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Post by Macmoish on Jul 17, 2010 7:12:05 GMT
[Edit: But the newspaper (as far as I can see) didn't actually give the Capello link, so I had to search for it! www.capelloindex.com/site/Guardian
World Cup 2010: Fabio Capello rates England players on Capello Index• Site caused controversy before the World Cup • Jermain Defoe given the highest ratingJon Brodkin guardian.co.uk, Saturday 17 July 2010 02.46 BST Fabio Capello has published his controversial Capello Index ratings for England's players from the World Cup. The England manager was prevented by the Football Association from running the marks during the tournament but has now gone public with his assessment of their performances. The goalkeeper Robert Green gets the lowest mark for the tournament with a rating of 51.67 out of 100, having made a dreadful mistake in his only game, against the USA. Jermain Defoe tops the list with an average of 62.47 across the matches he played, which included scoring the winner against Slovenia. England's second-best player according to the Capello Index was John Terry (60.48). Uruguay's Diego Forlán, who was awarded the official player of the tournament award, gets an average score of 65.77 by comparison. Wayne Rooney, widely accepted to have had a dismal World Cup, is marked at 58.87, marginally higher than Spain's Fernando Torres and only slightly less than Jérôme Boateng, part of the Germany team that finished third at the tournament. England's best individual performance of the tournament was rated by the index to be Steven Gerrard's against the USA (66.36). The marks are calculated using a complicated scoring system which awards points for categories such as long passing, assists, mistakes, dribbles, goals, shots and headers. Average mark given to England's players Robert Green 51.67 David James 59.28 Glen Johnson 57.18 John Terry 60.48 Ledley King 57.50 Jamie Carragher 59.04 Matthew Upson 60.21 Ashley Cole 59.58 Aaron Lennon 57.64 Frank Lampard 58.58 Steven Gerrard 60.98 James Milner 59.40 Gareth Barry 57.50 Shaun Wright-Phillips 61.09 Joe Cole 55.45 Wayne Rooney 58.87 Emile Heskey 60.15 Jermain Defoe 62.47 Peter Crouch did not play enough minutes to generate a mark. www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/jul/17/fabio-capello-england-capello-index
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Post by Macmoish on Jul 17, 2010 7:12:36 GMT
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Post by Macmoish on Jul 17, 2010 7:14:40 GMT
Daily Mail - By Ralph Ellis and Chris Wheeler Fabio Capello in hot water with the FA again after his World Cup ratings are finally revealedFabio Capello has put himself on a collision course with his FA bosses after incredibly allowing marks for all his England players' dismal World Cup performances to be published on his controversial 'Capello Index' website. The 64-year-old Italian has risked upsetting both his employers and, more importantly, his squad by making the damning verdicts public. Every player has been marked out of 100 for every performance in South Africa - and the results are embarrassing at the end of a tournament in which questions were asked of Capello himself. Under fire: Fabio Capello Goalkeeper Robert Green not surprisingly gets the lowest mark with just 51.67 following his howler in the opening match against the USA. But stars like Wayne Rooney will not be happy either when they see their manager's public verdict - the Manchester United striker is awarded just 53.1 for his showing against Algeria. Capello was shocked at the widespread condemnation of the scheme when it was made public in a glitzy launch in May. He was hauled into a meeting at Wembley and agreed to postpone the project - which could make him fortunes through fantasy football games - until after the World Cup. FABIO CAPELLO'S WORLD CUP RATING ROBERT GREEN (1 game): Average rating: 51.67. DAVID JAMES (3 games): 59.28. GLEN JOHNSON (4 games): 57.18. JOHN TERRY (4 games): 60.48. LEDLEY KING (1 game): 57.50. JAMIE CARRAGHER (2 games): 59.04. MATTHEW UPSON (2 games): 60.21. ASHLEY COLE (5 games): 59.58. AARON LENNON (2 games): 57.64. FRANK LAMPARD (4 games): 58.58. STEVEN GERRARD (4 games): 60.98. JAMES MILNER (4 games). 59.40. GARETH BARRY (3 games): 57.50. SHAUN WRIGHT-PHILLIPS (3 games): 61.09. JOE COLE (2 games): 55.45. WAYNE ROONEY (4 games): 58.87. EMILE HESKEY (4 games): 60.15. JERMAIN DEFOE (3 games): 62.47. PETER CROUCH (2 games): No mark. But FA chiefs, it is understood, believed it would then be quietly swept under the carpet and never reactivated. The affair has echoes of the end of Glenn Hoddle's reign as national team boss when his 1998 World Cup diaries revealed his views about England players and he lost respect in the dressing room - before subsequently being sacked for comments in a newspaper interview. Capello kept his job after the dismal campaign in South Africa because FA chiefs did not want to fork out the £12million compensation that would be due under his contract, hastily rewritten before the tournament. But this could even offer a way to end his reign without compensation being due if the Capello Index publication has broken the terms of his agreements. Last night nobody from the FA was available to comment. In May Capello, who is paid £6m, a year as manager, insisted he was not receiving money for acting as technical consultant to the website which also marks players from other countries for their World Cup performances. But plans exist to charge punters between £29.99 and £199.99 to play a fantasy game linked to the ratings and experts believe there is potential for it to make a huge amount for a coach who is already fabulously wealthy. Significantly, the one score which wasn't available was one for the coach – who has almost certainly earned a minus mark from his employers in the FA. Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1295440/Fabio-Capello-hot-water-FA-World-Cup-ratings-finally-revealed.html?ito=feeds-newsxml#ixzz0tvC1xmwM
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Post by klr on Jul 17, 2010 8:52:11 GMT
Beyond caring to be honest. Shame on you English FA.
