One of the better professors I had taught that there are four basic questions you want to ask about any data you look at. The most important (and probably most obvious) is: Is it accurate? A couple of weeks back, after Manchester United’s win at Liverpool, I noticed something on the shot charts that get […]
It might be time to start legitimately asking the above question about Ohio State’s Braxton Miller. Miller left this weekend’s game against Minnesota after his helmet made pretty forceful contact with the playing surface during the course of a tackle. It’s the second time that’s happened in his playing career. Combine that with another incident […]
NOTE: This was originally written for Deadpsin and was going to run before the last Arsenal v. Chelsea game at the end of last season (April 26, 2015). It somehow fell into the Internet equivalent of turnaround and never saw the light of day. Given Mike Dean’s performance at Stamford Bridge this weekend (September 19, […]
For all the high priced and high profile talent MLS is bringing into the league, relative to the other major sports in North America (hi, Canada!), it’s still really, really tiny. The release of salaries by the MLS’ Players Union (happened last week) usually provides a good excuse to break down what the league looks […]
To this point in the season, the Chicago Fire have played more minutes against 10 men than any other team in MLS1. And it’s probably not luck.The Fire can run out a front line that, oh, challenges the positional awareness of MLS defenses. David Accam is fast, like very. Quincy Amarikwa and Joevin Jones are […]