Tag Archives: Graham Cobden

Does 2nd season syndrome actually exist?

Swansea, Norwich City and QPR all did themselves proud in the 2011/2012 Premier League season by managing to avoid relegation after gaining promotion in the previous campaign, but will any of them catch a case of 2nd season syndrome? Second … Continue reading

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Who was the best value signing of 2012: A goals vs price investigation.

From a quick review of the 2012 Premier league top scorers list, it can be seen the 2 of the January signings for Newcastle and Everton are near the top in Cisse and Jelavic. On first inspection, it could be … Continue reading

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Chelsea win the champions league: Match review! (Updated)

1st half In the early periods of the game, Bayern Munich had a large amount of the possession with Arjen Robben and Frank Ribery constantly causing pressure off of the playmaking of Bastien Schweinsteiger and Tony Kroos. The first chances … Continue reading

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Alan Pardew vs Harry Redknapp….. bargain hunt!

There have been many discussions about who is the buy of the season and in my opinion, the buys of the season have been at Newcastle Utd and Tottenham Hotspur respectively ………however it isn’t just this season where these two … Continue reading

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Does money make ‘success’? A look into the relationship between expenditure vs standing.

Does money buy success? Some Manchester City fans may agree but it is a theory that is currently looking plausable. This idea intrigues me so I decided to perform a quick test to see whether there were any clues to … Continue reading

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