Looks Good on Paper Podcast
62 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago -Hosted by LGOP founder Felix Pate, the podcast aims to explore the use of advanced data modelling and predictive analytics in the world of football
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#030: Euro 2024 Preview
June 14, 2024 10:36 - 54 minutes - 50 MBIt's the eve of the Euros! As such, Felix sits down with Todd and Charlie to preview each group, pick the runners and riders to win the tournament, discuss the potential leading players and throw in a few tips along the way
#029: Picking an England XI for Euro 2024 with just 1 player per club
June 11, 2024 21:07 - 36 minutes - 33.6 MBFelix and Charlie join forces to select an England 26 man Euros squad with a twist! They can only pick one player from each of the 20 PL clubs in the 23/24 season, 1 each from the 3 promoted Championship sides, and a player each from 3 foreign clubs of their choosing! Saka or Rice, Foden or Stones, Guehi or Eze?! Listen and find out
#028: Ranking the best XI Premier League players in 2023/24
June 11, 2024 21:04 - 43 minutes - 39.7 MBFelix is back once again with Todd and Charlie to work their way through another knockout bracket! This time, it's the 64 highest rated players from this season's PL campaign that need to be whittled down to the best of the best
#027: Picking the best XI of recent World Cup & Euros winners
May 27, 2024 10:57 - 34 minutes - 31.2 MBBack again with another ultimate XI! This time, Felix is joined by Charlie and Todd to pick a side with one player from each of the last 11 sides to win the World Cup or European Championships
#026: Drafting an XI of most capped players
May 20, 2024 14:23 - 28 minutes - 26 MBThis week, Felix, Todd and Charlie are back to pick their best teams from the 23 most capped players of 12 of the greatest historical international sides
#025: Picking the best Championship XI of 2023/24
May 09, 2024 10:27 - 37 minutes - 33.9 MBThis week, Felix and Charlie sit down and debate their best team from the Championship this season, using no more than 2 players per club. Summerville or Sargent? Davis or Dewsbury-Hall? Listen and find out to see if you agree with their picks
#024: Ranking the best XI Premier League centre backs right now!
April 25, 2024 08:34 - 53 minutes - 48.6 MBWe're back with another ranking! This time, Felix, Charlie and Todd attempt to whittle down the 64 most valuable PL centre halves via a knockout bracket to decide who comes out on top!
#023: Drafting a random Europa League QF XI
April 15, 2024 15:18 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MBThis week, Felix is back with Todd and Charlie for yet another draft! The challenge? Draft the best possible team with a random Europa League quarterfinalist for every selection! Who will come out on top?
#022: Picking a UCL winning XI from the last XI years
April 07, 2024 21:03 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MBThis week, Felix, Todd and Charlie are back to build another all star lineup. For their latest selection headache, the mission was simple; one player from each of the last 11 UCL winning sides to build the ultimate Champions League winning juggernaut
#021: Drafting a random EFL promotion chasing XI
March 26, 2024 11:30 - 32 minutes - 29.7 MBWe're back with another draft!! Felix is joined by Todd and Charlie as they spin the wheel to receive the clubs from which they must build their best team possible out of those currently sat in the automatic and playoff places of the Championship, League One and League Two. With plenty of drama as the rounds progress, who will come out on top with their lower league knowledge??
#020: Picking a non Premier League winning XI
March 21, 2024 11:28 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MBFelix is back with Todd and Charlie as they sit down and try put together the best side of players that somehow failed to pick up a PL title in their illustrious careers. With most of the big guns out of the running for this team, who will our selection panel find room for of those who sit just outside the Premier League pantheon?
#019: Picking a world u21 XI
March 14, 2024 13:01 - 48 minutes - 44.3 MBThis week, Felix is back with Charlie and Todd as they discuss the best players in the world right now born in 2003 or later, and attempt to fit them into a cohesive XI! With so many stars to choose from, it's an exciting time to be watching the stars of tomorrow!
