Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
Ange Postecoglou puts Celtic faith in Antoine Ortega as boss jokes he's more XL than xG
dailyrecord.co.ukOld-school Ange Postecoglou admits he doesn’t know his Xg from his XL clobber but the Celtic boss is still determined to make sure his side are fit for purpose in the modern game.
It’s not just the first team squad the Aussie has been rebuilding at Parkhead as he’s quietly assembling backroom staff as well in a bid to get back on top in Scotland.Postecoglou has stuck with the existing coaching team in the dugout but he’s added a few new faces behind the scenes with ex Benfica analyst Antoine Ortega the latest to check in.The French numbers guru has a Masters degree in data science and has set up his own stats companies in football and basketball in the NBA.Ortega will study opponents and help on the recruitment side and turn the data on things like expected goals – xG to the hipsters – into English for the gaffer.Postecoglou reckons he’ll be a top signing – even if some of the stuff is mumbo jumbo to him.The Hoops manager joked: “xG?
The one that gets me is XL because that’s all my clothes.“I’ve got no idea either, mate, that’s why I’ve brought Antoine in!
The analytics thing is well beyond me. I went through my schooling with a pen and paper.“But that’s where the future of a lot of scouting and player identification is going.“These young guys are much better skilled at - and schooled in - getting the right information, then filtering it and putting it in a form that you and I can understand.“It’s a massive growth area in football and we’re always looking for bright people who can come in and help us in those areas.“Antoine has already started and there is a lot going on, stuff that doesn’t affect us in the short term so much, but is still important to what we want to build.“All that stuff runs concurrently, while the
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