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Has Statistical Analysis Changed the EPL?
Here's Arsene Wenger, via Duncan White in the Telgraph: “What the statistics have done, is that they have kicked out of the game all the players who cannot run. Suddenly ... -
God Save the Queen and English Football
Here at TheSportsEconomist, we're not just sports economists but also sports fans, and therefore there was a healthy degree of rivalry between our American and English bloggers prior to last Saturday's ... -
Industrial Sabotage at Manchester United?
When I first saw remarks like those I'm about to quote, I let it pass with an oblique comment (in the Portsmouth post from last week). But industrial sabotage -- ... -
Decline of Portsmouth... and the English PL
News reports in England imply that Portsmouth Football Club of the English Premier League, perhaps the richest league in world soccer, is within days of bankruptcy. Like an LA condo ... -
Premier League "Domination" at Risk
During the last two years, the EPL has produced three of the four semi-finalists in the Champions League, a fact that has lead UEFA chief Michel Platini to consider changing ... -
Not a great investment
I'm speaking of Wolverhampton Wanderers, a football club that was in the old first division when I first set foot in England in 1973. I've kept track of them off ...
