Great comparison James Tucker makes.  He really ought blog more often as his posts are often thought provoking.

There has to be some element of rolling the dice in Sesl, just like the board game Risk.  

But has any team won a cup or division with a huge anomoly of dice roll randomness continually in their favour ?   Hardly a coincidence the best teams fill the top half of every division

Swings and roundabouts.  Best not to cloud judgement by conveniently ignoring all the matches you won "with a bit of luck" or having a run of strict refs, and so on.  Whoever Blogs to say how lucky they are to have a handful of Homer refs for their opening few weeks of season.  Careful to see the positives rather than always the perceived "unfair luck" situations.  

Anyone keep stats that would show auction players recruiting for 1k as only bidder, or players auctioned for under 100k?   That may give an insight if too many players are offered at auction, or not. 

Does supply outstrip demand, in a nutshell?