Comments on: Club World Rankings http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/club-world-rankings.html League Football, Soccer News and Views from Around the World Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:57:06 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: jake http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/club-world-rankings.html/comment-page-1#comment-123082 jake Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:57:04 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/club-world-rankings.html#comment-123082 ARSENAL SHOULD BE FIRST THEY RULE. MANCHESTER UTD SUCKS. OLE OLE ARSENAL SHOULD BE FIRST THEY RULE. MANCHESTER UTD SUCKS. OLE OLE

]]> By: what http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/club-world-rankings.html/comment-page-1#comment-900 what Wed, 04 Oct 2006 23:07:38 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/club-world-rankings.html#comment-900 it is rediculous that middlesborough is ranked higher than manchester united....even more rediculous is the fact that ManU is ranked 41st WHEN IT LEADS THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE. These rankings are terrible. absolute crap. it is rediculous that middlesborough is ranked higher than manchester united….even more rediculous is the fact that ManU is ranked 41st WHEN IT LEADS THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE. These rankings are terrible. absolute crap.

]]> By: Isaiah http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/club-world-rankings.html/comment-page-1#comment-888 Isaiah Tue, 03 Oct 2006 21:30:08 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/club-world-rankings.html#comment-888 After reading the IFFHS ranking system, it seems fatally flawed. In ranking teams they forget that not all "continental cups" are of equal value. The UEFA Cup is worth the same number of points as the Champions League and since there are far more games in the UEFA Cup than the CL, Sevilla had the ability to dominate that continental cup and thus earn themselves more points because the competition, albeit weaker than La Liga and the CL, has more games that are worth more. (14 points for a win in the Cup or the CL, while only 4 in La Liga; a draw in Cup is worth to the IFFHS than a win in La Liga -- 7pts to 4pts) That is why the rankings are so off. (Note that Palermo is in 17th, while Real Madrid is in 24th...makes sense...) (Also note that #287 is the first American team, the LA Galaxy, down 3 spots from the previous rankings.) After reading the IFFHS ranking system, it seems fatally flawed. In ranking teams they forget that not all “continental cups” are of equal value. The UEFA Cup is worth the same number of points as the Champions League and since there are far more games in the UEFA Cup than the CL, Sevilla had the ability to dominate that continental cup and thus earn themselves more points because the competition, albeit weaker than La Liga and the CL, has more games that are worth more. (14 points for a win in the Cup or the CL, while only 4 in La Liga; a draw in Cup is worth to the IFFHS than a win in La Liga — 7pts to 4pts)

That is why the rankings are so off.

(Note that Palermo is in 17th, while Real Madrid is in 24th…makes sense…)

(Also note that #287 is the first American team, the LA Galaxy, down 3 spots from the previous rankings.)

]]> By: insearchoffootball http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/club-world-rankings.html/comment-page-1#comment-887 insearchoffootball Tue, 03 Oct 2006 21:09:49 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/club-world-rankings.html#comment-887 how can liverpool be 4th ... this is a joke, just like all the rankings how can liverpool be 4th … this is a joke, just like all the rankings

]]> By: Sam http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/club-world-rankings.html/comment-page-1#comment-883 Sam Tue, 03 Oct 2006 16:29:26 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/club-world-rankings.html#comment-883 It would be hard to argue that Sevilla is better than Barcelona considering the outcome in Spain last year. It would be hard to argue that Sevilla is better than Barcelona considering the outcome in Spain last year.

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