2016
Lazio Fans Beg Manager to Stay
We were treated to incredible scenes here in Rome yesterday as Lazio manager Fred Dodger’s opulent villa in the Castelli Roma in region( available at cheap rates during the off season) was besieged by Lazio Ultras pleading with him to stay.
Since the end of a season that has been described in the Italian press as “miraculous” and “stupefacente” there have been rumours that some of the worlds leading clubs have taken notice of the quiet Englishman who has transformed a team of no-hopers from relegation certainties into supermen and taken them into european competition.
Fred Dodger had to come out on to the balcony to calm the crowds and make a statement. Wearing a pastel coloured toga and a crown of vine leaves he reassured the heaving mass of adoring fans, some in tears, that he had received no offers from anywhere and was working feverishly, under severe budget constraints, to improve the team for next season.
" I can’t say we will go on to win a treble next season but we will be going all out for some silverware. This club deserves success and I fully intend to be the one to bring it here"
His next statement tempered this a little though; " I can’t make a promise that I’ll be here forever, little miss dodger needs to be settled in a school so who knows what the future will bring."
There were 15 arrests for violence and drug dealing.
THE TOP 100 - DIVISION 1 SEASON END REPORT
A Season
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Div 5 Value added
For the last time for now…
At the start of the season, all teams were rated according to the team rating in 6 key categories.
Then the finishing position was deducted from that to calculate the value added.
So week done Brugge and Kazan, Celta Vigo and Espanyol must look to improve.
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Div 3 value added
Ok to repeat , all teams were rated purely statistically , the finishing position calculated, the final position has been deducted and that gives you the value added , the higher the better.
So well done Southampton, PSV, Leicester,
Monaco, St Etienne and Hoffenheim need to improve.
| Gk | Def | Mid | Att | Top15 | Top21 | Average | Predict | Finish | Value | |
| Southampton | 89 | 89 | 87 | 89 | 85 | 80 | 86.5 | 16 | 6 | 10 |
| PSV | 87 | 88 | 87 | 88 | 85 | 84 | 86.5 | 15 | 5 | 10 |
| Leicester City | 89 | 88 | 88 | 90 | 84 | 80 | 86.5 | 14 | 4 | 10 |
| SC Internacional | 88 | 87 | 88 | 88 | 86 | 85 | 87 | 10 | 3 | 7 |
| Galatasaray SK | 87 | 88 | 88 | 88 | 84 | 80 | 85.83 | 20 | 13 | 7 |
| Cruzeiro | 87 | 87 | 87 | 87 | 86 | 85 | 86.5 | 17 | 10 | 7 |
| Crystal Palace | 87 | 87 | 88 | 87 | 85 | 82 | 86 | 18 | 12 | 6 |
| Genoa CFC | 89 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 86 | 82 | 87.33 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| Aston Villa | 88 | 88 | 87 | 88 | 87 | 86 | 87.33 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| Sunderland | 87 | 87 | 87 | 87 | 86 | 86 | 86.67 | 13 | 11 | 2 |
| Girondins Bordeaux | 88 | 87 | 88 | 88 | 85 | 80 | 86 | 19 | 20 | -1 |
| Swansea City | 88 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 86 | 83 | 86.83 | 11 | 14 | -3 |
| Udinese Calcio | 87 | 87 | 87 | 88 | 87 | 85 | 86.83 | 12 | 16 | -4 |
| Besiktas JK | 88 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 87 | 87 | 87.67 | 4 | 8 | -4 |
| Olympique Marseille | 91 | 88 | 89 | 89 | 86 | 85 | 88 | 2 | 7 | -5 |
| Athletic Club | 90 | 88 | 88 | 88 | 87 | 86 | 87.83 | 3 | 9 | -6 |
| Stoke City | 89 | 88 | 88 | 89 | 87 | 82 | 87.17 | 7 | 15 | -8 |
| Hoffenheim | 88 | 87 | 87 | 88 | 86 | 86 | 87 | 8 | 18 | -10 |
| AS Saint-Etienne | 89 | 87 | 88 | 87 | 86 | 85 | 87 | 9 | 19 | -10 |
| AS Monaco | 88 | 89 | 89 | 90 | 87 | 86 | 88.17 | 1 | 17 | -16 |
Div 4 value added
Value added. Did you let your team down or did the players perform superbly.
