Books

‘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 Accomplishment: How to Achieve Ambitious and Challenging Things

‘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 These Times and author of Disorder

‘Clever, succinct, and remarkably far-reaching … What marks this out as different – and mandatory reading for football’s rule-makers – is that she puts forward a short, but persuasive, list of possible solution’ – David James,The Critic

‘Fascinating and persuasive … What makes Christodoulou different is her ability to break down the specifics in truly fascinating ways and to express hugely complicated concepts in simple, engaging language’ – James McEnaney, The Herald

‘A book that could only have been written by someone wise, witty, knowledgeable about every detail of sport, relentlessly curious about philosophy, statistics, religion and literature’ – Tom Holland

‘Raises fundamental questions about technology and power, and answers them in great style’ – Alastair Benn, Engelsberg Ideas Books of the Year

‘Christodoulou’s book not only tidies up the discoursefootball authorities would do well to at least consult … Meticulously researched … Signposts to a better, simpler way forward for the Beautiful Game’ – Brendan Crossan, Irish News