The ManagerLeague League of Leagues! (16/05/2014 22:50)

 

Which leagues are the strongest? I've developed a rating that relies on results - and not theoretical quality - to determine which leagues are the strongest in a given season. Here I will keep and update a 5-season, weighted rolling sum of these ratings, which should reflect the true strength of each league in international competition. This serves at least three main purposes:

1. It's interesting, and provides some national-level bragging rights for those who've contributed to a successful league!

2. It lets you see which leagues are improving over time, and which are stagnating or going backwards. This is of course only one possible measure - active players and team Q are also relevant here - but especially for small leagues trying to strengthen and develop (and remain represented in the game) this could be a useful way to track progress.

3. It provides an at-a-glance measure of which leagues are being given more international places than they justify with their performances, and which deserve to have their places increased. Although the developers do not currently appear to use international performances as a major basis for allocating these spots, they do frequently tweak and improve the game, and also make adjustments to CL/SC allocations over time. Having a consistent measure available for international performance may encourage this to be used more as a basis in the future, which I think would be fairer, and discourage 'tanking' in the Super Cup or Champions League. At the very least, it provides some hard evidence to point to if you decide to request extra spaces for your league in the future (Poland! Greece! Australia! Ireland! Singapore!). Currently 7 leagues receive five spots, 17 receive four, 7 receive three places and 2 receive just two spots.

Each season's overall score is given, and the breakdowns can be seen in the page for that season. The overall score is a weighted sum: 5 x the most recent season, plus 4 x the next most recent, and so on down to 1 x the 5th most recent season. This is the first table featuring a full 5 seasons.

Seasons included in the current averages: S112, S113, S114, S115, S116. 

 

  

- Belizio

 

 

 

  

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