Maybe we innately trust the league table after 10 games because, ... The fact is, you probably do remember these examples because they are so unusual. Here’s another, from 2005-06.

Having to go back to the early 2000s or even 1990s for similar examples is instructive. ... instigating this financial stretch in the league. The table’s 90 per cent correlation to wage bills, ...

The many international league tables relating to medicines ... An example is the Karolinska Institute work that pitted countries against one another in terms of uptake of cancer drugs.