Data visualisations

Built to settle
an argument.

Six Tableau dashboards, each one started because I couldn't find a straight answer to something. Two of them turned into articles once the data said something worth writing down.

Six dashboards · all open on Tableau Public

Krzysztof Piątek in AC Milan colours during a Serie A match.

Was the collapse in output real, or was it fixtures, chance quality and a change of shirt? Built first, then written up.

A Leeds United supporters' banner depicting Marcelo Bielsa.

Does Bielsa's method measurably exhaust a squad by spring, or does the theory just fit a few famous cases?

Manchester City players celebrating the 2021-22 Premier League title.

The stats that carried Manchester City to the title — the season broken down rather than summarised.

Sergio Busquets in Barcelona colours during a La Liga match.

Man in the shadows. Profiling a player whose value barely registers in conventional statistics.

ICC Champions Trophy branding.

Where in an innings does a bowler actually leak runs? Economy mapped across phases rather than averaged flat.

The Premier League lion crest.

The 2024/25 table as it finished, against what Opta predicted it would be.

The writing that came out of these

I build the data first, then find out what it says.

Some of these answered the question in a chart and stopped there. Two of them turned into something worth reading.