Sao Paulo and Feyenord at 16 and 14 + worthy promoted teams. Terrible Torino nad Dnipro who should have been top finish at the wrong end of the table.
| Gk | Def | Mid | Att | Top15 | Top21 | Average | Pred | Finish | Value | ||
| São Paulo FC | 87 | 87 | 88 | 87 | 85 | 83 | 86.17 | 18 | 2 | 16 | |
| Feyenoord | 88 | 86 | 87 | 87 | 84 | 84 | 86 | 19 | 5 | 14 | |
| Villarreal CF | 88 | 89 | 88 | 87 | 86 | 85 | 87.17 | 8 | 1 | 7 | |
| Sassuolo | 88 | 87 | 87 | 88 | 85 | 83 | 86.33 | 17 | 11 | 6 | |
| Hamburg | 88 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 86 | 85 | 87.17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | |
| Cologne | 88 | 87 | 88 | 88 | 84 | 79 | 85.67 | 20 | 17 | 3 | |
| Sampdoria | 88 | 88 | 87 | 88 | 86 | 85 | 87 | 10 | 8 | 2 | |
| Hellas Verona | 87 | 87 | 87 | 88 | 86 | 86 | 86.83 | 12 | 10 | 2 | |
| River Plate | 88 | 87 | 88 | 87 | 85 | 83 | 86.33 | 16 | 15 | 1 | |
| Atalanta BC | 88 | 87 | 88 | 88 | 86 | 82 | 86.5 | 14 | 13 | 1 | |
| Lille OSC | 89 | 87 | 88 | 88 | 86 | 85 | 87.17 | 9 | 9 | 0 | |
| Stuttgart | 88 | 87 | 88 | 88 | 87 | 86 | 87.33 | 5 | 6 | -1 | |
| Chievo Verona | 88 | 88 | 88 | 89 | 87 | 86 | 87.67 | 2 | 4 | -2 | |
| West Ham United | 88 | 88 | 88 | 88 | 87 | 85 | 87.33 | 4 | 7 | -3 | |
| Montpellier HSC | 87 | 87 | 88 | 88 | 86 | 85 | 86.83 | 11 | 14 | -3 | |
| Dynamo Moskva | 87 | 87 | 87 | 87 | 86 | 85 | 86.5 | 15 | 19 | -4 | |
| AZ | 89 | 87 | 88 | 88 | 86 | 85 | 87.17 | 7 | 12 | -5 | |
| Málaga CF | 87 | 87 | 88 | 86 | 86 | 85 | 86.5 | 13 | 20 | -7 | |
| Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 88 | 87 | 88 | 88 | 87 | 86 | 87.33 | 3 | 16 | -13 | |
| Torino | 89 | 89 | 88 | 90 | 87 | 85 | 88 | 1 | 18 | -17 |
Division 1 Value added
Value added is the true measure of manager greatness.
