Tactics, Data and Football Analysis - Carlon Carpenter #97This video is sponsored by In-Play Online! Tag and analyse your sports videos like the professionals. All from just £10/month!Check it out here: https://in-playsports.com/software/individuals Use code YOUTUBE for an extra 10% discount!◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️

Carlon Carpenter is currently the lead performance analyst at Manchester United Women in the WSL, and before that he was over in the MLS with Houston Dynamo.

Carlon is one of many analysts that initially started posting work online which helped to build his profile and create opportunities. He is a very accomplished analyst who is able to blend data and video together to effectively to influence a teams performance.

Timestamps

0:00 - Introduction

2:53 - Carlon joins and gives background

5:20 - Blending both video and data

15:16 - Differences between analysis in the UK and the US

20:52 - Opportunities for analysts in the US, MLS structure

27:51 - Posting online and creating a portfolio of work

37:22 - Expected threat & accessing data (FBref)

42:40 - The Association of Professional Football Analysis (APFA)

45:57 - Working at Houston Dynamo

51:06 - Joining Manchester Utd Women

55:42 - Utilising data with players

1:01:09 - Opposition analysis

1:06:25 - Tactical trends

1:11:06 - Niche analysis roles, be a generalist or specialist?

1:13:42 - Looking ahead in the field of analysis

1:16:03 - Books, running, wrap upRelated Episodes

John Elsenbast (Seattle Sounders): https://youtu.be/FdJEjKuc3Ic

Dan Miller (FC Dallas): https://youtu.be/QazMX8y6Lxg

Sara Rudd (Football Data): https://youtu.be/oDMbRuYEEQc

Craig Innes (Tracking Data): https://youtu.be/sGE2oaM-2rA

Sammy Lander (Substitution Coach): https://youtu.be/rCEU5t7ar4I

Check out the APFA Jobs in Analysis 2026 event: https://apfa.io/event/jobs-in-analysis-2026/?affiliate_id=16

Check out the blog Carlon did on different run types: https://medium.com/@carlon.carpenter/evaluating-movement-types-quality-in-the-final-third-00357b700efe◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️CONNECT WITH ME🌎 Website: https://www.chris-gill.com 👨🏼‍💻 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisgilluk/ 🎙️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ZocCdjxjdVJZjO4UNNNew 🆇 X/Twitter: https://x.com/chrisgill_UK FREE RESOURCES📋 Football CV Template – https://cvtemplate.chris-gill.com/download📝 Cover Letter Template - https://coverletter.chris-gill.com/download📚 Ultimate list of sports analysis/coaching books - https://books.chris-gill.com/downloadPAID RESOURCES🐍 Learn PYTHON for football analysis – https://courses.mckayjohns.com/courses/football-analytics-course?ref=3f7c5c⚽️ Football Analysis Education (Gill10 for 10% off) – https://apfa.io/course/ref/chrisgill_UK/ 📊 Become a data analyst with Data Camp: https://datacamp.pxf.io/WqBZGA◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️Music from #InAudio: https://inaudio.org/ Track Name: Killers In The Jungle

Do you REALLY need a portfolio to work in football? - #96This video is sponsored by In-Play Online! Tag and analyse your sports videos like the professionals. All from just £10/month!Check it out here: https://in-playsports.com/software/individuals Use code YOUTUBE for an extra 10% discount!◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️Many people that work in football got there on the back of creating (and sharing) a portfolio of work.In this episode I speak about whether this is necessary and try to cover both sides of the debate. As usual, we also cover some current roles in the industry.◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️CONNECT WITH ME🌎 Website: https://www.chris-gill.com 👨🏼‍💻 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisgilluk/ 🎙️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ZocCdjxjdVJZjO4UNNNew 🆇 X/Twitter: https://x.com/chrisgill_UK FREE RESOURCES📋 Football CV Template – https://cvtemplate.chris-gill.com/download📝 Cover Letter Template - https://coverletter.chris-gill.com/download📚 Ultimate list of sports analysis/coaching books - https://books.chris-gill.com/downloadPAID RESOURCES🐍 Learn PYTHON for football analysis – https://courses.mckayjohns.com/courses/football-analytics-course?ref=3f7c5c⚽️ Football Analysis Education (Gill10 for 10% off) – https://apfa.io/course/ref/chrisgill_UK/ 📊 Become a data analyst with Data Camp: https://datacamp.pxf.io/WqBZGA◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️Music from #InAudio: https://inaudio.org/ Track Name: Killers In The Jungle

