Bianchi on Ice wrote:Arjan Van Schotte wrote:Really can't be chuffed to pick a team, as my football knowledge of other leagues is not up to scratch.
But looking at it from a slightly different dimension - the "best" league is surely the most competitive? I'm going to use the completely scientific method of determining "competivity" by dividing the number of draws (which = equality) divided by number of games played, to give us the definitive ranking of "best" league (lower number is better):
Portugal = Every 3.34 games is a draw, and therefore "competitive".
France = 3.37
England = 3.52
Nederland = 3.62
Germany = 3.77
Italy = 4.25
Spain = 4.91
Russia = 5.42
So there you have it, the best league to watch in Europe is portugal, with england not far behind and russia and spain beng shit.
Actually, as i was doing that, i noticed that as far as most competitive leagues go, by a number of criteria, that isn't far off the mark. However, i decided to throw Scotland into the mix, and they would win by a mile with 3.04, despite celtic being ahead by 5 wins, so my meffodology may be flawed.
Portuguese league a closed shop to porto benfica and sporting, Arjan...boavista one title win i think
Maybe belenenses once as well but so few sides winning a league in all those years does show a flaw in themethod sorrymate
You didn't read it properly mate - i used the terms ""completely scientific" and "definitve". You can't argue with facts.
But to use the method suggested by you, number of different winners, produces this:
France - 9
Russia - 6
Germany - 6
Nederland - 5
Italy - 5
Spain - 5
England - 5
Portugal - 4
So there you have it - conclusive proof once and for all that France has the most competitive league.
Although i think if we give coca a strict deadline and some research funding, he can explore his theories in detail (although this will inevitably lead to agreement with me that both France and Portugal have the very best leagues in europe).
