The Numbers Game: Why Everything You Know About Soccer Is Wrong

The Numbers Game: Why Everything You Know About Soccer Is Wrong

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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.

Author: Chris Anderson
Format: Paperback, 400 pages, 135mm x 203mm, 340 g
Published: 2013, Penguin Putnam Inc, United States
Genre: Ball Games: Field & Outdoor

Vendor: Secondhand Stock
SKU: 9780143124566-SECONDHAND
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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.