Data, opposition analysis and leading a football department - Mathew Pearson #95This video is sponsored by In-Play Online! Tag and analyse your sports videos like the professionals. All from just £10/month!Check it out here: https://in-playsports.com/software/individuals Use code YOUTUBE for an extra 10% discount!◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️Mathew Pearson is currently head of performance analysis at Saudi Pro League club, Al Qadsiah FC. Before that, he spent over 8 years in the Premier League with Wolverhampton Wanderers, as well as another period of time working in the Middle East with Aspire Academy.Mat has extensive experience in first team analysis, opposition scouting and leading and curating and leading a department.0:00 - Introduction2:51 - Mat joins and gives some background10:15 - The role of the coach analyst17:56 - What new analysts should be thinking about22:07 - Initially moving to Qatar to join Aspire Academy26:48 - Joining Wolverhampton Wanderers 31:00 - Differences between working in academy and first team37:56 - Opposition analysis42:20 - Data, and Mat's focus leading the department at Wolves46:12 - Defining playing styles with data52:10 - Leadership and team culture57:25 - Back to the Middle East to join Al Qadsiah FC1:06:08 - More advice for newer analysts1:11:18 - Books recommendations, wrap up◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️CONNECT WITH ME🌎 Website: https://www.chris-gill.com 👨🏼‍💻 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisgilluk/ 🎙️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ZocCdjxjdVJZjO4UNNNew 🆇 X/Twitter: https://x.com/chrisgill_UK FREE RESOURCES📋 Football CV Template – https://cvtemplate.chris-gill.com/download📝 Cover Letter Template - https://coverletter.chris-gill.com/download📚 Ultimate list of sports analysis/coaching books - https://books.chris-gill.com/downloadPAID RESOURCES🐍 Learn PYTHON for football analysis – https://courses.mckayjohns.com/courses/football-analytics-course?ref=3f7c5c⚽️ Football Analysis Education (Gill10 for 10% off) – https://apfa.io/course/ref/chrisgill_UK/ 📊 Become a data analyst with Data Camp: https://datacamp.pxf.io/WqBZGA◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️Music from #InAudio: https://inaudio.org/ Track Name: Killers In The Jungle

Is this the end of FREE football data? - #94This video is sponsored by In-Play Online! Tag and analyse your sports videos like the professionals. All from just £10/month!Check it out here: https://in-playsports.com/software/individuals Use code YOUTUBE for an extra 10% discount!◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️This week saw a very heavily discussed announcement in the football analytics space, specifically around access to free advanced football data.In this episode I cover some thoughts on that, a new 'analysis hub' and the usual recap of current jobs in the analysis/scouting space.Check out the APFA online webinar that I mentioned: https://apfa.io/event/jobs-in-analysis-2026/?affiliate_id=16◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️CONNECT WITH ME🌎 Website: https://www.chris-gill.com 👨🏼‍💻 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisgilluk/ 🎙️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ZocCdjxjdVJZjO4UNNNew 🆇 X/Twitter: https://x.com/chrisgill_UK FREE RESOURCES📋 Football CV Template – https://cvtemplate.chris-gill.com/download📝 Cover Letter Template - https://coverletter.chris-gill.com/download📚 Ultimate list of sports analysis/coaching books - https://books.chris-gill.com/downloadPAID RESOURCES🐍 Learn PYTHON for football analysis – https://courses.mckayjohns.com/courses/football-analytics-course?ref=3f7c5c⚽️ Football Analysis Education (Gill10 for 10% off) – https://apfa.io/course/ref/chrisgill_UK/ 📊 Become a data analyst with Data Camp: https://datacamp.pxf.io/WqBZGA◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️Music from #InAudio: https://inaudio.org/ Track Name: Killers In The Jungle

Director of FOOTBALL at Rotherham Utd FC - Robert Scott #93This video is sponsored by In-Play Online! Tag and analyse your sports videos like the professionals. All from just £10/month!Check it out here: https://in-playsports.com/software/individuals Use code YOUTUBE for an extra 10% discount!◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️Robert Scott is currently the Director of Football at EFL club, Rotherham United. Overall, he has been involved in professional football for over 30 years, first as a player, and also as a manager, scout and head of recruitment.Robert gives us an insight into his role, and gives some great advice for people looking to get started in scouting.Thanks for watching 👌🏼0:00 - Introduction2:37 - Rob joins and gives overview

