This is quite interesting reading ....

[macdougalls perm 0]

http://www.financialfairplay.co.uk/latest-news/wage-and-the-premier-league-scaled-table

Apologies if this has already been posted

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Also, can anybody make this link clicky please - can''t seem to do it on this browser :-)

[morty 0]

[quote user="macdougalls perm"]Also, can anybody make this link clicky please - can''t seem to do it on this browser :-)[/quote]Dunno if this will work but :-http://www.financialfairplay.co.uk/latest-news/wage-and-the-premier-league-scaled-table

Yeah, interesting. And reassuring too.

[morty 0]

Lol, link fail.

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It is pretty reassuring isn''t it. QPR makes me chuckle every time :-)

[nutty nigel 7,902]

http://www.financialfairplay.co.uk/latest-news/wage-and-the-premier-league-scaled-table

 

[morty 0]

[quote user="macdougalls perm"]It is pretty reassuring isn''t it. QPR makes me chuckle every time :-)[/quote]The QPR thing is just amazing, its like the Portsmouth thing never happened. Financial idiocy on a colossal scale.

[PurpleCanary 6,378]

[quote user="macdougalls perm"]http://www.financialfairplay.co.uk/latest-news/wage-and-the-premier-league-scaled-table

Apologies if this has already been posted[/quote]

 

There are two problems with that chart. Firstly, and most importantly, it is comparing last season''s wages (which are the most recent available) with this season''s league position. Secondly, it is in terms of points already out of date.

[GenerationA47 863]

Can''t help with the wage figures(!) but here is the same analysis done using current points.

 

200	Man City	85	Man Utd
197		84
194		83
192		82
189		81
186		80
183		79
181		78
178		77
175		76
172	Chelsea	75
170		74
167		73
164		72
161	Man Utd	71	Man City
159		70
156		69
153		68
150		67
147		66
145	Arsenal	65	Chelsea
142		64	Arsenal
139		63
136		62	Tottenham
134		61
131		60
128	Liverpool	59	Everton
125		58
123		57
120		56
117		55
114		54	Liverpool
111		53
109		52
106		51
103		50
100		49
98		48	West Brom
95		47
92	Tottenham	46
89		45
87		44
84		43
81		42	Swansea, West Ham
78		41
75	Aston Villa	40	Fulham, Stoke
73		39	Southampton
70	QPR	38	Norwich
67		37	Sunderland, Aston Villa, Newcastle
64	Newcastle	36
62	Sunderland, Everton	35
59		34
56	Stoke, Fulham	33
53		32	Wigan
51	West Ham	31
48	West Brom	30
45		29
42.3		28
39.5	Norwich	27
37	Southampton, Wigan	26
34	Reading, Swansea	25	QPR, Reading

[T 191]

There is a very close correlation between the relative wage position of each club each season so using last years wages is still a very good measure. Only Mac C and Chelsea swapped wages positions in the previous 2 seasons 

[GenerationA47 863]

And now for the ''added-value'' premier league table, showing difference between points as predicted by last year''s wages under this technique, versus actual points... We''re really 8th in the league, everyone!

Everton		24
West Brom		18
Swansea		17
Tottenham		16
Man Utd		14
Southampton		13
West Ham		11
Norwich		11
Fulham		7
Stoke		7
Wigan		6
Sunderland		2
Newcastle		1
Reading		0
Arsenal		-1
Aston Villa		-3
Liverpool		-5
Chelsea		-10
QPR		-13
Man City		-14

[macdougalls perm 0]

Cheers Nutty and GA47!

[PurpleCanary 6,378]

[quote user="T"]There is a very close correlation between the relative wage position of each club each season so using last years wages is still a very good measure. Only Mac C and Chelsea swapped wages positions in the previous 2 seasons [/quote]

 

In that case, T, if I was going to make a cheap debating point I would point out that we should finish around 16th place. More than that, since you say Hughton has this season "significantly outperformed" in the 20 or 25 per cent of management not governed by finance, we should end up  around, say, 13th. But I won''t make that cheap debating point, because I am not convinced we are the 16th highest wage payers this season. Which is why I cautioned against a dogmatic reading of that chart.