SUBSCRIBE TO MEN IN BLAZERS ON YOUTUBE! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwWgXewMHxlPkP5FkxoZvKQ?sub_confirmation=1 Football Data Guru, Dr. Ian Graham returns to Men in Blazers to go deep on football transfers and how Premier League clubs use data to find the best strikers or defenders in the world. He tells us why transfers "fail" more than 50% of the time, why we should expect a 35% drop in goals for Viktor Gyökeres in the Premier League, and why it's so difficult for the algorithms to identify world-class defenders. ----------------------------------------------------- "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 - Data behind Liverpool’s transfers 05:20 - Does data support Salah’s contract? 08:30 - Comparing Ekitike and Firmino 10:18 - Can data find world-class defenders? 15:34 - Dropoff in Gyökeres stats 19:52 - “Finishing is a noisy business” 22:13 - Son Heung-min, almost a Liverpool player? 24:02 - Man. Utd’s Goalkeeper problem 27:39 - Replacing TOO many starters? 31:02 - Can Thomas Frank save Spurs? 33:49 - 54% of transfers fail 37:18 - Lack of American players? 39:40 - BEST Data clubs in PL? #liverpool #arsenal #dataanalytics #footballanalytics #data #premierleague Check out the Men in Blazers Shop: http://shop.meninblazers.com/ Sign up for our newsletters: https://mibcourage.co/newsletters Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/9dUpP2pHHU 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/