Hey sorry I don't belong in these parts but I'm looking for 3-ish experts on Scottish football that are active on BigSoccer. They need to be knowledgeable of the current team, fair, and just. I'm doing a little bit of a project at the moment... Thanks!
Well since you are not a nobody maybe you can help me out. 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 Scotland. 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. It's not really a WC roster guess as much as it is just an average of minutes played over time. So a player may reach 70/75 minutes played by starting three games for 90 minutes but sitting every fourth game. Hope that makes sense. This is what I have for Scotland's current squad, based off FIFA 12's ratings: 75 - A. McGregor (GK) 90 mins 76 - A. Hutton (RB) 90 mins 73 - G. Caldwell (RCB) 90 mins 74 - C. Berra (LCB) 90 mins 73 - P. Bardsley (LB) 90 mins 80 - C. Adam (CDM) 90 mins 71 - J. Morrison (RM) 90 mins 73 - B. Bannan (RCM) 90 mins 72 - S. Brown (LCM) 90 mins 76 - S. Naismith (LM) 90 mins 73 - K. Miller (ST) 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 are 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!