= Predicted position - Final position. All statistically done. . So Dortmund performed the best , Man Utd the worse
| Gk | Def | Mid | Att | Top15 | Top21 | Predicted | Finished | Value | ||
| Dortmund | 89 | 91 | 92 | 92 | 87 | 82 | 88.83 | 17.00 | 6 | 11.00 |
| Liverpool | 90 | 90 | 92 | 91 | 88 | 86 | 89.5 | 10.00 | 5 | 5.00 |
| FC Porto | 91 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 88 | 86 | 89.17 | 15.00 | 10 | 5.00 |
| Schalke | 89 | 90 | 90 | 91 | 88 | 83 | 88.5 | 19.00 | 15 | 4.00 |
| SS Lazio | 89 | 89 | 90 | 93 | 88 | 87 | 89.33 | 12.00 | 9 | 3.00 |
| Valencia CF | 90 | 90 | 91 | 90 | 89 | 85 | 89.17 | 14.00 | 12 | 2.00 |
| SSC Napoli | 90 | 90 | 92 | 92 | 89 | 87 | 90 | 8.00 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Real Madrid | 92 | 93 | 94 | 94 | 90 | 87 | 91.67 | 3.00 | 3 | 0.00 |
| Juventus | 94 | 92 | 92 | 92 | 89 | 88 | 91.17 | 4.00 | 4 | 0.00 |
| Bayern | 89 | 93 | 94 | 98 | 93 | 84 | 91.83 | 2.00 | 2 | 0.00 |
| Barcelona | 96 | 93 | 94 | 97 | 88 | 85 | 92.17 | 1.00 | 1 | 0.00 |
| Atlético Madrid | 91 | 90 | 89 | 90 | 88 | 87 | 89.17 | 16.00 | 16 | 0.00 |
| ACF FIORENTINA | 88 | 89 | 88 | 90 | 87 | 86 | 88 | 20.00 | 20 | 0.00 |
| Leverkusen | 90 | 89 | 91 | 90 | 87 | 85 | 88.67 | 18.00 | 19 | -1.00 |
| Chelsea | 93 | 90 | 91 | 94 | 87 | 82 | 89.5 | 11.00 | 13 | -2.00 |
| Arsenal | 92 | 92 | 91 | 92 | 89 | 88 | 90.67 | 5.00 | 8 | -3.00 |
| Paris Saint-Germain | 90 | 91 | 92 | 94 | 89 | 85 | 90.17 | 7.00 | 11 | -4.00 |
| Manchester City | 91 | 90 | 91 | 93 | 88 | 87 | 90 | 9.00 | 14 | -5.00 |
| Fenerbahçe SK | 89 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 88 | 88 | 89.17 | 13.00 | 18 | -5.00 |
| Manchester United | 94 | 90 | 92 | 92 | 89 | 85 | 90.33 | 6.00 | 17 | -11.00 |
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Div 2 Value Added
How it works
Value added = Predict Position - Actual position , higher the better. Well done Spartak, not so well done Inter.
| GK | Def | Mid | Att | Top15 | Top21 | Ave | Predicted | Finished | Value | |
| Spartak Moskva | 86 | 88 | 88 | 88 | 87 | 86 | 87.17 | 15 | 8 | 7 |
| SL Benfica | 88 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 85 | 83 | 86.67 | 20 | 14 | 6 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 89 | 89 | 90 | 89 | 87 | 83 | 87.83 | 11 | 5 | 6 |
| Newcastle United | 88 | 87 | 89 | 89 | 86 | 84 | 87.17 | 16 | 11 | 5 |
| AC Milan | 89 | 89 | 90 | 90 | 88 | 85 | 88.5 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| Ajax | 91 | 89 | 89 | 89 | 87 | 84 | 88.17 | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| Lokomotiv Moskva | 87 | 88 | 88 | 89 | 87 | 82 | 86.83 | 19 | 17 | 2 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 92 | 90 | 92 | 90 | 88 | 87 | 89.83 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Monchengladbach | 90 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 87 | 86 | 88.83 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Sevilla | 88 | 89 | 89 | 90 | 88 | 86 | 88.33 | 8 | 9 | -1 |
| FC Basel | 87 | 87 | 87 | 89 | 86 | 85 | 86.83 | 18 | 19 | -1 |
| Zenit | 90 | 89 | 89 | 89 | 88 | 87 | 88.67 | 5 | 7 | -2 |
| AS Roma | 90 | 89 | 92 | 91 | 88 | 84 | 89 | 2 | 4 | -2 |
| Sporting CP | 88 | 87 | 88 | 88 | 86 | 84 | 86.83 | 17 | 20 | -3 |
| Wolfsburg | 89 | 87 | 89 | 89 | 87 | 83 | 87.33 | 14 | 10 | -4 |
| Olympique Lyonnais | 88 | 89 | 88 | 88 | 87 | 86 | 87.67 | 12 | 16 | -4 |
| Everton | 90 | 90 | 90 | 89 | 87 | 85 | 88.5 | 7 | 12 | -5 |
| CSKA Moskva | 90 | 88 | 89 | 89 | 87 | 85 | 88 | 10 | 15 | -5 |
| Boca Juniors | 88 | 87 | 89 | 88 | 86 | 86 | 87.33 | 13 | 18 | -5 |
| Internazionale | 91 | 90 | 89 | 90 | 87 | 86 | 88.83 | 4 | 13 | -9 |

