So on another thread I compared gol gol mebrahtu's recent move to Sparta Prague and where sparta are at against other Socceroos clubs using the ELO. For all those about to rubbish it all it does it compute together the results of each club over the last 5 years to earn an aggregate score. Results against higher ranked opposition are given more weighting. 
Here are each Aussies club atm..

Sparta prague 1512
Mlada 1360
Celtic 1534
Hearts 1310
Hibs 1338
Jurics luzern 1436
Hudders 1559
Hull 1468
Villa 1578
Millwall 1499
Psv 1654
Brighton 1637
Hertha 1610
QPR 1417
Bursaspor 1400
Rukas maccabi really dropped low to 1261
Rosenborg 1522
Oars Apoel 1602 very high! 
Giannous Larnaca 1515 
Bochum 1445

According to the above the oar is playing for the equivalent of bottom epl side and giannou top of championship. Rosenborg and Sparta prague are high also equivalent of top of championship.

What are their respective UEFA coefficient scores?

Also look at those Scottish teams... pub league?

LASK (holland) 1474
Austria Vienna (jeggo)1462
PEC zwolle (genreau)  1321
Midgetland (mabil) 1563
Aarhus (Amini) 1417

Wigan (elder) 1382
Club brugge (Vukovic) 1617

Red Star Belgrade (Degenek) 1480
Bristol city (Wright) 1460

Just looked at the UEFA coefficients. Czech teams are ranked very high. Sparta Prague are ranked above milan, Marseille and Celtic and one below Valencia. Plzen are also very high.


I think from all the above we can deduce that Gol Gol and the Cypriot boys are perhaps being underestimated by ppl on here and the Socceroos bosses, conversely Scotland and maccabi haifa are weak. 

The other things we can deduce is that Luongo is at a club that is criminally beneath him. Their recent results are abysmal and look set for a tough yr. Needs to get out and should be playing at a much much higher level. 

Other thing to note is that in addition to the czech and cypriot leagues we are perhaps understating the Austrian league. In both ELO and UEFA coefficients the Austrian league was quite high. Up there these days with the Turkish, Ukrainian, belgian and Portuguese league. Above the Swiss and Dutch leagues

The respective Uefa coefficient scores are as follows...
Sparta prague 34.5
Mlada 3.5
Celtic 31
Hearts 3.725
Hibs 3.725
Jurics luzern 6.04
Hudders n/A (English league 16)
Hull 16
Villa n/a (English league 16)
Millwall n/a (English league 16)
Psv 36
Brighton na (English league 16)
Hertha 14.285
QPR na (English league 16)
Bursaspor 7.16
Rukas maccabi 4.5
Rosenborg 9
Oars Apoel 27 - high again 
Giannous Larnaca 4.31
Bochum na (German 14.285)
Austrian wien 16
Lask n/a
Wigan 16
Zwolle 5.945
Midgetland 11.5
Aarhus na, league 5.195
Club Brugge 29.5
Red star 10.75

Top thread. Suprised this hasnt been made yet. 

One for us nerds.

So doing a Socceroos 11 from that would be...
                        Ryan 
Leckie  Sainsbury jedinak Gersbach 
              Mooy        jeggo
Arzani          Rogic           Oar 
                   Mebrahtu

Again i think we can deduce that we are under-rating Sparta Prague, Apoel and Austria wien and again over-rating the guys in Scotland (bar the Celtic lads)

Thanks Select. I just spent a few hrs studying this and it's thoroughly enjoyable!! Interesting seeing how the numbers stack up compared to ppls perceptions.

As mentioned I don't think ppl realise how good Apoel and Sparta Prague are. These are very very competitive teams on a continental level. Odd that Oar' s Socceroos selection isnt being pushed more given he played 29 games for APOEL last yr. 

So from all the above the players Arnold needs to take a closer look at...

Oar
Mebrahtu
Mabil 
Gersbach 
Jeggo
Holland

Must be said that the Scottish league, it's league coefficient and its continental results have been undermined these past 8 odd years since rangers collapsed as well as their other big sides hibs hearts and Dundee United suffering relegation and financial troubles in this time also. 

Thankfully hibs hearts and rangers have well and truly established themselves back in the SPL now though and are steady financially. This stability hopefully should see Scotland improve in the coming seasons

Re Mebrahtu I just researched Sparta Prague. Appears they only have 3 other forwards...

Benjamin tetteh a young Ghanaian who has arrived recently from standard liege.
Was loaned to another Czech team last season playing 9 games didn't score. 

Matej Pulkrab who is another young guy who was loaned out last season to another Czech team scoring 10 in 27.

The only other player listed as a forward is the captain and czech national josef surral but he looks like hes an out an out winger/ wide midfielder. 

From this it looks like Mebrahtu should be the starting striker or at least 2nd CF and perhaps starting on the wings. Sparta look very light up forward hence why they probably rushed to get Mebrahtu

And found another who looks like he was their starting CF last season.. Vaclav kadlec.  Only scored 6 in 26 though last season. Used to play for eintracht frankfurt as a squadie . Looks a shootout between him and Mebrahtu for starting CF though Mebrahtu can play on wings also. Either way looks like hes made a good club choice and should get games 

I think the matter of them not being in UCL or UEL this season is why people aren't as fussed. Which is very understandable, but this a club that developed Thomas Rosicky, came back to finish his career there.

The Adrtho XI.

this is good. nothing like perspective. and facts.  

Thanks to OP for compiling this

Hahaha love it

And Giannou. Always thought he looked the best out of all our striking options 

Don't remind of those dark days. 

For league comparison...

Spain 1742
England 1722
Germany 1649
Italy 1647
France 1612
Russia 1576
Turkey 1481
Ukraine and Belgium 1471
Portugal 1464
Austria 1452 
Swiss 1448
Greek 1411
Dutch 1400

Wow!! Dutch league is now 14th!! Seems to be huge disparity between top 4 clubs and everyone after too. I believe Han Berger now when he says the a league is the same as dutch outside the top 4. Scottish, Greek and portuguese leagues fallen long way from what they were turn of millennium. Ukrainian league fallen a bit too from what it was 5 to 10 yrs ago. Turkish, Austria, belgium, France and Russia the movers. Austrian league been pulled up by the money red bull pumped into Salzburg. They have a huge rating now.. For comparison would be fourth in bundesliga and 7th in epl. 
This is why we should welcome Red bull into an Australian franchise, they will pull the league up. Somewhere with no attachment to football like gold coast would work I think.

Give it 5 years and Russia and France will catch up to Italy with the money they are spending

Correction Denmark 14th, Dutch league now 15th!!!!
Holland failed to qualify for world cup too meanwhile Denmark made 2nd round so goes to show you Dutch football not what it was. 

So if Ronaldo goes to Dutch league , does it become 4th or something? Maybe throw Modric or Bale in that equation , does it work then. 

Fark this thread sux lol 

Da fark you on about?

Going to say, wasn't ELO like one of the greatest OG memes 442 ever made?

-PB

If the ELO is accurate, it puts the quality of the Dutch and Scottish leagues into some perspective.