On 26 Aug 2010 at 9:29, Michael Walsh wrote: > Guy, you don't need to be a genius to predict the > top 5 of the Premier on the basis of weekly scores. > Amateur, as I am, I am about to place a bet on "any 5 > from 8". No science, no methodology, as such, just a > glance at the likely squads and comparisons with the > remainder. > > Now, ask me to predict the actual placings and I would be > taking a wild guess. However, if someone paid me for my > "opinion", I would gamble on the proviso it was a flexible > and an ongoing "opinion" based on results and "possible" > trends. > > If your friend was anywhere near accurate surely fortunes would > be made on backing the predictions. I think not! > > At this moment, to predict LU as 19th at the finish is as safe > as houses. Should LU win their next 3 matches where would that > put them ? Just out of interest, where did your friend predict > Millwall at midnight last Friday ? > As Matt it's statisitical analysis and not predictions. Okay, you can have a predicted table based on stats but it's the statistical analysis that it's based. No idea on anything for Millwall and anyway the predicited table for the championship and lower was a one off at the beginning of the season and I sent the mail, and others, end of last month (where they've been in the meantime I know not)
The work of Infostrata is all about stats, presicited tables based on them is but a small part, as english football is but a small part of alll the football ststs they do and football is only part of the many sports they cover. You'll often see their name in articles in sports pages in small letters saying something like "info from inforstrada" and quite regularly on the bbc's live text (for all sports, not just football) you'll see a reference to "our friends at infostrada". Sure, as Rob said, he could do it, at least the simple prediticion of the top two. And he and anyone else, could probably do the rest if worked at it. Jabba's stats are much the same thing. Simon was(is?) an anorak, some may remember him under his non-de-plume when he was in the UK and doing footy stats just for the fun of it. Then hegot an offer to join Infostrada back when they where just starting up and how they've grown from the original four people with clients, including a lot of print and broadcast media, all over the world. So yes, anyone could do. Just they where the ones who took it seriously and did and are earning a living from it. Earning a living from supplying stats, not from making predicitions. Maybe others try to use their stats to make predicitions but I doubt anyone will be making a fortune from it. Gambling is mugs game. Remember Horace Batchelor? I used think at the time how come he needs to advertise on Radio Luxembourg when surely he should be stinking rich! guy _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] MARCHING ON TOGETHER
