Connect with us

Chris Dunlavy

Even now, we all need a bit of luck

Even now,

Chris Dunlavy
A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL

IN THEIR book The Numbers Game, Chris Anderson and David Sally argue that success in football is 50 per cent skill and 50 per cent luck.
Naturally, coaches and players disagree. Nobody wants to believe that all those expensive coaching badges, all those evenings on Wyscout and all those hours on the training ground don’t matter. Nor that the contents of the trophy cabinet were won on the toss of a coin.
And they weren’t, of course. The best players minimise the role of luck by training diligently, making smart decisions and deve...

Continue reading...

Access all our premium content from as little as 14p per day!

SUBSCRIBE

Already a subscriber to our website? Login

Related Topics

Tackle the News

- Sign Up for our weekly Football League Newsletter Today!
Your subscription could not be saved. Please try again.
Your subscription has been successful.

Best Betting Sites at Betinireland.ienew-UK-football-betting-sites-banner

Online Casinos

More in Chris Dunlavy

  •

    Sad Rovers’ misery is years in making

    Chris Dunlavy FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL NEXT weekend, Michael O’Neill will leave Blackburn’s relegation struggles behind and jet off to oversee Northern Ireland’s World Cup play-off against Italy in Bergamo. Given the wretched state of things at Ewood Park, the 56-year-old could be forgiven for not coming back. Awful form....

  •

    AT LEAST CHANSIRI WILL BE OUT OF POCKET!

    Chris Dunlavy COST: Dejphon Chansiri SHEFFIELD Wednesday’s annus horribilis plumbed new depths this week with news that the Owls are likely to be docked 15 points next season. Arise, a group led by US investors David and Michael Storch and Tom Cos-tin, have been granted preferred bidder status by administrators...

  • Neil Warnock giving instructions on the touchline Neil Warnock giving instructions on the touchline

    Chris Dunlavy: Neil Warnock could’ve got West Brom bouncing

    Neil Warnock shelved the gardening gloves, mothballed the golf clubs and dusted down his tracksuit to take charge of Torquay United this week.

  •

    Chris Dunlavy: Leo Scienza shines amid the ups and downs at Southampton

    Southampton's rollercoaster form means their players are unlikely to feature when the end-of-season awards are doled out next month.