adexkola
Doesn't understand sportswashing.
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Agree with you on all points.The lack of transparency in their method is disappointing. Still, the inner workings of models like this tend to include IP valued by companies as being worth million of pounds. Being deliberately obtuse and protective of the actual formulas and metrics that produce outcomes like this mirrors all of my experiences with private sector 'big data's companies thus far.
It's a shame it didn't come from a university or some PHD project as I quite enjoy drilling down into the nuts and bolts of how they arrived at their outcome.
Nevertheless, their final table is pretty close to what I would predict if I was basing it on the squads as of today - city and Liverpool as the top two, Spuds third with United, Chelsea and Arsenal in some order rounding out the top 6.
For sure, proprietary methods need to be protected. However there is a middle ground where you can explain general techniques used, and demonstrate valuable insight, without giving away the secret sauce. The table shown is a general jerk off, complete with the buzz words "big data", "predictive analytics" thrown in. The only way this has value is if it is accurate with regards to the values and positions predicted, and I'll bet that it will be off considerably. Then what is the point?
no worries.Probably should have put some sort of stats abuse trigger warning in there when I shared the link. Apologies for the oversight.