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Premier League 2013/14 early predictions

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  1. #1321

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    WTF! Its just a game man, no need to complicate it anymore with stupid meaningless graphs.


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    Quote Originally Posted by East_coast:

    X axis is % spending above and below mean

    The more wages you pay the higher your league position

    http://www.economist.com/blogs/graph.../daily-chart-6

    Interestingly "Sir Alex Ferguson, who retired as Manchester United’s manager last year, was remarkable in his outperformance: over 19 seasons his teams gained 15 points more on average than would have been expected given the amount the club spent on wages. These margins matter. Had he been an average manager, he would have won just one title. Instead, he won eleven.

    Is there a similar weighting for the world cup? Don't Goldman Sachs normally issue a pre-event report?
    great analytical graph of premiership performance against position

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    Quote Originally Posted by Trance Omega:
    WTF! Its just a game man, no need to complicate it anymore with stupid meaningless graphs.
    Glad you brought that up. Correlation does not mean causation

    Do successful clubs have to pay higher wages because they are successful (and rich)

    or

    Do clubs pay higher wages to become successful

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    Quote Originally Posted by East_coast:
    Glad you brought that up. Correlation does not mean causation

    Do successful clubs have to pay higher wages because they are successful (and rich)

    or

    Do clubs pay higher wages to become successful
    To be fair he didn't bring that up.

    But anyway it is a bit of both. Success brings more money. More money can bring success. But not always - Look at qpr.

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    The way I see it is that most threads on geo are typical high brow office type conversations.

    East Coast, you can do away with your flipcharts and blue sky thinking! This is strictly the pub banter corner of geo!


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    Let's translate it to pub talk.

    All these bloody money men ruining the bloody game! These bastards buy success! Who wins the trophies? The knobs what get paid the most. Who gets promoted? The bellends who drive fancy dan sports cars.


    In my day it was propa. You won by breaking legs. You won with hard work. We was fackin' real men! none of this pink boots and wooly gloves malarkey

    Naaaah get me a bladdy drink.

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    FA Cup Final. Hull leading 2:1 after 21 minutes. Gotta keep an eye on Barca v Atletico as well. Title decider! 0:0 same kick off time. Barca needs to win. Diego Costa limped off after 15 minutes :-(


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    Barca 1 up. That would be enough for the title.


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    Awesome 1:1 Altletico. Diego Gordin 49'


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    2:2 Hull v Arsenal. 15min left


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