After today's shambles and the difference of opinion across the forum on whose at fault i.e. whether its the players, the management or the training staff, I got to thinking on something DC said early days re: that they were using (as im sure most clubs do) a set of detailed stats on the players past before buying them. Now im sure those stats are ALOT more detailed than what I have pulled together below. However I started comparing "new" signings across the top 4 of the league and to see if they are performing better or worse than they were before being bought. Heres what I came up with.... Oh and I love stats so I just recon a new topic would be good for anyone who wants to add stats whenever on whatever/whomever!
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ImageShack.usAs you can see I weighted assists and goals as the same contribution which we all know is not so but the overall picture of who is playing well and who is not is still evident.
Its no surprise after the season we have had that our lads, suarez excluded, are under performing badly! Whats interesting though is looking at Valencia and Young and how much they stepped up to the plate... Downing, Carroll and Henderson clearly haven't!
Plenty of other players and teams could have been thrown in there but I didnt have all night and if there is small discrepancies in the figures I apologise, have had a wopper headache since about 5 oclock this evening (I wonder why) and wasnt as easy to concentrate with!
Cheers!
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