More player & team metadata

[DriesDeprest]

Hi,

I have a couple ideas related to storing more and (more accurate) metadata in our events dataset, which I'd like to discuss.

1. Create a records[x].player.starting_position and a records[x].player.position

The records[x].player.position would contain the position of the player the moment he performed the action. In case this information cannot be derived from the raw data of the event provider, we keep it empty or fill it with the starting_position.

2. Create a records[x].team.starting_formation and a records[x].team.formation

The records[x].team.formation would contain the formation of the team the moment the action occurred. In case this information cannot be derived from the raw data of the event provider, we keep it empty or fill it with the starting_formation.

3. Create a records[x].opponent_team.starting_formation and a records[x].opponent_team.formation

I want to create an opponent_team property which is a Team type object, just like the records[x].team I want it to have both a starting_formation and formation property.

This way, people can more easily filter out events for a specific use case they are interested in. E.g. only analyse events where Lionel Messi was playing as a LW in a 4-4-2 against a 4-3-3.

What do you think?

[DriesDeprest]

Closing discussion as I created an issue for 1. While 2 and 3 should be done using state builder.