MY name’s Andrew, and I’m a statto, writes Andrew Beasley. It’s not always easy admitting that to football fans. The mainstream stat sites routinely churn out tweets featuring numbers without context that tell you little or nothing. The CIES...
“LIES, damn lies and statistics.” I first heard that phrase in my A-Level maths class while, ironically, studying statistics (my teacher was the funniest Evertonian I’ve ever met, whose teaching style was to treat his students like adults and let us...
STATISTICS. They’re a recent phenomenon in the game of football, and I’ll be honest, they drive me up the wall. I mean, remember the fuss two years ago? FIFA risking the wrath of national footballing establishments across the globe by introducing the...
