England move up to fourth position in Fifa's world rankings

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21457570

England have moved up to fourth in the Fifa world rankings following last week's 2-1 friendly win over Brazil.

The victory at Wembley was enough to move Roy Hodgson's side up two places, while world and European champions Spain remain in top spot.

What a pile of steaming horse manure. Who gives a damn about a meaningless friendly. We are suppose to be 4th best in the world, really? Even the staunchest of England supporters would say that this team has little or no chance of winning the World or Euro. Just off the top of my head i would say that, Spain, Holland, Germany, Argentina, Brazil and Italy are all better than us. They can put these meaningless tags around the England team but we all know how good this team really is....

 

Agreed

 

Croatia, Greece and Switzerland are better than Brazil

 

This is the top 20 FIFA rankings, mmmmm.

Rnk Team Pts +/- Pos
1 Spain 1590 0 Equal
2 Germany 1437 0 Equal
3 Argentina 1281 0 Equal
4 England 1160 2 Up
5 Italy 1157 -1 Down
6 Colombia 1129 -1 Down
6 Portugal 1129 1 Up
8 Netherlands 1108 0 Equal
9 Croatia 1059 1 Up
10 Russia 1055 -1 Down
11 Greece 1020 0 Equal
12 Ivory coast 999 2 Up
12 Ecuador 999 0 Equal
14 Switzerland 993 -1 Down
15 Mexico 968 0 Equal
16 Uruguay 950 0 Equal
17 France 929 0 Equal
18 Brazil 924 0 Equal
19 Ghana 865 7 Up
20 Belgium 864 0 Equal

 

Who was it who thought these ratings reflect how good a team actually is?

Brazil is there because they haven't played many competitive games. They automatically qualify for their own tournament.

 

Just looking at the quality of the teams, i would place Spain, Germany, Holland, Argentina and Brazil (they have their least talented team in years) as my top 5 and in that order.

 

Belgium have a lot of talent at the moment too.

 

Not sure Holland deserve to be in the top five. They do not deserve that position after their horror show in Euro 2012. So would replace Holland for Italy.

 

I think I have suppressed memories of the Euros due to my liking of Holland, all i can remember is the World cup....

 

I would say Colombia, Uruguay, Argentina, and Brazil are all better than us. Same with Italy, Germany, Spain, and Holland. We're on a level with teams like Belgium, Portugal, France, and Russia.

 

We're 68th


Gareth Bale is useful for once.

 

Erm.....

 

They have some damn good players. Fredy Guarin, James Rodriguez, Pablo Armero and last but not least, Radamel Falcao.

 

Yep, they are a team to watch in Brazil 2014. Everyone knows about Falcao, but Rodriguez is also a quality player, and people will take more notice of him once he leaves Portugal.

 

Yes but not better than England

 

England are hit and miss, you never know which one will turn up.

 

It's close, but Colombia are slightly better imo.

 

I agree that it's close but IMO England slightly edges it.