Power Rankings

[armaghniac]

Laoisman11's ranking on Boardsie
Basically you have Dublin and Kerry and Armagh, Galway, Mayo and Donegal much the same and Tyrone not far behind. One of Dublin or Kerry will likely win out, but one could fall to one of the next five if they met. In this system Galway are expected to beat Monaghan and won't go up much for doing so, Mayo might go up a bit if they beat Derry. However, the QFs would see changes in the positions.

[Armagh18]

Surprised Cavan went down and Rossies went up by so much based on that

[armaghniac]

Surprised Cavan went down and Rossies went up by so much based on that

In this system if one of two similar teams beats the other then they go up. Had either Armagh or Galway won on Sunday they would now be ahead of Kerry, who got no credit for beating Louth.
There are different angles on how these calculations should be done.

[Armagh18]

Surprised Cavan went down and Rossies went up by so much based on that

In this system if one of two similar teams beats the other then they go up. Had either Armagh or Galway won on Sunday they would now be ahead of Kerry, who got no credit for beating Louth.
There are different angles on how these calculations should be done.

Interesting system but obviously wouldn't reflect reality.

Another obvious one is Westmeath being 19th when they've proven over the last 2 years they are definitely a solid top 16 team with 6 very competitive games in 2 seriously tough groups and they certainly shouldn't be ranked lower than the neighbours.

[armaghniac]

Interesting system but obviously wouldn't reflect reality.

I think it is not too far off in the medium term, note that the top 7 are all in Div 1. 

Another obvious one is Westmeath being 19th when they've proven over the last 2 years they are definitely a solid top 16 team with 6 very competitive games in 2 seriously tough groups and they certainly shouldn't be ranked lower than the neighbours.

The system is affected by the nature of the draw, if WH were in the Tailteann they would have gone up by winning games, but by being in Sam they only lost games and although this did not result in them going down their competitors Down etc were going up by winning games. This kind of system works best in the league where teams are playing those fairly similar in standard and over the season everyone plays everyone.

[Armagh18]

Yeah top 2 correct at this stage and next 5 could all beat each other on a given day. 

If we'd beaten Galway or they'd beaten us I donnt think it would have meant either deserved to rank ahead of Kerry. Probably more accurate during the league as you say.

[smelmoth]

The whole power rankings concept is a waste of time and effort.

[Rossfan]

A bit of harmless fun.

[bennydorano]

The whole power rankings concept is a waste of time and effort.

A pointless discussion in a sea of pointless discussions.

[armaghniac]

The whole power rankings concept is a waste of time and effort.

A pointless discussion in a sea of pointless discussions.

By that measure most of the discussion here is pointless.

[bennydorano]

The whole power rankings concept is a waste of time and effort.

A pointless discussion in a sea of pointless discussions.

By that measure most of the discussion here is pointless.

Yes, that was my point.

[Milltown Row2]

I think Antrim are doing well on that chart, I'll take the positives 

[armaghniac]

The whole power rankings concept is a waste of time and effort.

A pointless discussion in a sea of pointless discussions.

By that measure most of the discussion here is pointless.

Yes, that was my point.

Sure it is all good craic.

[SouthOfThe Bann]

James O'Donoghue still has Derry at 3 in his power ranking on the podcast last night.

Reckons they'll beat Mayo this weekend.

[Armagh18]

James O'Donoghue still has Derry at 3 in his power ranking on the podcast last night.

Reckons they'll beat Mayo this weekend.

3 after getting 2 tankings beat by Galway and scraping by Westmeath. He's got some faith in them