The numbers game
why everything you know about soccer is wrong
by Christopher Anderson and David Sally
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Innovation is coming to soccer, and at the center of it all are the numbers - a way of thinking about the game that ignores the obvious in favor of how things actually are. In The Numbers Game, Chris Anderson, a former professional goalkeeper turned soccer statistics guru, teams up with behavioral analyst David Sally to uncover the numbers that really matter when it comes to predicting a winner. Investigating basic but profound questions - How valuable are corners? Which goal matters most? Is possession really nine-tenths of the law? How should a player's value be judged? - they deliver an incisive, revolutionary new way of watching and understanding soccer.
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Statistical methods, Mathematical models, Soccer, Statistics| Edition | Availability |
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Tutti i numeri del calcio: Perchè tutto quello che sapevi sul calcio è sbagliato
2016, Mondadori
in Italian
8852074112 9788852074110
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Numbers Game: Why Everything You Know about Football Is Wrong
2014, Penguin Books, Limited
in English
0241963621 9780241963623
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Numbers Game: Why Corners Should Be Taken Short, Teams Are Only As Good As Their Worst Players, and Changing Managers Doesn't Change Much
2013, Penguin Books, Limited
in English
024196363X 9780241963630
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The numbers game: why everything you know about soccer is wrong
2013, Penguin Books
Paperback
in English
0143124560 9780143124566
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Numbers Game: Why Everything You Know about Football Is Wrong
2013, Penguin Books, Limited, Viking
in English
0670922242 9780670922246
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Moneyball meets Freakonomics in this myth-busting guide to understanding and winning the most popular sport on the planet. Innovation is coming to soccer, and at the center of it all are the numbers -- a way of thinking about the game that ignores the obvious in favor of how things actually are. In The Numbers Game, Chris Anderson, a former professional goalkeeper turned soccer statistics guru, teams up with behavioral analyst David Sally to uncover the numbers that really matter when it comes to predicting a winner. Investigating basic but profound questions -- How valuable are corners? Which goal matters most? Is possession really nine-tenths of the law? How should a player's value be judged? -- they deliver an incisive, revolutionary new way of watching and understanding soccer. - Publisher.
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