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: <mailto:pcr...@contechengineering.com> pcr...@contechengineering.com Website: <http://www.contechengineering.com> www.contechengineering.com From: nswolves@googlegroups.com [mailto:nswolves@googlegroups.com] 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.