#018: Picking a Premier League XI with just one player per club
March 09, 2024 10:21 - 31 minutes - 28.5 MBFelix is joined by Umer, Todd and Charlie to sit down and try and create an all star Premier League starting lineup, bench and manager with one big catch; each of the 20 clubs can only be used once! Compromises must be reached and debates settled as the ultimate side is selected Twitter: https://twitter.com/lgoppodcast
#017: Drafting a random AFCON/AFC XI
February 21, 2024 22:51 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MBThis week, we're back with another draft! Felix is joined by Charlie and Todd as they are assigned random nations who reached the quarter finals of the recent African Cup of Nations and Asian Cup, with the goal being to pick the best team possible! Who will triumph amongst the chaos? Listen and find out Twitter: https://twitter.com/lgoppodcast
Explaining P.E.LE
February 16, 2024 16:11 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBFelix flies solo this week to sit down and talk through every aspect of PELE, our latest and greatest player rating model
#016: Drafting a random UCL knockouts XI
February 06, 2024 10:16 - 1 hour - 61.5 MBAfter a short hiatus, Felix and the boys are back with the launch of our brand new player rating model, PELE! In its first outing, they take turns picking players from random 2023/24 Champions League knockout teams to see who can build the best side. With a few surprises along the way, the drafts are back in some style!! Twitter: https://twitter.com/lgoppodcast
#015: Picking an all time XI
January 16, 2024 12:12 - 1 hour - 58.9 MBIt's a big one this week! Felix is joined by Umer, Todd, Charlie and Sam to sit down and discuss the greatest players to ever grace the pitch. With over 150 years of the beautiful game to distill down into a 22 man squad, there's plenty of debate to be had over legends, icons and global superstars Twitter: https://twitter.com/lgoppodcast
#014: XI players who could get January moves (Pt. 2)
January 10, 2024 21:38 - 1 hour - 56.5 MBBack with more rumours for the mill! Felix is joined by Todd, Sam, Charlie and Logan to dissect potential moves this winter for each of the bottom half PL teams as they eye a move up the table come May. Featuring plenty of insight and debate, there is much food for thought for some clubs as they look to bolster their squads Twitter: https://twitter.com/lgoppodcast
#013: XI players who could get January moves (Pt. 1)
January 04, 2024 23:03 - 55 minutes - 51.1 MBNew year, new players!! Felix is joined by Todd, Sam, Charlie and a returning Logan to dissect potential moves this winter for each of the top half PL teams as they eye a move up the table come may. Featuring plenty of insight and debate, there is much food for thought for some clubs as they look to bolster their squads Twitter: https://twitter.com/lgoppodcast
#012: Drafting a random PL Winners XI
December 19, 2023 23:09 - 1 hour - 63.7 MBIt's draft time again1 This week, Felix is joined by Charlie, Umer, Sam and Todd for a festive themed draft picking players to have won the Premier League via random seasons. With a few Christmas twists along the way to spice up the selections, who will prevail in our final episode of 2023?? Twitter: https://twitter.com/lgopfelix
#011: Picking a World XI (with just one player per country)
December 11, 2023 23:21 - 48 minutes - 44.1 MBThis week, Felix is joined by Sam, Umer, Todd and Charlie to debate and deliberate over a current World XI (plus subs) with the caveat that we can only select one player per country! Which nations will be represented in this challenging selection puzzle? Twitter: https://twitter.com/lgopfelix
#010: Ranking our best XI UCL strikers of the last 30 years
December 04, 2023 22:34 - 51 minutes - 48.1 MBThis week, Felix is joined by Sam, Charlie and Todd to discuss 30 of the best strikers from the last 30 years. They then attempt to rank their top 11, based primarily on their Champions League performances Twitter: https://twitter.com/lgopfelix
#009: Drafting a random 2022 World Cup XI
November 27, 2023 23:15 - 1 hour - 66.5 MBBack with another draft, Felix is joined by Charlie, Umer, Sam and Todd to pick their best 2022 World Cup side, by being given a random nation each round! Who will prevail?? Twitter: https://twitter.com/lgopfelix
#008: Picking our all time Premier League XI
November 13, 2023 21:55 - 48 minutes - 45 MBThis week, Felix is joined by Sam, Todd and Charlie to debate, discuss and ultimately decide on their best ever Premier League lineup. Who makes yours??? Twitter: https://twitter.com/lgopfelix
