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Theory of Soccer Pt. 1: The Prevailing Orthodox Theories of Soccer
John Maynard Keynes begins his magnum opus, The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money by explaining why he has titled the book the “General…
Tiotal Football
Dec 7, 2021
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Theory of Soccer Pt. 2: The Abstract
Reframing a macro and micro general theory of soccer
Tiotal Football
Dec 16, 2021
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On Tracking Data, the Nature of Soccer, and Allocation
Don't take event data at its word
Tiotal Football
Jul 12, 2021
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Theory of Transfer Fees
Slouching with mixed success toward a semi-coherent framework
Tiotal Football
Sep 27, 2021
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Theory of Soccer Pt. 3: On Account of Bounce
What the rise of xG contributed to theory and what it did not
Tiotal Football
Feb 1
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Introducing: Absolute Unit
An exploration into how a football club can build a world class player recruitment process by borrowing from financial valuation theory
Tiotal Football
Aug 11, 2020
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The Currency of "Goal Difference"
Align your operations with the goalposts
Tiotal Football
Aug 13, 2020
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The GM, the Scout, and the Data Analyst
There's no right answer without the right question
Tiotal Football
Aug 20, 2020
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Adding Goals
Enhance your soccer event data with an "expected possession value" model to breathe life into the raw accounting records
Tiotal Football
Sep 16, 2020
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What about the budget?
Where the commercial and footballing planes of value intersect
Tiotal Football
Aug 18, 2020
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"Benchmarking" via a "Required Rate of Return"
Leaving the numerator and going down below
Tiotal Football
Jan 29, 2021
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Soccer Data, Accounting, and the Origins of Money
Step 1: Find some data and attach a unit of value
Tiotal Football
Sep 10, 2020
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