Excellent piece! For the top spots, I think it all comes down to what Liverpool is doing so well—efficiently combining big investments with smart signings that help the team outperform its points expectations.
I was surprised by the bottom of the list, as my intuition assumed Chelsea would be worse than Man Utd, but that’s not the case. As you mentioned, the combination of expensive decisions and poor performance degrades the index. Chelsea seems to be worsening their situation with those long-term contracts.
Thanks for the comment! And yes, there probably isn’t much that separates Chelsea and Man Utd at the bottom. With only five seasons of data, it can get a little noisy.
Excellent piece! For the top spots, I think it all comes down to what Liverpool is doing so well—efficiently combining big investments with smart signings that help the team outperform its points expectations.
I was surprised by the bottom of the list, as my intuition assumed Chelsea would be worse than Man Utd, but that’s not the case. As you mentioned, the combination of expensive decisions and poor performance degrades the index. Chelsea seems to be worsening their situation with those long-term contracts.
Thanks for the comment! And yes, there probably isn’t much that separates Chelsea and Man Utd at the bottom. With only five seasons of data, it can get a little noisy.