Joe Hart - Europe's Number 1
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 2:06 pmaccording to the Castrol UEFA player rankings
One for Rag Hater this as, much as I do think Joe has had a tremendous year I have to question the integrity of a statistics based ranking system where Joe is number one (this is fine in theory....) BUT Heureleo Gomes is 15th....in front of Iker Casillas (17th) and Pepe Reina (20th).
http://cn.castrolfootball.com/rankings/ ... omp=#label
this is where I picked it up....good blog entry
http://thisisfutbol.com/2011/04/blogs/i ... ier-league?
The Premier League plays host to a number of a top class goalkeepers from all around the world. According to the Castrol rankings, however, Manchester City’s Joe Hart is the number one goalkeeper playing in Europe. The Castrol Ranking system seeks to give a ‘definitive answer’ on who the top performers are throughout Europe through the use of the latest technology and a team of well-equipped data-analysts. They track every touch of the ball and adjudicate whether the player in question has had a positive or negative influence upon the game.
Given the amount of time and effort that’s spent collating the data, the Castrol Ranking system has to be given some credence. Joe Hart’s had a fantastic season and is one of the best goalkeepers in the Premier League, but are the lads working for Castrol right to suggest that he’s the very best European football has to offer?
Statistical analysis and data handling is one thing, but there’s also something to be said for gut instinct and the importance of things that can’t be covered in statistics. Data, for instance, can’t capture how well a keeper marshals their defence, how much confidence he inspires in the back-four and whether he’s a good motivator both on and off the pitch.
Given that the Castrol Ranking System judges Edwin van der Sar to be only the fourth best keeper in Europe at the moment, behind Hart, Idriss Carlos Kameni and Christian Abbiati, I’d say that something has to be amiss. That just doesn’t seem right to me. On what basis can we say that Hart has had a better season between the sticks than Van der Sar?
Whilst I’d certainly put Joe Hart up there with the likes of Edwin van der Sar, Petr Cech and Pepe Reina, he’s got some way to go until he’s the undisputed number one goalkeeper in the Premier League and Europe. I doubt for instance that any Manchester United fan would have been too keen to swap Van der Sar with Joe Hart on a season-long basis.
Naturally every fan brings bias to the proceedings in some way or another. I’m neither a City nor a United fan, but I can’t help but feel it’s wrong to favour Hart over Van der Sar. Perhaps this is merely a result of Van der Sar’s career coming to an end, whilst Hart’s career is just beginning to take off. Whether or not he’s the best in Europe as things currently stand, Hart has a huge career ahead of him and could well go on to become a City legend.
One for Rag Hater this as, much as I do think Joe has had a tremendous year I have to question the integrity of a statistics based ranking system where Joe is number one (this is fine in theory....) BUT Heureleo Gomes is 15th....in front of Iker Casillas (17th) and Pepe Reina (20th).
http://cn.castrolfootball.com/rankings/ ... omp=#label
this is where I picked it up....good blog entry
http://thisisfutbol.com/2011/04/blogs/i ... ier-league?
The Premier League plays host to a number of a top class goalkeepers from all around the world. According to the Castrol rankings, however, Manchester City’s Joe Hart is the number one goalkeeper playing in Europe. The Castrol Ranking system seeks to give a ‘definitive answer’ on who the top performers are throughout Europe through the use of the latest technology and a team of well-equipped data-analysts. They track every touch of the ball and adjudicate whether the player in question has had a positive or negative influence upon the game.
Given the amount of time and effort that’s spent collating the data, the Castrol Ranking system has to be given some credence. Joe Hart’s had a fantastic season and is one of the best goalkeepers in the Premier League, but are the lads working for Castrol right to suggest that he’s the very best European football has to offer?
Statistical analysis and data handling is one thing, but there’s also something to be said for gut instinct and the importance of things that can’t be covered in statistics. Data, for instance, can’t capture how well a keeper marshals their defence, how much confidence he inspires in the back-four and whether he’s a good motivator both on and off the pitch.
Given that the Castrol Ranking System judges Edwin van der Sar to be only the fourth best keeper in Europe at the moment, behind Hart, Idriss Carlos Kameni and Christian Abbiati, I’d say that something has to be amiss. That just doesn’t seem right to me. On what basis can we say that Hart has had a better season between the sticks than Van der Sar?
Whilst I’d certainly put Joe Hart up there with the likes of Edwin van der Sar, Petr Cech and Pepe Reina, he’s got some way to go until he’s the undisputed number one goalkeeper in the Premier League and Europe. I doubt for instance that any Manchester United fan would have been too keen to swap Van der Sar with Joe Hart on a season-long basis.
Naturally every fan brings bias to the proceedings in some way or another. I’m neither a City nor a United fan, but I can’t help but feel it’s wrong to favour Hart over Van der Sar. Perhaps this is merely a result of Van der Sar’s career coming to an end, whilst Hart’s career is just beginning to take off. Whether or not he’s the best in Europe as things currently stand, Hart has a huge career ahead of him and could well go on to become a City legend.