#125 How To Escape The Championship (& Avoid Doing A Leicester)

Support the show and get more from Analytics United: https://www.patreon.com/AnalyticsUnited Cal & Darcy break down the lessons West Ham can learn from analysing last season's relegated sides, Leicester, Ipswich and Southampton, and how they attempted to return to the Premier League at the first time of asking. They discuss how West Ham compares to the state each club was in before last season, how the transfer business they did succeeded and failed, how they performed on the pitch against more tenured Championship sides and much more. Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (04:38) What lessons West Ham can take from Leicester, Ipswich and Southampton (06:41) What state were the relegated sides in before the season started? (12:12) Are West Ham in a better or worse starting position comparatively? (17:31) What went wrong with Leicester's transfers last summer? (23:18) How West Ham can avoid the same fate as Leicester (27:33) Southampton's sensible and balanced rebuild worked (32:20) Retention and consistency is key to transition successfully (37:39) The importance of experience in squad building (38:29) Avoid selling players unnecessarily (41:41) How Leicester, Ipswich and Southampton performed last season (42:44) How Analytics United calculates squad strength (43:51) Where Leicester's squad fell short compared to Southampton & Ipswich (47:29) West Ham need to create more chances this season (51:21) Nuno will have to balance attack and defence (56:01) West Ham should keep Mads Hermansen Please do leave us a review and subscribe to the podcast to catch every episode. You can follow the pod (and our other work) on Twitter: Main: @AnalyticsUtd_ Jack: @jackelderton Cal: @WHU_Analytic Darcy: @futpysche Charlie: @ATopLad Theme music: "Emotional Chill Electronic Vlog Music | Sunset" by Alex-Productions (https://onsound.eu/) Promoted by: https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 3.0 Unported License (CC BY 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices