Tag: moneyball

Spreadsheets alone can’t win games

When John Henry took over Liverpool football club I was intrigued to see how things would pan out.

I had known for a number of years that Liverpool had net underspent in comparison to their peer group in the Premier league. This meant that they were likely to start slipping down the league as their competitors had much more fire-power when it came to the transfer market. I often detail this knowledge at the start of each season and you …