Will the big 3 return to the big time? will it be a German top 3 ? Atletico are the obvious favourites, with Southampton , Schalke and Leverkusen close behind. O.K second division, so second point to note.  Some managers have commented that they have built their squad up through skilled trading or scouting and…

Who is top of the pile and who can over perform. Have Barcelona sacrificed depth for youth? First of all, nothing here is opinion. I don’t believe or predict that AC Milan will finish last. This is just raw stats with no opinion attached.   Barcelona still look like the favourites. Real, Bayern and Juventus should…

Who is the top of the stats and facts this year… will it be Mr Beddows or has the Dinosaur beaten him to it.. Firstly. The stats and facts ,despite certain people who are a little hard of understanding commenting otherwise, merely predict what should happen according to the raw data. Obviously that takes no…

Dynamo Moscow win the league and get the highest rating, credit goes to Santos for a good season.  Twente and even 5th place Torino fail to impress again. Controversial a 5th place team lowest in the ranking? Well not considering the side they have. An 89 keeper and 90 rated forward , should have been…

Hellas and Sassuolo lead the charge. Monaco and West Ham some of the worst performing in all 4 leagues. Again a good example of where a skew works well . Sampdoria have the highest raw VA at +12 but in all honesty 4th place hasn’t won them any prizes yet!.  Hellas and Sassuolo gain auto…

Sporting Lisbon’s fantastic run to the title gives them the biggest Skewed value average so far, Boca , so near so far at the moment.  PSV fall well short of the mark. GK DEF MID ATT Top18 Average Finished VA Skew 10 SPORTING CP 88.0 87.5 89.0 89.0 85.0 87.7 1.0 9.0 9 6 Swansea…

Internacional get the biggest gain, but Everton clinching the title gets the overall award. Shaktar and Inter Milan the biggest disappointments. GK DEF MID ATT Top18 Average Finish VA Skew 3 Everton 90.0 89.5 91.0 90.0 88.0 89.7 1.0 2.0 2 19 SC Internacional 88.0 87.5 88.0 88.5 85.0 87.4 10.0 9.0 0.9 5 AS…

AC Milan out perform the rest, Napoli put in a good turn. PSG and Man City the worse performers This year I will rate teams by raw and skewed value added, which divides value added by finishing position. This works particularly well for judging performance above the level expected but less well for -ve scores…