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Post by Lonegunmen on Jul 17, 2010 10:04:20 GMT
What's so hard about giving them all 1 or 2 out of 10 for their woeful effort??
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Post by obk on Jul 17, 2010 13:29:00 GMT
Will be interesting to see how the players react, if at all.
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Post by Macmoish on Jul 17, 2010 19:34:14 GMT
To paraphrase "Nothing to do with me, Guv" BBC Angry Fabio Capello demands removal of Capello IndexEngland boss Fabio Capello has demanded that player ratings website the Capello Index be removed from the internet. The rankings, which score players on their performances in this summer's World Cup, appeared online on Saturday. "I did not authorise this and am angry it was published," said Capello, while the Football Association claimed it was "satisfied" with the Italian's actions.
The project was set for launch before the World Cup but, following a media outcry, it was postponed. "The index was published without Mr Capello's knowledge and his representatives have taken immediate steps to have the material taken down," read an FA statement. The website uses a statistical system devised by former Roma, Juventus and Real Madrid coach Capello to award players a score out of 100. Not a single England international appears in the top 45 players from the tournament, following the team's dismal showing in South Africa that ended with a 4-1 last-16 defeat to Germany. 606: DEBATE Give your views on the Capello Index Captain Steven Gerrard is the only member of the squad to be ranked in the top 100 performers of the group stages, coming in at a lowly 65. Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe has the highest average score of Capello's squad with 62.47, while goalkeeper Robert Green, who was dropped by Capello following his glaring handling error that gifted the USA an equaliser in the England's opening 1-1 Group C draw, has the lowest score - 51.67. Uruguay's Diego Forlan, the Golden Ball winner in South Africa, top the ratings. Germany's Miroslav Klose and Thomas Mueller are second and third respectively. Tournament winners Spain occupy the next three spots with Andres Iniesta fourth, Xavi fifth and David Villa sixth. Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez, Dutch winger Arjen Robben, Germans midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger and goalkeeper Manuel Neuer complete the top 10. News of the project first emerged in early May, when Capello announced himself as a co-founder of the Index, alongside Chicco Merighi, the founder of an online gambling company. "It's not only about money, my interest is in football," Capello said at the time. CAPELLO'S PLAYER RATINGS Top player overall: Uruguay's Diego Forlan England players in the top 100 up to the last 16: Steven Gerrard (71st), John Terry (87th), Matthew Upson (100) Sole England player in the top 100 of the group stages: Steven Gerrard (65th) Highest average score for an England player: Jermain Defoe (62.47) Lowest average score for an England player: Robert Green (51.67) Highest score in the World Cup final: Spain's Andres Iniesta (75.17) A four-week trial of the index - limited to players from Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur - rated Ledley King, Michael Dawson and Sol Campbell as the best English central defenders ahead of John Terry and Rio Ferdinand. However, following harsh media criticism of the idea as badly timed and potentially damaging to players' confidence, Capello was forced to put World Cup ratings on hold after holding emergency talks with the FA. But a message on the front page of the site reads: "We are finally able to satisfy the numerous request we have had by publishing the results of the evaluation of the players' performance during the South African World Cup. "Out of respect to the Football Association, who asked us to suspend the real-time publication, we decided to wait until the end of the tournament." The site also claims the analysis will next season be applied to "all games of the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A and the Champions League", with all the data to be published "within two hours of the end of the matches". newsvote.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/8831421.stm
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Post by klr on Jul 17, 2010 19:45:58 GMT
Who on earth will put an end to this utter utter farce ?
Biggest joke I've ever witnessed in my life as a football fan.
