World Club Rankings: EPL Team There’s a New No 1 ! Man Utd, Liverpool, Arsenal, Aston Villa, Chelsea
Dec 1, 2008 Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man Utd, world club rankings
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WCR Top 25 Clubs in the World - Liverpool Goes Top Edition
We have a new number one in the World Club Rankings, but it’s probably not who it should be. Who is number one? Liverpool. Who should be? I think it’s pretty clear to most people that Barcelona should be. So, why aren’t they? Several weeks ago, I went into some detail about how the rankings are generated. I short, it’s a combination of how a club is doing domestically along with how those clubs’ domestic leagues have performed in recent continental championship tournaments, e.g., the UEFA Champions League. The problem for Barcelona is that the English Premiership has a pretty overwhelming lead with respect to the domestic league coefficients. Scoring six of the last eight Champions League semifinal spots and having three different clubs appear in the Champions League finals over the past two years will give you such an overwhelming domestic league coefficient advantage.
What does this mean for Barcelona? Will they never be able to take over the number one spot? Actually, they can, but they will have to earn it on the field – even more so than they already have. Right now, the system sees Barcelona as the leader of a domestic league and a qualifier for the Champions League knockout stage. Meanwhile, Liverpool is first place in a better league and also a qualifier for the Champions League knockout stage. Because of bonus points given for advancement in continental competition, Barcelona likely will advance past the top club in England if it advances further than that club in the Champions League. It is also possible if a club advances to the top of the Premiership with a significantly below average goal differential, but that is unlikely to happen between now and the Champions League knockout stages.
These league rankings also explain why we have two Scottish Premier League clubs in the rankings despite the fact that there soon will be none left in European competition. Celtic and Rangers’ dominance in the league allow them to jump over clubs from better leagues and the SPL is benefitting from successes in recent competitions, despite doing so poorly this season. Coefficients will be adjusted after the group stage ends, so we can see how that affects the SPL. It certainly won’t help it.
I didn’t get much of a chance to talk much about last week’s matches. Or this week’s matches. Or anything at all, really. I guess I’ll do that in the course of the WCR Top 25, below.
World Club Rankings – Top 25 Clubs in the World – December 1, 2008
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Liverpool v West Ham United - Its a LIVE Shocker Tonight!
Dec 1, 2008 Craig Bellamy, Featured Article, Gianfranco Zola, Highlights, Liverpool, Mathew Upson, West Ham News, england
Liverpool have a chance of moving back into first place when they host West Ham United at Anfield Road tonight.
The Reds will have to do better than in their last two games though, a goalless draw with Fulham and an uninspired narrow win over Marseille.
Liverpool are without Spaniard Fernando Torres, who suffered a new injury and should again be replaced with Robbie Keane. Fabio Aurelio is out with a calf injury.
Hammers coach Gianfranco Zola has a fit squad to work with.
Bellamy will be eager to score against his old club and prove to his old boss Benitez he was wrong to let him go.
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Appiah: West Ham deal a Possibility
Nov 17, 2008 Middlesborough, Newcastle, Portsmouth, Stephen Appiah, Talks, Transfer Rumours, West Ham News
Ghana captain Stephen Appiah has mentioned in the past that if he was to move to a club in England then it would most definitely have to be a club in London.
Appiah now a free agent after Fenerbahce had earlier disputed the ruling and even warned clubs that, they will have to pay dearly if they want to sign him. But the world governing body insisted on its ruling in a press statement last week declaring the Ghana captain a free agent.
There are 3 clubs that are showing an interest in Appiah, West Ham United, Newcastle, and Boro and these clubs are reported to be sending a scout out to watch how the former Fenerbahce ace plays against Tunisia on Wednesday, a game that can be watched live on Wednesday evening from links on soccer-pages.com.
Appiah is not only a strong central midfielder and defender but can also score goals and was once wanted by Harry Redknapp for Portsmouth but the asking price was £7m a fee that Harry did not want to pay.
