Potterlytics

*Defunct* Purveyor of such “inaccurate” data as ‘Pèlach isn’t doing well’ and ‘Don’t sack the manager 5 games into a season’. Run by @GWeaver96

[Potterlytics @potterlytics]

"The entirety of Stoke City's plan for the club hinges on a Fear of Missing Out.
There's no issue with learning from what successful clubs are doing, but it's never done with a depth of understanding of why those ideas are working at those clubs."

https://t.co/PW8y7zzP1f

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"The entirety of Stoke City's plan for the club hinges on a Fear of Missing Out.
There's no issue with learning from what successful clubs are doing, but it's never done with a depth of understanding of why those ideas are working at those clubs."

https://t.co/PW8y7zzP1f

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Forgive me one last untethered, weirdly nonsensical and completely unstructured rant.

Thank you all, again ❤️

More Like Gone-erlytics, Am I Right?
https://t.co/DMC7gVLRvx

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"In Mark Robins' time as manager, he's reduced the number of shots Stoke concede per game from 16.7 to 12.1. The xG conceded per game has reduced from 1.61 to 1.09. The number of 'big chances' (>0.2xG) conceded per game has gone down from 1.94 to 1.26."

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Is Mark Robins improving Stoke?

Two graphs to preview the upcoming article below.

Red means more defensive actions (tackles/interceptions/blocks etc.) than league average for that zone, blue means fewer than league average.

My last article, coming tonight...

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A second preview plot for what's in store.

15 games into Mark Robins' reign, only the last 3 of Pélach and the 2 Shawcross games are keeping us in the red in underlying numbers.

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@lewisadams191 😂😂

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@greenhoff1972 Watch this space 😄

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Thank you all for everything, it's been a blast.

Goarrrrrn Stoke🔴⚪️❤️

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🔴Comunicado oficial⚪️

I'm afraid to say the Potterlytics blog & social media will soon be put into an indefinite hibernation.
I've been offered the chance to pursue a new, amazing role in football, & I'm so excited to get started!

One last blog coming in the next few days 🥹🥲

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It has been an absolute joy to cover Stoke's data and analysis on here for the last 2 and a half years. Hopefully I've helped bring an understanding of football data/analysis to a few more Stoke fans than before I started, and hopefully someone fills in this niche when I leave! >

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@Dave50525946 @_lg_1972 I think the fact we’ve had so many in various roles be ‘not very good’ in the transfer market is precisely why we’re badly run.
We’ve chosen 15million different directions, & only once have we stayed with it for > a season before yanking the entire club in the opposite direction.

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It consistently upsets me to hear that Stoke's only plan for working under PSR is 'it won't be around forever'.

They're not going to remove all constraints, & I have no confidence at all that we'll learn how to work under whatever comes next. 'We need to be clever' isn't a plan.

[Stoke City Live @StokeCityLive]

Stoke City's FFP situation, why they couldn't sign Tom Cannon and light at end of tunnel
https://t.co/j4zvKifIR7

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@Dave50525946 @_lg_1972 I don’t think literally every good thing we’ve done has been luck, but I refuse to accept we’re a well-run club that’s been unlucky. Making the same mistakes over and over and over again and getting bad results isn’t ‘unlucky’

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@Dave50525946 @_lg_1972 I said this at the time in fairness! we’ve made some great signings, & summer of 2023 wasn’t entirely bad -if a bit overspend-y -we then spent another £1.5m on a striker while loaning out a £3m one among other mistakes last summer & sacked 2 managers. We’ve not just been unlucky.

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@Dave50525946 Our definition of 'as much as we possibly can' leaves almost no headroom for the following seasons, after spending it all in 1 window doesn't immediately make us world-beaters
We're a club based on 'it'll be fine, this will work' with no planning for the future if it doesn't work