{"product_id":"the-numbers-game-why-everything-you-know-about-football-is-wrong","title":"The Numbers Game : Why Everything You Know About Football is Wrong","description":"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Numbers Game by Chris Anderson and David Sally reveals football's astonishing hidden rules\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFully updated with a new World Cup chapter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFootball has always been a numbers game: 4-4-2, the big number 9 and 3 points for a win. But what if up until now we've been focusing on the wrong numbers? What if the numbers that really matter, the ones that hold the key to winning matches, are actually 2.66, 53.4, 50\/50, and 0 \u0026gt; 1? What if managers only make a 15% difference? What if Chelsea should have bought Darren Bent?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn this incisive, myth-busting book, Chris Anderson, former goalkeeper turned football statistics guru, and David Sally, former baseball pitcher turned behavioural economist, show that every shred of knowledge we can gather can help us to love football and understand it even more. You'll discover why stopping a goal is more valuable than scoring one, why corners should be taken short, and why it is better to improve your worst player than to buy a superstar.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYou'll never play, or watch, a game of football in quite the same way again.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Numbers Game is essential reading for football fans everywhere and will also appeal to readers who loved Moneyball and Freakonomics.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAt 17, Chris Anderson found himself playing in goal for a fourth division club in West Germany; today, he's a professor in the Ivy League at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. An award winning social scientist and football analytics pioneer, Anderson consults with leading clubs about how best to play the numbers game.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"RetailRead","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":34335526780987,"sku":"","price":12.21,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0341\/1682\/9243\/products\/jdydyt.jpg?v=1606721241","url":"https:\/\/retailread.myshopify.com\/products\/the-numbers-game-why-everything-you-know-about-football-is-wrong","provider":"RetailRead","version":"1.0","type":"link"}