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
From our freinds at World Club Rankings
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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Scott Parker Challenge sends Theo Walcott to Hospital
Nov 19, 2008 Arsenal, Injuries, Scott Parker, West Ham News, england
Walcott adds to England’s and Arsenal’s injury problems after he dislocated his shoulder in a tackle against Scott Parker near the end of Tuesday nights training session at the Olympic Stadium.
Walcott was rushed to hospital where his shoulder was put back into place.
Theo Walcott will fly home to London where Arsenal Medics will assess how bad the injury is and could be sidelined for up to 10 weeks.
Capello told the media:
“Our priority is Theo and making him as comfortable as possible before he returns to England,” said Capello. “We’re all very disappointed, but the most important thing is for Theo to travel home and make a quick recovery.”
Walcott’s place will more than likely be given to Shaun Wright-Phillips, West Ham United’s Scott Parker played well during training but is yet to find out if he plays on Wednesday Evening.
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Cole has Regrets
Oct 22, 2008 Carlton Cole, New Manager, West Ham News, england
Carlton Cole has admitted he regrets missing out on playing for his fathers national team Nigeria.
In his interview with BBC Sports, Cole who was invited to the join Super Eagles during the first round of the qualifiers to the 2010 African Nations Cup and World Cup caused stir in Nigerian disclosed that he would have loved to wear the green & white jersey.
Cole said:
“I was really daft, My dad is from Nigeria, I would have loved to play for Nigeria but it was not to be because I was not eligible. I’ve played for England U-21 in a competitive competition and captained the team. Honestly, it was hard for me when I got to know”.
“I was disappointed I couldn’t play for my dad’s country, but these things happen in football. Right now, I’m focussing on my career at West Ham and see where that gets me”
“Honestly, I wish I was there but they won’t need me. I always wish them best of luck, the Nigerian team, I know all the players there. It’s a good job if they can get to the World Cup and make a massive impact.”
Cole has recently found new form at West Ham under the watchful eye of Zola and Clarke and could one day and fulfil his true destiny and that is as an English Player playing for England.
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Bilic Rejects Tottenham
Oct 21, 2008 Slaven Bilic, Tottenham, West Ham News
Tottenham fans were hoping that West Ham United star Slaven Bilic would come to the rescue of the bottom of the table club who have only succeeded in gaining 2 points from 8 matches.
Bilic told 5 Live:
“I’ve been linked with many clubs in England and all I can say is that it is flattering.
“But I have my job with Croatia and that’s all I’m concentrating on.”
Bilic rejected his beloved West Ham’s plea to join them because he wanted to take his National team to the World Cup and win it but then admitted he would 1 day love to manage the club he adores.
The Spurs fans see Bilic as the perfect replacement for Ramos because of his influence on 2 of their star players Luka Modric and Vedran Corluka and the passion that he sends to the Fans and players alike, very much like Gianfranco Zola does for West ham United
Bilic went on to say:
“It’s hard to believe but a lot of good teams have been in the same position,”
“When something goes wrong, and then you get injures, red cards and bad luck, it’s frustrating.
“I know the situation they are but I’m sure it is going to get better. It’s a massive club and they are going to come back.”
As an outsider and West Ham fan i believe the Spurs problems lay with the players and not the Manager, these players need to gel together and predict each others movements on the field, also the language barrier is cause for concern too.
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Over 100 Hooligans cause Mayhem in Hull
Oct 21, 2008 Hull City, West Ham News, hooligans
Groups of hooligans are being traced via CCTV footage because of incidents before & after Sundays game against Hull City.
100’s of rival fans clashed in Walton Street on Sunday and supposedly 40 of these were West Ham fans, 3 Hull men were arrested and 1 of these arrested was for breaching his court order banning him from football matches.
It is believed by police that the incidents were pre planned and the meet was to happen at Parkers pub in Albany Road in Hull a pub that is not checked by police during matches.
PC Corcoran told the Media:
“Our resources were tied up in pubs where we believe there is the potential for trouble on match days,”
“Some of our officers carried hand-held cameras. There is footage of the incident at Parkers.
“There is also CCTV footage and the force helicopter has some good-quality footage.
