Hey sorry I don't belong in these parts but I'm looking for 1-3 experts on Argentina's current football team AND that are active on BigSoccer. They need to be knowledgeable of the team, fair, and just. I'm doing a little bit of a project at the moment and would appreciate any help I could get. Thanks in advance!
I'm trying to put together some world rankings. The idea is to rate every team's player's 1-100 with an expert for every team to give a fair and just review of the their respective team. Obviously you (and anyone else who shows up) would just cover Argentina. Here's how I would compile the ratings. If the World Cup was in one month and every team had a month to prepare it's squad to play, who would be chosen, what would their ratings be, and how many minutes would they play on average? (This is who you would expect to see, not who you'd want to see.) For example, this is what USA's squad would look like, in my opinion: 81 - Howard (GK) 90 mins 73 - Cherundolo (RB) 70 mins 71.5 - Bocanegra (CB) 85 mins 69.5 - Goodson (CB) 70 mins 72.5 - Johnson (LB) 80 mins 74.5 - Bradley (CDM) 90 mins 76.5 - Jones (CDM) 80 mins 70 - Torres (CM) 60 mins 82 - Dempsey (LW) 90 mins 80.5 - Donovan (RW) 90 mins 74 - Altidore (ST) 75 mins 71.5 - Chandler (RB) 15 mins 70.5 - Lichaj (RB) 5 mins 69 - Parkhurst (CB/RB) 5 mins 68 - Onyewu (CB) 13 mins 69 - Cameron (CB) 7 mins 69.5 - Castillo (LB) 10 mins 69.5 - Edu (CM) 15 mins 70.5 - Beckerman (CM) 10 mins 68 - Boyd (ST) 3 mins 70 - Gomez (ST) 25 mins 68 - Wondolowski (ST) 2 mins I gave Howard a 81 rating and expect him to play 90 minutes, every minute, while Goodson is expected to play only 70 minutes as the CB spot is still pretty open for the US. This is what I have for Argentina's current squad, based off FIFA 12's ratings: 77 - S. Romero (GK) 90 mins 77 - P. Zabaleta (RB) 90 mins 78 - N. Burdisso (RCB) 90 mins 78 - M. Demichelis (LCB) 90 mins 74 - C. Rodríguez (LB) 90 mins 83 - J. Pastore (RCM) 90 mins 85 - J. Mascherano (CM) 90 mins 78 - P. Guiñazú (LCM) 90 mins 76 - J. Sosa (CAM) 90 mins 94 - L. Messi (RS) 90 mins 85 - G. Higuaín (LS) 90 mins So what needs to change? Are players ratings too high/low? Would you expect a sub to come in and, on average, how long would he play? You have to factor in long term injuries but current fitness issues you could likely ignore. For example, Stuart Holden will likely make the actual World Cup squad but for now I have to keep him off as he is recovering from a massive knee injury. This is a big work in progress but here is the "current" overall rankings. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AttujdNBdATWdHI3WVRSM2xDaWcycnZwbnFKTFRoS0E&output=html I realize this is a big overtaking and should be taken with a grain of salt AND that there's no "correct" answer but I thought it'd still be interesting to compile. If you have any questions let me know.
If you are doing something with FIFA12 (urggh what a terrible game) then the pesstatadatabase site has some very good insightful discussion of player's strengths and weaknesses and balanced assessment of their abilities.
A quick answer to get you started, for now I'll list position and rating for the starting eleven: GK-Romero 78 RB-Zabaleta 80 CB-Garay 75 CB-Fernandez 81 LB-Rodriguez 72 DM-Mascherano 92 CM-Gago 82 PM-Messi 97 LW-Di Maria 92 FW-Aguero 95 FW-Higuain 92 Currently, Sabella employs C Rodriguez as left back, but I am almost certain he will not go to the WC, and may be out of the squad altogether by next year. Also, once Banega (87) recovers from injury, he should start ahead of Gago as centermid.