QuoteWe've dropped four more places to a new record low of 70th in the latest rankings released today: http://www.goal.com/en-ie/news/3942/...fa-ranking-low
By Elo ratings, Scotland are 39th and we're 42nd, 8 points behind them. That translates into an expected score of about 49% against them. A year ago we had 128 points on them - we'd be expected to score about 75% against them. They're dangerous.
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We've dropped four more places to a new record low of 70th in the latest rankings released today: http://www.goal.com/en-ie/news/3942/...fa-ranking-low
And everyone says we're 'making progress'.
Hmm.
things went backwards before they went forwards at the start of mick mccarthys management term and he turned out a decent team over his 6 years in charge. hopefully MON can achieve something similarOriginally Posted by ArdeeBhoy
Last edited by jbyrne; 05/06/2014 at 10:20 AM.
I'll measure progress in terms of tournaments qualified for, not FIFA ranking changes based on friendly results.
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Wales are 41st, clearly they are 28 places better than us from what I saw against Holland last night!!! C'mon, feck those rankings....Scotland 27th!!!!!
Going down in the rankings doesn't mean the team aren't improving.
Really?
If I might wear a PO'S/PR hat, how so?
Because you can go down in the rankings without playing a game, obviously. You can go down in the rankings because you drew with Italy when beating San Marino would have seen you go up.
70th... MON out!
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Someone away from here, was hypothesizing that if European teams lost their WC games, this could potentially assist us or other teams not competing, in the UEFA rankings?
Can see the theory, but can't see it making any realistic difference to us though?
We remain 70th in latest release: http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/world...-top-rankings/
Germany top the rankings for the first time in twenty years, whilst Spain have fallen rather dramatically from first to eighth after their dismal World Cup.
We're up four to 66th in the latest release of rankings: https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/...094718667.html
Onwards and upwards!
We're up four to 66th in the latest release of rankings: https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/...094718667.html
Onwards and upwards!
66th!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.............VERTIGO ALERT
It really is a mental system. Poor Spain take their eye off the ball for two games, after nearly six years of invincibility, and drop to 7th!
A choice of rankings:
Subliminal exclusion of the IFA team?
No doubt, bullets are already in the post to Gather Round's residence.
Yeah, strange the North don't get a mention...at least 4-5 other teams shouldn't be on that list either.
And Ireland 33? The 'Delaney effect' ?
Last edited by ArdeeBhoy; 17/08/2014 at 9:53 AM.
His post on here gives rather more context.
http://www.wsc.co.uk/forum-index/27-...ankings#953466
A choice of rankings:
Maybe he should also take up trainspotting or some such exhilarating hobby, just to balance out the pedantic pursuits.
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