Thanks for these Paul. It's interesting that the correlation is even stronger the year before.
When you combine both seasons, the chance of data falling into line like that by chance is about one in 59,000,000,000 (59 billion). On 20 December 2011 16:14, Paul Crowe <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Steve,**** > > ** ** > > I found these figures on the web from Deloitte’s annual football report > for season 2009 to 2010, the season before your figures. Results as follows: > **** > > ** ** > > Team..........League Rank...Wage Rank...Difference > Burnley......... .18..............19................1 > Fulham................12...............11.......... ......-1 > Stoke................11...............14.......... ......3 > Spurs..................5................7......... .......2 > Man Utd..............2................3............... ..1 > Wolves..............18...............15........... .....3 > Blackpool...........19...............20........... .....1 > Arsenal...............3.................5......... .......2 > Everton..............8.................8.......... ......0 > Wigan...............16...............15........... .....-1 > Hull City..........19...............16............ ....-3 > Bolton...............13...............14.......... ......1 > Chelsea..............1.................1.......... .....0 > Birmingham.........17...............9............ ..8 > Man City.............5.................2.............. .-3 > Liverpool.............6.................4......... ......-2 > Sunderland.........10................8............ ....-2 > Aston villa...........9.................6...............-3 > Blackburn...........15...............12........... ....-3 > West Ham..........17................10...............-7**** > > Compared to your results for last season 2010 to 2011:**** > > ** ** > > Team..........League Rank...Wage Rank...Difference > West Brom..........11..............19................8 > Fulham................8...............11.......... ......3 > Stoke................13...............15.......... ......2 > Spurs..................5................7......... .......2 > Man Utd..............1................3............... ..2 > Wolves..............17...............18........... .....1 > Blackpool...........19...............20........... .....1 > Arsenal...............4.................5......... .......1 > Everton..............7.................8.......... ......1 > Wigan...............16...............16........... .....0 > Newcastle..........12...............12............ ....0 > Bolton...............14...............14.......... ......0 > Chelsea..............2.................1.......... .....-1 > Birmingham.........18...............17............ ..-1 > Man City.............3.................2.............. .-1 > Liverpool.............6.................4......... ......-2 > Sunderland.........10................8............ ....-2 > Aston villa...........9.................6...............-3 > Blackburn...........15...............12........... ....-3 > West Ham..........20................8...............-12**** > > ** ** > > Ok, pretty similar results. The 2 x anomaly’s for 2009 to 2010 being > Birmingham and West Ham. Interesting that West Ham went up 2 x places in > terms of the wage table for last season compared to the previous year but > ended up finishing bottom and were relegated.**** > > Pity Deloitte do not publish their reports. Anybody have the figures for > the season 2008 to 2009? **** > > Still not convinced Manager’s have no effect whatsoever and that 90% of > team performance is directly attributed to wage bill spend. **** > > Regards**** > > Paul.**** > > **** > > ** ** > > Paul Crowe**** > > Sales Manager - Asia Pacific**** > > **** > > ConTech (Sydney Office)**** > > **** > > PO Box 3517**** > > Rhodes Waterside**** > > Rhodes NSW 2138**** > > Tel: 02 97396636 Fax: 02 97396542**** > > Mob: 0406009562**** > > Email: [email protected]**** > > Website: www.contechengineering.com**** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Steven Millward > *Sent:* Tuesday, 20 December 2011 2:36 PM > *To:* nswolves > *Subject:* [NSWolves] Fwd: Prem league wages**** > > ** ** > > Here's the wages data that Paul Crowe asked for, It's more or less the > same as the data I have already shared.**** > > **** > > West Ham is an outlier and linear regression is not robust so you get a > stronger r-squared when you take it out. God knows what happened to them > last season**** > > -- > Boo! Thick Mick Out.**** > > -- > Boo! Thick Mick Out. > -- Boo! Thick Mick Out.
