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The Virtue of Doing Nothing, Or: Why Martin O'Neill Doesn't Need A Transfer Budget (Quite Yet)

Amidst all the hoopla and hilarity of the season's first managerial sacking in the Premiership - Steve Bruce by Sunderland FC - it's easy to lose sight of the fact that it typically doesn't help to sack the manager. To be sure: there often seems to be a bounce-back in results for teams that appoint a new manager; but statistically speaking, the bounce-back is likely to occur in any case, with or without sacking the gaffer.

Read the full article at Soccer Quantified.

Soccer Quantified @ Dec 7, 2011 12:37 PM EDT | Blog Profile

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