’Football is not a math problem to be solved...’

Have managers lost the essence of their role? One of the great misjudgements of modern management is that everything that matters must be measured and that if something cannot be measured, it does not matter.

’Football is not a math problem to be solved...’

Strength, speed, endurance are the original must-have tools of the trade. Everything has a number, a target, a goal.

Every session must be improved upon. Your every movement is tracked by GPS, your every collision rated. Then there is the mental aspect. Temper, discipline, reaction, lack of reaction — everything matters.

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