You couldnt invent this level of incompetence, literally unbelievable.
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Post by Lonegunmen on Jul 18, 2010 6:33:51 GMT
KLR, You can if you drink pink gin and have your head buried so deep in either sand or your own arse. Hang on, I may have just described either Fifa, Uefa, the FA, The EPL.....hmmmmm which one??
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Post by Macmoish on Jul 19, 2010 6:26:17 GMT
! Guardian
England manager's demand that Capello Index be removed go unanswered
• Manager's marks out of 100 for players still online • FA blames technical problems for delay * Stuart James * guardian.co.uk, Sunday 18 July 2010 Fabio Capello was forced to endure further embarrassment today as the England manager's demands that the notorious Capello Index be removed from the internet went unanswered. More than 24 hours after the Football Association released a statement saying that the player ratings had not been seen or approved by the Italian and that his representatives had taken immediate steps to have the material taken down, the website was still live and showing the controversial marks out of 100 that are available for every member of the England squad who kicked a ball in the World Cup (with the exception of Peter Crouch, who did not play enough minutes to generate a mark). The FA claimed that the delay was related to a technical problem that was difficult to address at weekends and that the issue would be resolved by tomorrow at the latest www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/jul/18/fabio-capello-index-football-association
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Post by Macmoish on Jul 21, 2010 6:47:00 GMT
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Fabio Capello and FA ponder legal action as website saga rumbles on • Capello Index fiasco goes into fifth day • Negotiations between parties remain ongoingOwen Gibson guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 20 July 2010 The stand-off between Fabio Capello and his partners in the controversial player rating website that bears his name continued into a fifth day, albeit with a partial climbdown as the marks attributed to England players were finally removed. Football Association executives again spent much of the day on the phone to Capello's Italian advisers, including his son and lawyer Pierfilippo, and continued to insist they and he wanted all references to the England manager removed from the site. The explanatory home page that first appeared on Monday, distancing Capello from the marks themselves and explaining his involvement, remained visible all day. And although the largely dismal ratings for England players finally disappeared today, the site remained. Capello had claimed the site went live over the weekend without his knowledge and, according to Pierfilippo, demanded it be taken down. The FA said it had been assured Capello did not want his name or likeness to be associated with it in any way. But as negotiations continued between the England manager's advisers and Chicco Merighi, the Italian businessman and associate of Capello's who is behind the website, an increasingly frustrated FA could only watch and hope the embarrassing impasse would soon be broken. It has no direct leverage over the website's creators because it does not have any rights relating to Capello's name or image. Legal action by Capello's camp is a possibility but the terms of the contract between him and the website's creators are unclear. He claims not to have been paid for it. "The Capello Index cannot, and must not, be summarised as the vote given by Capello to the players, but is the result of a system which is capable of analysing and evaluating the actual performance adding various scientific variables," said the statement by Football Cap Index on the website. "As far as the evaluation of the performance of the players in the South African World Cup is concerned, we would like to clarify that Fabio Capello did not contribute in the formulation of the results now available online. They were obtained thanks to our unique scientific system that is, and will remain, transparent." Matteo Campodonico, chief executive of WY Media, the company that provided the statistics for the site, referred all inquiries to Merighi, who was unavailable for comment. www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/jul/20/fabio-capello-fa-lega-action-website
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Post by Macmoish on Jul 22, 2010 7:17:31 GMT
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Fabio Capello warned by FA that it must approve future business deals\ • Manager given warning after Capello Index furore • England players' individual rankings removed on Tuesday )Owen Gibson guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 21 As the embarrassing Capello Index saga rumbled on today, the England manager has been reminded that he must run any future business ventures past the Football Association first in an effort to avoid a repeat. As with other FA employees, it is understood Fabio Capello's contract contains a clause requiring him to obtain prior approval for external business ventures. For whatever reason, however, and with his reputation within the organisation riding high following England's impressive qualifying campaign, it was ignored when the Italian agreed to contribute to the Capello Index venture. Many at the FA were unaware of the imminent launch of the website, while others attempted unsuccessfully to persuade him to postpone the launch until after the World Cup finals. At the launch in May he was described as the co-founder of the player-rating site with the Italian businessman Chicco Merighi, although the England manager claims not to have received any payment for his involvement and details of their agreement remain unclear. But Capello will now be expected to stick strictly to the terms of his contact in the unlikely event that he should wish to embark on any similar venture over the remaining two years of his deal. The website, which rates players according to a complex formula that was