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Lawrence, Kansas · LawrenceIntroduction: A Case StudyA striker is through on goal. They've beaten the off‑side trap, have no defenders on their tail, and only the goalkeeper stands between them and the back of the net. Four common finish selections present themselves:Dribble past the keeper and roll the ball into the net.Shoot early to catch the keeper off‑guard.Feign and nut‑meg the keeper.Chip ('dink') the ball over the keeper.Our striker chooses one of these options. A…Read Article
Epistemic Certainty in Sports
Kibaha · KibahaHow do you know team X played better than team Y?— Daudi Emmanuel (@daudi10emmanuel) November 4, 2024 November 4th, 2024, Daudi queries.The Matter at HandA team's performance is lacking and one player is underperforming. What reliable metrics can we use to assess this performance? Beyond results-based analysis which, in certain cases does offer us some insight, is there a more accurate approach to understanding sports performance?Statistics coul…Read Article
Which team played better?
José Mourinho · CampaniaI could start this essay with a links and screenshots of all the nasty things that have been written or said about McTominay in the past couple years, but that wouldn't be fun, would it?Instead, we'll make this very simple.My name if Joel A. Adejola, and I was rather confident that Napoli's Scott McTominay was going to rip up the Serie A, just as he had been dominating the boxes in last 18 months at Manchester United.If the last part of this sen…See the Story
10 Reasons You Got McTominay so Wrong
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