Yes, we’ve checked and re-checked.
Yes, we agree, it’s bullshit.
It’s either the stats are rubbish or the calculator is broken. Circuitry.
If there’s no room for Jon Walters in the Euro 2016 team then we’re not going. Okay, bit extreme, but we need Super Jon Walters. We demand him.
On current form though, based solely on stats from the last three league games, he doesn’t make the Ireland team. He is of course in the top 11 but the only way you could get him in a form-based team at present is by either not playing a ‘keeper or playing a back three that includes Seamus Coleman and Robbie Brady.
We’ve been keeping track of Ireland’s Euro 2016 hopefuls and we’re starting to see some movement.
A reminder of the stipulations:
- Only league games are considered (based on the WhoScored rating each player receives).
- Stats only include Premier League and Championship performances.
- Each player’s last three league games constitutes their form rating.
- 0.5 will be deducted for each match a player misses in his own ‘Last Three Games’ period.
- To account for standard, Championship players will be rated at 80% of their form.
So FA Cup form, unfortunately, counts for nothing. It’s the only way to be consistent.
Anthony Pilkington is the big mover this week. His man of the match performance for Cardiff on Saturday saw the attacker move from 23rd to 14th place in the Republic of Ireland form table in just one week.
He was chased up that ladder by Jeff Hendrick and Alan Judge whose goalscoring heroics at the weekend further enhanced his case to make the 23-man squad for France.
Sheffield Wednesday stopper Keiren Westwood displaced Aston Villa man Mark Bunn as the country’s top-rated goalkeeper at present. Westwood is now ahead of Bunn and Elliot who are both regular starters in the Premier League and he is ahead of them at only 80% of his current form. Before the multiplier was introduced to account for the standard each player is playing at, Westwood’s current form was sitting at 7.4/10.
This is the current team based solely on form over the last three games. There’s no getting rid of Paul McShane.
