Thought I'd post this out of interest. Pity they don't do one for the Championship. I'm sure we would be top!! A few surprises in the best player category. The ING Direct Value League is published at the end of every premiership season, with full results available to view at www.ingdirect.co.uk/valueleague. ING Direct âValue Leagueâ 1. Man City 2. Bolton 3. Blackburn Rovers 4. Stoke 5. Wigan Athletic 6. Man Utd 7. West Brom 8. Blackpool 9. Sunderland 10. Aston Villa 11. Fulham 12. Chelsea 13. Birmingham 14. Everton 15. Arsenal 16. Liverpool 17. Newcastle 18. Wolves 19. Tottenham 20. West Ham Best value players 1. Scott Parker (West Ham) 2. Javier Hernandez (Man Utd) 3. Jack Wilshire (Arsenal) 4. Luca Modric (Tottenham) 5. Youssouf Mulumbu (West Brom) 6. Ali Al-Habsi (Wigan) 7. Stuart Holden (Bolton) 8. Leighton Baines (Everton) 9. Robert Huth (Stoke) 10. Vincent Kompany (Man City) 11. Phil Bardsley (Sunderland) 12. Roger Johnson (Birmingham) 13. Lucas (Liverpool) 14. Petr Cech (Chelsea) 15. Paul Robinson (Blackburn) 16. James Perch (Newcastle) 17. Mark Albrighton (Aston Villa) 18. Charlie Adam (Blackpool) 19. Clint Dempsey (Fulham) 20. Matt Jarvis (Wolves)
Im confused, what's this indicating and what is it making certain players better value (what criteria?)?
10 goals in 28 league games is not exactly '****'. Compares favourably with Welbeck's 9 in 30, for example.
Best value for money..................surely Owen Hargreaves! (he'll be a qpr next season along with Kieron 'treatment room' Dyer!)
Apologies all posted this in haste from work and must have pressed wrong button. As LFF rightly points out this was the previous season.
I hate it when financial companies and economists try to put a value on everything: health, the environment, happiness. Morale of the story: not everything has a physical price.