All 3 clubs that will view him on Wednesday will more than likely make an offer to the player after the match with West Ham more than likely and hopefully being the successful club for 2 reasons, West Ham are a London club that play the style of attacking football that Appiah loves, and also Appiah has many friends in London which includes his close friend from Chelsea and Ghanian team mate, Michael Essien.
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**WORKING** World Club Rankings: Theres a NEW Number 1!!!: Chelsea - Man Utd - Liverpool - Arsenal - Everton - Real madrid - Roma - Barcelona
Sep 15, 2008 West Ham News
WCR Top 25 Clubs in the World - New Number One Edition
We still have two weeks to go until last season’s results are erased from
the databases for English clubs (three weeks for some others), yet
Manchester United has already managed to lose the advantage that it
carried into this season. With its loss to Liverpool, Manchester United has relinquished the title that it has held since early this year. Since we started this blog eleven months ago, only two clubs have reached the pinnacle, Inter Milan and Manchester United. This week, we welcome a third as Chelsea takes over the top spot. As a note to Liverpool fans, Liverpool did not improve this week because it finished a distant fourth place last year and those results will still be used over the next few weeks. Provided Liverpool maintains form over the next few weeks, I foresee it rising to or near the top of the rankings at that time.
A few domestic leagues did reach the point in their seasons where last season’s results have been eliminated. Most notably, those nations include France and Scotland. The results of this change are reflected in the Top 25, where Marseille replaces Bordeaux and Rangers replace Scotland. As mention in recent past rankings, as last season’s results are dropped, the Top 25 will become much more fluid and that is reflected in this week’s chart, where we have five clubs that were not around last week.
Another reason for changes this week is that clubs near the bottom of the rankings did their best to forfeit their spots. Boca Juniors managed only a draw against Independiente, Bordeaux, a draw
against Marseille, and AC Milan and Atletico de Madrid both fell this weekend. All of these clubs have been removed from the rankings for this week, if only temporarily. We’ll see how the numbers work out in future weeks.
Rankings, shmakings. The big news this week, of course, is the beginning of the UEFA Champions League group stage. This will provide us with six great matchweeks full of great matches, beginning this week, where we will see clubs like Manchester United and Villarreal face off. Matches involving multiple Top 25 clubs are highlighted below. Even when those are over, however, it’s still not over as Manchester United,
fresh off of its trip to Liverpool, goes to London to take on Chelsea over the weekend. Also, in the Bundesliga, Werder Bremen and Bayern Munich will face off on Saturday.
Great clubs, great matches. I love this time of year!!! Below is the current Top 25.
WCR Top 25 Clubs in the World – September 15, 2008
1. Chelsea (Eng) (4) – Chelsea becomes the third club to top the WCR Top 25 by virtue of Manchester United’s loss and Chelsea’s 3-1 defeat of the other club from Manchester. Robinho scored early, but Chelsea scored often. In
Champions League action, Chelsea will host Bordeaux, but the more important match for Chelsea will be on Sunday, when Chelsea faces the club they displaced at the top of the rankings.
2. Inter Milan (Ita) (2) – Just below Jose Mourinho’s former club is Jose Mourinho, himself. Inter won its first Serie A match this week, defeating Catania 2-1. Internazionale has two away matches this week, against Panathinaikos in Champions League action and Torino in domestic play.
3. Real Madrid (Esp) (3) – It wasn’t easy, and for a while it looked like another upset, but Real Madrid held on to defeat Numancia 4-3 in Primera Division play. Real Madrid will host BATE Barisov on Wednesday in Champions League action and play Racing Santander in La Liga this weekend.
4. Manchester United (Eng) (1) – Liverpool knocked United off its perch with a 2-1 victory over the defending champions. United is at risk of falling even further when it travels to London to take on Chelsea. Before
that, however, Manchester United has to host Villarreal in Champions League play and the way the Reds have been playing recently, it’s definitely not a given that they will win.
