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red37 wrote:

Sabre wrote:

What are the scores based on?

I mean how exactly are they meant to be awarded...through TV coverage, Heresay, through the Press or attending the actual game

The thread is meant so that we give our opinions as we usually do in these boards, but with an attempt to quantify those opinions.

i know the intention of the thread, thats plainly obvious. But in being able to arrive at a score given to each player, you'd expect to have at least witnessed the game surely?

Lots of folks just catch the edited highlights on BBC or SKY, or even Youtube et al.. and its a fools game trying to form a valid opinion from 10 -15 minutes of footage alone.  Its hard enough gauging a true performance from watching the entire game through 3 or 4 judiciously selected camera angles along with copious amounts of drivel by way of 'informed' analysis to compliment it,  compared to the real thing via your own eyes and ears. Of course which the majority of us cannot ever realise for one reason or t'other.  Equally so, becoming 'wise' from ingesting a couple of ill conceived paragraphs written in black and white in a daily rag as being gospel.  Not ALL the written press is as bad as its portrayed neither. At least the opinions offered from their standpoints are based on substance and not supposition. Helpful maybe. But still not as relevant as to actually following the players movements off the ball for example in the flesh. etc..

Dont get me wrong, i can see the 'fun' element in offering a semi-measured view of how best to proclaim the three most efficient performers by way of a 'points' system in the forum. Thats not what i queried.....The clarification you have offered is noted and fully accepted.  The idea by and large is to be applauded (if taken for the lighthearted way in which its clearly intended). However...what i CANT understand is why so many, are giving their opinion based on the above criteria per se as opposed to a 'live' comprehension as to how they come to arrive at such conclusions in the first place..and then stand by their assertions as though they are FACT. (and some will). Ultimately, no doubt in the near future - these villains of the piece will be spawning all kinds of threads in the affirmative/negative of players 'respectability' levels, wholly calculated from nothing less than the results correlated and declared relevant at the end of the experiment.

like i say, im not decrying the whole idea of it...i just wanted to understand better the parameters that have been set in place for it to be viable..against pure speculation over the authenticity of peoples marks that are put up for the record.