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Exactly.I don't wish to muddy the waters here, but the difference between our team now and under Ramos is exactly why the UEFA rankings are not entirely reliable for predicting current form.
5 years is a long time people...
Well you have muddied the waters, because the UEFA rankings aren't just about five years ago. They're about OVER the past 5 years, I hope this has cleared the waters for you.I don't wish to muddy the waters here, but the difference between our team now and under Ramos is exactly why the UEFA rankings are not entirely reliable for predicting current form.
5 years is a long time people...
Not. I thought you knew something about stats, which is why before I've taken your arguments before seriously and debated them.Exactly.
That's now how I feel abut you too:avbfacepalm:
I thought you 2 had something special
The side that played us on Thursday was MUCH weaker than the sides that regularly made the CL knockout rounds in the past few years featuring the likes of Benzema, Lloris, Juninho etc. They haven't won a trophy since 2008. Their coefficients have been steadily declining over the past 4 seasons: 28.000, 19.150, 19.100, 13.116. Taking an average of the performances over the last 5 seasons does not give you an indicator of their current quality.Not. I thought you knew something about stats, which is why before I've taken your arguments before seriously and debated them.
Fair comment, however, both last year and currently this year they have outperformed us. So it's no surprise to me given those rankings they gave us such a good game. It seemed a surprise to many though, who seemed to think we were playing some kind of French Port Vale.The side that played us on Thursday was MUCH weaker than the sides that regularly made the CL knockout rounds in the past few years featuring the likes of Benzema, Lloris, Juninho etc. They haven't won a trophy since 2008. Their coefficients have been steadily declining over the past 4 seasons: 28.000, 19.150, 19.100, 13.116. Taking an average of the performances over the last 5 seasons does not give you an indicator of their current quality.
We were never gonna go down that season that Redknapp took over. I still think we could have kept Ramos and stayed up. We had too much individual quality to go down.
Well you have muddied the waters, because the UEFA rankings aren't just about five years ago. They're about OVER the past 5 years, I hope this has cleared the waters for you.
No problemThanks for the help.
Yep, I take your point. There were a lot of mistakes.It wasn't just us; the second half was so scrappy and error strewn it was like watching a playground game at times.