re: New soccer book using sabermetrics

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I don't know if Soccernomics was intended to be anything other than a cursory introduction of a relatively new way of understanding the sport. It's certainly not thorough, and I don't think it pretends to be.

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Well that one's on me then. I was led to believe it was supposed to be an intellectually engaging and encompassing read. I was disappointed when it turned out to be much less engrossing than I thought it was supposed to be.

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That said, I definitely do think there is a place for statistical analysis in the sport, but it needs to be contextualized so that it has meaning.

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I think this is the core problem with the "science." Contexualization misses the mark more often than not. I agree that it can be used effectively if someone tailors it properly to a system and its players. I just find more often than not, any attempt to do so is ineffective.