Armaan Martins

If football’s labour market were efficient, success would be simple: spend more, win more. But reality tells a different story. Clubs with smaller budgets consistently outperform expectations, while some of the richest teams underperform despite enormous wage bills. The explanation lies in a familiar economic idea: Markets are not perfectly efficient and those who identify inefficiencies gain an edge. From Identifying Inefficiencies to Exploiting Them The real question is: how can clubs...

We worship goals. But most matches are decided long before the shot. Another weekend passes, the table shifts slightly, a striker grabs headlines, and the debate resets. Arsenal win, City grind one out, a winger scores twice, and suddenly the narrative hardens again.But the finish is the headline. The build up is the reality. If you only look at who scored this week, you miss who controlled the game. The Problem With How We Measure Value Fans and media still measure value through: • goals •...

A data-led breakdown of January’s standout players in the Premier League and La Liga, focusing on carry jobs, efficiency, control, and early regression signals. January Badges Covered:  Carry Job · Quiet Finisher · Control · Defensive Wall · Form Spike · Regression Alert January is where narratives get loud and data gets useful. By now the season has enough minutes to matter, but not enough certainty to trust the table blindly. This is where I stop looking at vibes and start handing out...