Why do we even have rankings? we always did ok without them in the past.

If Holt had played we'd be number one, surely!?
For ****s sake........what is going on? Are we above the Germans, Brazil, Argentina, Spain???? The last time we won anything was 46 years ago, we've been at best "Average" since then and worst we've been ****e!
Have FIFA not got anything better to do? You know, kicking out Racism, dealing with the bribery and corruption thats rife in that organisation, goal line technology!!!!! Jesus Christ on a bike, they make me ****ing mad!!!
ILD OTBC

It is a paradox that when it comes to our national football team, we can't wait, and justifably so, to give them a right good slagging and yet if someone says Grant Holt Holt is the 3rd best striker in Britain we all agree.
This wouldn't happen in rugby or cricket would it. The national side is the zenith of achievement in those sports (South African born cricketers married to ex pop singers aside), yet in football, the national team is the subject of jokes and abuse.