'Are you the new Bill James? MCFC will give you data worth thousands to find out'
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* GAVIN FLEIG is the head of performance analysis at the reigning Premier League champions, Manchester City. He heads up a full-time performance analysis staff of 10 people at City alone, with six focussing on developing players and four on first-team analytics. With ‘soccermetrics’ analysis still in its infancy, City are about the launch a ground-breaking project to take the subject well and truly mainstream. By making public vast reams of data - worth tens of thousands of pounds but given away free from Friday - Fleig and the analysts at City hope to take football's understanding of this subject to a new level, and perhaps unearth the next Bill James. And rewards are on offer, as Fleig explains.
'Are you the new Bill James? MCFC will give you data worth thousands to find out'
'Are you the new Bill James? MCFC will give…
'Are you the new Bill James? MCFC will give you data worth thousands to find out'
* GAVIN FLEIG is the head of performance analysis at the reigning Premier League champions, Manchester City. He heads up a full-time performance analysis staff of 10 people at City alone, with six focussing on developing players and four on first-team analytics. With ‘soccermetrics’ analysis still in its infancy, City are about the launch a ground-breaking project to take the subject well and truly mainstream. By making public vast reams of data - worth tens of thousands of pounds but given away free from Friday - Fleig and the analysts at City hope to take football's understanding of this subject to a new level, and perhaps unearth the next Bill James. And rewards are on offer, as Fleig explains.