David Sally analyzuje stratégie a taktiky, ktoré ľudia používajú pri hre, súťažení, vyjednávaní a rozhodovaní. Ako bývalý profesionálny baseballový nadhadzovač a profesor na Dartmouth College prináša do svojej práce jedinečnú perspektívu z oblasti športu a obchodu. Jeho odborné znalosti sa zameriavajú na psychológiu súťaženia a na to, ako možno vylepšiť rozhodovacie procesy. Sally je tiež uznávaným poradcom v globálnom futbalovom priemysle.
"For the last twenty years, David Sally has taught negotiation at ... business schools and to executives at ... companies worldwide, and now he wants to share his secrets and the science behind them. Negotiation, he argues, is best thought of as a strategic game in which you should be exactly one step ahead of your opponent. Drawing parallels to everything from the NBA to the corner con game and rooted in Sally's own ... research, [his book] introduces a revolutionary way of approaching negotiation"--
Why does stopping a goal beat scoring one? Why do the best defenders rarely touch the ball? Why is ditching your worst player smarter than buying a superstar? In this myth-busting book, Chris Anderson and David Sally show that the normal football terms - goals, possession, points, transfer fees - can actually hinder how we understand the game. Instead, by diving deep into the data, they uncover hidden truths about what is really happening on the pitch. Wonderfully readable and counter-intuitive, The Numbers Game will win you plenty of pub arguments. After reading it you will never think about football in the same way again. 'Rush to read this book immediately. The game [you] love will take on new depth, colour and subtlety.' Ed Smith, The Times 'Pundits, armchair fans and professionals will find that several of their long-cherished truisms are not true at all.' Guardian 'Challenges everything we know about football.' 'Sportshour', BBC World Service 'A highly original contribution to our understanding of what we are seeing at a match . . . unbeatable.' Independent on Sunday
Tato publikace je brilantní analýzou krásné hry jménem fotbal, analýzou bořící zažité mýty, dogmata a praktiky. V žádném případě však nejde o nudná statistická data, naopak - autor na základě dlouholetého zkoumání odhaluje pravé příčiny fotbalového úspěchu. Bez nadsázky jde o "povinnou četbu" pro trenéry, hráče, fanoušky i sázkaře.
