Football and tactics

• Zonal Marking   -   What does a central midfielder do in 2010?

• Zonal Marking   -   Introducing… the central winger

• Michael Cox (ZM) on ESPN – Different types of playmakers

• Tom Williams (Football Further)   –   After the false nine, the ‘false 10′

• Tom Williams (Football Further)   -   A clarification on the role of the ‘false 10′

• Tom Williams (Football Further)   -   Inside out full-backs find room to roam

• Four Added On   -   Santos v Barcelona, the slow death of the classic nr. 10

• Jonathan Wilson (The Guardian)   -   The concept of the false nine

• Jonathan Wilson (The Guardian)   –   Is 4-2-1-3 the future?

• Jonathan Wilson (The Guardian)   -   The back three is back

• Slide Rule Pass   -   Darwinism and football tactics

• Richard Whitall (The Footy Blog)   -   The messy business of trying to separate tactics from football

• Andrew Thomas (Twisted Blood)   -   Defending tactical football blogs

• Jonathan Wilson (The Guardian)   -   How did tactics develop in 2010?

• Jonathan Wilson (The Guardian)   -   The tactical trends of 2011

• Swiss Ramble   -   Why Ajax are no longer Dutch masters

• Beyond The Pitch   -   Who Are These Dutch?

 

Football and data

• The Footy Blog   -   The State of Analytics (incl. list of public data sources)

• VHockey – Likelihood and The Way Humans Think

• 11tegen11   -   Luck versus skills, introducing the concept of PDO

• Mark Taylor for OptaPro   -   Shot conversion is dependent on match score

• London School of Economics   -   Penalty shoot-outs are unfair, advantage to team that goes first

• Graham MacAree   -   When Possession Isn’t

• OptaPro   -   Shot conversion corrected for quality of chances (slight nod to 11tegen11′s post ‘A chance is a chance is a chance?‘

• Michael Lewis for the NY Times – The No Stats All Star (or how to apply stats in a flowing team sports like basketball)

 

Football and media

• Twitter is the future of sports media