Tim Keech @timkeech.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I'm assuming that PISA tests are taken in the language the education system operates in? So a child in Finland takes a test in Finnish? Does the success of the immigrant population in English-speaking countries just reflect English being the dominant global language? 110
Tim Keech @timkeech.bsky.social · 18/08/2026I found the typical ugly American road from all the memes, except it was in Poland. 250
Tim Keech @timkeech.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Got my vintage table football from loft. Lined up with a mid-block, pressed high to create offensive overloads whilst trusting my centre backs to prevent runs in behind. Fullbacks pushed up in line with midfield. Found space between the lines, maximised xG through rehearsed patterns of play. 150
Tim Keech @timkeech.bsky.social · 25/06/2026I trained an AI model on 10,000 recruitment conversations in clubs around the world. I am now ready to reveal that the most requested player is a 27 year old Haiti international. 2141
Tim Keech @timkeech.bsky.social · 18/06/2026£100m for Yan Diomande Put him in to a PL club with a development pathway mapped out 3.5 years ago.... 020
Tim Keech @timkeech.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Wow. That was ridiculous. 3 years of progress and we just, just make it. What a club and what a team Jim has put together. Up the Dale 0130
Tim Keech @timkeech.bsky.social · 03/02/2026I walked 23km in my own house today whilst talking about football. A lap of my house is approximately 40 steps. That means I circled my house 750 times. I guess it is probably better than sitting at a desk but it seems odd. 070
Tim Keech @timkeech.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Last days of the transfer window. Impact on phone use and activity (I walk around when on the phone) 040
Tim Keech @timkeech.bsky.social · 25/12/2025Merry Christmas, may all your presents be as exciting as a 36 year old Everton jigsaw. 091
Tim Keech @timkeech.bsky.social · 01/12/2025This player is a lot of fun. Suspect he will end up at a big Spanish club as soon as he is allowed to leave Peru. 020
Tim Keech @timkeech.bsky.social · 08/11/2025Interesting BBC article on Tony Pulis and data in football. Quotes include "my database was in my head" Halfway through the article Tony talks about buying the Rothman's Football Yearbook. That was a printed database. Data = information 140
Tim Keech @timkeech.bsky.social · 27/10/2025As a 20 year subscriber to World Soccer it was exciting to be quoted in it. 050
Tim Keech @timkeech.bsky.social · 06/10/2025They were giving away chilli peppers at a garden near me. I took home the hottest one for the novelty. Curiosity got the better of me so I tried the tiniest amount humanly possible. I am already regretting it, sweating with a feeling of impending doom. 050
Tim Keech @timkeech.bsky.social · 03/09/2025If you are interested in how the FA reached their verdict in the Lucas Paqueta case you can read the full FA panel report here www.thefa.com/news/2025/se... I am pleased that our evidence (some would say "compelling"!) was helpful to the FA in reaching what we believe was the correct verdict. 0161
Tim Keech @timkeech.bsky.social · 25/08/2025A few days in Germany / Austria One of my favourite regions in the world. 050
Tim Keech @timkeech.bsky.social · 17/08/2025On a work trip around Europe, I need an intervention to stop me eating kebabs. 360
Tim Keech @timkeech.bsky.social · 04/08/2025In an anecdote about how VVD was rejected by analysts at Palace as the data said he had no pace (pace data wasn't available at the time afaik) Warnock and the writer of the article conclude that Beckenbauer would be missed by "the stats men" as he doesn't tackle enough. 171
Tim Keech @timkeech.bsky.social · 30/07/2025Nice time capsule or my childhood at my parent's house. Audi Quattro scalextric, my prized remote control car and an Everton lineup circa 93/94. I clearly had high hopes for Gary Rowett as a creative 10. 160
Tim Keech @timkeech.bsky.social · 25/07/2025I don't really want to submit a copy of my passport to open a DM about the efficiency of inswinging corners. 240
Tim Keech @timkeech.bsky.social · 21/07/2025Time to resurrect my twitter boasting. The data always shows the way early. 050
Tim Keech @timkeech.bsky.social · 02/07/2025Some advanced data from Thierno Barry from when we were pushing him to clubs last summer for £10m. 0225
Tim Keech @timkeech.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Interesting to contrast the "how would he work in our team?" approach from Ian Graham's interview (which must be reliant on having a definite style/s of play) with Luke Bornn's interview about Toulouse which leaned towards supplying good players for a Head Coach to use without a strict style. 160
Tim Keech @timkeech.bsky.social · 22/06/2025Kenny Tete signing only 5 years after our "who Everton should sign" Athletic article suggested him. (Along with Gabriel, Ndicka, Mbeumo and some I am less keen to mention) 370
Tim Keech @timkeech.bsky.social · 12/06/2025I am currently at war with what I now know to be a Chiffchaff. Hiding in a tree in the allotments behind my house and just blaring out it's annoying mating call. It isn't working, he is obviously equally annoying to female Chiffchaffs. Has woken me at 4am daily for weeks. Prick. 260
Tim Keech @timkeech.bsky.social · 12/06/2025The actual PL wage bills from the club accounts. So many people write articles based on wrong figures that appear on certain websites. 080
Tim Keech @timkeech.bsky.social · 02/06/2025Looking at our advanced data for Ange Postecoglou's Tottenham in 24/25 you would not think this was a team that struggled. The attacking style was that of a top 6 challenger. The pressing and defensive output was OK too. 162
Tim Keech @timkeech.bsky.social · 02/06/2025Top 20 PL managerial spells in 2024/25 by xPPG from our new metrics measuring "attacking possession", "attacking pressure", and "pressing". 241
Tim Keech @timkeech.bsky.social · 31/05/2025I have to change platforms to smugly retweet myself now. 060
Tim Keech @timkeech.bsky.social · 26/05/2025How many £30m+ players will Right to Dream produce before someone successfully replicates the business model? 140
Tim Keech @timkeech.bsky.social · 22/05/2025For where I would want Everton to go stylistically, this guy would be high on my list of signings. Whether he would choose to go there is another matter. 022
Tim Keech @timkeech.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Fair enough, I would say though when you look at players <21 putting up xG>0.3 and xA > 0.15 in top 5 European leagues in the last 6 years these are the only ones to do it. And most are playing for good teams. 100
Tim Keech @timkeech.bsky.social · 28/04/2025My take on inspirational LinkedIn stories about what can be learned from Wrexham's success. Basically nothing. 2220
Tim Keech @timkeech.bsky.social · 22/04/2025The historical overachiever zone. Genuine sustained improvement is the most difficult thing in football. It requires vast overspending to reach higher levels and then 10+ years of consistently good decision making to build higher revenues. Even then what is built is easily destroyed. 2190
Tim Keech @timkeech.bsky.social · 17/04/2025They are in the sweet spot (that Everton once occupied) which is where the very best run clubs can get to. Climbing higher has a far greater marginal cost per extra point, historically at least. If they can crack that good luck to them. 120
Tim Keech @timkeech.bsky.social · 15/04/2025My favourite meme to send people who want to own football clubs... 0172
Tim Keech @timkeech.bsky.social · 11/04/2025So many Ai and Data Research jobs around in football at the moment. So few clubs doing the fundamentals right. In most cases it is like hiring someone to improve fuel consumption by a few hundredths of a percent when the car doesn't have wheels or a competent driver. 1131