5. Bayern Munich (Ger) (5) – Bayern was dominant this weekend, defeating Cologne 3-0. Bayern returns to the Champions League this week when it takes on Steaua Bucuresti. Its more difficult match, likely, will be in the Bundesliga on Saturday, when Bayern will host Werder Bremen.
6. Arsenal (Eng) (7) – Arsenal moved up a little bit after defeating Blackburn Rovers 4-0 this weekend and could move up even more if they can take advantage of the fall of Manchester United. Arsenal goes out to Ukraine for a Champions League matchup against Dynamo Kyiv and head to Bolton to take on the Wanderers this weekend.
7. Roma (Ita) (6) – Roma’s Serie A season is not shaping up as it had hoped, falling this week 1-3 to Palermo. Although it is taking advantage of last season’s results, it will need to turn things around quickly or it will not be long for this chart. Roma will host CFR Cluj in Champions League action this week before hosting Reggina in domestic action this weekend.
8. Lyon (Fra) (10) – No longer surviving on last season’s results, Lyon doesn’t have to with its 3-2 victory over Nice placing Lyon in its familiar spot atop the Ligue Un standings. In a very interesting Champions League match, Lyon hosts Fiorentina. In domestic action, OL will take on Le Havre.
9. Gremio (Bra) (8) – Unlike most European leagues, the Brasileiro Serie A season is mature – over halfway complete. Gremio jumped out to a quick lead, but that lead has been shrinking and shrank some more this weekend as Gremio fell 1-2 to Goias. As Gremio attempts to hang on, Gremio will take on Atletico Parananense this weekend.
10. PSV Eindhoven (Ned) (9) – With a 1-0 victory over Sparta Rotterdam this weekend, PSV hangs on to a Top Ten spot. In an intriguing matchup on Tuesday, PSV will host Atletico de Madrid in Champions League action. Domestically, PSV will take on AZ Alkmaar this weekend.
11. Porto (Por) (9) – Porto has had a few weeks off now, and it’s time for them to get back to work. First up? Last season’s surprise club, Fenerbahce. This weekend, Porto returns to bwin Superliga action against Rio Ave.
12. Juventus (Ita) (12) – Juventus was able to defeat Udinese 1-0 in Serie A action this weekend. It’s
match against Zenit St. Petersburg on Wednesday promises to be one of the most interesting of Matchday One in the Champions League. Juventus will play Cagliari this weekend in Serie A.
13. Villarreal (Esp) (13) – Villarreal was able to put one in the victory column this weekend with a 1-0 victory over Deportivo La Coruna. Villarreal comes to the isles this week to take on slumping Manchester United in Champions League play. In La Liga’s Primera Division, Villarreal will be next on the agenda for
Numancia, who is coming off of matches against Real Madrid and Barcelona. Welcome to the Primera Division, Numancia!!!
14. Liverpool (Eng) (14) – Don’t get upset, this is only temporary. Once last season’s data is removed in two weeks, Liverpool should shoot up. For now, Liverpool can celebrate knocking Manchester United with its 2-1 victory, even if it does mean that it is responsible for placing Chelsea in the top spot. Liverpool crosses the Channel this week to take on Marseille in the Champions League. Domestically, Liverpool will host Stoke City over the weekend.
15. Marseille (Fra)
(NR) – The first club in this week’s Top 25 to benefit from losing last season’s data is Marseille, which debuts in the Top 25 despite drawing 1-1 with Bordeaux this weekend. As I stated in the paragraph above, Marseille will host Liverpool in the Champions League. In Ligue Un, Marseille will host AS Monaco on Sunday.
16. Schalke 04 (Ger)
– Schalke lost its top spot in the Bundesliga this weekend when it couldn’t hold on to its 3-0 lead against Borussia Dortmund and had to settle for a 3-3 draw. Schalke, is the highest currently ranked club in the UEFA Cup and it will enter that tournament playing APOEL Nicosia on Thursday. This weekend, Schalke will host Eintracht Frankfurt in Bundesliga action.
