The list is progressing nicely btw. I have a new method that potentially could affect things quite a bit.
First I rate position-by-position. I've finished centrebacks, fullbacks and almost the big "other midfielders" category where I make sure that the internal order there is exactly how I want it. Then not until the end I'll mix all the different positions together.
All in all I think that will make it more accurate with less players held back, stopped somewhere on the list where they maybe shouldn't have been, by tricky comparisons to other positions.
Also, speaking of Bundesliga players I would be interesting in opinion or rating of these fullbacks:
One Christian Fuchs I know well and I've called him the Bundesliga's Leighton Baines in the past, which is a little flattering, since they'll be ranked miles apart (and Fuchs not really near the top 300 or even in the fullback top 40) it looks like but with him as my reference point does anyone have any opinion on
Konstantin Rauch, Daniel Carvajal or maybe in general who the best fullbacks have been in Germany so far this season (apart from the big Bayern Dortmund names already on the list)? My research at least indicate that those two have been doing well but apart from reading about such things and looking at various whoscored stats I don't really have any good impression of them.
Now that we're on it I'd also be interested in any opinions on some of the latest Dutch fullbacks:
Van Rhijn and
Jetro Williams I know somewhat seeing them a few times and consider them very attacking with some flaws as well here and there but then there is a guy like
Bruno Martins Indi who seems interesting. Not least because he also plays centreback (and done well I think?) but looks to have won the national team left-back starting job?
Finally I would be interested in anything on some of the emerging Japanese stars in the Bundesliga like
Hiroshi Kiyotake and
Takashi Inui. I'm pretty sure I've confused them in one of my early impressions but I THINK it was the Frankfurt guy who really impressed me and who I've also heard was praised a lot. But not totally confident. Either way unless people come in here and confidently declare one of them superstars I don't think I'll include either since I like to keep guessing at a minimum but I'm still curios in them and actually in the best Japanese players in general (apart from Kagawa, Honda and maybe Nagatomo), so if anyone has anything step forward please
Last edited by Bjørn; 12-30-2012 at 03:51 PM.