The Red Shadow: Recent Episodes
With Abdel Rahman
This podcast is about Premier league football, mainly Manchester United football club, in an analytical lens and a tactical sense. There will be other general topics and teams discussed with professional guests and fans from different countries and leagues. Hope you enjoy it. Follow Abdel on Twitter: @abdelbeheri
Abdel is joined by James Yorke (@jair1970), a manager at Statsbomb Analytics, on the fourth episode of the Red Shadow podcast. They discussed the role of data analytics at football clubs in the modern day. They explained a couple of useful metrics like xG, xGA and xG differential and its inferences about team performances on the short and long term. They also discussed Game-states & its effect of team behaviour. Furthermore, they looked at the intangibles of player development and growth as a new frontier that analytics is exploring.
Abdel is joined by Ninad Barbadikar (@NinadB_06) on the third episode of the Red Shadow podcast. They discussed United’s game va Villa, the performances and concerns. The issues with the creation, connection between forwards, and balance. They also discussed United’s tactical short coming and Ole’s issues.
Abdel is joined by Pauly Kwestel (@pkwestel) on the second episode of the Red Shadow podcast. They discussed the latest United outing, the pros and cons of the performance, how effective are low blocks vs United, the midfield combinations, Ole’s pro activity in games or lack thereof and substitution patterns.
Abdel is joined by Jamie Scott (@JamiescottUV) on the first episode of the Red Shadow podcast. They discussed United’s summer signings, the midfield imbalances, Donny’s place, Buildup & tactics and assessed the manager and coaches.