Rnk Team Pts +/- Pos 1 Spain 1691 0 Equal Cant Argue With that 2 Germany 1502 1 Up Or That 3 Uruguay 1297 -1 Down What an acheivement for country of 3.5m 4 England 1294 2 Up Swept the qualifiers lost on pens(piss poor team but you cant argue with it!) 5 Portugal 1213 5 Up Maybe instaed of Portugal ranked 5th it should just mean Ronaldo ranked 5th! 6 Italy 1192 6 Up I am boring myself now 7 Argentina 1095 0 Equal 8 Netherlands 1079 -4 Down 9 Croatia 1050 -1 Down 10 Denmark 1017 -1 Down 11 Brazil 1012 -6 Down 12 Greece 1003 3 Up 13 Russia 981 0 Equal 14 France 980 0 Equal 15 Chile 961 -4 Down 16 Côte d'Ivoire 939 0 Equal 17 Sweden 909 0 Equal 18 Czech Republic 854 9 Up 19 Mexico 832 0 Equal 20 Japan 829 3 Up 21 Switzerland 828 0 Equal 22 Colombia 814 -2 Down 23 Australia 807 1 Up 24 Norway 780 2 Up 25 Paraguay 772 -3 Down 26 Republic of Ireland 762 -8 Down 27 Ecuador 752 9 Up 28 Korea Republic 740 7 Up 29 Turkey 735 4 Up 30 Bosnia-Herzegovina 729 -1 Down
England are the 4th best team in the UK, behind: Scotland - who haven't qualified for a tournament since 2000 Northern Ireland - 1982 Wales - 1958 OK.
Only because the FIFA ****ings mean you get to play in easier qualifying groups, and you still **** them up more often than not
True: Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts England 8 5 3 0 17 5 +12 18 Montenegro 8 3 3 2 7 7 0 12 Switzerland 8 3 2 3 12 10 +2 11 Wales 8 3 0 5 6 10 −4 9 Bulgaria 8 1 2 5 3 13 −10 5 What happened to the mighty Wales then?
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD Northern Ireland 3 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 Wales 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 England 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 Scotland 3 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 What happened to the mighty England then?
That was the last "Home Championships" right? Some time in the 80s? I'll give the guy 10/10 for desperation.
Desperation, what would that be like trying to claim England are the 4th best in the world Face it, England are ****, they play **** football and stink the place out. The tactics of England are to bore the other team to sleep then nick a goal while the opposition takes a nap. For a country the size of England, with supposidly 'the best league in the world', your garbage. And the best part is that in the face of overwhelming evidence, you'll still can't admit it. Wales has a population of 3 million so we're never realistically going to be a world power (still better than the English as per the last Home Championships ), whats your ****ing excuse?
I'm not claiming that England are 4th best, however, FIFA have determined that they are 4th best via their ranking system. Perhaps you could come up with a better ranking system but I very much doubt it as, to be honest, you come across as having a screw loose.
Easy, get ****ing rid of the ****ing system and let the chips fall where they may. No seeding, no byes, just whoever you get drawn against. Funny how England fans are suddenly FIFA's defenders, when after the world cup bidding, the media and most of the fans wanted to destroy FIFA.
FIFA are ****ers, of that there is no doubt. No seeding in qualifiers would be a bad idea as it's better at the big tournaments to try to ensure the best teams are there. Under your system you could end up with... Group A: Germany Spain Italy Portugal Holland France Group B: San Marino Andorra Lichtenstein Malta Scotland Wales Wouldn't really be worth watching Germany v San Marino and Spain v Lichtenstein in a European Championships would it?
Ain't your league, and you invited us. Anyway what the **** has international football world ****ings got anything to do with domestic football. Your clutching at straws rather than facing up to the simple fact that England are garbage. Who says it wouldn't be worth watching, If San Marino get to the finals they would have got there on merit, they might also pick up fans from Italy say, if they made it and the Italians didn't. As the system stands, the dice are loaded in the big teams favour, and this will continue indefinatly as long as the current system is used to determine seedings
The S. American qualifiers are fairer because they are all lumped in one group, so the FIFA ****ings are irrelivent.
If they lumped all the British teams together your ranking would go through the floor and we'd be top
History suggests otherwise, in case you missed it the first time round. Then again, you could always try crying to FIFA, you know the old English routine of ''we invented the game , so we have a divine right to be at the finals/host the world cup etc''
