Comments on: Infographical Morsels No 7

By: Stanley

Stanley — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 08:48:41 +0000

Funny, this doesn’t seem to be the same formula as in the book When England Lose , aka Soccernomics . In the second chapter the authors mention that population, GDP per capita and experience only account for a quarter of the actual goal difference (not sure how much home advantage counts for).

They claim that it only makes the first round of World Cups predictable…

By: Friedie

Friedie — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:00:10 +0000

On the other hand, who would ever had predicted that 2 teams that never won the world cup would end up in the final?
I guess luck and doubtful referees are of more influence than was counted for :-)

By: Pesto y Tuco

Pesto y Tuco — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 21:50:58 +0000

9 correct 7 wrong: 56% of effectiveness
science or roulette?

By: Friedie

Friedie — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 12:32:38 +0000

Seems to me that the accuracy is 56% in stead of 72%; they’ve got 7 countries ‘misspredicted’ in the knock-out phase…!
Fortunately, I didn’t base my pool bets on this thing! ;)

But it looks great, it sure is beautiful information (and not so much valuable)

By: GO USA!!!

GO USA!!! — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 21:10:59 +0000

Nice try, but Serbia in the final game? Better luck next time.

By: Pesto y Tuco

Pesto y Tuco — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:09:43 +0000

Another detail forgotten in the formula: The vuvuzelas!

By: Pesto y Tuco

Pesto y Tuco — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:05:44 +0000

I was showing a friend the INFOGRAPHICAL MORSELS NO 7 MAY 10, 2010 The World Cup Is So Predictable while he wisely observed: “GDP per capita of a COUNTRY is completely different from GDP per capita of a football TEAM”. A high percentage of PLAYERS do not play in their birth country, they play in foreign countries normally with a HIGHER GDP per capita. So you should calculate the average GDP per capita of EACH TEAM and the continue with the formula. As an example: Argentinian Martin de Michelis plays in Germany, a country that doubles Argentina’s population and doubles Argentina’s GDP per capita. This “detail” is not included in your formula.

By: Stefan

Stefan — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 18:28:14 +0000

Yeah, Serbia even beats Germany, despite Germany having 11 times the population and 3.5 times the GDP. To compensate for this, Serbia would need 1.65 times the experience of Germany (3x WC, 3x EC). But Serbia as a football team exists just since 2006, so between 1980 and 2001 they were technically unbeaten ;-)

By: sumvision cyclone

sumvision cyclone — Sat, 22 May 2010 03:35:10 +0000

If you get it right, based on the formula for predicting the World Cup on population and per capita gross domestic product and experience of competition. How the hell does Serbia’s access to the final after that? There must be a mistake.

By: Cyn K.

Cyn K. — Sat, 15 May 2010 06:32:17 +0000

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