17. Barcelona (Esp) (15) – Barcelona remains without a victory in the Primera Division after managing only a 1-1 draw with Racing Santander. On Tuesday, Barcelona will host Sporting CP in the Champions League and it will try to bounce back in La Liga against Sporting Gijon on Sunday.
18. Ajax (Ned) (17) – Ajax bounced back in the Eredivisie with a 1-0 victory over Roda JC this weekend. Ajax probably should be in the Champions League, but it’s not, so it will face Borac Cacak in UEFA Cup competition on Thursday. Domestically, Ajax will face Feyenoord in a classic Dutch matchup.
19. Werder Bremen (Ger) (19)– As Bremen gears up for the Champions League, it defeated Energie Cottbus handily, as it should, 3-0. Bremen will host surprising Cypriot participant Anorthosis Famagusta in a Champions League match on Tuesday. The competition will pick up on Saturday when Bremen travels to Munich to take on Bayern in Bundesliga action.
20. Rangers (Sco) (NR) – It’s true that Rangers already has been eliminated from European action, but Rangers returns to the rankings by virtue of being on top of the SPL after this weekend’s victory. With no match to focus on in midweek, Rangers can concentrate on defeating Motherwell on Sunday.
21. Sevilla (Esp) (NR) – Sevilla is off to a good start and returns to the Top 25 this week. Sevilla will take place in the UEFA Cup on Thursday, hosting FC Salzburg. In trying to continue its solid Primera Division start, Sevilla will take on Real Betis on Sunday.
22. Pumas UNAM (Mex) (NR) – With a 2-0 victory over Tigres, Pumas moves to the top of the Mexican Primera division and makes its debut in the WCR Top 25 this week. The move is timely, as well, as it allows me to highlight the fact that the two best clubs in Mexico in the current season will face off on Sunday
when Pumas hosts San Luis.
23. Fiorentina (Ita) (22) – Fiorentina is off to a disappointing start in the Serie A season, losing this weekend 1-2 to Napoli. Fiorentina heads north to take on Lyon on Wednesday in Champions League play. On Sunday, Fiorentina will host Bologna in domestic action.
24. Palmeiras (Bra) (21) – With a 1-0 victory over Cruzeiro this weekend, Palmeiras firmly is in second place in the Brasileiro Serie A and only three points behind leading Gremio. Palmeiras will host Vasco da Gama twice this week, on Thursday in the Copa Sudamerican and on Sunday in domestic league play.
25. Everton (Eng) (NR) – Everton is here more by default than any other reason, but with a victory this weekend, they slide ahead of clubs like AC Milan and Atletico de Madrid. Everton will host Standard Liege in this week’s UEFA Cup match and will play Hull City in what promises to be an interesting early-season matchup.
Bubbling Under (alphabetically): Boca Juniors (Arg), Cruzeiro (Bra), Hamburger (Ger), Heerenveen (Ned), Milan (Ita).
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Lampard Talking Sense
Sep 15, 2008 Chelsea, West Ham News
For gods sake, whats come over lampard?
Actually it was good to hear that he is talking sense for a change, telling the Chelsea big wigs they should let Clarke go.
Steve Clarke has worked for Chelsea’s 1st team coach for 4 years and around another 16 years as a servant to the club and has a great deal to do with the success of Chelsea.
But like every man we all want to reach higher goals in life and try something new, and with West Ham we have a hell of a lot of goals for Clarkey to reach as assistant to another Chelsea legend, Zola.
Lampard was right in saying:
“If he goes to West Ham it will be a loss, but I don’t think you can ever take away a man’s right to do what he wants to do,”
“I think Clarkey has been an unbelievable servant for Chelsea for many years as a player and as a coach.
“He has been an important member of the backroom staff in what we’ve done over the last few years.