6:33 - Scouting at Brentford FC with no academy

11:56 - Moving to Watford FC as a scout

16:48 - Advice for new scouts (networking, courses, extra skills)

30:57 - Taking skills from other jobs into DoF role

34:53 - Recruiting a head coach

37:14 - Working relationships that Rob has as DoF

41:27 - Budgets within different leagues

44:33 - Rob's responsibilities other than recruitment

50:00 - An average week for Rob

53:18 - Loan deals

58:21 - Using data for player recruitment

1:04:59 - Academy players

1:09:27 - Spending rules in the EFLRelated EpisodesPaul Jenkins (Director of Football): https://youtu.be/SAFP2xdJldY Joe Savage (Sporting Director): https://youtu.be/I3wLt_wFvpY Rudy Gestede (Football Operations): https://youtu.be/EUwSB7zVfCQ Sam Radford (Data Scout): https://youtu.be/vPk8juQW-uo ◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️CONNECT WITH ME🌎 Website: https://www.chris-gill.com 👨🏼‍💻 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisgilluk/ 🎙️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ZocCdjxjdVJZjO4UNNNew 🆇 X/Twitter: https://x.com/chrisgill_UK FREE RESOURCES📋 Football CV Template – https://cvtemplate.chris-gill.com/download📝 Cover Letter Template - https://coverletter.chris-gill.com/download📚 Ultimate list of sports analysis/coaching books - https://books.chris-gill.com/downloadPAID RESOURCES🐍 Learn PYTHON for football analysis – https://courses.mckayjohns.com/courses/football-analytics-course?ref=3f7c5c⚽️ Football Analysis Education (Gill10 for 10% off) – https://apfa.io/course/ref/chrisgill_UK/ 📊 Become a data analyst with Data Camp: https://datacamp.pxf.io/WqBZGA◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️Music from #InAudio: https://inaudio.org/ Track Name: Killers In The Jungle

The problem with Expected Goals (xG) - #92 This video is sponsored by In-Play Online! Tag and analyse your sports videos like the professionals. All from just £10/month!Check it out here: https://in-playsports.com/software/individuals Use code YOUTUBE for an extra 10% discount!◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️Expected goals is always sure to cause debate between football fans and analysts. In this weeks episode I discuss a few of the current limitations.Check out the LinkedIn post that I am referring to, right here: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7415346647934914560/ Related EpisodesSam Gregory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-aDJXkYOOE John Elsenbast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdJEjKuc3Ic Check out the upcoming APFA jobs in Football day: https://apfa.io/event/jobs-in-analysis-2026/◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️CONNECT WITH ME🌎 Website: https://www.chris-gill.com 👨🏼‍💻 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisgilluk/ 🎙️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ZocCdjxjdVJZjO4UNNNew 🆇 X/Twitter: https://x.com/chrisgill_UK FREE RESOURCES📋 Football CV Template – https://cvtemplate.chris-gill.com/download📝 Cover Letter Template - https://coverletter.chris-gill.com/download📚 Ultimate list of sports analysis/coaching books - https://books.chris-gill.com/downloadPAID RESOURCES🐍 Learn PYTHON for football analysis – https://courses.mckayjohns.com/courses/football-analytics-course?ref=3f7c5c⚽️ Football Analysis Education (Gill10 for 10% off) – https://apfa.io/course/ref/chrisgill_UK/ 📊 Become a data analyst with Data Camp: https://datacamp.pxf.io/WqBZGA◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️Music from #InAudio: https://inaudio.org/ Track Name: Killers In The Jungle

Football recruitment analyst and LOANS manager! - Mike Still - #91This video is sponsored by In-Play Online! Tag and analyse your sports videos like the professionals. All from just £10/month!Check it out here: https://in-playsports.com/software/individuals Use code YOUTUBE for an extra 10% discount!◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️Mike Still is the loans manager at CAA Base, one of the biggest football and talent agencies in the world.In his current role, his job is to maintain contact with football clubs and to ensure the collection correct loans and pathways for players that CAA Base represent.Before this, Mike spent over 10 years working at both Leyton Orient and Colchester which included academy analysts, first team analysis and recruitment

