On 02/04/2013 09:54, Guy Thornton wrote:
Incidentally even though Warnock's departure is now a done deal and not an
April Fools Day joke this
piece from the Grauniad still makes interesting reading:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2013/mar/17/manager-sacking-reading-premier-league
Well worth a read, Guy. I liked the bit that says:
"John Goddard, a professor of financial economics at the University of
Bangor, and his co-author Stephen Dobson, of the University of Hull,
tested the theory by using statistical models and regression analysis on
a database with 40 years of Premier League and Football League
information. Their conclusion was startling.
"Sacking a manager is, on average, more harmful to a team's performance
in the short term than doing nothing."
In which case why did we sack Sgt Wilko? (Or even Brian Clough?)
Betty
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