“But if he feels he wants to go and do something different – I know he has intentions to be a manager in his own right – you can only wish him all the best.”
Its going to cost West Ham £1m instead of the £5m asking price by the Slave Traders at Chelsea, maybe they should just give the £1m to Clarkey for being everything they asked him to be, Irreplaceable.
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Nervous Zola Promises Success
Sep 11, 2008 West Ham News
A very nervous Gianfranco Zola was unveiled at West Ham in front of the Media.
Zola said
“Its a great honour for me to work for such an important club”
Then Franco said
“I will give all my knowledge and experience to the West Ham players”
He acknowledges the tradition and history of west ham and said
“My aim and my target is to make west ham successful”
When asked about John Terry’s comment about one day being Manager of Chelsea, Zola said
“I thank John Terry for the comment, but i work for West Ham now”.
When asked about Curbs the reason he walked out and how would he feel about players being sold behind his back, he feels the the whole of WHUFC must work as a team and that includes the board,
Zola is happy to be working with Nani and will report to him.
When asked about what style of football will West Ham now play
“My philosophy is playing offensive football, enjoyable for players first and then for the club and fans”
When asked how he felt about the high expiations of the West Ham fans, he said
“I love challenges”,
he is very eager to eager to get started and make the fans proud.
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Today West Ham will announce Zola as West Ham Manager
Sep 9, 2008 Featured Article, Gianfranco Zola, New Manager, West Ham News
Today Gianfranco Zola will be appointed as new manager for West Ham United FC.
Gianfranco Zola
Not the fans first choice for manager but with West Ham officially ruling out Bilic and Di Canio i dare say the fans will be happy with such an exciting and talented person like Zola is.
The West Ham fans have missed watching stylish and classy football under the reign of Curbishley, lets hope and pray that Gianfranco Zola will make the team more passionate and exciting to watch as Zola was for Chelsea.
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ALAN CURBISHLEY LEAVES WEST HAM - LIVE CHAT-
Sep 3, 2008 Columbus Crew, Talks, West Ham News
UPDATE
Curbishley has resigned from West Ham. Why would he do this? constant criticism from fans and players, he has constantly stood his ground and said he will carry on to make the club a success, but after the end of the summer transfer window and the fact he had no control over his team, he decided to call it a day.
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No Room at West Ham for Traitors
Most West Ham fans could never ever think of betraying the club we love and be jealous of any other club.
Man City, New owners with money coming from bottomless pockets, buying players at incredible amounts of money and with promises from their owners there is more big signings to come, now stop and think! you cant buy success, it has to be earned by hard work and players who wear the badge with pride and not thinking of the pay cheque for £150,000 at the end of the month.
Many West Ham fans showing anger and jealousy that we did not do the same as Man City some even going to the extent of saying they are losing their love for the club, a football club is a business and any business that has suffered as much as West Ham have needs to be run with strict rules and management.
Myself and i dare say thousands of other Hammers fans could never even think about losing our feelings for West Ham, the true fans would be tested to the limit with anger and frustration but still bleed claret and blue, our children and our children’s children will carry on where we leave off and will still show the same passion for a club that never fails to disappoint and makes grown men cry.
My son in law is a Liverpool fan, but are his children Liverpool fans? the answer is quite obvious, they are West Ham fans with passion.
Don’t be jealous of Man City, Chelsea or these clubs, look at Real Madrid and how much they spent and ask, ” When did they last win some silverware?”
Be proud to be a Hammers supporter through thick and thin and if your not then support another club because there is no room here at West Ham for you!
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A tangled web weaved
Sep 2, 2008 West Ham News
Ambition? What’s that about hey. Just more lies coming out of our great club, and from a stingy owner who has no ambition for our club, just in it for the money.
I’m sick and tired of our great club being abused like this, when we have such a great history. Yet we hear of other clubs in this credit crunch doing deals like a card dealer in Las Vegas.
