#Thread #Cricket

It's important that credit should be given to the right individuals where 'coaching' is concerned. Let's not be blind to some leading contributions that have come from lesser-known names.
#TeamIndia #coaches

LATEST VAR STATS THREAD

Overturns: 83
Rejected: 3
Goals: 23
Disallowed: 25
Pens: 19 (4 missed)
-for handball: 8
-overturned: 16
-retakes: 3
Offside goals: 20
Allowed after offside: 5
Disallowed handball: 3
Allowed after handball: 0
Reds: 12
-overturned:

VAR STATS (cont)

Most for: Brighton 8
Fewest for: Arsenal 1
Most against: Liverpool 10
Fewest against: Burnley 0
Most net for: Chelsea, Everton 3
Most net against: Liverpool 5
Most involvement: Man United 15

VAR STATS (cont)

Most goals awarded: Leicester 4
Most goals disallowed: Liverpool 6
Best net goal score: Everton, Sheffield United +3
Worst net goal score: Liverpool -8

VAR STATS (cont)

Most goals to opposition: Brighton, Liverpool, Tottenham, West Brom 3
Most goals disallowed for opposition: Brighton, Tottenham, West Ham 3
Most penalties awarded: Leicester, Sheffield United 3
Most penalties conceded: Brighton, Liverpool, Tottenham 3

VAR STATS (cont)

Most subjective decisions for: Man United 5
Most subjective decisions against: Fulham 5
Best net subjective score: Man United +3
Worst net subjective score: Arsenal, West Brom, Wolves -2

When we started @CourtsideVC in 2016, the biggest question we faced was "Can you really generate venture returns investing in sports?". 5 years later, we have enough data to share. This is the story of how we turned our passion for sports into a business.
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First, some context. When I started my sports analytics software company in 2009, I was unable to raise a single dollar in venture capital. I ended up having to cobble together $10K, $25K and $100K checks from individuals to get things going.

At the time, there were no venture funds focused on this space and generalist VCs simply did not believe in the market size of sports companies. As a result, almost all of them ran to the hills when they heard the word "sports".

Even when we got to ~$10M in recurring revenue, there was nobody knocking on our door to try and give us growth capital to see if we could build something big. Ultimately, this forced us to sell short to private equity guys who destroyed the business.

Fast forward to 2016 and we felt the sports, fitness and gaming markets were on the verge of exploding - these were three places where the next generation was spending its money & yet there were no early stage funds setup to fund these entrepreneurs and strategically open doors.

📍A thread. @RishabhPant17

Rishabh Pant's father was ill for a long time. He passed away in Roorkee on April 7, 2017. He went home to attend his father's funeral.

Back in 2004, Ricky Williams, the American football player, left the Miami Dolphins after a third strike for smoking weed and disappeared. He’d had a notable career besides, but this was the capper: He said goodbye to his coach from Hawaii and vanished off the face of the Earth.

I was like, I want to be the guy who finds him. My memory is a little foggy here, but I think I got Ricky’s email address from the godfather of one of Esquire’s editors. It was an AOL account, I remember. I wrote Ricky and asked him if he’d talk to me if I found him.

He replied! And he said if I found him, he would tell me everything. AMAZING. But first—finding him. There were reports that he’d been in Italy, Fiji, Japan, and, most recently, Australia. A guy who’d felt trapped was now making the most of his freedom. Ricky was on THE MOVE.

I asked Peter, my editor, if I could go searching for Ricky. I didn’t really think I would find him. But I figured I’d get some crazy travel out of it, giving chase. That’s what I was calling the story in my head: “Chasing Ricky.” I imagined I’d always be one step behind.

Peter asked me what I thought my chances were. My brain calculated, “Less than one tenth of one percent.” My mouth said, “50-50.” I don’t like to think I was lying so much as my brain and mouth had been in disagreement. Anyway, a coin toss was good enough for Peter: Go.

🎙⭐️ @Pirlo_official & @chiellini are in the house to preview #FCPJuve!

🔴🖥 Follow our presser LIVE on @JuventusTV ➡️ https://t.co/hCNqMpy1if

#JuveUCL #ForzaJuve

🎙 @chiellini: "We are coming from a good period, Saturday's match doesn't hurt us. We are fighting for all of our goals and now another big goal begins. We're going into it with enthusiasm, albeit aware of the obstacles."

#FCPJuve #JuveUCL

🎙 @chiellini: "@FCPorto defend very well, they are a physical team and we will have to be good at breaking them down and avoiding their counter-attacks that can be devastating."

#FCPJuve #JuveUCL

🎙 @chiellini: "We are all four centre-backs of a high level. The choices come down to the coach and for our part we know that we must always be ready, accepting every choice. The team wins, we alternate, and there is a great feeling among us."

#FCPJuve #JuveUCL

🎙 @chiellini: "The emotional aspect will also be important, but we experienced something similar in the #CoppaItalia. In the #UCL there are more pitfalls because the opponents are less known to us, we will have to be good at not making the mistakes of the last two seasons."