Talk:2010–11 A-League

Football Box Type
The page seems too long with the standard football box, and was just wondering if a football box_collapsible would be more appropriate. The current one appears like this (game results are obviously a sample):

The proposed collapsible would look like this:

Thoughts? Goff348 (talk) 10:53, 20 May 2010 (UTC)" The main pain in my ass is that A-League doesn't have a clear round-robin system so we can't use the standard fb r template to keep the results condensed into one or two small tables. Maybe we should consider the usage of the MLS format? —WiJG? 12:07, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
 * I have removed the collapsible boxes yesterday and my reason was to continue the appearance of the previous seasons. The page itself will now consist of 330 footballboxes comparing to last year's 270 and I think we may live with that.


 * It's certainly an option, the only negative is that the goalscorers are not on display. However, it's a lot easier to read and takes up way less space and the standard football box could still be used for finals. It's your call. Goff348 (talk) 09:51, 21 May 2010 (UTC)


 * There's a general idea of what it would look like, feel free to make improvements. Goff348 (talk) 10:36, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Standardised Results Box in A-League Club Sections
I think that teh standardised football box should be used to ALL a-league clubs as firstly it shows the result at a glance and the coloured results box shows who won, lost or drawn. The other variants of football boxes although correct look rather messy and bulky. --Auxodium II (talk) 08:10, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

Discuss
MLS style table looks great and shows teams progression week by week. I'd vote for these and the collapsable boxes, which still retain all information without clutter. With more games this season it makes sense, simply copying the formatting of last season keeps continuity but lacks any improvement. Also, would there be a way to have a button which would decollapse all boxes at once?Davo499 (talk) 05:34, 15 June 2010 (UTC)


 * I don't like the idea of removing the week by week format that we have always used. The information is always kept up to date and I don't see any issue with the current layout. The argument is that the page is too long but it's a season summary article - you would expect an indepth summary of the season on such a page.--Squilibob (talk) 10:58, 19 July 2010 (UTC)


 * What if we changed the background colour of a win to green to correspond with those on individual club season pages? Any thoughts? - RedsUnited (talk) 02:21, 4 September 2010 (UTC)


 * No. The colors are the same used in fb r so the result tables look similar throughout wikipedia. —WiJG? 08:37, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

Disambiguation in last names
As during the previous season, those guys should be mentioned with initials for ambiguity:


 * Anderson
 * T. Anderson (GCU youth)
 * Z. Anderson (GCU youth)


 * D. Brosque (NUJ youth)
 * A. Brosque


 * J. Brown
 * T. Brown


 * C. Coyne
 * J. Coyne


 * K. Dodd (injured)
 * T. Dodd


 * H. Doyle
 * M. Doyle (AU youth)


 * I. Franjic
 * P. Franjic


 * B. Griffiths
 * J. Griffiths (NUJ youth)
 * R. Grffiths


 * A. Higgins (PG youth)
 * S. Higgins


 * A. Hughes
 * M. Hughes


 * D. Mullen
 * M. Mullen


 * N. Munro (AU youth)
 * S. Munro (SFC youth)


 * K. Muscat
 * M. Muscat


 * A. Pearson (PG youth)
 * R. Pearson (PG youth)


 * B. Porter
 * J. Porter


 * Mt. Ryan
 * Mi. Ryan (BR youth)


 * B. Smith
 * L. Smith (MV youth)
 * M. Smith


 * A. Thompson
 * M. Thompson


 * M. Thurtell (BR youth)
 * T. Thurtell (BR youth)


 * J. Wright (AU youth)
 * T. Wright (MV youth)

—WiJG? 11:26, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

Average attendence section
I assume the double header entry is what is causing the total to be incorrect, but I don't know how to correct it. Anyone ? JoltColaOfEvil (talk) 09:40, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
 * It will remain incorrect until every team play at least one home game because instead of zero the template includes 0.001 for the number of games played and this affects calculations. This is the problem of the template, IDK, maybe we should use fb a team instead? See examples in J. League articles. —WiJG? 12:03, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Ah, ok :) JoltColaOfEvil (talk) 22:09, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Ooh, I love the fb a team format. EDIT on further investigation, it doesn't automatically calculate the overall totals and overall highest/lowest. That's why this template was made in the first place - to automate that and lessen human error. --Squilibob (talk) 11:50, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Nope, for that purpose I have an Excel file where all the calculations are done. —WiJG? 15:04, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
 * So I was thinking about whether we should discard our own template and use the fb a team one. There is one advantage, when a game is changed we simply add a total, but if the teams move up or down then a fair bit of editing needs to be done. For example, if the team with the second highest average became the 1st due to a match then the editor would have to change all the 2s to 1 then cut and paste the team so it's on top and then change all the 1s to 2s for the other team. That's 11 places to edit - not very editor friendly.
 * However, like I said before, our current template automatically calculates all the totals and averages but the fb a team one does not. So as long as a team doesn't need to be moved up or down, you only have to make 1 change - the total (we're using expr: so that we can double check these against the official stats at any time). On the fb a team template the editor would have to add to the total, recalculate the average, add to the league total and recalculate the league average. Considering that the order stays pretty much the same- especially in the second half of the season, it would be easier on the editors to just add to the total and only have to move the order around when it happens rather than make 4 changes for every game of the season. --Squilibob (talk) 10:40, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

