Sunday, 8 May 2016

Sunderland's progress to the brink of survival

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For the third consecutive year, Sunderland will enter its penultimate game of the season with the chance of securing survival. The relega...
Sunday, 1 May 2016

The Pirates' April Success & Patience at the Plate

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The Pittsburgh Pirates have baseball’s best offense in April  – and they did it with patience. Pirates hitters have combined for a .378 O...
Sunday, 9 August 2015

It's time to change Sunderland's approach in the transfer market

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Deciphering Sunderland’s long term strategy is becoming increasingly difficult, as there doesn’t appear to be one. This summer has continu...
Saturday, 8 August 2015

Why the Leicester defeat was not surprising for Sunderland

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Losing on the opening day of the season is always disappointing but the way Sunderland lost against Leicester was beyond that, as the sc...
Sunday, 2 August 2015

In defence of Wickham's scoring record (as well as other Sunderland strikers)

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Crystal Palace have agreed a fee reportedly in between £8 and £10 million to sign Sunderland’s Connor Wickham. Rumours of a striker depar...
Wednesday, 1 July 2015

In support of the Sporting Director model

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In a recent fans survey conducted by the Sunderland Echo , over 70% of fans responded stating that they did not believe that the club requ...
Monday, 29 June 2015

'Big Data Baseball' and the use of statistics in football

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I recently finished reading Travis Sawchick’s Big Data Baseball ; as both a fan of the Pittsburgh Pirates and having an interest in data ...