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Modern Fitba

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Modern Fitba's unique view on Scottish football now in podcast form! Discussing advanced stats, tactics, and other innovations in the Scottish game.

07/27/2020

xPodcast Episode 5: Dougie Wright

The Modern Fitba podcast is back! Our episode today is with Modern Fitba co-founder Dougie Wright. Dougie talks about his experience as an analyst at Livingson in the SPFL and Wigan in the English Championship. We discuss how Dougie became interested in football stats, his path to working in football, his experiences with Livingston in the Premiership and how they compare to the EFL. We then go over his thoughts on the recent issues facing Wigan and close the pod talking players he has worked with that have links to the game in Scotland.

46 min
07/23/2020

xPodcast: Ortec's Head Data Scientist Bertus Talsma

In the 4th edition of Modern Fitba's xPodcast, we talk to Ortec Sports' head data scientist Bertus Talsma, covering how he got involved in football analytics, the latest developments in the field and what the future may hold, the importance of good visualisation and how data from football games are actually logged and coded. Jamie Kilday and Christian Wulff also discuss the latest advanced stats to come out from the Scottish Premiership, including xG for team and players, xA and Ball Progression in addition to shot-stopping stats for the league's goalkeepers.

1h 15m
07/23/2020

xPodcast Introduction

Modern Fitba's Expected Podcast hopes to provide insight into advanced statistics and tactics for the SPFL Premiership.

1 min

3 Episodes

Modern Fitba's unique view on Scottish football now in podcast form! Discussing advanced stats, tactics, and other innovations in the Scottish game.

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Modern Fitba
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