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

I think only the Statsbomb model has shot velocity, Opta's doesn't as far as I know

Here's the data for the rest of the top 5 leagues as well

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.

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.

I feel like he still makes way too many unforced errors to think about him contending for slams. You can't gift Alcaraz and especially Sinner so many freebies and expect to have a shot at beating them. He's young, plenty of time to get there but still a long way to go

Is this also maybe due to people eating out / getting takeout more and cooking less at home? No idea if this is true, just a vibe guess

Traveling in Japan right now and making obligatory stops at all the Pokémon Centers

All of them

Elite hatewatch player, truly