The Numbers Game: Why Everything You Know About Soccer Is Wrong by Chris Anderson, David Sally

The Numbers Game: Why Everything You Know About Soccer Is Wrong by Chris Anderson, David Sally
Information	Moneyball meets Freakonomics in this myth-busting guide to understanding—and winning—the most popular sport on the planet - now with a new afterword on the 2014 World Cup! 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.
Pages	400
Publisher	July 30th 2013 by Penguin Books (first published May 30th 2013)
Language	English
Type	Epub
Size	1.5 MB
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