SAFC Analysis (Novocast)

✅ 55 wins for Sunderland ✅ 54 wins for Newcastle The Black Cats take the lead in all-time wins in the Tyne–Wear derby 📈

@luca_repetto_c @northumbriana

What are the effects of large human-capital shocks on innovation? In a new paper, we study how WWI military deaths across British communities affected local invention over the next decades. We find that places that lost more young men became persistently less innovative. (🧵1/11)

For those who miss FBref bars, I made this app as a substitute using data from Opta: scoutlab.streamlit.app You can select the position to compare each player and export the player card using the button at the end of the page.

@lf_p Is the random rooftop greenery and vine sidecladding not just green washing?

A £128 million vision to regenerate an “inaccessible and bleak” corner of Newcastle with new homes, shops, a multi-storey car park, and an urban park on a disused railway yard near Central Station have been submitted. 📍North of Pottery Lane, Forth Goods Yard, Newcastle.

📈📊 Sunderland are seriously overperforming their xG. The underlying numbers suggest the Black Cats should be 19th in the table but in reality, they currently sit 11th. You can find xG tables for all major leagues on FotMob.

xG per shot faced (non-penalty)

@JamesCopley_ He's committed down to the left with his arms stretched Poor pen, but the bit of lift means that it's cleared Darlow's waist and he can't get his right hand back down in time Should save it, but quite unlucky in fairness, not necessarily bad keeping

Poor penalty by Diarra. Not sure how Darlow hasn't saved that! Not complaining! ⚪️ [0-1] 🐈‍⬛ #SAFC | #LEESUN

Undisputable pen #SAFC

PL xG table is absolutely insane.

@NickBuckleyMBE Making football a welcoming place for Black people, Muslims and the LGBTQ+ community isn’t an attack on the working class. Believe it or not, working class people can also be Black, Muslim and gay, or an ally to each. Working class ≠ bigot.

@bethTmufc Here's the top 10 for total and per 90. 🤝

Won't pretend I'm going cold turkey but there are dwindling reasons to remain active here. I would, however, still like to engage with people. And have my work read. To that end - especially if you're interested in football finance - join me on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/cweath…

In the same way we look at teams of 20+ years ago and think: How are they so bad at defending? Some day people will look at football from this era and think: How are they so bad at attacking?

Bale played 110 minutes as a RM pre-2020 Or 0.92% of his total minutes for Spurs before moving to Real Madrid Not having him as a RW unfortunately

This will be Jobe Bellingham’s eighth straight start. He’s also played 90+ minutes in seven of those games. Slowly, slowly, he’s becoming much more important to Niko Kovac. His attacking work is still conservative, but defensively he’s much improved recently, likely as a result of that run.

We are now seeing the inevitable next phase of the uk national discussion of Ratcliffe, with people pretending he is being told he can’t have an opinion. What is irrefutably objectionable is he is literally making up numbers to distort his case.

My favourite player last season

@MichaelPotts_ Still remember when there were rumors of Barcelona interest in his breakthrough Derby season

Will Hughes is just one of those class, understated pros you'd love in your team. No drama, ever, just does his job really nicely. Can't believe he's only 30.

Dan Ballard is made entirely of thigh muscle.

A left back in our top 10... #SAFC