View Poll Results: Which team will win Euro 2012?
Spain
18
27.69%
Portugal
0
0%
Holland
6
9.23%
Germany
23
35.38%
England
7
10.77%
Italy
3
4.62%
France
1
1.54%
Croatia
1
1.54%
Sweden
4
6.15%
Russia
1
1.54%
Ukraine
0
0%
Greece
1
1.54%
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Euro 2012 Thread
#152
06-08-2012, 02:24 PM
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Our co-trainer Hansi Flick had a little faux pas this morning. When asked how they are going to deal with Ronaldos free kicks, he said "Well, then we have to wear steel helmets" 
#153
06-08-2012, 02:34 PM
Great save by the goalkeeper on the penalty.
Yeah, that's not done. I hope Ronaldo is going to be on fire! I love it when he scores goals like that.
#154
06-08-2012, 02:52 PM
The FIFA ranking is messed up big time.
USA is 28th but they lost against Belgium last year. So Belgium should be 27th?
There's no logic sense. The team that has won the World Cup should be number 1. The team that became 2nd should be 2nd, the team that won the third place should be third.
If I would do my statistics like that at my job they would've fired me already.
I could make better rankings myself and the FIFA, and especially Sep Blatter, is the worst thing that has ever happened to football.
USA is 28th but they lost against Belgium last year. So Belgium should be 27th?
There's no logic sense. The team that has won the World Cup should be number 1. The team that became 2nd should be 2nd, the team that won the third place should be third.
If I would do my statistics like that at my job they would've fired me already.
I could make better rankings myself and the FIFA, and especially Sep Blatter, is the worst thing that has ever happened to football.
You say USA lost against Belgium so they should be a certain rank. Well USA beat Spain in the midst of Spain's record run of wins. Should we have moved up to #1? Or even #10? If we beat spain and then get beat by everyone else, that needs to have more weight. It's complex but I think pretty fair - but it is based on results. Uruguay plays a LOT of games against tough competition in South America that we don't always hear about, so little by little they climb the ranks under the radar.
#158
06-08-2012, 03:44 PM
#159
06-08-2012, 03:45 PM
The FIFA rankings take a LOT of things into account. Not just wins, but variables like strength of opponents, etc. They also take into account the last several years, but each year further into the past is weighted less than the more recent. Basically you need to perform consistently over time, and one win over any other team doesn't really go that far by itself.
You say USA lost against Belgium so they should be a certain rank. Well USA beat Spain in the midst of Spain's record run of wins. Should we have moved up to #1? Or even #10? If we beat spain and then get beat by everyone else, that needs to have more weight. It's complex but I think pretty fair - but it is based on results. Uruguay plays a LOT of games against tough competition in South America that we don't always hear about, so little by little they climb the ranks under the radar.
You say USA lost against Belgium so they should be a certain rank. Well USA beat Spain in the midst of Spain's record run of wins. Should we have moved up to #1? Or even #10? If we beat spain and then get beat by everyone else, that needs to have more weight. It's complex but I think pretty fair - but it is based on results. Uruguay plays a LOT of games against tough competition in South America that we don't always hear about, so little by little they climb the ranks under the radar.
They could think about that too.
It is based on results but it's just too complicated, they should think more about the results in the World Cups and Euro Cups.
I've nothing against Uruguay, they played great in the world cup, but they didn't finished 2nd so they should not be number 2 on the ranking. Just my thoughts.
#160
06-08-2012, 03:45 PM
In Russia, ball plays you!
I'm definitely cheering for Rosicky over Arshavin, but looks like the little Russian is going to come out victorious...
And yes, I'm judging every game by which Arsenal players (if any) are featured!
(Barca doesn't count because they're all Spanish....)
I'm definitely cheering for Rosicky over Arshavin, but looks like the little Russian is going to come out victorious...
And yes, I'm judging every game by which Arsenal players (if any) are featured!
(Barca doesn't count because they're all Spanish....)