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The Aston Villa Guide to Crashing the Top Four
Aston Villa, huh? We’re more than a third of the way into the Premier League season — and they’re tied with Liverpool, one point back of Manchester…
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Ryan O'Hanlon
Three Columns for the Price of One Email!
Happy Thanksgiving, to those who celebrated. Happy Last Thursday of November, to those who didn’t. Anyway, I slacked off on the emails last week. Here’s…
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Ryan O'Hanlon
What if We Designed Soccer from Scratch?
Soccer is broken. Not the kicking-of-the-ball-can’t-use-your-hands part; that’s beautiful, always has been. Ok, maybe not always; early versions of…
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Who Are the Most Important Players in the Premier League?
My latest column for ESPN is up. I continued my crusade in support of the idea that “soccer teams win soccer games because of the quality of their…
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Ryan O'Hanlon
I Talked to the Theoretical Physicist Who Helped Save Liverpool
I finally got in touch with Liverpool’s former Head of Research, Ian Graham. We talked about how the club used his and his team’s data to win every…
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Ryan O'Hanlon
Why You Don't Want Another Erling Haaland
My latest column for ESPN is up. Inspired by a recent conversation, I tried to identify European soccer’s “triple threats”: The other day, I spoke to…
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Ryan O'Hanlon
Why Every Team Would Be Better With Harry Kane
Ahead of Saturday’s Der Klassiker between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund, I wrote about Harry Kane, who might be better than ever before: Tottenham…
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No Grass in the Clouds
No Grass in the Clouds
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