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What that isnt showing is the transfer cost of our players sitting on the bench!!!!
Transfer spend is not the only significant metric... wages spend is equally important.
I suspect that we would also look to be doing OK in a wages comparison?
Bournemouth spend less on wages than we do, but comparable.
Those stats should be pinned to the head of every Hughton unbeliever.
Those stats should be pinned to the head of every Hughton unbeliever.
Those stats should be pinned to the head of every Hughton unbeliever.
Really? Doesn't it just illustrate how the players we have splashed out on have largely failed to make an impact?
If we take these statistics at face value one may well come to the conclusion that competing in the Prem is basically a waste of time as it is all predetermined by how much has been spent.
The managers of those clubs who haven't spent much know they are in the shit before the season starts and so do the directors, which begs the question, why bother, unless you are prepared to spend big bucks?
Just asking? And does it mean that managers that perform in line with their club's expenditure have a ready made excuse if they do no better than they are forecast to do according to expenditure?
If so, how depressing and what happened to the ability of managers to get players and teams that may not have been assembled at great cost, to outperform?
Perhaps this is the case in the Prem and it would be interesting to know how this works out in the lower leagues.
I'm not totally convinced by this and am daft enough to believe that a good manager can still have a huge influence over their team's results.
Really? Doesn't it just illustrate how the players we have splashed out on have largely failed to make an impact?
The first table can be used to show that, however, the second shows Hughton is doing better than he 'should'.
Aren't they the same table - one in alphabetical order and one in order of spend? Or am I missing something?