SUBSCRIBE TO MEN IN BLAZERS ON YOUTUBE! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwWgXewMHxlPkP5FkxoZvKQ?sub_confirmation=1 Liverpool's original data analytics wizard, Ian Graham, joins Rog for an in-depth discussion on how Liverpool used data analytics to build a Premier League and Champions League winning team. Ian also discusses the boom in analytics in football and talks about the future of data analytics in the sport and why some teams are still hesitant to embrace it. ----------------------------------------------------- "Running the Game" is a series from Men in Blazers where we speak to the brightest minds working behind-the-scenes at some of the biggest clubs in the world. We go deep on the business of football, boardroom strategy, and culture building to learn all it takes to run an elite football club today. 00:00 - The early days of data/analytics in football 06:50 - early Player Ratings models 13:54 - “I don’t like to watch players until I look at the data” 18:14 - Messi and Arnautović player comp? 20:14 - Squad building through data 23:12 - What the data said about Mo Salah 30:55 - Finding Virgil van Dijk and Alisson 34:42 - What data said about Andy Robertson 40:06 - Transforming Liverpool 42:33 - Enter Arne Slot 48:14 - does Mo and VVD’s new contracts make sense? 50:47 - how clubs can exploit the data 53:18 - the future of data analytics in Premier League 57:52 - how to improve Wrexham #liverpool #ynwa #dataanalytics #datascience #football #premierleague Check out the Men in Blazers Shop: http://shop.meninblazers.com/ Sign up for our newsletters: https://mibcourage.co/newsletters Listen to all our Men in Blazers podcasts: Wondery | https://mibcourage.co/43QaCW3 iTunes | https://apple.co/3oxDKj3 Spotify | https://spoti.fi/3B4eCpe and all major podcasting apps. Connect with us on social Twitter | https://twitter.com/MenInBlazers Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/meninblazers/ Tik Tok | https://www.tiktok.com/@meninblazers Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/MenInBlazers Threads | https://www.threads.net/@meninblazers Rog on Twitter | https://twitter.com/rogbennett Still want to know more about Men in Blazers? Right this way → https://meninblazers.com/