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  • Division 3 , stuck in the middle for you.

    Is Division 3 the melting pot of the Top 100 where great teams are formed while other former giants fade away? Unlike D1 and 2 , while there are 2 better teams, they aren’t that much better. One major difference is that there is a huge tail of weaker teams with little or nothing to…

  • Division 2 stats and facts, who is ready for the big chair?

    Division 2, in someways a copy of division 1, 2 clubs a cut and above the rest. One side who seem to be in desperate trouble. Anything other than automatic promotion would be a disgrace for Man Utd and Inter who were two of the most under performing teams last year.  Both should sit comfortably…

  • Division 1 Season 4 Stats and Facts

    Who should win and who is odds on for the chop. As ever Bayern and Barcelona dominate, at the other end it is hard to see how AC Milan will finish outside the relegation zone. Firstly , this table is pure statistics. I look at each team, if in doubt I look at 442 or…

  • A sporting chance. bem-vindo a Portugal

    A sporting chance. bem-vindo a Portugal A look back to see where Sporting Lisbon and Fiorentina failed and a look ahead to next season. Sporting Lisbon fans were jubilant when they heard of the appointment of top manager Mrmalcolm who replaced the Good Doctor Fox. What went wrong. Sporting Lisbon: They went from a promotion seeking…

  • 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.   Gk Def Mid…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Div 2 Value Added

    How it worksValue 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 …

  • Bonfire of the Vanities the story of the fall of Fiorentina.

    A lonely figure strolled down the corridors of the Uffizi gallery for the last time as an eerie light flickered through the windows casting long shadows over his time in Florence. The year is 1497, all over Florence the doors of churches, towers and houses are being forced open. The supporters of Savonarola run like…