Milner is better than Bale, Pogba and Kroos..

[redhorizon2]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36420669
Euro 2016: England's James Milner fifth best player in Europe - Uefa

Kane, Vardy, Milner and Drinkwater make the Uefa barometer but the latter will not be going to Euro 2016
England midfielder James Milner is the fifth best player in Europe, according to a Uefa 'barometer'.
Leicester City midfielder Danny Drinkwater, who was left out of Roy Hogdson's 23-man squad on Tuesday, is the eighth highest-ranked Englishman.
Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo tops the Uefa barometer, with Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic second.
The list takes into account form for club and country from 1 January, 2016 and in Euro 2016 qualifying.
"The barometer runs official player statistics through a specially designed algorithm to create rankings based on player performances," said Uefa.
Players are classed as goalkeepers, full-backs, central defenders, defensive midfielders, central midfielders, attacking midfielders, wingers and forwards.
Uefa added: "The data considered for each player is specific to the position type.
"For example, tackles and interceptions are considered to be key statistics for defensive midfielders, while successful dribbles and crosses are core stats for wingers."
Euro 2016 in France starts on 10 June.
The top 10

[xtable]
{thead}
{tr}
{th=colspan:3}The top 10{/th}
{/tr}
{tr}
{th}Player{/th}
{th}Country{/th}
{th}Position{/th}
{/tr}
{tr}
{th=colspan:3}Selected others{/th}
{/tr}
{/thead}
{tbody}
{tr}
{td}1. Cristiano Ronaldo{/td}
{td}Portugal{/td}
{td}Forward{/td}
{/tr}
{tr}
{td}2. Zlatan Ibrahimovic{/td}
{td}Sweden{/td}
{td}Forward{/td}
{/tr}
{tr}
{td}3. Antoine Griezmann{/td}
{td}France{/td}
{td}Forward{/td}
{/tr}
{tr}
{td}4. Dimitri Payet{/td}
{td}France{/td}
{td}Attacking midfielder{/td}
{/tr}
{tr}
{td}5. James Milner{/td}
{td}England{/td}
{td}Central midfielder{/td}
{/tr}
{tr}
{td}6. Saul Niguez{/td}
{td}Spain{/td}
{td}Central midfielder{/td}
{/tr}
{tr}
{td}7. Koke{/td}
{td}Spain{/td}
{td}Central midfielder{/td}
{/tr}
{tr}
{td}8. Sergio Ramos{/td}
{td}Spain{/td}
{td}Central defender{/td}
{/tr}
{tr}
{td}9. Toni Kroos{/td}
{td}Germany{/td}
{td}Central midfielder{/td}
{/tr}
{tr}
{td}10. Juanfran{/td}
{td}Spain{/td}
{td}Full-back{/td}
{/tr}
{tr}
{td}12. Gareth Bale{/td}
{td}Wales{/td}
{td}Forward{/td}
{/tr}
{tr}
{td}15. Dele Alli{/td}
{td}England{/td}
{td}Attacking midfielder{/td}
{/tr}
{tr}
{td}23. Harry Kane{/td}
{td}England{/td}
{td}Forward{/td}
{/tr}
{tr}
{td}28. Jamie Vardy{/td}
{td}England{/td}
{td}Forward{/td}
{/tr}
{tr}
{td}34. Eric Dier{/td}
{td}England{/td}
{td}Defensive midfielder{/td}
{/tr}
{tr}
{td}42. Ryan Bertrand{/td}
{td}England{/td}
{td}Full-back{/td}
{/tr}
{tr}
{td}47. Adam Lallana{/td}
{td}England{/td}
{td}Attacking midfielder{/td}
{/tr}
{tr}
{td}51. Danny Drinkwater{/td}
{td}England{/td}
{td}Defensive midfielder{/td}
{/tr}
{tr}
{td}53. Robbie Brady{/td}
{td}Republic of Ireland{/td}
{td}Winger{/td}
{/tr}
{tr}
{td}70. Shane Long{/td}
{td}Republic of Ireland{/td}
{td}Forward{/td}
{/tr}
{tr}
{td}93. Marcus Rashford{/td}
{td}England{/td}
{td}Forward{/td}
{/tr}
{tr}
{td}98. Steven Davis{/td}
{td}Northern Ireland{/td}
{td}Central midfielder{/td}
{/tr}
{/tbody}
[/xtable]

 

[cloggypop]

Erm, Barca's 3 attackers are South American.

