LGOP: The Spreadsheet Test: Recent Episodes
Felix Pate
Hosted by LGOP founder Felix Pate, the podcast aims to explore the use of advanced data modelling and predictive analytics in the world of football
It's the eve of the Euros! As such, Felix sits down with Todd and Charlie to preview each group, pick the runners and riders to win the tournament, discuss the potential leading players and throw in a few tips along the way
Felix and Charlie join forces to select an England 26 man Euros squad with a twist! They can only pick one player from each of the 20 PL clubs in the 23/24 season, 1 each from the 3 promoted Championship sides, and a player each from 3 foreign clubs of their choosing! Saka or Rice, Foden or Stones, Guehi or Eze?! Listen and find out
Felix is back once again with Todd and Charlie to work their way through another knockout bracket! This time, it's the 64 highest rated players from this season's PL campaign that need to be whittled down to the best of the best
Back again with another ultimate XI! This time, Felix is joined by Charlie and Todd to pick a side with one player from each of the last 11 sides to win the World Cup or European Championships
This week, Felix, Todd and Charlie are back to pick their best teams from the 23 most capped players of 12 of the greatest historical international sides
This week, Felix and Charlie sit down and debate their best team from the Championship this season, using no more than 2 players per club. Summerville or Sargent? Davis or Dewsbury-Hall? Listen and find out to see if you agree with their picks
We're back with another ranking! This time, Felix, Charlie and Todd attempt to whittle down the 64 most valuable PL centre halves via a knockout bracket to decide who comes out on top!
This week, Felix is back with Todd and Charlie for yet another draft! The challenge? Draft the best possible team with a random Europa League quarterfinalist for every selection! Who will come out on top?
This week, Felix, Todd and Charlie are back to build another all star lineup. For their latest selection headache, the mission was simple; one player from each of the last 11 UCL winning sides to build the ultimate Champions League winning juggernaut
We're back with another draft!! Felix is joined by Todd and Charlie as they spin the wheel to receive the clubs from which they must build their best team possible out of those currently sat in the automatic and playoff places of the Championship, League One and League Two. With plenty of drama as the rounds progress, who will come out on top with their lower league knowledge??
Felix is back with Todd and Charlie as they sit down and try put together the best side of players that somehow failed to pick up a PL title in their illustrious careers. With most of the big guns out of the running for this team, who will our selection panel find room for of those who sit just outside the Premier League pantheon?
This week, Felix is back with Charlie and Todd as they discuss the best players in the world right now born in 2003 or later, and attempt to fit them into a cohesive XI! With so many stars to choose from, it's an exciting time to be watching the stars of tomorrow!
Felix is joined by Umer, Todd and Charlie to sit down and try and create an all star Premier League starting lineup, bench and manager with one big catch; each of the 20 clubs can only be used once! Compromises must be reached and debates settled as the ultimate side is selected
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This week, we're back with another draft! Felix is joined by Charlie and Todd as they are assigned random nations who reached the quarter finals of the recent African Cup of Nations and Asian Cup, with the goal being to pick the best team possible! Who will triumph amongst the chaos? Listen and find out
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lgoppodcast
Felix flies solo this week to sit down and talk through every aspect of PELE, our latest and greatest player rating model
After a short hiatus, Felix and the boys are back with the launch of our brand new player rating model, PELE! In its first outing, they take turns picking players from random 2023/24 Champions League knockout teams to see who can build the best side. With a few surprises along the way, the drafts are back in some style!!
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It's a big one this week! Felix is joined by Umer, Todd, Charlie and Sam to sit down and discuss the greatest players to ever grace the pitch. With over 150 years of the beautiful game to distill down into a 22 man squad, there's plenty of debate to be had over legends, icons and global superstars
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lgoppodcast
Back with more rumours for the mill! Felix is joined by Todd, Sam, Charlie and Logan to dissect potential moves this winter for each of the bottom half PL teams as they eye a move up the table come May. Featuring plenty of insight and debate, there is much food for thought for some clubs as they look to bolster their squads
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New year, new players!! Felix is joined by Todd, Sam, Charlie and a returning Logan to dissect potential moves this winter for each of the top half PL teams as they eye a move up the table come may. Featuring plenty of insight and debate, there is much food for thought for some clubs as they look to bolster their squads
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lgoppodcast
It's draft time again1 This week, Felix is joined by Charlie, Umer, Sam and Todd for a festive themed draft picking players to have won the Premier League via random seasons. With a few Christmas twists along the way to spice up the selections, who will prevail in our final episode of 2023??
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This week, Felix is joined by Sam, Umer, Todd and Charlie to debate and deliberate over a current World XI (plus subs) with the caveat that we can only select one player per country! Which nations will be represented in this challenging selection puzzle?
