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Liam Lenten

@llenten

Economics Scholar, mainly econometrics of sports and cultural industries. Regular contributor to media. Former filthy maggot

 Melbourne
Joined May 2011
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I finally cracked 1,000 citations on Google Scholar. It is ironic that I am no longer an academic--nevertheless gratifying to see it, though.
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Good luck to @HawthornFC this evening! My boys would benefit from a lazy 19 touches from this supreme physical specimen; but even without said contribution, I'm actually feeling more confident than usual. Go Hawks!!!
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Kevin Keegan's last words: "If I outlive Alex Ferguson.......I'LL LOVE IT"!!!
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🇦🇷🇦🇷¡¡¡VAMOS LOS ALBECELESTES!!!🇦🇷🇦🇷 @FIFAWorldCup
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Including the last 39 minutes of Spain's final match in Qatar against Japan, Umai Simón now goes to an all-time record 519 consective @FIFAWorldCup goalless minutes, surpassing Walter Zenga's 517 in 1990.
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I've been banging on for YEARS about how penalty shoot-outs are no good... @FIFAWorldCup @AFR
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A very happy Centenary birthday to the true King of Comedy
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I just got a first good look at that German centre back, Pavlovič̣. I reckon Damien Peverill might finally have to surrender his tiara! @FIFAWorldCup
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One of my old publications points to the warnings for Scotland to avoid a repetition of the mistakes made in its 1982 FIFA World Cup clash against the Selecâo. tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1…
The underdog should always fire the first salvo against Brazil

The underdog should always fire the first salvo against Brazil

A popular myth in football (soccer) that it is unwise tactically to score early against Brazil is busted using data from 1993 to 2010. This result provides further evidence about the choice of tim...

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The unexpected delay of rhe second half of Iraq v France has serendipitously allowed for a dress rehearsal of my setup for the final pairings of group round matches of the @FIFAWorldCup. Works well, @SBS!
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I just feel that if Just just keeps scoring like he did against @IranFootballHQ, he might just beat the all-time @FIFAWorldCup single-tournament record, which is just currently held by Just.
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A well-earned Maccas hydration break during training yesterday.
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I'm realising that the main qualitative effect of promoting head-to-head ahead of goal difference in the FIFA World Cup is that it reduces the number of remaing possible combination of progression outcomes in each group prior to the final pair of matches. 1/2
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You could argue either way that it's a good or bad thing, but it's a surprising move given that it's probably bad (on balance) for the broadcasters' interests, which FIFA clearly now weights more heavily than most other stakeholder groups. 2/2
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Our deepest fears about the @FIFAWorldCup expansion have been realised, regarding lopsided contests. You know, when superpowers like @CanadaSoccerEN decide to go on a rampage just for fun.
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I think this been completely missed so far by the various FIFA World Cup CommBank Socceroos commentary, but if Australia beats USA and Paraguay fails to beat Türkiye, Australia GUARANTEES topping Group D....IRRESPECTIVE of results in the following matches. 1/2
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This is because of changes to the order of separation criteria by FIFA--now, head-to-head trumps goal difference, which has seemingly been undiscussed by most punits, hitherto. 2/2
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Anyone frothing with excitement that the Algerian 'keeper is a Zidane should be informed that Zinedine wasn't even the original! Djamel Zidane played in two @FIFAWorldCups for Algeria: 1982 and 1986.
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