#007: Ranking our best XI u23 Premier League players
November 08, 2023 11:31 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MBThis week, Felix is joined by Sam and Charlie (with Todd in spirit) as they attempt to rank the best 11 u23 players currently lighting up the Premier League. Starting with a shortlist of the 25 most valuable on Transfermarkt, they whittle it down to the very cream of the crop, with hot takes aplenty! Twitter: https://twitter.com/lgopfelix
#006: Drafting a random UCL Finals XI
November 06, 2023 13:00 - 56 minutes - 51.9 MBBack with another draft, Felix is joined by Charlie, Umer and Todd as they are assigned 11 random years from which to draft their best possible team of players to have appeared in Champions League finals Twitter: https://twitter.com/lgopfelix
#005: Ranking our best XI Premier League managers
October 30, 2023 11:55 - 57 minutes - 53.5 MBThis week, Felix is joined by Umer, Charlie and Todd as they debate the best managers currently managing in England's top flight Twitter: https://twitter.com/lgopfelix
#004: Drafting a 10+ cap England XI
October 15, 2023 21:22 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MBBack with another draft, Felix is joined by Sam, Charlie, Umer and Todd as they take turns to pick their best team of players with double digit caps for the England national team. Chaos ensues! Twitter: https://twitter.com/lgopfelix
Flashback...LGOP 2018 World Cup Player Draft
October 13, 2023 10:26 - 48 minutes - 45.2 MBTo celebrate 2 years since England opened their WC campaign by beating Tunisia, we select our best XI's from player's who went to that tournament in Russia
Flashback...LGOP Over 30's Draft
October 11, 2023 09:07 - 52 minutes - 48.8 MBThis week the boys pick their best XI's from players born before 1990, using our new peak measurement system
#003: Drafting a World Cup winning XI
October 08, 2023 22:12 - 49 minutes - 44.9 MBThis week, Felix is joined by Umer, Charlie and Todd for another draft, as the foursome take turns to pick their best sides using players to have started on the winning side in a FIFA World Cup final. Modern heroes and long gone legends selected alike in this tightly contested episode Twitter: https://twitter.com/lgopfelix
Flashback...England Players Draft-Uncut and Uncensored
October 08, 2023 15:41 - 51 minutes - 47.2 MBThe lads take turns picking their best XI's from players to have represented the 3 Lions since the World Cup win in July 1966. We apologise for any language used, but we like you to see the raw cuts of these podcasts. Any views stated in the video are not representative of us as a channel, the boy's emotions just get over involved in their eagerness to win the draft
Flashback...Premier League Winners Draft
October 07, 2023 18:21 - 42 minutes - 39.3 MBLogan, Adam, Umer, Charlie, Sam and Todd take turns to pick their best XI's from players who have won a Premier League title
Flashback...Euro 2020 Draft
October 06, 2023 21:01 - 51 minutes - 48.1 MBToday, the lads wrack their brains to draft the best XI possible from player's whose national teams have qualified for the European Championships
Flashback...LGOP European Super Club Draft
October 05, 2023 20:44 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MBA 9 man draft extravaganza today as the boys take their pick from Europe's top 20 clubs to battle it out and see who can draft the best side.
Flashback...LGOP Premier League Draft
October 02, 2023 22:03 - 39 minutes - 36.1 MB6 managers 1 winner Umer, Todd, Logan, Charlie, Adam and Oscar draft their best possible Premier League XI's, refereed by Felix. Who would you have picked if you were in their shoes? Let us know in the comments
#002: Drafting a peak Premier League XI with just ONE player per team
October 01, 2023 20:53 - 54 minutes - 50.8 MBBack with another draft,Felix is joined by Todd, Charlie, Oscar and Umer as they pick their best PL side using just one player per club and basing their picks on each player's prime! Twitter: https://twitter.com/lgopfelix
#001: Drafting a Premier League XI
September 25, 2023 22:13 - 50 minutes - 46.1 MBIn the long awaited return of the LGOP podcast, Felix is joined by Todd, Charlie and Umer as the four of them take on the task of drafting their best XI of current PL stars. Twitter: https://twitter.com/lgopfelix
#TST000: A New Dawn
