I Can't Stop Thinking About Var Forward by Jonathan Wilson
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Daisy Christodoulou is the author of three influential books about education and education technology, and has written about cricket for the Nightwatchman Quarterly. She is the Director of Education at No More Marking, a provider of online comparative judgement software which is used by over 1,500 schools to improve the way they make assessment decisions, as well as the co-author of a peer-reviewed journal article about this approach to decision-making. I Can’t Stop Thinking About VAR is her first book about football. Jonathan Wilson is a writer and broadcaster. He founded and edits the football quarterly The Blizzard, is a columnist for the Guardian and World Soccer, writes for Unherd and is a regular guest on the Football Weekly podcast.<p>‘Daisy Christodoulou, a season ticket holder at West Ham, brings her profound professional expertise in assessment and testing to bear. Her insights into the challenge of reaching good judgements are applied to VAR with rigour, wit and wisdom. Everyone involved in the VAR controversy should read this short, beautifully-written book and think again’ - Sir Michael Barber, author of <em>Accomplishment: How to Achieve Ambitious and Challenging Things</em></p>
<p>‘VAR has killed something deep in football. With the passion of a lifelong fan and the laser insight of her day job, Daisy Christodoulou explains exactly what it is with a remarkable verve and exactitude’ Professor Helen Thompson, co-host of <em>These Times </em>and author of <em>Disorder</em></p>
<p><strong>'Clever, succinct, </strong>and remarkably <strong>far-reaching</strong> ... What marks this out as different – and <strong>mandatory reading for football's rule-makers</strong> – is that she puts forward a short, but <strong>persuasive</strong>, list of possible solution' - David James,<em>The Critic</em></p>
<p><strong>'Fascinating and persuasive</strong> ... What makes Christodoulou different is her ability to break down the specifics in <strong>truly fascinating</strong> ways and to express hugely complicated concepts in <strong>simple, engaging language' </strong>- James McEnaney, The Herald</p>
<p>'A book that could only have been written by someone <strong>wise, witty, knowledgeable about every detail of sport</strong>, relentlessly curious about philosophy, statistics, religion and literature' - Tom Holland</p>
<p><strong>‘Raises fundamental questions</strong> about technology and power, and <strong>answers them in great style’</strong> - Alastair Benn, <em>Engelsberg Ideas</em> Books of the Year</p>
<p>'Christodoulou’s book not only <strong>tidies up the discourse</strong>; it is focused on the key problems and areas and is prescriptive, which the <strong>football authorities would do well to at least consult</strong> ... <strong>Meticulously researched</strong> ... <strong>Signposts to a better, simpler way forward</strong> for the Beautiful Game' - Brendan Crossan, <em>Irish News</em></p>