Len Brody talks crap - official (2 Viewers)

[singers_pore]

So Len has told the telegraph that money has very little to do with whether a club goes down.

Well, one of the brightest economists in the UK - Stefan Szymanski - would beg to differ on that point. He has used very large sample data for more than 20 years to examine the correlation between wages and league performance. Not surprisingly he finds that wages explain 90% of the variation in league position between clubs in the top two divisions. See the article below.

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/marke...rue-price-of-success-on-the-football-field.do

I have read some of Stefan's other work, which shows that the manager has very little impact on performance. That would explain a lot as we don't do any better every time we change manager.

Len - talking out of your arse as usual, eh.:facepalm:

 

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[cstring82]

True 9 times out of 10 but it can be done based on Blackpool have done it in recent times.

 

[Gray]

we seem to be hearing more from Brody now that he has quit than when he was director....

 

[Otis]

We certainly are!!!

The guy's a fookin fruitcake!!


Brody Confident City Will Break Even Next Season

By Covsupport News Service
Updated Thursday, 17th November 2011
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Brody On Finances
Former Coventry City Director Leonard Brody is confident that the Sky Blues can break even by the start of next season.
City have been subjected to a number of cost-cutting measures by the Board and speaking to the CT, Mr Brody about the finances and would they be affected if City were to be relegated said: “My answer to that is probably going to be significantly different to the other board members,
“I think there is much less of a correlation between money spent and position in the table than people believe.
“I think you have statistically just as many examples of clubs that have over spent and under performed as clubs that have under spent and over performed.
“So I think it is reasonable to remove the math of the finances from whether you stay up or stay down.
“I think the question is, is the squad that we have, with the management we have in the current league environment capable of staying up?
"And to me, I know it is a huge focus as a shareholder and of the board to ensure that we do.
“I know that Ken Dulieu and Andy Thorn are in the market looking for players.
"There is a budget available and they are trying to find people who fit the mould and that Andy wants at the club. “I try to leave the football side of things because they are the experts there.”

 

[singers_pore]

True 9 times out of 10 but it can be done based on Blackpool have done it in recent times.

And 9 times out of 10, if you are in the bottom 3 of wage spenders, you are going to get relegated. I would imagine we are not far off being in the bottom 3 in terms of players' wages.

 

[AngryAnt]

True 9 times out of 10 but it can be done based on Blackpool have done it in recent times.

There's always one that bucks the trend. The flip side is there's always one big spender that goes down (leeds?) so it evens out.

 

[chiefdave]

we seem to be hearing more from Brody now that he has quit than when he was director....

which would indicate to me that someone was keeping him quiet, maybe part of the reason he quit?

 

[georgehudson]

don't you just love it that 'lb' reckons
that 'kd' is an EXPERT on football,
do explain 'lb' where & how, did 'kd' amass this expertise ?
i await the 'in depth' reply,
mmmmmmmm

PUSB

 

[ICHAN]

Well I guess he is just did not say what kind of expert KD was on football :thinking about: