| Lies, damned lies, statistics and now football data 14:57 - Jan 16 with 285 views | saint901 |
Shortly before I terminated my subscription the The Times (because I'm bored with every story they carry being twisted into an anti Labour rant) I was following a series of articles about football and in particular the PL.
These stories are fed by endless statistics about which teams play more long balls, more passes in the final third, use a low/mid block, choose to put cream on their scones before jam etc.
I have also been speaking with a coach of an under 15 side who I am considering helping out. He shocked me a little by having something similar on his team and said that it helps him and the boys understand whet they do well and not so well.
I understand that the fashion in the USA for a long time has been to reduce their sports to numbers but to be honest something like baseball is well suited to it. Games like football which are perhaps more dynamic and less predictable are not (in my view).
I fear that the focus on data and percentages is going to see 95% of professional players become all the same shade of grey and the teams all play the same way and frankly it'll become boring (like baseball).
Are we in danger of having the game reduced to data points - in which case why bother playing, just have the managers play Top Trumps |  | | |  |
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