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Explore the philosophy, methods and application of analytics in sport, business and everyday life with Dr Bill Gerrard

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  • Sport
    • Football, Finance and Fans in the European Big Five
    • Financial Determinism and the Shooting-Star Phenomenon in the English Premier League
    • League Gate Attendances in English Football: A Historical Perspective
    • The Reep Fallacy
    • What Can Football and Rugby Coaches Learn From Chess Grandmasters?
    • Moneyball: Twenty Years On – Part Three
    • Moneyball: Twenty Years On – Part Two
    • Moneyball: Twenty Years On – Part One
  • Methods
    • Analytics and Context
    • Measuring Trend Growth
    • The Problem with Outliers
    • Competing on Analytics
    • The Keys to Success in Data Analytics
    • The Six Stages of the Analytics Process
    • What is Data Analytics?
  • Economics, Business and Finance
    • The Dismal Science: A Personal Reflection – Part Four
    • The Dismal Science: A Personal Reflection – Part Three
    • The Dismal Science: A Personal Reflection – Part Two
    • The Dismal Science: A Personal Reflection – Part One
  • Sports Analytics Archive
    • 2003-2008
      • Applying Economics to the World of Professional Football: Some Thoughts from an Academic Economist, Business Consultant and Media Pundit
      • The Football Industry: A Boom-and-Bust Economy?
      • Applying Moneyball to Football:The Science of Valuing Football Players
      • Taking On the Sporting Goliaths
      • Valuing Professional Footballers: Economic Calculation or Sporting Judgment?
    • 2009-2015
      • The Effectiveness of the Kicking Game in Rugby Union: Evidence from the Aviva Premiership 2014/15
      • Beyond Moneyball: The Emergence of Coach-Led Analytics
      • So Why Did the All Blacks Triumph in the 2015 Rugby World Cup?
    • 2016
      • What Can Elite Sport Teach Us About Effective Data Analytics?
      • Understanding Sports Analytics
      • Learning from the Recent Successes in English Rugby
      • The Iceman Cometh – Assessing the Effectiveness of Different Playing Styles at Euro 2016
      • The Complexity of Team Cohesion
      • Are Pogba and Stones Really Worth The Money?
      • The Importance of Defence in Winning Promotion to the Premier League
      • Rio 2016 and the Marginal Gains from Data Analytics
      • The Real Lessons of Moneyball
      • Player Rating Systems in the Invasion-Territorial Team Sports – What are the Issues?
      • The Practical Problems of Constructing Win-Contribution Player Rating Systems in the Invasion-Territorial Sports
      • The Problems of Estimating Win-Contributions in Football (Soccer)
      • More on the Problems of Win-Contribution Player Rating Systems and a Possible Mixed-Methods Solution
      • A Simple Approach to Player Ratings
      • Bridging the Gap: Improving the Coach-Analyst Relationship (Part 1)
      • Bridging the Gap: Improving the Coach-Analyst Relationship (Part 2)
    • 2018-2021
      • Small is Beautiful: Big-Data Analytics and the Big-to-Small Translation Problem
      • Ranking Teams by Performance Rather than Results: Another Perspective on International Rugby Union Rankings for 2017
      • Improving Performance Ratio Analysis Part 1: Some Lessons from Finance
      • Improving Performance Ratio Analysis Part 2: The Structured Hierarchy Approach
      • Excelling in Analytics
      • Pythagorean Expected Wins Revisited
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Sports Analytics Archive

Find a selection of Bill’s earlier work and publications from 2003 onwards:

2003- 2008

2009-2015

2016

2018-2021

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What is Winning With Analytics?

Winning = improving performance by getting the best out of yourself and others, and getting the most out of available resources

Analytics = evidence-based analysis for practical purpose informed by theory and experience

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  • Home
  • Latest Posts
  • Sport
    • Football, Finance and Fans in the European Big Five
    • Financial Determinism and the Shooting-Star Phenomenon in the English Premier League
    • League Gate Attendances in English Football: A Historical Perspective
    • The Reep Fallacy
    • What Can Football and Rugby Coaches Learn From Chess Grandmasters?
    • Moneyball: Twenty Years On – Part Three
    • Moneyball: Twenty Years On – Part Two
    • Moneyball: Twenty Years On – Part One
  • Methods
    • Analytics and Context
    • Measuring Trend Growth
    • The Problem with Outliers
    • Competing on Analytics
    • The Keys to Success in Data Analytics
    • The Six Stages of the Analytics Process
    • What is Data Analytics?
  • Economics, Business and Finance
    • The Dismal Science: A Personal Reflection – Part Four
    • The Dismal Science: A Personal Reflection – Part Three
    • The Dismal Science: A Personal Reflection – Part Two
    • The Dismal Science: A Personal Reflection – Part One
  • Sports Analytics Archive
    • 2003-2008
      • Applying Economics to the World of Professional Football: Some Thoughts from an Academic Economist, Business Consultant and Media Pundit
      • The Football Industry: A Boom-and-Bust Economy?
      • Applying Moneyball to Football:The Science of Valuing Football Players
      • Taking On the Sporting Goliaths
      • Valuing Professional Footballers: Economic Calculation or Sporting Judgment?
    • 2009-2015
      • The Effectiveness of the Kicking Game in Rugby Union: Evidence from the Aviva Premiership 2014/15
      • Beyond Moneyball: The Emergence of Coach-Led Analytics
      • So Why Did the All Blacks Triumph in the 2015 Rugby World Cup?
    • 2016
      • What Can Elite Sport Teach Us About Effective Data Analytics?
      • Understanding Sports Analytics
      • Learning from the Recent Successes in English Rugby
      • The Iceman Cometh – Assessing the Effectiveness of Different Playing Styles at Euro 2016
      • The Complexity of Team Cohesion
      • Are Pogba and Stones Really Worth The Money?
      • The Importance of Defence in Winning Promotion to the Premier League
      • Rio 2016 and the Marginal Gains from Data Analytics
      • The Real Lessons of Moneyball
      • Player Rating Systems in the Invasion-Territorial Team Sports – What are the Issues?
      • The Practical Problems of Constructing Win-Contribution Player Rating Systems in the Invasion-Territorial Sports
      • The Problems of Estimating Win-Contributions in Football (Soccer)
      • More on the Problems of Win-Contribution Player Rating Systems and a Possible Mixed-Methods Solution
      • A Simple Approach to Player Ratings
      • Bridging the Gap: Improving the Coach-Analyst Relationship (Part 1)
      • Bridging the Gap: Improving the Coach-Analyst Relationship (Part 2)
    • 2018-2021
      • Small is Beautiful: Big-Data Analytics and the Big-to-Small Translation Problem
      • Ranking Teams by Performance Rather than Results: Another Perspective on International Rugby Union Rankings for 2017
      • Improving Performance Ratio Analysis Part 1: Some Lessons from Finance
      • Improving Performance Ratio Analysis Part 2: The Structured Hierarchy Approach
      • Excelling in Analytics
      • Pythagorean Expected Wins Revisited
  • Contact
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