kumnio Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 2 hours ago, ceudmilefailte said: That's not quite the way average ability works, but I'm not sure I can explain how something along the lines of Brazil are 80% we are 10% and Gibraltar are 1%. solomen islands are 1% the average is a lot more than 10% Current Rankings only have three countries that are outside Europe or South America, which is probably false. Regards population we need to find a Suarez or a Bale or what ever N. Ireland, Denmark or Iceland have found Stephen Hawkings spirit says thats a load o shite. I agree with him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Pete Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 5 hours ago, ceudmilefailte said: That's not quite the way average ability works, but I'm not sure I can explain how something along the lines of Brazil are 80% we are 10% and Gibraltar are 1%. solomen islands are 1% the average is a lot more than 10% Current Rankings only have three countries that are outside Europe or South America, which is probably false. Regards population we need to find a Suarez or a Bale or what ever N. Ireland, Denmark or Iceland have found That just your opinion on how averages work, which you’re entitled to of course, but what you are basically saying is the average football team is ranked somewhere in the top 30 and any team below that is below average. How can almost 85% of countries be below average? If you use the world rankings to determine the average team’s ability then the average team will be somewhere in the middle of the rankings. Scotland are better than almost 85% of the world according to the governing body. That’s not below average. The problem is that only 32 out 206 can qualify for the World Cup and 16 (now 24) of 50ish countries can qualify for the euros so the vast majority of countries don’t qualify for the World Cup and over half of European countries don’t qualify for the euros. It’s actually pretty difficult for a team like us to qualify for the World Cup. Now that the euros are up to 24 teams we should really start qualifying for it semi regularly, if not most of the time (hopefully starting with 2020). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Pete Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 3 hours ago, kumnio said: Stephen Hawkings spirit says thats a load o shite. I agree with him. What does Jim Bowen’s spirit say? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceudmilefailte Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 4 minutes ago, Texas Pete said: That just your opinion on how averages work, which you’re entitled to of course, but what you are basically saying is the average football team is ranked somewhere in the top 30 and any team below that is below average. How can almost 85% of countries be below average? If you use the world rankings to determine the average team’s ability then the average team will be somewhere in the middle of the rankings. Scotland are better than almost 85% of the world according to the governing body. That’s not below average. The problem is that only 32 out 206 can qualify for the World Cup and 16 (now 24) of 50ish countries can qualify for the euros so the vast majority of countries don’t qualify for the World Cup and over half of European countries don’t qualify for the euros. It’s actually pretty difficult for a team like us to qualify for the World Cup. Now that the euros are up to 24 teams we should really start qualifying for it semi regularly, if not most of the time (hopefully starting with 2020). Take it all back you are right, thanks to the desert islands and provinces we are above average. How ever only a certain amount get pass marks and we are a D- at the moment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Pete Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 6 minutes ago, ceudmilefailte said: Take it all back you are right, thanks to the desert islands and provinces we are above average. How ever only a certain amount get pass marks and we are a D- at the moment I certainly agree that we’re not a great team. The majority of national teams aren’t that good either though. Look how shite teams like Ireland are when we play them yet they are ranked higher than us and qualify for tournaments regularly. If McLeish can get his selections and tactics right then there’s no reason that we can’t get to Euro 2020 and get into the low 20s in the rankings and hopefully into pot 2 for the World Cup qualifiers. Of course it could all go tits up like it did with Levein and Burley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 2 hours ago, Texas Pete said: What does Jim Bowen’s spirit say? You can’t beat a bit of Broonie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rude Gullit Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 On 3/14/2018 at 11:46 PM, Texas Pete said: What does Jim Bowen’s spirit say? Let's see what we could've won Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian Craig Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 Great, smashing, super. That's the gamble. BFH - Bus Fare Home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamboman Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 On 3/13/2018 at 6:23 AM, andyD said: Must have watched a different game. He was ok, nothing more. Snodgrass and Anya were more prominent imo. In truth is was probably our central 3 of Fletch, Cairney and Naismith that left us unable to get a grip on the game.. against Canada. Tom Cairney got an assist and should have had another with Martin's chance. He never put a pass wrong and everyone was so slow in playing him the ball as it was a friendly. He is our best midfielder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auld_Reekie Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 I also thought he was our best player in the Canada friendly. Best passer of the ball by some distance - was surprised he didnt get more game time after it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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