Let’s be honest, our club don’t stand a chance with owners like this; And I persoanlly wanted us to progress…don’t get me wrong, I didn’t want us to be like Man Utd, or chelsea, with their bully tactics. But I atleast wanted to have ambition aswell as money to spend- not a tight owner and liar who is no better than Terence Brown.
We were promised much, and now we are owned by a fruit machine…much going into the money machine, and little coming back.
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World Club Rankings Top 25 - 18 Aug 08 - Man Utd, Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea, Real Madrid, Barcelona
Aug 19, 2008 world club rankings
I think we can say that we are now well underway to the start of the season. Action kicked off again in England, Germany and Argentina this past weekend and picks up in Portugal this coming weekend. We also have Super Cup action in the Netherlands, Italy and Spain on the horizon and it’s just another couple weeks before those nations are full throttle again. Oh, how I’ve missed it.
This week’s WCR Top 25 does not provide a great difference from last week’s. This is a data-driven countdown. As I explained in the Pre-Season Edition of the Top 25, for the first five weeks of each domestic league’s new season, data from this season will be added to data from last season in order to work the numbers. The reasons for this are clear after just a week or two as it is obviously too early to put clubs like Hull City and Grenoble in my top ten. That’s not to say they won’t make it (although, it’s probably a safe bet that they won’t), it’s just that there needs to be additional data before they qualify for a ranking.
The result is that Manchester United is still in the pole position, though it maintained the apex by only the skin of its teeth after managing only a draw at home against Newcastle United. There has been some movement in the rankings – and that movement will become very fluid after each club has played at least five matches, but for this week, the list is pretty static. Still, this is an opportunity to link to stories of the weekend’s action and highlight what is coming up in the coming week. Enjoy.
World Club Rankings – Top 25 – August 18, 2008
1. Manchester United (Eng) (1) – How badly do they miss Cristiano Ronaldo. While it’s true that Shay Given played well, Man United looked like a team in desperate need of a striker in its 1-1 draw with Newcastle United. Another match like this and Manchester United can forget about the top spot, defending European Champions or not. United is off until next Monday when they travel to Portsmouth for their next Premiership match.
2. Inter Milan (Ita) (2) – No matches of any significance this past week. That changes on Sunday when Inter takes on fellow powerhouse Roma in the Italian Super Cup.
3. Real Madrid (Esp) (3) – Real Madrid fell 2-3 to Valencia in the first leg of the Spanish Super Cup. On Saturday, Real Madrid will get a chance to seek revenge against their Spanish foes in the final tune up for the Primera Division season.
4. Chelsea (Eng) (5) – Chelsea moves up a notch by crushing poor Portsmouth 4-0 in both clubs’ Premiership debut. Chelsea is on the verge of moving up three more notches following Manchester United’s stumble. Chelsea’s victim, I mean opponent, this coming weekend is Wigan Athletic.
5. Bayern Munchen (Ger) (4) – Bayern could not hold on to a 2-0 lead against a tough Hamburger team this past weekend in a match that ended in a 2-2 draw. Bayern will look to bounce back this weekend when it takes on Borussia Dortmund.
6. Roma (Ita) (6) – Like Inter, Roma is coming off of a week in which it saw no action of significance, but that ends this weekend when last year’s two top clubs in Italy’s Serie A face off in the Italian Super Cup.
7. Arsenal (Eng) (7) – Arsenal is far off from reaching Manchester United themselves in the two-year aggregate numbers after defeating West Bromwich Albion 1-0. This was after Arsenal defeated FC Twente 2-0 in the Netherlands to take an overwhelming lead in the Champions League qualifiers. Arsenal hits the road this weekend to take on Fulham in Premier League action.
8. Gremio (Bra) (8) – Gremio looked lackluster against fellow-Brazilian club Internacional in its 1-1 draw in the Copa Sudamericana, but was able to defeat defending Serie A champion Sao Paolo 1-0 in domestic action this weekend, extending its lead. This week sees Gremio playing two away matches in
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