Professor, London School of Economics. And football. Still trying to figure stuff out. šŸ‡©šŸ‡ŖšŸ‡ŖšŸ‡ŗšŸ‡ŗšŸ‡ø

Joined March 2011
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NEW: I’m not sure people fully appreciate how dire the US life expectancy / mortality situation has got. My column: enterprise-sharing.ft.com/re… And some utterly damning charts. 1) at *every* point on the income distribution, Americans live shorter lives than the English.
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Thanks for having me on - enjoyed our chat!
Today's Show is available in Podcast form NOW! 0:00: This Week in Sports 26:20: @BBurkeESPN talking NFL and WR performance 52:19: TWIS continued 1:11:42: @SoccerQuant on all things Soccer analytics Listen HERE:šŸ‘‡šŸ‘‡šŸ‘‡podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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Chris Anderson retweeted
Today's Show is available in Podcast form NOW! 0:00: This Week in Sports 26:20: @BBurkeESPN talking NFL and WR performance 52:19: TWIS continued 1:11:42: @SoccerQuant on all things Soccer analytics Listen HERE:šŸ‘‡šŸ‘‡šŸ‘‡podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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Sad and shocking news this morning about Grant Wahl. Lovely guy, top journalist, positive influence on the world. RIP.
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Chicken or egg?
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Which @premierleague teams chop and change the most and how does it impact performance?
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Ei schau mal @chbiermann was die Post heute gebracht hat. Freu mich auf die Lektüre – gespannt wie’n Flitzebogen!
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Just for the fun of it: since it’s the 2022 #StatsBombConferenceI thought it’d be fun to share what you could call the current @MLS Moneyball charts (salary data courtesy of @AnalysisEvolved). (To help w reading, I’ve circled the ā€œgoodā€ quadrant)
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Wow. Can't believe the forensic work that went into unearthing this. Thanks, guys - amazing walk down memory lane. šŸ™ (cc @srudd_ok)
Episode 1: The spiritual birth of soccer analytics blogging postscriptpod.substack.com/p…
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Love this
11 Aug 2022
The unique role of the goalkeeper in Christian Titz's Magdeburg tactics āœļø Titz uses his GK, Dominik Reimann, in a revolutionary way… almost as a CB in buildup This 🧵 will show the key elements, benefits, and risks of Titz's tactic #EINMALIMMER #Bundesliga
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Thrilled this study w/ my great colleague @sarahobolt has found a terrific home at @WEPsocial. We examine the politics of face coverings - specifically, people's willingness to comply with UK govt advice to wear masks. Many thanks to the @BritishAcademy_ for supporting our work.
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Amazing story
In the 1980s an East German criminal was delivered across the Berlin Wall to fuel a tide of neo-Nazi violence that still plagues Germany today. His name was Rainer Sonntag—and he was a Communist spy. His handler? Vladimir Putin. magazine.atavist.com/follow-…
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Fun and informative piece if you're into data analysis in football (and understanding a bit of its history).
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Charles Reep: The military accountant who brought data analysis to English game bbc.in/3NcQNAG
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Chris Anderson retweeted
Steve Kerr on today's tragic shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
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Chris Anderson retweeted
Across the country, parents are putting their children to bed, reading stories, singing lullabies—and in the back of their minds, they’re worried about what might happen tomorrow after they drop their kids off at school, or take them to a grocery store or any other public space.
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Happy and humbled to share some personal news.
šŸŽ‰"Chris is a world-class scholar, a great teacher, a wonderful colleague, and a Europeanist through and through." We're delighted that the EI's new named Chair, 'The Ralf Dahrendorf Professor of European Politics and Society', has been conferred on Professor Chris Anderson.
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In contrast, satisfaction w President's performance in office became a sig factor driving compliance reports in immediate aftermath of the speech. (Unsurprisingly), once the French state strictly enforced restrictions, pol beliefs ceased to matter for compliance reports. 9/n
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Tl; dr: the state is a hydra with multiple arms to shape ostensibly non-political behaviors & protect public health. But: not everyone is equally motivated to comply, and the trick is to use the right tools target the right ppl to manage sudden crises. 10/end
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