developed using Capello's expertise but does not rely on his personal assessments, raised eyebrows not only because of the proximity to the World Cup, but also because it appeared to be out of character. In comparison to some of his predecessors, notably Sven-Goran Eriksson with classical music CDs and computer games, Capello had displayed a reluctance to augment his salary with external endorsements or business ventures. An increasingly frustrated FA today continued to communicate with Capello's Italian advisers, led by his son and lawyer Pierfilippo, as it in turn attempted to get the website's creators to remove the England manager's name and likeness from the site. After much toing and froing, the ratings for England players were finally removed on Tuesday, but the site remains live and its creators appear to have little intention of removing the references to Capello. Since Monday night, visitors to the site have been greeted by a note explaining Capello's role. "The Capello Index cannot, and must not, be summarised as 'The vote given by Capello' to the players, but is the result of a system which is capable of analysing and evaluating the actual performance adding various scientific variables," it said. www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/jul/21/fabio-capello-fa-business-deals
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Post by Macmoish on Jul 22, 2010 7:21:59 GMT
Marina Hyde/Guardian
Previous Blog home Hilarity rates high on Capello IndexIt's not only England's World Cup squad that finds itself laid bare on the controversial rating website May I be so scientifically bold as to give the Capello Index a 91.48 rating? Like an indomitable case of herpes, or Kathy Bates at the end of Misery, it is the entity which refuses to die no matter what the FA throws at it – and as such it is providing much of the entertainment that England's World Cup squad failed to muster. Having lain dormant since the initial furore, the website went sensationally live last weekend, committing such unforgivable sins as using the Premier League logo without authorisation and suggesting that Rob Green didn't play very well at the World Cup. Needless to say, the FA pram was swiftly emptied of all toys – and yet the site remains live, with only the most minor of tweaks. "The Capello Index cannot, and must not, be summarised as 'The vote given by Capello' to the players," wibbles a statement on the homepage, "but is the result of a system which is capable of analysing and evaluating the actual performance adding various scientific variables…" But enough of the pseudoscience bit. The Capello Index, which has averaged an 82.09% gaiety-of-the-nation rating since its inglorious inception, should only be enjoyed metaphorically. As a tool for evaluating players it appears somewhere between crashingly obvious and the most frightful rot. But as a means of gauging Where We At as a national football set-up, The Capello Index makes Moneyball look like Glenda Hoddle's World Cup diary. Consider how it has laid bare the major parties. First up, we have the FA, whose abortive efforts to get the website taken down this week have revealed its comical impotence to the last four people in England who still imagined it to operate with something approaching professional adequacy. Next to get Indexed is Capello himself. Back in May, the launch of the project marked the £6m-a-year England manager as money-grubbing. This week, his failure to get it shut down has exposed him as ineffectual and frustrated – a most accurate rating, given England's World Cup performance. He appears 97.43% incapable of getting even his business partners to do what he wants. Finally, look at how the venture has illuminated the players, to whom distinctly mediocre World Cup ratings are apparently a nasty surprise. "If he had distanced himself from the Index, why did marks appear after the World Cup?", a "senior England player" is said to have told the Sun, speaking in conveniently pithy tabloid quotes. "Now the players want to know when they'll get the chance to mark him. There was an easy way to avoid this – don't mark us in the first place." Mm. You might well find yourself clean out of give-a-tosses about England players' bruised egos, but rest assured that they and those around them take all ratings desperately seriously. The father of one England player once collared a journalist and branded him an "N-word lover" (although needless to say he didn't veil his repulsive racist epithet in that way). Why? Because the writer had given Sol Campbell seven out of 10 in his player ratings for a game, whilst awarding his son only a six. Obviously, it would be wrong to suggest that tarted-up marks out of 10 are the only language England players understand. But on recent form, they do seem to be having problems with the pidgin dialect Capello speaks, so perhaps switching his coaching strategy to a rudimentary rating system would yield more fruit than whatever broken English he was falling back upon in South Africa. You get the feeling he might welcome the change. As he explained at the May launch: "It is easy to speak to players and say look at your Index, you have to improve, you have to train more." It is quite easy, isn't it? An awful lot easier than football coaching, certainly. In the meantime, let's hear no more of these reports that the England manager is distraught at the indestructible nature of his creation. Capello must rest assured he has not given birth to a monster. He has created what Hitchcock called a MacGuffin – something whose specific nature may well be unimportant, but which drives the action by causing the characters to behave in ways which reveal their true colours. "In crook stories it is almost always the necklace," Hitchcock once explained, "and in spy stories it is most always the papers." In North by Northwest it is the top secret microfilm; in the latest instalment of the England story it is the Capello Index. You might as well give in and enjoy the show. www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2010/jul/22/capello-index-marina-hyde
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