 

[redhorizon2]

Erm, Barca's 3 attackers are South American.

Good catch, could explain why they're not there

 

[Skullflower]

'stats'

 

[Dirkus_Circus]

lol

this thread delivers

 

[6TimesaRed]

Fail..

 

[redhorizon2]

Mullers not on there

 

[mark1975]

Mullers not on there

I noticed that, it's a bit Muller light.

 

[cloggypop]

Muller is Brazilian and 50.

 

[The Nomad]

Mullers not on there

Muller is 31st.. Who the fuck comes up with these lists? Is Milner 5th due to his number of side ways passes? Fuck me.. Henderson would be number 1 if he was fit!

Utter wank!

 

[Brizzle]

What about Ozil and his x number of assists?

 

[cloggypop]

Where's Lucas and his most tackles ever?

 

[Gerry_A_Trick]

Where's Lucas and his most tackles ever?

In the south American list

 

[cloggypop]

In the south American list

I'm not convinced he's South American.

 

[Rosco]

@Arn

 

[manwithnoname]

Muller is 31st.. Who the fuck comes up with these lists? Is Milner 5th due to his number of side ways passes? Fuck me.. Henderson would be number 1 if he was fit!

Utter wank!

I don't think the thread was helped by the utterly inept title it was given, and it went downhill from there.

But I suspect Milner's lofty position is due to the amount of goals (7) and assists (14) that he has, which are indeed very impressive. But then he's always been a very good player.

 

[nealmac]

This would've been a good thread if it didn't have that stupid title.

 

[redhorizon2]

I don't think the thread was helped by the utterly inept title it was given, and it went downhill from there.

But I suspect Milner's lofty position is due to the amount of goals (7) and assists (14) that he has, which are indeed very impressive. But then he's always been a very good player.

Muller's scored 32 goals and 12 assists this season, why is he absent?
http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/jumplist/leistungsdaten/spieler/58358/saison_id/2015

 

[Best Believe It]

Can we merge this with the Liverpool vs Barcelona thread nearer the time to give us a confidence boost ahead of the game?

 

[Mors]

Mignolet is on there but not de gea ahahahahahahahaaa

 

[manwithnoname]

Muller's scored 32 goals and 12 assists this season, why is he absent?
http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/jumplist/leistungsdaten/spieler/58358/saison_id/2015

I don't know, I didn't do the fucking 'analysis' and the methodology isn't clear

But I can certainly tell you why Neymar, Suarez and Messi are absent

It's a shit thread with a stupid title, I think we can all agree on that

 

[redhorizon2]

I don't know, I didn't do the fucking 'analysis' and the methodology isn't clear

But I can certainly tell you why Neymar, Suarez and Messi are absent

It's a okay shit thread with a stupid title, I think we can all agree on that

 

[manwithnoname]

Yeah, it's an OK thread. It has at the very least stimulated a bit of debate.

But whatever algorithm and data was used, the absence of the likes of Muller and De Gea seems to render it all rather irrelevant

 

[Squiggles]

Still think we overpaid @peterhague?

 

[6TimesaRed]

fixed the title..

Milner is a better player than Bale, Pogba and Kroos

Its now an OK thread with an OK Title..

 

[redhorizon2]

fixed the title..

Milner is a better player than Bale, Pogba and Kroos

Its now an OK thread with an OK Title..

You forgot Muller

 

[The Nomad]

And mata.. Don't forget Mata.

 

[darkstarexodus]

And mata.. Don't forget Mata.

It doesn't Mata.

 

[Judge Jules]

And it juan mata in future either.

 

[peterhague]

Still think we overpaid @peterhague?

Yes.