OptaJoe's Football Yearbook 2016

OptaJoe's Football Yearbook 2016 PDF Author: Duncan Alexander
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1473536677
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 306

Book Description
Kane or Vardy? Pep or José? Pulis or ... anybody else? Football is a game of opinions. A world where received wisdom and the law of the hunch reign supreme. But football is becoming more intelligent. The history books may say that Leicester City winning the premier league ‘defied logic’, but if you looked more closely, they were always going to win . . . From distances run to pass success rate, shots on target to corners won, counter-attacks to tackles made, Opta, the world’s leading sports data company, records everything. But what does it all mean? And how can it add to our love of the game? From the author and statistician behind the popular OptaJoe Twitter account, what follows is a hugely entertaining and insightful guide to football in 2016, analysing data from the world's greatest teams, players, leagues and tournaments. Stats can never tell us everything, but combining cutting-edge analysis with wry humour, this book debunks countless myths peddled by pundits, managers, and even players. The ideas that follow are both surprising and satisfying, but may also leave you with the feeling that ‘yes, that’s what I was thinking all along’.

Outside the Box

Outside the Box PDF Author: Duncan Alexander
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1473536774
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 281

Book Description
In football, numbers are everywhere. From touches in the opposition box to expected goals, clear-cut chances to win-loss ratios. In the modern game, these numbers help provide the narrative, the drama, and the conversation. They are scrutinised in order to justify results and to predict future outcomes. They even dictate transfer policy and drive clubs to achieve the impossible. But when did the numbers become so important and what do they mean? In Outside the Box, Duncan Alexander looks back at twenty-five years of the Premier League and beyond, uncovering the hidden truths and accepted myths that surround the game. Using the archives of OptaJoe and never-before-seen data, we discover why Liverpool have gone 27 years without winning a league title and why Lionel Messi is the best player in the game’s history. Or is he? Insightful, wry, and hugely entertaining, Outside the Box is an enlightening and accessible account of football across the decades, analysing data from the some of the greatest seasons, players, teams and managers.

Opta Stats Football Yearbook 2002-2003

Opta Stats Football Yearbook 2002-2003 PDF Author: Opta Stats
Publisher: Carlton Books
ISBN: 9781842225424
Category : Soccer
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Opta are the official player performance statisticians to the F.A. Premier League. During each game, the Opta Index rates every Premiership player on nearly one hundred different actions for each of six positions. Opta's unrivalled kick-by-kick analysis of football matches has added a revolutionary new dimension to the game. And with a guide to how to get the best out of it for fantasy football competitions, it also makes essential reading for would-be team managers. The Opta Football Yearbook 2002-2003 provides an at-a-glance guide to the Premiership teams and the players who made the 2001-2002 season so memorable. With a complete index of all the players who appeared in the Premiership, plus those promoted from the Nationwide League (so that you can find them wherever they may have played), and tables of the most successful and (dare one say it) most dreadful, the Opta Football Yearbook 2002-2003 is the only guide you'll need to the Premiership.
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