tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2578658460757089715.post3174299337498871542..comments2024-02-01T20:52:24.827+08:00Comments on CEO 的話: FIFA Rankings – How much notice should we take? Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12311816601866550472noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2578658460757089715.post-3040127272543903862015-11-05T17:04:48.565+08:002015-11-05T17:04:48.565+08:00Please, will you really post some more things abou...Please, will you really post some more things about the same issue; I am actually a great fan of your blog...<br />mansion88<br /><a href="http://linkm88moinhat.net/cach-dang-ky-m88/" rel="nofollow">dang ky m88</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04234131747571172930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2578658460757089715.post-66187471841471461982014-11-11T10:19:23.971+08:002014-11-11T10:19:23.971+08:00Yet another update! Our boys U11 and U13 Academy t...Yet another update! Our boys U11 and U13 Academy teams have just come back from a successful HK - Guangdong - Macau youth exchange programme. The U13 team were the champions following a 2-0 win against Guangdong and a 5-0 win against Macau. The U11 team were runners up losing on penalties after a 0-0 match against Guangdong and following a 5-0 win against Macau. To me this is a further sign of progress. In the future these boys will represent Hong Kong Senior team and will have been through a much more structured programme than our current players. We need to keep a sense of perspective and take a long term view. Anybody who knows anything about football development knows that you can't transform a player in a matter of a few short years.<br />MarkAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311816601866550472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2578658460757089715.post-59483403407693479872014-11-10T09:49:38.968+08:002014-11-10T09:49:38.968+08:00I would like to make another point. The FIFA ranki...I would like to make another point. The FIFA rankings won't take into account the recent Asian Games even though it took place during FIFA match-day windows. This is because it is a predominantly U23 competition (although some 23+ players are allowed). In the group stages Hong Kong drew with Uzbekistan (ranked 58), beat Afghanistan (ranked 135) and beat Bangladesh (ranked 181). These results would have significantly improved our points and world ranking and yet won't be taken into account. This is another reason why the FIFA rankings should be used as a benchmark and not a definitive indicator. We have to look at results as a whole across all of our teams.<br />MarkAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311816601866550472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2578658460757089715.post-74408720714750870312014-11-08T12:25:24.672+08:002014-11-08T12:25:24.672+08:00Hi David,
I have looked at that model and I agree ...Hi David,<br />I have looked at that model and I agree it is probably more accurate than the FIFA model in that it takes in more variables. It is always difficult to relate the performance of a sport perfectly to a mathematical and theoretical 'tool' hence the need to exercise caution when using them. They definitely should not be used to determine whether or not a Government chooses to financially support a sport because there are much more objective methods of evaluating performance.<br />Thanks for your comment. Mark Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311816601866550472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2578658460757089715.post-59201088364266625762014-11-08T08:59:22.949+08:002014-11-08T08:59:22.949+08:00Hi Mark,
I have found FIFA rankings to be unrelia...Hi Mark, <br />I have found FIFA rankings to be unreliable and its use arbitrary, i.e., its use in World Cup group seedings.<br /><br />I recommend taking a hard look at Elo ratings: http://www.eloratings.net/system.html<br />HK is ranked 30th in the AFC and 164th overall.<br /><br />Regards,<br />-DavidAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14220378449978838966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2578658460757089715.post-65011473052200596572014-11-07T14:02:45.788+08:002014-11-07T14:02:45.788+08:00I forgot to mention in the above blog that some ti...I forgot to mention in the above blog that some time ago we wrote a programme ourselves based on the FIFA ranking methodology to calculate how many ranking points we would get from any match against any opponent in any given situation. We did this not to determine who to play to maximise ranking points but rather to create a fair method to calculate player bonuses. Our system is based on so many HK$ per point. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311816601866550472noreply@blogger.com