now is a Villarreal player.

Full breakdown here: open.substack.com/pub/davidegu....

I’ve successfully - I hope - adapted the improved Pass Sonar tutorial by @thecomeonman (on Twitter) from R to Python. Here’s the result for Todibo, West Ham's new center back.