Ladder
It's wrong, Mariners haven't won a game this season. Nath1991 (talk) 02:31, 22 August 2010 (UTC)
 * They won the very first game of the season --124.171.95.10 (talk) 08:23, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Consider changing first place to a different colour and adding "Qualifies for AFC Champions League" in the key? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.164.192.235 (talk) 03:26, 22 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Not until November when AFC actually reveals the Champions League entries allocation. —WiJG? 11:23, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Also, there is a commonly used fb team template which allows to show all the qualification details. —WiJG? 11:29, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Remember that the fb team template doesn't let us highlight lines in the colours of their team for the team articles though. --Squilibob (talk) 12:12, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Leading scorers and penalties
Am I the only person who has a lot of trouble being able to see the light shade of green that is used for a single penalty? It happens on a variety of monitors I use, and I think it would be a good idea to change the colour to something a bit more monitor friendly. Possibly the win colour in the table of results? Tomwijgers (talk) 07:56, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
 * It worked fine for me but changed the hue a bit. Is it better now? —WiJG? 08:04, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah I can see the new colour on my screen from all angles now. Tomwijgers (talk) 01:10, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
 * I remember choosing the colour ages ago, but can't remember where it was chosen from. The same green is used in the ladder now as well. Maybe that shade of blue would be easier on the eyes?--Squilibob (talk) 13:24, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

The total score for Serge van Dijk is incorrect. The individual goals tally per round is correct at 8, this means he should move up a slot to show him as equal top scorer so far. I am unskilled in editing wiki and in my 2 preview attempts I screwed up the table formatting. I canceled my edit attempt to preserve the look of the page. Thanks to those who regularly update this page. I use it all the time for researching articles for my AdelUnited Blog:) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.171.80.12 (talk) 22:34, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
 * That's because the entire table is updated only for wk17g5. Thanks for noticing! —WiJG? 23:03, 10 December 2010 (UTC)

Midweek games
I moved them because it seems more logical to have a week starting on Wednesday and finishing on Sunday thus corresponding with the real calendar week. —WiJG? 08:07, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I originally had it that way but Chuq changed it. I agree that it makes more sense.--Squilibob (talk) 13:24, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
 * As per A-League fixtures, they have set it up as a game week beginning Friday and finishing midweek (either Wednesday or Thursday). I would change it back, but I thought I'd get general consensus first. - RedsUnited (talk) 02:19, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
 * This looks fcuking stupid, but yeah, we have to do it the way A-League does. —WiJG? 08:53, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
 * By that reasoning, they should be having match disciplinary reviews on a Thursday then. --Squilibob (talk) 11:44, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

Assists table?
Hi guys, I was wondering why there are no assists table like it does for goals on the seasonal pages? You'd think it would be almost as important as goals? Every other league highlights assists after goals, shouldn't the A-League? --frechcelerycj (talk) 5:22, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Can you give us an example? I suppose we could copy the FFA's stats from the a-league website. Fox sports have stats as well on their fantasy league (although Broich got an "assist" for a Melbourne Victory own goal iirc.) --Squilibob (talk) 15:37, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
 * The A-League club websites have all the stats we need for it. The problem though is that I don't know exactly in which round each assist is made which would be needed to make an identical table to the one we use goals for. I guess we would of been better off preparing for it at the start of the season, oh well. So Unless you know where to find information on when the assists was made i guess we can't make a table like that for this season...unless you want to go through every goal scored but you'd need a lot of footage! But I do feel we do need to show somewhere on this page on who is leading the league in assists right now and what not. What do you think?--frechcelerycj (talk) 5:22, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
 * sure beats having an "own goals" table. i hate that thing. :) also, i don't think it would need to be as extravagant as the goalscorers table we have. it would be more acceptable to have a simpler table, such as the one used for assitants in the Premier League. and one more thing, the a-league's stats website can often be wrong. they have definitely accredited this goal to adrian leijer, yet you can clearly see he has nothing to do with the goal (here's proof). i have come across errors in the assists as well, but i suppose enough of them will be correct to use their stats for the table. ※ Limabeans 04:36, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Ok mate, well ive done it now, it might be a little difficult for others to help contribute to it from now unless you want to go through every profile on the A-League websites like i just did! But its definitely manageable. I myself now have a record on my computer of all the players and how many assists they have so I can always contribute to it also.--frechcelerycj (talk) 5:22, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

