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How Stats Are Warping the Way We Watch Football

ByPaddy Keogh May 9, 2025May 9, 2025

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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Who Created xG? The Sam Green Story

ByPaddy Keogh April 29, 2025May 1, 2025

Nowadays, you hear it everywhere. On Match of the Day, in WhatsApp groups, from pundits trying to explain how a team came away with nothing despite battering the opposition. xG is part of the football conversation now. But for all the talk, most people couldn’t tell you where it came from, or who came up…

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Rasmus Hojlund: Manchester United has an elite striker

ByYassin Ehab September 19, 2024September 19, 2024

Manchester United opened their transfer window by signing Dutch striker Joshua Zirkzee from Bologna. After their first two games of the season, calls from the media have grown loud again that Manchester United needs a proven goal scorer. The Red Devils already have the goal scorer in their squad. Danish striker Rasmus Hojlund is more…