2026-06-11
Hello, World — rebuilding my portfolio
Why I rebuilt this site as a React single-page app, and what I plan to write about here.
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2026-06-11
Predicting footballer market value, part 1: building a multi-source dataset
How I collected and fused player data from Transfermarkt, FBref and EA Sports FC for my final-year major project.
2026-06-11
Predicting footballer market value, part 2: the stacked ensemble
Why a hybrid stacked ensemble of gradient-boosted models outperforms any single learner on market value prediction.
2026-06-11
Predicting footballer market value, part 3: what drives value, according to SHAP
Interpreting the hybrid ensemble with SHAP — scouting consensus dominates, age curves matter, and raw goals matter less than you would think.