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What football had not witnessed, Anderson and Sally felt, was an analytics revolution. Plenty of people were reading the numbers and taking note of what they said: these are the players who have sprinted the most, these are the number of shots we have taken and the rest. But nobody – as far as they could tell, at least – was trying to find out what
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‘It’s a lonely job’: Neil Warnock on management, Guardiola and his ire for Ferguson
The Guardiantheguardian.com
the first thing football scouts look for in youngsters is ‘intelligence’, the ability to see quickly what is going on around them and to plan for all eventualities – something we academics might call spatial reasoning. Nor are footballers lazy.
David Sumpter • Soccermatics: Mathematical Adventures in the Beautiful Game (Bloomsbury Sigma)
Evolution towards "function not position" has made modern football more dynamic and unpredictable. Players can no longer be categorized simply by a single position; instead, their roles are fluid and multifaceted, contributing to a team's strategy in various phases of play. This holistic approach to player roles and responsibilities reflects the co
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