A review by bickyburgerke
Soccernomics by Stefan Szymanski, Simon Kuper
3.0
Soccernomics has given me some great insights about soccer I hadn't thought about. It makes you wonder about certain aspects of the sport you hadn't thought about.
It debunks a lot of clichés, by using clear and understandable data. The authors take a lot of factors on and of the pitch in consideration and have put a lot of work in making sure stats are as realitic as possible.
The book is far from perfect however. Certain points are given a way too long introduction written at very slow tempo. Quotes that are outdated and unimportant to the plot are often recycled and sometimes examples of statements are too long dwelled upon.
Another flaw about the book is that it is written as an alternative to the book Moneyball, but for soccer fans. The book tries to hard to imitate Moneyball, by constantly using it as a reference and referring to chapters and statements in it.
It debunks a lot of clichés, by using clear and understandable data. The authors take a lot of factors on and of the pitch in consideration and have put a lot of work in making sure stats are as realitic as possible.
The book is far from perfect however. Certain points are given a way too long introduction written at very slow tempo. Quotes that are outdated and unimportant to the plot are often recycled and sometimes examples of statements are too long dwelled upon.
Another flaw about the book is that it is written as an alternative to the book Moneyball, but for soccer fans. The book tries to hard to imitate Moneyball, by constantly using it as a reference and referring to chapters and statements in it.