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The W-W formation: the future?!
It is hard to envisage how formations will evolve in response to the current formational hegemony 4-2-3-1. It is an adaptable format which matches up well against other approaches. Two defensive midfielders provide a shield for the back four, which … Continue reading
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Theory of Everything
Further to our research undertaken prior to and during World Cup 2010, WCC is close to devising a football theory of everything. This will be a synthesis of the knowledge generated by our faculties, Arts & Law, Life Sciences, Physical … Continue reading
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Chess & Football: a computational comparison
Chess is played in a defined physical area which is broken into 64 discrete spaces. Pieces move within this area following a number of specified rules: for example, rooks can move horizontally and vertically, bishops move diagonally. As a result … Continue reading
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England set to win World Cup 2014!
England may be out of World Cup 2010, but all is not lost. WCC has access to a cyber-wormhole so that it can access articles from future years. Below you can see an article which is due to be written … Continue reading
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What is a team?
It’s quite simple, the TV pundits keep telling us, you just have to play your best players in their best positions. This is usually stated with reference to Steven Gerrard being positioned on England’s left (when he should be situated … Continue reading
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Formations: Cartesian Coordinates or Dasein?
Scientific models are not physical representations of reality in the way that flat-pack assembly instructions represent furniture, but are images which assist us to comprehend a highly complex physical world. For example, the molecules that we breathe can be represented … Continue reading
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Zeno’s Paradoxes
Zeno of Elea devised several paradoxical conundra to demonstrate the problematic nature of our perception of space and time. His paradoxes suggest that motion and change are illusory phenomena. In his famous paradox, Achilles and the Tortoise the two eponymous … Continue reading
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England: Plan A (and B)
England’s plan A has been palpably apparent from early in the qualification campaign. Fabio Capello fields an approximate 4-4-2 formation with a conservative central midfield and a target-man centre-forward. Gareth Barry and Frank Lampard take the central-midfield slots with Barry … Continue reading
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