Double headers.
I've taken the liberty of changing the CCM/Syd double header: the full attendance of 10,746 is now assigned to both games of the double header. It is statistically incorrect, as well as amateurish, to cut it in half and assign half to each game. The Frederick (talk) 00:36, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Additionally, the A-League officially states that both games had an attendance of 10,746. I think that should be enough verification. The Frederick (talk) 02:54, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

It states that when you click on the individual game, but it doesn't mention how it is included in the averages. 10,746 did not attend two seperate games - neither fixture would have drawn that attendance if it wasn't a double header, and neither team would have recieved gate reciepts to the equivalent of 10,746 people. Why can you not see that splitting the crowds, as was done with the gate, is the most sensible thing to do to avoid inflating attendance averages? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.224.170.95 (talk) 14:41, 23 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Because it's rubbish. 10,746 is the official, ACTUAL attendance for both games. 5,373 is just a made up number that exists nowhere but here. If you look at every other source for the crowds, it's always 10,746. Besides, CCM played a whole bunch of games in Canberra, but we still count those, don't we? The Frederick (talk) 02:19, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

5373 is not a made up number. If we had 6349 & 4397 for the two games, that would be made up. But 5373 is a clear divide of the overall match attendance which splits the gate between the two home teams. This isn't complex stuff. And of course we counted CCM matches in Canberra and obviously Newcastle's game in Port Macquarie etc. What's your point? We are still giving CCM a home crowd like we have on those other occasions, just not the full gate as it took two games to draw 10,746, not one. If the gate proceeds were split, the attendance should be as well? There is no problem stating that the overall crowd was 10,746, but averages should not reflect this full figure. They didn't draw 10,746 on their own. Do you honestly think that CCM would draw 10,746 to a match against Perth in Sydney?
 * Well, they DID, because that's how many people entered the stadium with at ticket for CCM-Perth. The Frederick (talk) 11:25, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

It's also worth noting that the NRL has taken this strategy for double headers (such as the Brisbane/Canterbury home matches at Suncorp over the past few seasons, and this is evident by the published NRL home crowd averages in their match-day program Big League. If the A-League published something similar on their website or in the program, we would be able to put this issue to rest once and for all. Unfortunately they have not. Fair enough we are not the NRL but following the precedence of a major football code should be given some weight if the governing body cannot provide clarification. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.224.170.95 (talk) 10:51, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
 * It does actually state on the A-League site that both games are considered to have had attendances 10,746. The Frederick (talk) 11:25, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Why do you keep fighting everyone who undoes your changes? 10,746 attended one event. That event consisted of 2 matches. 5373 + 5373 = 10,746 (eg. the correct attendance is only included ONCE in the averages). 10,746 + 10,746 = 21,492. There were not 21,492 people present over 2 games, therefore it inflates the averages by counting it twice. It's such simple mathematics. Why can't you comprehend it? Brad 191919191 (talk) 01:26, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Query: how is a 50-50 split the best and most accurate option? Surely we should look at other factors, such as each team's drawing power (both home team AND away team - don't tell me Sydney v Brisbane and Sydney v NQ Fury would get the same crowd), proximity of the ground to the supporter bases of all four clubs, etcetera. The problem is that making a 50-50 split assumes that both matches are exactly equally marketable. Whilst it is almost certainly true to say neither match would have pulled that size of crowd, it is definitely wrong to say we can anticipate how much of that crowd came for the first game, how much for the second, and how many took advantage of the fact it was a doubleheader and wouldn't have come if only one game was on (and how do we assign those spectators, but to an artificial constructed 'neutrals' team?) Actually making the split on statistical regression of complicating factors veers way into WP:OR, so that's not an option either.

The two options that seem viable are to either give them both credit for running a doubleheader to make their figures look good - accountants like to do this in real life, so there is precedence for that - or to treat the doubleheader as two neutral games that had no home team. Both require some level of fiction - the first probably needs the least. The current system of noting the distorting effect in footnote form seems appropriate to this lay observer. 58.174.148.82 (talk) 11:39, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

Abandoned games.
The FFA has very specific rules for abandoning games. They only count if they game has advanced past a certain point. The GCU-CCM game was NOT past this point, and thus does not count as a completed game. Please do not add this game to the results or attendances. The Frederick (talk) 00:36, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

I actually agree with you on this. It definitely shouldn't count - would be unfair for them to have an extra home match to draw from compared to the rest of the league. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.224.170.95 (talk) 10:53, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Move of 2011 Grand Final Article
The article for the grand final is currently named outside the preexisting convention: prior articles begin with the year eg. 2010 A-League Grand Final

The 2011 version is named A-League Grand Final 2011.

As I am not sure about Wiki-conventions about moving the article, I put the request here to move it. Only found it because the infobox for that article had 2009 as the prior final. 58.174.148.82 (talk) 07:47, 3 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Fixed 리지강.wa.au talk 15:39, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Map of Australia
I don't want this image as it discludes Nrth QLD. They were still here when it commenced —Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.224.3.242 (talk) 04:02, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

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