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How Stats Are Warping the Way We Watch Football

ByPaddy Keogh

You’d be surprised how many opinions about a footballer’s performance now hinge on a number between 6.3 and 8.1. No context, no nuance, just a number. This is what happens when apps like Sofascore and FotMob go from being helpful tools to being the entire conversation. The overreliance on football stats is not just changing…

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A Season-Defining Clash for Arteta’s Title Pursuit as Arsenal vs Liverpool

ByFelix Agbenyegah

The thing about going 20 years without a PL title and falling agonisingly short twice in a row in the two seasons before is that you go into the new season thinking every dropped point, every semi-convincing performance, even every self-/referee-sabotaged performance, is the end. It doesn’t matter if it’s the first game of the…