Whose risk?
Reputational Risk Limits Upsides Football is a uniquely pressured industry. There are very few jobs compared to the number of applicants. Almost ever fan thinks they could do bette
Reverse Engineering Brighton and Hove Albion
Reverse engineering – the process of understanding how or why something works through deductive reasoning, in the hope of being able to recreate it. Brighton and Hove Albion,
Games within games – how to identify and exploit opportunities in football.
Playing any game well requires a range of skills and knowledge. You need to understand the rules, the actions required to succeed within those rules, and have the ability to perfor
Spending your way to success – an investor’s guide.
By ANDREW WATSON How much do budgets really affect a league table? Often we hear stakeholders in the game, be they fans, owners, managers, say things such as “On our budget w
So you want to be a Sporting Director?
The Sporting Director model is becoming increasingly popular in English football. Once seen as the “continental” way of doing things as football clubs have grown in size and pr
Football strategy – Part 3 – Micro and Macro
Article by Tim Keech and Olivier Wicki In our previous articles we looked at how clubs could use a strategic approach to club management. Firstly by setting out a long term visio
Strategic Review: England’s Dortmund
Article by Tim Keech and Olivier Wicki In our last blog we explained why clubs should undertake strategic reviews and the methodology we use to perform these. In this article we wi
Holding out for a hero
The single scientist working alone who makes a world-changing discovery, the doctor who performs life saving surgery, the programmer who built a trillion dollar company. We l
Strategic Management in Football
Football is a volatile industry in which the outcome of the next game can change the club’s entire approach. The problem we often see in football clubs is that the Head Coach
The collapse of the transfer market, and when it will return.
“Imagine there were no transfer fees, it isn’t hard to do, only free transfers, and a couple of loans too” It may not have made John Lennon’s final draft bu
