Analyzing Games Mugs

"Thursday-Morning Quarterback"

"The Net National Product rose slightly last month."

Scottish Football Fan - "...and please Lord, let the result be against the run of play."

"You're going to have to submit to peer review eventually, Bradshaw!"

Reading my Critics

'According to this book, the casino has a slight edge in this game.'

Six Thinking Hats

"I hope I get rock and you get scissors, or I get scissors and you get paper, or I get paper and you get rock."

'Unbelievable, these guys brought a ringer.'

United Football Club: In, Out, VAR.

"Next time be more careful where you put the decimal point!"

'Herb will provide one of his concise interpretations of the quarterly sales charts.'

"It evened out, for every free kick they got, we had one against us."

'Play post office? -- I don't like violent games.'

"Well I didn't see the incident myself.."

Experience-Productivity Ratio / Age-Salary Ratio.

A book reviewer reads between the margins.

The commentators want to run the officials...

Profit slump

"...but this is the stuff of dreams Mr Whitley! Dreams."

Rest in Peace Instant Replay

Micro and Macro Department,

"Remember, data doesn't tell the whole story."

Political Analysis

"These guys stink. They're the worst team I've ever seen! What a bunch of losers!"

'We're in a hurry.'

'Typical phallic egocentrism!'

'Please disregard the previous message about the imminent collapse of the global economy'

'When the music stops, sit down in the nearest chair. Whoever doesn't get a chair is redundant.'

'Our sabermetrics guy has confirmed that last year's team that went 60-102 was bad.'

'Maybe it's me, but I have a feeling we're being used as pawns.'

'As you can see - it doesn't pay to badmouth the quarterback.'

"How do you know he was offsides? How do you know anything? Isn’t it possible this is all a dream?!"