Plus/minus is a regular thing in hockey and its utility can be traced back many years.
However, it's used to display how effective a team is while a certain player is on the ice; the fluid substitution system employed by that sport demands a similarly versatile but telling measure of player and lineup efficacy. The system has its drawbacks - especially in sports such as basketball - but it
The United States attained a decisive qualifying victory and the Dutch became the first Europeans to begin planning in earnest for next year’s samba fiesta. Meanwhile in Asia, Jordan enters a World Cup Playoff against the fifth-placed South American team as they hope to make their first entrance on the world’s gaudiest platform. World Cup qualifying week has come and gone.
The summer transfer window really is quite long. Like, over 90 days long.
But clubs still tend to make purchases late. For some, like Arsenal, this was an absolute gift because Mesut Özil is better than others the club may have bought earlier. However for other slackers - stand up, Ed Woodward and David Moyes - the laissez-faire posture displayed over the warmer months left them £4
So one or both of Ed Woodward and David Moyes screwed up. This much is certain.
Entreaties to Cesc Fabregas, Luka Modric, Ander Herrera, Mesut Özil and Juan Mata went thoroughly and brutally unfulfilled. The club is – rightfully – embarrassed by three months of low-ball bids and beat-poet serenades below player balconies that hit all the wrong notes.
Two weeks after the conclusion of the Ashes, it’s time to evaluate the Ashes draft that took place before the series began. In that draft, Dave Siddall and I selected sides with the object of evaluating who the series’ best players might be.
The results and their performances over the course of the five-match Test series are listed below.