January 11, 2022 16:35 - 18 minutes - 17.2 MBFelix is back to introduce the new format for The Spreadsheet test, involving lots of numbers and 6 a side teams! Twitter: https://twitter.com/lgopfelix Website: https://www.lgop.co.uk
Episode 23: Euro 2020 Review Part 2
July 29, 2021 11:39 - 39 minutes - 36.8 MBFelix, Charlie and Umer get together for the 2nd half of our Euros review, as we go through the teams in Groups D-F, how they performed against our pre tournament expectations, and which players stood out the most Twitter: https://twitter.com/lgopfelix Website: https://t.co/6ooyNxxysZ?amp=1
Episode 22: Euro 2020 Review Part 1
July 17, 2021 12:51 - 49 minutes - 45.9 MBThis week, Felix is joined by Charlie, Umer and Todd to discuss the teams in Groups A-C, how well they performed against our pre-tournament expectations and who the standout players were Website: https://t.co/6ooyNxxysZ?amp=1 Twitter: https://twitter.com/lgopfelix
Episode 21: How to win the Champions League
June 28, 2021 16:13 - 29 minutes - 27.6 MBFelix digs into the data of Champions League winners from 2010 to see if there are any patterns in the player quality, playing style and ages of sides in order to try and see how teams might plan to conquer Europe Twitter: https://twitter.com/lgopfelix Website: https://www.lgop.co.uk/
Episode 20: Euros Thoughts after Matchday 1
June 18, 2021 22:15 - 32 minutes - 29.9 MBFelix goes through the games of the opening round of Euro 2020, assessing the results and goalscorers using our PAREJO model Twitter: https://twitter.com/lgopfelix Website: https://www.lgop.co.uk/
Episode 19: Euro 2020 Preview, and what it takes to win
June 11, 2021 09:00 - 55 minutes - 51.3 MBFelix went live on Twitter Spaces to discuss the long awaited Euro 2020 (21?) tournament, going over what it's taken to win the previous 3 tournaments, which teams are looking strong this year, and key players to look out for from every squad Website: https://t.co/6ooyNxxysZ?amp=1 Twitter: https://twitter.com/lgopfelix
Episode 18: Scouting, Non-League and Middlesbrough with David Bujara
May 28, 2021 16:18 - 55 minutes - 51.3 MBFelix is joined by special guest, David Bujara. David has worked for clubs such as Crawley, Brentford and Wolves, and in this episode discusses how to get into scouting, dealing with bias, video vs live scouting and his beloved Boro! David's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Bujara1985 Our Twitter: https://twitter.com/lgopfelix Website: https://t.co/6ooyNxxysZ?amp=1
Episode 17: England Euro 2020 squad
May 24, 2021 19:38 - 49 minutes - 45.8 MBIt's that time! Felix, Logan and Umer get together to debate which 26 England players Gareth Southgate ought to select for this summer's European Championships, before discussing how far they might get Twitter: https://twitter.com/lgopfelix Website: https://www.lgop.co.uk/
Episode 16: Championship Play-Off Preview
May 12, 2021 21:10 - 33 minutes - 31.4 MBFelix and Logan get together to discuss the 4 sides in the race to join Norwich and Watford in the Premier League next season. From players and tactics to transfers and anecdotes, they eventually pick two semi final winners and a dream final, before briefly touching on League's One and Two Twitter: https://twitter.com/lgopfelix Website: https://www.lgop.co.uk/
Episode 15: The 6 pillars of 'Looks Good on Paper'
May 05, 2021 18:01 - 41 minutes - 38.5 MBThis week, Felix flies solo to discuss the origins of LGOP, what the name means and moving forward, how to look at football through various lenses from an objective and analytical viewpoints to decide if a team or a player really 'looks good on paper'! Twitter: https://twitter.com/lgopfelix Website: https://t.co/mYCztjICIm?amp=1
Episode 14: The All Time XI
April 28, 2021 18:55 - 58 minutes - 54.5 MBFelix, Charlie and Sam discuss their all time best XI, then compare it to what our PAREJO model thinks on the matter, as well as how each position has evolved and what it takes to become world class in the modern game Twitter: https://twitter.com/lgopfelix Website: https://t.co/6ooyNxxysZ?amp=1
Episode 13: French Youth Production
April 21, 2021 17:38 - 37 minutes - 35 MBFelix, Todd and Charlie come together to discuss the rich vein of talent to come out of France over the last decade or so, why there are so many opportunities for their young players and how the structure of their youth football compares to England's. Felix Twitter: https://twitter.com/lgopfelix Todd: https://twitter.com/00Chow Charlie: https://twitter.com/jarvis_charlie Website: https://t.co/6ooyNxxysZ?amp=1