“We will be going through the evidence and anyone involved can expect a knock on their door.”
“How did the larger group of West Ham hooligans know that these Hull City hooligans were in Parkers? We think it was organised.
“All is takes is one phone call. They may even have known each other from attending England matches or possibly through a friend.”
PC Corcoran went on to say that his Officers were badly treated by the people in Parkers pub when bottles and glasses were thrown at them.
Truth be known, that was probably just the regulars who threw the glasses.
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What a Player! 150 Games for West Ham United and Improving
Oct 18, 2008 Hull City, West Ham News
Tomorrows game against Hull City marks the 150th game that Mathew Etherington will have played for West Ham United after joining the Hammers in 2003 from Spurs for an undisclosed fee.
We have seen a great improvement with Ethers under the influence of Gianfranco Zola and Steve Clarke and even to the point where many fans think Ethers is good enough for England.
Ethers is pretty certain to be included in the game against Hull City on Sunday and an early goal by the Hammers could be what ends Hull City’s magic start of the season and push West Ham into the top 3 or 4.
West Ham are only 2nd to Man City for Goals scored in the League which shows we have the players that can get the Goals.
My Prediction is Hull City 1 - 2 West Ham United
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Craig Bellamy: i am not Second Class
Oct 11, 2008 West Ham News
Craig Bellamy announced that Welsh Players are not treat like English players when called up for international duty and are considered second class citizens.
Bobby Gould the former Wales Manager has hit out at West Ham for not treating Bellamy with the same consideration as West ham do with players that play for England.
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Superb!! West Ham Utd 3 - 1 Newcastle Utd
Sep 20, 2008 Newcastle
It has been such a long time since i enjoyed watching a performance as the West Ham squad gave today.
Di Michelle was outstanding and gave me flashbacks of DiCanio, He scored 2 goals and assisted in the 3rd and could have scored more.
Etherington was also at his best today scoring the 3rd goal, and for me is good enough for England now, all he needs is more games.
Cole is definitely getting better and better, rarely losing a ball in the Newcastle area and deserved to get on the score sheet today.
Noble, Parker, and the rest of the squad were outstanding and made passing look easy with superb accuracy.
Newcastle deserved their punishment today, Owen would be very wise to move to another club in January as his contract is nearly finished.
Overall a great show for the fans and Zola, it is what West Ham fans have been waiting for too long now, passion, exciting football, from a team missing its biggest players or are they?
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Why the Rush for Zola?
Sep 9, 2008 Gianfranco Zola, New Manager, West Ham News
Why on earth are we seemingly in such a rush to appoint the new manager before the West Brom game? The timing of trying to talk to Bilic could not be worse as he is preparing for what is arguably his biggest game yet as manager so why not wait until next week and speak to him?
The appointment of Zola can only produce two possible outcomes that I can see;
1st (and most likely) he will make a complete balls-up of it and we will be no better off than we were with Curbs or 2nd he will do well and use his time at West Ham as practice for the job he really wants which is to manage Chelski.
Remember what happened when England went for their second choice? They got Maclaren!
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Disaster for Bilic
Sep 8, 2008 Croatia v England, West Ham News
Slaven Bilic
Wednesday’s match Croatia v England could be a disaster for Slaven Bilic.
If Croatia lose to England, Bilic will be upset but not as upset as the Croatian FA and that could be good news for West Ham.
The Croatian FA are already unhappy that Bilic will be having talks with Nani and Duxbury sometime before or after the World Cup qualifier.
Why has Bilic agreed to a meeting? and why have West Ham not given up on Bilic like they have Mancini, i beleive that Bilic has told his agent he wants the Job but will not say so publicly before such an important match that could upset his players, It would be easy for him to say “NO” and “go away” to the West Ham press gang, but he has not and will be having talks.
If Bilic did leave the Croatian national squad and joined West Ham would he be a traitor to his country, i dont think so, if he is then does that make half a million Croatian’s in this country traitors too, of course not, like Bilic they all are after a better success in life, which Croatia did not offer.
It will be a disaster for Bilic to lose to England but hopefully success for England and West Ham.
Or Joy for West Ham
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