The computer lab hummed with the sound of cooling fans and clicking keyboards.
Mr. Turing (a distant relative of the genius, he claimed) walked between the rows of computers. He wore a t-shirt that said 'There is no place like 127.0.0.1'.
"Algorithms," Mr. Turing said. "They are a set of instructions. A recipe for solving a problem. If this happens, then do that. Input leads to Output."
Alex sat at his terminal. He was typing code.
IF ball_possession > 70% THEN chance_creation = TRUE.
"But beware," Mr. Turing warned. "The Infinite Loop. The system gets stuck. It repeats the same action forever, achieving nothing. It freezes. It crashes."
Alex stopped typing.
The Infinite Loop.
That was Arsenal's problem against low-block teams. They passed the ball sideways. Left. Right. Left. Right. Possession without penetration. A loop of nothing.
"Mr. Finch," Mr. Turing asked. "How do you break an infinite loop?"
Alex looked up.
