Comments on: About Last Night http://avoidingthedrop.com/2009/12/02/about-last-night-174/ If he has a chihuahua character, I can't make a chihuahua into a rottweiler. He could be a proud chihuahua but he remains a chihuahua. - Paolo Di Canio Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:43:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Magnakai Haaskivi http://avoidingthedrop.com/2009/12/02/about-last-night-174/comment-page-1/#comment-8849 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:35:08 +0000 http://avoidingthedrop.com/?p=4521#comment-8849 The article claims that a good chunk of that is due to an increase in player wages, which makes some sense. Ironically, a book I’m reading at the moment (“Soccernomics”) claims that there’s a direct relationship between player wages and team performance; they claim the wage market is something like 92% efficient. Interestingly, there’s no correlation at all between transfer fees, turnover, or profits and team performance.

That said, Everton and Manchester City seem to be two major exceptions to that rule so far this season.

]]> By: WhiteSpeedReceiver http://avoidingthedrop.com/2009/12/02/about-last-night-174/comment-page-1/#comment-8848 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:54:29 +0000 http://avoidingthedrop.com/?p=4521#comment-8848 That’s one hell of a job done by Everton. I would give my kidney to see how exactly they created that loss. They’ve got to have some damn good accountants.

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