You may have heard of the new Castrol Rankings of world players. Players are ranked on their performance during the previous 12 months.
Thierry Henry is ranked as the best player in the world. This shows a faulty method of study. The 30 something Henry is not the best in the world anymore. Click to continue reading...

Soccer Statistics would like to recommend Chalkboard from the Guardian. What is Chalkboard? The newspaper describes the tool,
The Guardian's Interactive Chalkboards offer player analytics that until now have only been available to top managers and coaches. The chalkboard plots every action of every player in every Premier League match and lets the user analyse that data however they see fit. Click to continue reading...

Soccer Statistics would like to recommend Chalkboard from the Guardian. What is Chalkboard? The newspaper describes the tool,
The Guardian's Interactive Chalkboards offer player analytics that until now have only been available to top managers and coaches. The chalkboard plots every action of every player in every Premier League match and lets the user analyse that data however they see fit. Click to continue reading...

Gabriele Marcotti has added some good commentary on the criticism Fabio Cappello was receiving about his position of Steven Gerrard in last week's friendly defeat to the Czech Republic,
I was a bit nonplussed last week. After the friendly against the Czech Republic, I found out that Fabio Capello was apparently "killing" Steven Gerrard's career by playing him "on the left wing". Click to continue reading...

Something funny to start our post. For this, we'll go to Nicolai V. Gogol and his story, Ivan Fyodorovich and His Aunt. The setting: how will a newcomer recognize Stepan Ivanovich? "You will recognize him at once for he is the only one to wear printed cotton trousers and a yellow cotton coat. And here is another sign by which you may recognize him: when he walks he always waves his arms about. Click to continue reading...