Football ranking table

Of the predictions, Cork are not great travellers, Louth may well celebrate St Brigid's day with a win.

Last week, Roscommon pretty much matched Kerry, while Monaghan had no answer for Armagh, so a home win by the Rossies would not surprise.

How does this ranking table work do div 1 opponents have more weighting than div 2 etc ? Or is it just on matches played irrespective of standard of opposition?

Not really that much between 8-16. There could be a lot of changes there.

I've been following @laoisman11 s thread for a few years, and by and large it works well. The logic behind it is outlined in the OP, so I'd suggest reading that before asking questions and questioning the system. A few big championship wins does often mean you can jump up the table quickly, but what should push you up the table of not jig wins in the championship? Meath got to the semi final last year IIRC, so it should not be amazing they are in around the top 4 in the table surely? Sometimes lads can take issue with where their favorite team is placed, but they have to win games against teams above them to climb up the rankings.

It kind of makes sense that a decent prediction model would finsih midtable.

If a prediction model finshed top what would be the point in sport.

We're getting into a general football chat here aren't we, rather than just the rankings?

I wonder, can Longford avoid the bottom of the table this year. They've been pretty much the worst team in the country for the last year or so, and have lost to both London and Waterford during the last 12 months.

It's a shambolic position for a county without any hurling, rugby or indeed soccer, gone when they were competing high up in D2 and narrowly losing to Kerry in Killarney in the championship, a game that launched Kieran Donaghy's career in earnest IIRC.

Ah look, anyone moaning that the rankings are nonsense because whatever team it is shouldnt be there….are missing the point.

The numbers say they should be there.

And so one of two things will happen. You are right, they are not good enough to be ranked that highly and they will fall back down. Clearly this is happening to to Irish rugby team at the moment. We all knew during autumn that really they werent the second or third best team in the world, that they are 5th or 6th. And thats where they are now going.

Or, you are wrong, and this team is better than you think.

They lost by 9 points in Killarney. Back when 9 points wasn’t a narrow loss!

They were closer in 2009

Would Longford have the smallest number of registered male players?

No training center

No third level college (unlike carlow or Waterford)

Longford has a very strong rugby club, three hurling clubs, and lots of junior soccer clubs

Plus, there are so many people of a certain ethnic culture living in the county that none of them will ever play gaa sports