Budget vs. Performance
By: Jan | July 4th, 2007This one is for all of you who, like me, have a weak spot for statistics. I stole the idea and data from this post on a Nuremberg fan-blog. The concept is simple. You rank all 18 Bundesliga teams according to their budget and then compare this table to the actual outcome of last season. It’s an interesting indicator for how effective clubs use their resources and to what extent money equals success.
Three out of eighteen performed exactly according to their budget. It might be a bit worrying that two of the three clubs with the lowest budget were relegated. On the other hand, there are also plenty of positive examples like Bochum, Cottbus or obviously Nuremberg who even won the DFB Cup and will play in the UEFA Cup this season. Borussia Mönchengladbach on the other hand is probably the prime example for mismanagement closely followed by Wolfsburg. Too bad Wolfsburg wasn’t relegated as well. At least they came close.
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Amazing that Bayern did so poorly. I guess money doesn’t solve all problems. And you know, I don’t think their new signings will be the perfect solution either. Bayern had a superior team last year too, but they had no motivation on the pitch, and that’s a problem for the coach to solve. It would be frightening if the Bundesliga had its own collection of galacticos.
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I think/hope that other teams like Bremen and Stuttgart can capitalise on the fact that they already have great teams while Bayern still needs to become one. At least during the first half of the season that’s a bonus and hopefully helps to keep the league more open.
As you mention the Galacticos: they still had a tough time against the likes of Barcelona and Valencia in the league. So I’m not too worried yet, that Bayern will completely dominate the league.
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Do you hate Wolfsburg? =P
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Since I no longer hate Bayern I obviously need a different team that I can abuse when I need to let off some steam. So when I said “Oh, I hate Bayern” in the past, I actually meant to say “Oh, I’m so jealous that my team isn’t so successful”. And when I now say “Oh, I hate Wolfsburg” I actually want to say “Oh, I’m so jealous because Cologne still plays in the second Bundesliga”.
rant on:
But there is more to that. I respect smaller clubs who belong to some village or whatever and who enjoy some success; like playing in the UEFA Cup or even winning a title. Because they usually do that with limited resources, careful management, great coaching whatever. But Wolfsburg is a city without any flair and a club with a proper 30000 capacity stadium which is cool for midtable league action. But I don’t need to see such a club representing the Bundesliga in international matches just because VW decides to be a very generous sponsor. Especially the thought of Wolfsburg playing in the Champions League is absolutely frightening (because that’s what they plan to do in the long run).Obviously the same can be said about Neverkusen and the Bayer company.
I respect that both companies actually do a lot of good with their involvement in those two sports clubs which aren’t just about the men’s pro football team. But give me a big city (let’s say, how about Berlin) with some flair over those two anytime.
rant off
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Thanks for stealing from me!
I think Nurembergs Coach Hans Meyer did a grat job! From “relegation battler” to cup winner and UEFA-Cup-Team in less than two years!! Great! I visited Cup-final in Berlin! A dream become true!!
Greetings from franconia
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Hans Meyer currently is my favourite Bundesliga coach. He obviously did a lot for the Club and he is the by far most entertaining coach in the league right now. Sort of our version of Mourinho.
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