Profiles vs positions: Why it matters at Euro 2020
Profiles over natural playing positions seems to be the mantra at
Euro 2020. Why is that the case?
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Scouting at Euro 2020: Embrace data, but use it wisely
The Copernican revolution was when European society accepted Nicolaus Copernicas’ wisdom that the Sun did not revolve around the Earth. The Kuperian revolution was when footballing society accepted Simon Kuper and Stefan Szymanski’s wisdom that transfer policy should not revolve around major tournaments. In their book Soccernomics, Kuper and Szymanski noted that “the worst time…
Inside Twenty3: The Design Team, our secret weapons
We love the Toolbox, and, as you may have noticed, we talk about it quite a lot. But, behind our product and its various virtues is a team of great people. We have an eclectic mix at Twenty3: from engineers to video animators, data scientists to account managers, plus many more. Everyone across the business…
3 potential surprise packages at Euro 2020
There are plenty of big hitters at Euro 2020, but there also a few surprise packages. Here, we take a look at three.
3 under-the-radar talents to look out for at Euro 2020
It may be 12 months late, but Euro 2020 is now just around the corner. Having had an extra year to catch the eye combined with the fact managers are allowed to name even more players in their squads, there’s a glut of stars heading to the first ever European Championships to be played across…
The importance of customisation and brand uniformity
The Twenty3 Toolbox was created for a variety of reasons. For those not familiar with our story, we started life as a fan-facing publisher called Football Whispers. Like many of those in the world of football media, we had access to raw data feeds and it was a bit of a palaver involving multiple people…
The evolution of football data
When Charles Darwin first wrote about evolution, he wrote about the beaks of finches. They had evolved to do different tasks to find food, some to root around finding insects and some to break open nuts. The ideas of evolution and natural adaptation were set in full motion, that different beings will adapt to new…
How the Twenty3 Content Toolbox turns users into experts
It is impossible to be an expert or an authority on every single football player in the world. It is difficult enough to keep abreast of the standout players across the big five European leagues. Yet whenever a transfer occurs, readers and viewers want to be educated on these players. It creates a demand. In…
Introducing Power Reports
804. That is the number of right-backs reportedly assessed by Manchester United before they signed Aaron Wan-Bissaka. The list, of course, would have been whittled down. A detailed analysis would’ve been undertaken on this smaller pool of players before more cuts were made. Eventually, United likely ended up with three or four players who they…
Analysis: How Jadon Sancho has rediscovered his best form for Dortmund
It may be hard to believe, but Jadon Sancho went four months without a Bundesliga goal to kick off his 2020/21 campaign. In fact, the England starlet managed just four assists over an 11-game period and the media started to imply his head had been turned following interest from Manchester United. Since the turn of…