
Two Approaches to Running a Midsize PL Club
The Double Pivot: Soccer analysis, analytics, and commentary
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The Downsides of Approaching Team Building This Way
There is some evidence for saying you want to more heavily weight the second half of a season. The idea that this is just a team that should be like putting in the money because it's going to get them to the next level, that's hard to see. This is not just they ran hot. They ran hot at the start of Emery's run and they played quite well down the very ending stretch ofEmery's run. There's maybe something to hang on to there, but even so you're not starting out like the baseline that bright in half.
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