Chilling With Charlie

David Carey is a lecturer at La Trobe university and runs some of the Sports Analytics classes in their masters program. Previously he comes from a mathematics background and was lucky enough to work with Essendon Football club for his PhD. We talk about his research past and present (injury risk to computer vision), things handy for people wanting to break into the industry and a little bit about the maters at La Trobe.Podcasts cost money to make, equipment, software and the like. Thankfully Betfair has sponsored this podcast which means I can just concentrate on getting fantastic guests!

Darren O'Shaughnessy, known as @rankingsw on Twitter, currently does some handy analytics for the Saint Kilda Saints, previously he just happened to be around the Hawthorn Hawks during their three peat. He is well known within the sports analytics community not only for his statistical nous but as a person who is very generous with his time.Podcasts cost money to make, equipment, software and the like. Thankfully Betfair has sponsored this podcast which means I can just concentrate on getting fantastic guests!

Josh Hermsmeyer, better known online as @friscojosh, is a contributor to 538 and writes a lot of great analytical NFL content.Here we chat about some of my favourite articles, his time making wine and the 538 writing process.Podcasts cost money to make, equipment, software and the like. Thankfully Betfair has sponsored this podcast which means I can just concentrate on getting fantastic guests!

Tim Bedin is a data scientist working for Champion Data, the official statistics provider for the AFL. His background was in Physics and has previously worked for the CSIRO. Podcasts cost money to make, equipment, software and the like. Thankfully Betfair has sponsored this podcast which means I can just concentrate on getting fantastic guests!

Michael used to work for champion data as a data collector, so if you have ever wondered about just how the numbers get collected then this is the podcast for you.Podcasts cost money to make, equipment, software and the like. Thankfully Betfair has sponsored this podcast which means I can just concentrate on getting fantastic guests!

Ron is a PhD student at CMU, you might better know him as the writer of the first fully reproducible player offensive ratings NFLWAR and his great work keeping nflscrapR alive.Podcasts cost money to make, equipment, software and the like. Thankfully Betfair has sponsored this podcast which means I can just concentrate on getting fantastic guests!

Damien, currently is the data coordinator at the Collingwood Football Club. Previously he has worked for the Casey Demons and has presented his work on cohesion at the Maths in Sport Conference 2018. Find out more https://www.linkedin.com/in/damien-gattuso/Podcasts cost money to make, equipment, software and the like. Thankfully Betfair has sponsored this podcast which means I can just concentrate on getting fantastic guests.

Greg is a data scientist working for Stats Insider, who provide all their models for free, why not head to the website and see if you can do better/ ensemble them into your own models. https://www.statsinsider.com.auPodcasts cost money to make, equipment, software and the like. Thankfully Betfair has sponsored this podcast which means I can just concentrate on getting fantastic guests.

Eric Eager is a data scientist at Pro Football Focus, hear about his story going from mathematical biology to working at the leading NFL analytics provider. We talk about drafting, player rating and more!Podcasts costs money to make, equipment, software and the like. Thankfully Betfair has sponsored this podcast which means I can just concentrate on getting fantastic guests.

Richard Little currently works as a performance analyst for Essendon Football Club, hear about how he got his role, what he brings to the table and his day to day life working at an AFL club.Podcasts cost money to make, equipment, software and the like. Thankfully Betfair has sponsored this podcast which means I can just concentrate on getting fantastic guests!

Max Barry, famous fiction author, also just happens to be the creator of one of the country's most popular AFL statistics websites squiggle.com.au. How did this happen? What got Max into AFL, programming, statistics and visualisation? Listen and find out.Podcasts cost money to make, equipment, software and the like. Thankfully Betfair has sponsored this podcast which means I can just concentrate on getting fantastic guests.

It seems as though almost anyone you meet has an AFL stats blog or twitter page, but Tony Corke was doing it before it was cool. Many would consider Tony to be the doyen of the online AFL statistics community. Hear Tony speak about how he first starting in statistics, how he came to machine learning, his tips on assessing model accuracy and his plans for 2019 here he debuts a player based model.

Stephanie is one of the best researchers in sports statistics and in particular tennis around the world. You might have seen some of her great work at this years Australian Open through the Player DNA. Or you might be a fan of her blog http://on-the-t.com/. If you are into tracking data, tennis analytics then this is the podcast for you.

How many people have won fantasy two times in a row? How many people did Selby beat? Listen as Selby gives away the tips and tricks that won him back to back fantasy competitions.

Many people complain about not having statistics available but not many go out there and collect it themselves, Alyssa has done that and more.