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This week, Felix is joined by Sam, Charlie and Todd to discuss 30 of the best strikers from the last 30 years. They then attempt to rank their top 11, based primarily on their Champions League performances
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Back with another draft, Felix is joined by Charlie, Umer, Sam and Todd to pick their best 2022 World Cup side, by being given a random nation each round! Who will prevail??
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This week, Felix is joined by Sam, Todd and Charlie to debate, discuss and ultimately decide on their best ever Premier League lineup. Who makes yours???
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This week, Felix is joined by Sam and Charlie (with Todd in spirit) as they attempt to rank the best 11 u23 players currently lighting up the Premier League. Starting with a shortlist of the 25 most valuable on Transfermarkt, they whittle it down to the very cream of the crop, with hot takes aplenty!
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Back with another draft, Felix is joined by Charlie, Umer and Todd as they are assigned 11 random years from which to draft their best possible team of players to have appeared in Champions League finals
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This week, Felix is joined by Umer, Charlie and Todd as they debate the best managers currently managing in England's top flight
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Back with another draft, Felix is joined by Sam, Charlie, Umer and Todd as they take turns to pick their best team of players with double digit caps for the England national team. Chaos ensues!
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To celebrate 2 years since England opened their WC campaign by beating Tunisia, we select our best XI's from player's who went to that tournament in Russia
This week the boys pick their best XI's from players born before 1990, using our new peak measurement system
This week, Felix is joined by Umer, Charlie and Todd for another draft, as the foursome take turns to pick their best sides using players to have started on the winning side in a FIFA World Cup final. Modern heroes and long gone legends selected alike in this tightly contested episode
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The lads take turns picking their best XI's from players to have represented the 3 Lions since the World Cup win in July 1966. We apologise for any language used, but we like you to see the raw cuts of these podcasts. Any views stated in the video are not representative of us as a channel, the boy's emotions just get over involved in their eagerness to win the draft
Logan, Adam, Umer, Charlie, Sam and Todd take turns to pick their best XI's from players who have won a Premier League title
Today, the lads wrack their brains to draft the best XI possible from player's whose national teams have qualified for the European Championships
A 9 man draft extravaganza today as the boys take their pick from Europe's top 20 clubs to battle it out and see who can draft the best side.
6 managers1 winnerUmer, Todd, Logan, Charlie, Adam and Oscar draft their best possible Premier League XI's, refereed by Felix. Who would you have picked if you were in their shoes? Let us know in the comments
Back with another draft,Felix is joined by Todd, Charlie, Oscar and Umer as they pick their best PL side using just one player per club and basing their picks on each player's prime!
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In the long awaited return of the LGOP podcast, Felix is joined by Todd, Charlie and Umer as the four of them take on the task of drafting their best XI of current PL stars.
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Felix is back to introduce the new format for The Spreadsheet test, involving lots of numbers and 6 a side teams!
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Website: https://www.lgop.co.uk
Felix, Charlie and Umer get together for the 2nd half of our Euros review, as we go through the teams in Groups D-F, how they performed against our pre tournament expectations, and which players stood out the most
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This week, Felix is joined by Charlie, Umer and Todd to discuss the teams in Groups A-C, how well they performed against our pre-tournament expectations and who the standout players were
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Felix digs into the data of Champions League winners from 2010 to see if there are any patterns in the player quality, playing style and ages of sides in order to try and see how teams might plan to conquer Europe
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Website: https://www.lgop.co.uk/
Felix goes through the games of the opening round of Euro 2020, assessing the results and goalscorers using our PAREJO model
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Website: https://www.lgop.co.uk/
Felix went live on Twitter Spaces to discuss the long awaited Euro 2020 (21?) tournament, going over what it's taken to win the previous 3 tournaments, which teams are looking strong this year, and key players to look out for from every squad
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Felix is joined by special guest, David Bujara. David has worked for clubs such as Crawley, Brentford and Wolves, and in this episode discusses how to get into scouting, dealing with bias, video vs live scouting and his beloved Boro!
David's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Bujara1985
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It's that time! Felix, Logan and Umer get together to debate which 26 England players Gareth Southgate ought to select for this summer's European Championships, before discussing how far they might get
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Website: https://www.lgop.co.uk/
Felix and Logan get together to discuss the 4 sides in the race to join Norwich and Watford in the Premier League next season. From players and tactics to transfers and anecdotes, they eventually pick two semi final winners and a dream final, before briefly touching on League's One and Two
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Website: https://www.lgop.co.uk/
This week, Felix flies solo to discuss the origins of LGOP, what the name means and moving forward, how to look at football through various lenses from an objective and analytical viewpoints to decide if a team or a player really 'looks good on paper'!