0:00 - Introduction

2:59 - Mike joins and gives background

6:30 - Mike's journey of getting into analysis

11:33 - Interning at Southend and Tottenham

15:09 - Moving to Colchester and realising there's so much to learn

20:03 - First team analysis at Colchester

23:54 - Low budgets and lots of travel

27:59 - Transitioning to recruitment analyst, longevity of the analyst

35:12 - The role of the recruitment analyst and advice

41:18 - Using data in the recruitment process

49:37 - Other considerations that stats maybe don't cover

52:03 - Starting to manage to loan players at Leyton Orient

59:55 - Opposition scouting

1:04:38 - Leaving the club setting and joining CAA Base

1:11:08 - What is Mike doing in his current role?

1:17:54 - The process of finding someone a loan deal

1:19:59 - More advice, book recommendations, wrap up

Related EpisodesTom Spring (Head of Scouting): https://youtu.be/T5OZNL8MLOA

Liam Henshaw (Data Scout): https://youtu.be/Wbd_BmceRJs

Books Mentioned

Soccernomics: https://amzn.to/3KoswM8

Soccermatics: https://amzn.to/3MaOtyN

21st Club: https://amzn.to/3Kzfonc

Thinking Fast & Slow: https://amzn.to/3Mdj6DE ◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️CONNECT WITH ME🌎 Website: https://www.chris-gill.com 👨🏼‍💻 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisgilluk/ 🎙️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ZocCdjxjdVJZjO4UNNNew 🆇 X/Twitter: https://x.com/chrisgill_UK FREE RESOURCES📋 Football CV Template – https://cvtemplate.chris-gill.com/download📝 Cover Letter Template - https://coverletter.chris-gill.com/download📚 Ultimate list of sports analysis/coaching books - https://books.chris-gill.com/downloadPAID RESOURCES🐍 Learn PYTHON for football analysis – https://courses.mckayjohns.com/courses/football-analytics-course?ref=3f7c5c⚽️ Football Analysis Education (Gill10 for 10% off) – https://apfa.io/course/ref/chrisgill_UK/ 📊 Become a data analyst with Data Camp: https://datacamp.pxf.io/WqBZGA◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️Music from #InAudio: https://inaudio.org/ Track Name: Killers In The Jungle

Head Coach Recruitment - The Chris Gill Podcast - #90 This video is sponsored by In-Play Online! Tag and analyse your sports videos like the professionals. All from just £10/month!Check it out here: https://in-playsports.com/software/individuals Use code YOUTUBE for an extra 10% discount!◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️Here, I chat about how clubs think about bringing a new head coach, the role data plays, and how things look much different now, to what they used to.Episodes I MentionPaul Jenkins (Burnley): https://youtu.be/SAFP2xdJldYJames Young Sunderland): https://youtu.be/eUAhXJ2AVGsTim Keech (MRKT Insights): https://youtu.be/v4FIxTP4sWU◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️CONNECT WITH ME🌎 Website: https://www.chris-gill.com 👨🏼‍💻 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisgilluk/ 🎙️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ZocCdjxjdVJZjO4UNNNew 🆇 X/Twitter: https://x.com/chrisgill_UK FREE RESOURCES📋 Football CV Template – https://cvtemplate.chris-gill.com/download📝 Cover Letter Template - https://coverletter.chris-gill.com/download📚 Ultimate list of sports analysis/coaching books - https://books.chris-gill.com/downloadPAID RESOURCES🐍 Learn PYTHON for football analysis – https://courses.mckayjohns.com/courses/football-analytics-course?ref=3f7c5c⚽️ Football Analysis Education (Gill10 for 10% off) – https://apfa.io/course/ref/chrisgill_UK/ 📊 Become a data analyst with Data Camp: https://datacamp.pxf.io/WqBZGA◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️Music from #InAudio: https://inaudio.org/ Track Name: Killers In The Jungle

