La Liga

I swear, every time Real Madrid puts four goals past a decent team, the whole rating ecosystem just loses its mind. You watch the game, you see a good, solid performance, and then you check the scores afterward and wonder...

Starting the Grind: Why This Lineup Matters So Much Man, you gotta understand the pressure cooker situation we’re in right now. After getting absolutely hammered in Munich, and with the league title fight tighter than a drum, predicting this Wolves...

Man, I gotta tell you, setting up this new website for the local water sports crew was a headache right from the start. We needed the “Canal Sport 1” logo front and center, big and crisp. The old guy who...

I swear, trying to get simple, clean football stats is an absolute nightmare. I wasn’t asking for rocket science here. All I needed was a quick comparison between Valencia CF and Sevilla FC. Who scores more, who gets scored on...

I swear, sometimes I start these projects just because I’m annoyed by a simple question. This whole thing kicked off last Thursday night. I was watching a re-run of an old Atlético Madrid vs. Osasuna game from 2012, and my...

Kicking Off the Stats Hunt: Why I Fell Down This Rabbit Hole I swear, this whole thing was supposed to be easy. You know how it is. You’re chilling on a Tuesday, trying to get motivated for some actual work,...

Getting Started: Why I Chased the Del Ray Vibe You know how it is. You stare into your closet one morning, and everything looks dead. Absolutely dead. I’m talking about that feeling where nothing fits the moment, and you just...

You know how it is. Sometimes you just need a piece of information, and you need it now, and you absolutely don’t want to mess around waiting for some fancy app to load or dig through four pages of search...

Man, I spent half of yesterday afternoon absolutely neck-deep in the RFEF websites and regional football blogs. Why? Because the noise around Barça Atlètic (that’s what they call Barça B now, keep up, people!) was getting loud, and you can’t...

You know, doing a proper deep dive into football lineups is never just about waiting for the official sheet 60 minutes before kickoff. If you wait that long, you’ve already missed the bus. For today’s breakdown—Girona versus Sevilla—I didn’t just...