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Felix, Charlie and Sam discuss their all time best XI, then compare it to what our PAREJO model thinks on the matter, as well as how each position has evolved and what it takes to become world class in the modern game
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Felix, Todd and Charlie come together to discuss the rich vein of talent to come out of France over the last decade or so, why there are so many opportunities for their young players and how the structure of their youth football compares to England's.
Felix Twitter: https://twitter.com/lgopfelix
Todd: https://twitter.com/00Chow
Charlie: https://twitter.com/jarvis_charlie
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Felix is back with a one-stop shop for the LGOP journey so far. Explanations of all of our metrics past, present and future abound as he plots the progress made up to this point, and what the upcoming ambitions might be. If you have any further queries please do get in touch!
Email: flixpate@me.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lgopfelix
Website: https://www.lgop.co.uk
Felix is joined by cricket analyst Dan Weston, founder of Sports Analytics Advantage and currently working for Leicestershire CCC and Birmingham Phoenix to discuss what our respective sports could learn in their uses of data from one another. We discuss the evolution of evidence-based decision making, how data acceptance is harmed by misuse in the media and even how Dan had to help draft a team for a format of cricket that has never even been played yet!!
Dan's website: http://www.sportsanalyticsadvantage.com/home
Dan's Twitter: https://twitter.com/SAAdvantage
LGOP Website: https://www.lgop.co.uk
The Cricket Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/7uddSH8MhaK3Q6YFlllbVZ?si=UK4Ojjk_S6egYG2laEm6IQ
This week, Felix is joined by Sam, Charlie and Todd for the 2nd classic rebuild episode of our new mini series. We tackle trying to recreate Arsenal's famous 'Invincibles' side using current players, using a mixture of data and anecdotal evidence to reconstruct the only unbeaten team in Premier League history.
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Felix Twitter: https://twitter.com/lgopfelix
Sam: https://twitter.com/BladesLgop
Todd: https://twitter.com/00Chow
Charlie: https://twitter.com/jarvis_charlie
This week, Felix, Charlie, Adam and Sam start the first of a new 'mini-series' where we attempt to use video, anecdotes and of course, our PAREJO model to rebuild classic sides using modern players. This week, it was an attempt to recreate Arrigo Sacchi's legendary Milan side that won back to back European Cups at the end of the 1980s. Using a mixture of closeness in playing style, overall talent and physical build, we come to an XI that we feel best reflects how that side may look in the modern era
Website: https://www.lgop.co.uk
Felix Twitter: https://twitter.com/lgopfelix
Sam: https://twitter.com/BladesLgop
Charlie: https://twitter.com/jarvis_charlie
Adam: https://twitter.com/AdamLgop
Felix is joined by an esteemed guest in former Huddersfield Town chairman, Dean Hoyle. In the interview, they discuss a wide range of topics around the rise and fall of Town under lifelong fan Dean's stewardship, including manager recruitment, playoff nerves, negotiating player bonuses and his sale of the club. LGOP would like to thank Dean hugely for his time and willingness to talk openly about the highs and lows of running a Premier League football club
Price of Football pod: https://open.spotify.com/show/7c7ltYVwnicbVz0uYTXAW5?si=h_2zk8rdQWWdgSC3c42bHA
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lgopfelix
Website: https://www.lgop.co.uk
We have our first ever guest on TST, as Felix welcomes Twitter analyst and FiveYards scout Andy Watson onto the pod. They discuss the rise of the 'fanalyst' on Twitter, growth of fan channels, the 'transfer market for fans' and of course, the XI Rovers players that Andy thinks 'look good on paper'!!
Andy's Twitter: https://twitter.com/andywatsonsport
How to get started with Analytics: https://twitter.com/andywatsonsport/status/1356887482776879105?s=20
Rovers Chat: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjnsgcD29FuvWKmlbrionJA
FiveYards: fiveyards.co.uk
Bees Analytica fan list: https://twitter.com/BeesAnalytica/status/1339266997167730690?s=20
Felix is joined by Charlie, Umer and Adam to discuss the best under 23 players from the Premier League season so far, as they look to build the most balanced XI of them possible
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Today, Felix explores Sven's tenure as England gaffer, why his selections may not have worked out, and some alternative options that both offered balance and allowed the players at his disposal to flourish
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In this episode, Felix uses our match simulation engine and adjusted metrics (not to mention his very basic data visualisation skills!) to talk through how our model sees each of the 8 ties panning out.
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In today's episode, Felix discusses the 10 current top scorers in the EFL championship, and discusses their seasons at both the individual and team level.
Today, Felix goes down the Premier League alphabetically from Liverpool to Wolves, discussing one player from each side using our models and metrics
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In the first edition of our brand new series, Felix breaks down a player from each club from Arsenal to Leicester, using our model and metrics to discuss their future growth.
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