Head of Scouting at CR Flamengo! - Andrii Fedchenkov #89This video is sponsored by In-Play Online! Tag and analyse your sports videos like the professionals. All from just £10/month!Check it out here: https://in-playsports.com/software/individuals Use code YOUTUBE for an extra 10% discount!◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️This video is sponsored by In-Play Online! Tag and analyse your sports videos like the professionals. All from just £10/month!Check it out here: https://in-playsports.com/software/individuals Use code YOUTUBE for an extra 10% discount!◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️Andrii Fedchenkov is head of scouting at CR Flamengo, one of the biggest and most famous football clubs in Brazil.Originally from Ukraine, Andrii has worked in his home country, then Greece, before a move to Cardiff City in the English Championship. It was from there, that he moved over to Rio to be reunited with an old colleague, Jose Boto.Andrii speaks multiple languages and has a wealth of experience when it comes to scouting talent from around the World. Don't forget to subscribe to the channel if you haven't already!0:00 - Introduction3:07 - Andrii joins and gives background7:44 - Joining Shakhtar Donetsk, and advice for new scouts13:20 - Speaking multiple languages17:01 - Moving to Greece and join PAOK22:48 - Video or live scouting?24:24 - Joining Cardiff City FC30:05 - Moving to Brazil and joining Flamengo34:08 - Scouting in Brazil and growth of the game37:00 - Organising the scouting department & communication40:31 - How involved is the head coach?42:20 - Transfer window and rules on foreign players44:50 - Scouting reports, and aligning your scouts47:14 - Using data at Flamengo51:46 - Academy structure54:28 - Moving and working in different countries and cultures56:46 - Looking ahead1:00:50 - Book recommendations, wrap upRelated EpisodesTom Spring (Head of Scouting): https://youtu.be/T5OZNL8MLOA Chris Robinson (Scout): https://youtu.be/asDWXXVaKxk Liam Henshaw (Data Scout): https://youtu.be/Wbd_BmceRJs Books MentionedThinking Fast & Slow: https://amzn.to/49v4BVw Naked Statistics: https://amzn.to/4o22rjL The Goldmine Effect: https://amzn.to/3Mbkg2h ◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️CONNECT WITH ME🌎 Website: https://www.chris-gill.com 👨🏼‍💻 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisgilluk/ 🎙️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ZocCdjxjdVJZjO4UNNNew 🆇 X/Twitter: https://x.com/chrisgill_UK FREE RESOURCES📋 Football CV Template – https://cvtemplate.chris-gill.com/download📝 Cover Letter Template - https://coverletter.chris-gill.com/download📚 Ultimate list of sports analysis/coaching books - https://books.chris-gill.com/downloadPAID RESOURCES🐍 Learn PYTHON for football analysis – https://courses.mckayjohns.com/courses/football-analytics-course?ref=3f7c5c⚽️ Football Analysis Education (Gill10 for 10% off) – https://apfa.io/course/ref/chrisgill_UK/ 📊 Become a data analyst with Data Camp: https://datacamp.pxf.io/WqBZGA◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️Music from #InAudio: https://inaudio.org/ Track Name: Killers In The Jungle

How to create a great CV! - The Chris Gill Podcast - #88This video is sponsored by In-Play Online! Tag and analyse your sports videos like the professionals. All from just £10/month!Check it out here: https://in-playsports.com/software/individuals Use code YOUTUBE for an extra 10% discount!◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️Jobs in football can be hard to come by and are extremely competitive. Before you can get to the interview stage, you need to ensure you have a solid CV that is working hard to get you noticed.In this episode I cover some hints and tips on creating a CV, why a CV is only part of the application process, and we also go over some current jobs.If you find value from this episode, be sure to subscribe if you haven't already done so!◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️CONNECT WITH ME🌎 Website: https://www.chris-gill.com 👨🏼‍💻 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisgilluk/ 🎙️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ZocCdjxjdVJZjO4UNNNew 🆇 X/Twitter: https://x.com/chrisgill_UK FREE RESOURCES📋 Football CV Template – https://cvtemplate.chris-gill.com/download📝 Cover Letter Template - https://coverletter.chris-gill.com/download📚 Ultimate list of sports analysis/coaching books - https://books.chris-gill.com/downloadPAID RESOURCES🐍 Learn PYTHON for football analysis – https://courses.mckayjohns.com/courses/football-analytics-course?ref=3f7c5c⚽️ Football Analysis Education (Gill10 for 10% off) – https://apfa.io/course/ref/chrisgill_UK/ 📊 Become a data analyst with Data Camp: https://datacamp.pxf.io/WqBZGA◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️Music from #InAudio: https://inaudio.org/ Track Name: Killers In The Jungle