Spain recreation (a game)
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From: milivella on 22 Jul 2010 07:54 Your goal is to re-create the Spain NT that won the WC... using non- Spanish players. I.e. you have to name the 11 players that are in your opinion more similar to the ones that Del Bosque fielded against Nehterlands: Casillas, Iker Sergio Ramos Piqué, Gerard Puyol, Carles Capdevila, Joan Busquets, Sergio Xabi Alonso Xavi Iniesta, Andrés Pedro Villa, David You can't use any player already named by another RSSer, nor any of the Dutch XI (you'll soon see why). Deadline: July 25, 23:59 GMT. I'll then compute your score, that is the sum of the degrees of similarity between each of your players and the corresponding Spanish player. The RSSer with the better (i.e. lower, see below) score will win. --- E.g. if you submit Netherlands' XI, your score is 2,171: Casillas, Iker Stekelenburg, Maarten 170 Sergio Ramos van der Wiel, Gregory 198 Piqué, Gerard Heitinga, John 189 Puyol, Carles Mathijsen, Joris 197 Capdevila, Joan van Bronckhorst, Giovanni 171 Busquets, Sergio van Bommel, Mark 188 Xabi Alonso de Jong, Nigel 212 Iniesta, Andrés Robben, Arjen 218 Xavi Sneijder, Wesley 187 Pedro Kuyt, Dirk 276 Villa, David van Persie, Robin 165 Lower values means less dissimilarity = more similarity, i.e. are better. I.e. the most similar players are Villa-van Persie, the less similar are Iniesta-Robben. The parameters that determine the degree of similarities are: - current ability - fitness in each position - the following abilities: Acceleration, Adaptability, Aerial Ability, Aggression, Agility, Ambition, Anticipation, Balance, Bravery, Command Of Area, Communication, Composure, Concentration, Consistency, Controversy, Corners, Creativity, Crossing, Decisions, Determination, Dirtiness, Dribbling, Eccentricity, Finishing, First Touch, Flair, Handling, Heading, Important Matches, Influence, Injury Proneness, Jumping, Kicking, Long Shots, Long Throws, Loyalty, Marking, Natural Fitness, Off The Ball, One On Ones, Pace, Passing, Penalties, Positioning, Pressure, Professionalism, Reflexes, Rushing Out, Free Kicks, Sportsmanship, Stamina, Strength, Tackling, Teamwork, Technique, Temperament, Throwing, Versatility, Work Rate, Tendency To Punch, Left Foot, Right Foot - rating in each position Each of these parameters can have a value between 0 and 100. Each parameter is treated as a point in a 95-dimension space: what I do is computing the Euclidean distance between the two players in such a space. Tip: since current ability accounts for just 1% of the similarity (but it also influences the rating in each position!), a player that is of the same kind of the Spanish one, even if far worse (or better...) than him, will assure you a good score. For the same reason, picking a player that is exactly as good, but very different in his style of play, will give you a bad score. -- Cheers milivella
From: Diabolik on 22 Jul 2010 08:03 Any players from the past, or current players? Do we post them here?
From: milivella on 22 Jul 2010 08:09 Diabolik: > Any players from the past, or current players? Current players. (again: not from Spain, not in the Dutch XI, not already used by a RSSer) > Do we post them here? Yes. Sorry, I had to specify. I'm looking forward for your submission! -- Cheers milivella
From: Abubakr on 22 Jul 2010 08:18 On Jul 22, 9:54 pm, milivella <milive...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Your goal is to re-create the Spain NT that won the WC... using non- > Spanish players. > > I.e. you have to name the 11 players that are in your opinion more > similar to the ones that Del Bosque fielded against Nehterlands: OK, let's try this: > Casillas, Iker Julio Cesar > Sergio Ramos Maicon, Douglas > Piqué, Gerard Nesta, Alessandro > Puyol, Carles Vidic, Nemanja > Capdevila, Joan Cole, Ashley > Busquets, Sergio Toure, Yaya > Xabi Alonso De Rossi, Daniele > Xavi Pirlo, Andrea > Iniesta, Andrés Nasri, Samir > Pedro Arshavin, Andrei > Villa, David Tevez, Carlos
From: Diabolik on 22 Jul 2010 08:19
Spain is a very mobile team! Since current ability accounts for just 1%, I'm picking players who I think match closely at their peak. Casillas, Iker Buffon Sergio Ramos Maicon Piqu�, Gerard Nesta Puyol, Carles Cannavaro Capdevila, Joan Zambrotta Busquets, Sergio Michael Essien Xabi Alonso Steven Gerrard Xavi Kaka Iniesta, Andr�s Diego Pedro Messi Villa, David Ronaldo |