England boss Fabio Capello plans to rate stars online during World Cup

[tototoner]

strange one this, obviously don't it for the money

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/wo...tuns-FA-plan-rate-stars-online-World-Cup.html

Fabio Capello has scored the first own goal of his England tenure after launching a private commercial venture that will rate his players' performances online within two hours of every World Cup match.


The 'Capello Index', launched by the England manager at the London Stock Exchange just 24 hours before he names his provisional 30-man squad for South Africa on Tuesday, will mark players out of 100 based on computer analysis devised by the Italian over the last two years.



It puts England's players in the extraordinary position of being publicly rated by their manager during the tournament. In fact, every player in the World Cup will know how Capello's index has rated them.



On Monday night, senior FA officials were privately stunned and nervously bracing themselves for the inevitable backlash, not least because the Capello Index company, of which their manager is a partner, is backed by a gaming firm.

Chicco Merighi, the chief executive and co-founder with Capello of the Capello Index, is also the president and founder of Goalventures Limited, described in Monday's press release as a company investing in 'sports media and gambling'.
At first Capello seemed baffled by the reaction at Monday's launch.


He said: 'It's not only for money,' he said in trying to defend his position.It is for the fans. Because of my interest in football.'


But when England meet the USA in Rustenburg on June 12, every player from Rio Ferdinand to Wayne Rooney will be able to see how they have been ranked by their manager. Not just against each other but against the opposition.


Capello insisted there was more to selecting and rating a player than statistical analysis.
'There is also the psychology,' he said. But he then admitted he will use his index as a tool during the tournament. 'I use all the indexes,' he said.

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[InOffMeLeftShin]

Interestingly they did a trial of it for 2 months just tracking Man Utd, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man City and Tottenham and the top two defenders were 1. Ledley King and 2. Michael Dawson so the Index clearly works. Mind you it had Campbell as the third English defender ahead or Terry and Ferdinand.

 

[mil1lion]

It's just an automated system that he has worked on. It's not something where he will personally input his ratings, so it doesn't really mean much. I doubt the players will be too interested tbh. I'm sure they're more worried about what he actually tells them in the dressing room.

 

[tototoner]

been postponed till after world cup

 

[Bulletspur]

Interestingly they did a trial of it for 2 months just tracking Man Utd, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man City and Tottenham and the top two defenders were 1. Ledley King and 2. Michael Dawson so the Index clearly works. Mind you it had Campbell as the third English defender ahead or Terry and Ferdinand.

The daily telegraph said it was King 1st and Dawson 3rd with Campbell 2nd...:shrug: