The Double Pivot: Soccer analysis, analytics, and commentary

Mike Goodman and Michael Caley

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The Cybernetics of Football with Dan Davies

4/14/2025 • 46 min

We are joined by Dan Davies, author of the fantastic new book The Unaccountability Machine, to talk about the book and the new ways of thinking about business and capitalism that he introduces, and then to discuss how this model of thinking can help explain why European football is the way it is. The Unaccountability Machine: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books… Play episode

Champions League Quarterfinals (Plus Lamine Yamal Talk)
Interview with Robert Jackson Bennett
England National Team with Grace Robertson
What's Happening Behind the Scenes at Manchester United, with Adam Crafton
United, Ratcliffe, INEOS and Cycling with Ben Walsh
The Best Team in the PL in the Last Two Months, and Italy
A Wild Weekend in the Top 5 Race
Premier League Top Five Race
The Double Pivot Theory of the Business of Football
The Mathys Tel Saga
City, Chelsea, Forest, Bournemouth
Crises at United and Spurs
So Many Man City Transfers
Analytics and the Premier League Table at Midseason
Barcelona Lose in Court (Does It Matter?)
Man City Keep Struggling
Manager Sackings in England
Meet the New Boss at Manchester United
Serie A Title Race / Top Four Race
Man City in Crisis
England and Tuchel with Grace Robertson
xG meets GTO: Talking Stats and Poker with Jonathan Jaffe
Ten Hag Out
Is There a Big 3 Anymore? Plus... the Nobody Wants This discussion
Mailbag: Pulisic, PSXG, Diarra and more
APT and PSR: Explaining the Man City - Premier League court case
Managers Are Such Sickos
City - Arsenal and the Title Race
Early Season Numbers
It's a Lot of Money to Lose: Chelsea Ownership Feud
Transfer Deadline Grab Bag
Pochettino, USMNT
Premier League Preview, Part II
Premier League Preview, Part I
Victor Osimhen and the Summer That Isn't Happening
Spain beat England and what's next
Euros Quarterfinals
USMNT Out, Berhalter Out?
Double Pivot Picks the Euros, Part I: Weak Side Bracket
Euros Round One Whiparound
Euros Preview Blowout (with Grace Robertson): Part I
Worst Contracts of the Premier League Draft, Part I
The Managerial Merry-Go-Round
Fullbacks and the Rise of Five Guys Tactics
Non-Big Six Team of the Season, Part I
Arne Slot and the state of Liverpool with Grace Robertson
Bayern - Madrid
Salary Caps, Regulators and Referees
In Which We Refuse To Construct Narratives

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