Episode 3648: Stats Or “Energy”, The Great xG Wobble, Tour de Nord, Troy v Jose
One of Germany’s most respected football writers, Christoph Biermann, joins us to talk about his new book: Game Theory: How Luck and Analytics shape football.
It’s the latest in a series of books Christoph has written on the data theme. But since we spoke about his previous book, 2019’s Football Hackers, Ken’s feelings towards analytics have evolved or perhaps devolved. Somehow he is becoming an “energy guy”, and increasingly entertains the idea that there may be a lot of supernatural stuff going on that we do not yet understand. Can they find common ground?
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We countdown the minutes to Katie at Croker, a listener points out Ken’s Down/North Armagh inexactitudes and we have a mini-preview of our mate Hector’s clash with Real Madrid anocht.
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Go to PatreonOn today’s show we have a chat with Héctor Bellerín about his new team-mate Troy, scoring against Real Madrid, the writing of Stefan Zweig and we get Héctor’s guide to a day in Seville…
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