England ranked 4th in the world by FIFA

[Bulld0g]

It's a crock of shit and not worth a carrot. It's not a true reflection, i mean where are Scotland

[nara]

i mean where are Scotland

49th ......

[nara]

...by the way luke donald is ranked the no.1 golfer in the world without even winning a major anyone think he's better than tiger woods?

Yes, he wins more than him. Therefore, at the moment, he's better than him.

Past glories have nothing to do with present rankings.

[footycard steve]

Yes, he wins more than him. Therefore, at the moment, he's better than him.

Past glories have nothing to do with present rankings.

i wouldn't call winning at the weekend a past glory,but again your entitled to your opinion.

[yasminandrio]

Yes, he wins more than him. Therefore, at the moment, he's better than him.

Past glories have nothing to do with present rankings.

England win a few friendly games and are ranked 4th common!! doesn't the FIFA rankings go on the past 4 years?? No euro 2008 Sh*t at the World cup Sh*t at this Euros now wtf have england won ~~~~ all,

[Shady]

we're 4th, we're 4th. we're 4th.
im loving how angry it makes you

what a pathetic creature you are

[Snowy79]

How can you judge a team on their merits when the team doesn't always have the same players etc. It's only a table to make it look as if FIFA are actually looking into how teams play. Im my mind you are only as good as your last competition. Any position given outside a current or last competition is just to keep the simple minded happy or maybe just to stir up controversy.

At the end of the day it won't affect my life style so take it with a pinch of salt.

[yasminandrio]

we're 4th, we're 4th. we're 4th.
im loving how angry it makes you

Im not angry at all Shady just honest

what a pathetic creature you are

Please Explain, as thats a bit offensive, If you don't like my or anyone else opinion, If you can't come back with something worth while don't come back with anything at all cause it just makes you look very silly, you remind me of someone with little man syndrome, cant think of out so calls people instead. You know like all the rest of us that england are sh*t now get over it or turn you computer off!!

[zee24]

according to Romanian computer programmer, Eduard Ranghiuc, who runs a football ranking website.

His understanding of FIFA's rankings calculations led to him spotting errors in their sums. World football's governing body now check his website before they release their figures.

Ranghiuc claims that teams from smaller confederations get fewer ranking points for the same result against the same opponents as, say, a side from Europe or South America. He prefers another ratings system, called Elo.

He told CNN: As far as I can tell from comments I received on my blog and what I've read on various message boards, fans prefer Elo because it's more stable. You won't see teams shooting up 30 places after winning a match.

Elo doesn't punish teams for playing too many friendlies. Mexico for instance could be much higher if they would play fewer friendlies. All points gained are divided by the number of games. And then there's the usual distrust towards FIFA. You can't blame the fans.

But even Elo doesn't differ that drastically and I would go even further to try to make FIFA's world rankings more intuitive. How about using a player rankings system like the FIFA-backed Castrol Index that gives each international squad an innate value?

Or issue ranking lists less frequently to avoid short-term ranking aberrations?

[zee24]

Top 20 Elo Ranking

1 Spain 2132
2 Germany 2036
3 Brazil 2018
4 Uruguay 1952
5 England 1950
6 Netherlands 1940
7 Argentina 1934
8 Portugal 1915
9 Chile 1900
10 Italy 1892
11 Mexico 1879
12 Croatia 1863
13 Sweden 1860
14 France 1826
15 Russia 1820
16 C?te d'Ivoire 1819
17 Denmark 1792
18 Japan 1786
19 South Korea 1785
20 Australia 1783

[Shady]

cue yasmin:-
"THATS WRONG!!!! ENGLAND AT 5TH!! THATS TOO HIGH!!.. " and on and on and ~~~~ing on


what we need is a true ranking system eh yasmin? based on your bitterness, bile, hatred of england, plasticness, etc?

so for instance spain would be number 1, because you live nowhere near spain, do not hate them, are not bitter about any perceived injustice by them.

and england would be where? 90th? because you hate them, live in england, so cant support them, and are bitter about them

[Shady]

i dont think anybody that watched the euro's including shady really believes england are in the top 4 teams in the world its just the ranking system,the same system which has brazil 11th spain are just so good even fifa cant mess up the number 1 ranking.

ranking system is based over the last 4 years NOT just the euros...


do i have to start writing in crayon so people can understand stuff?

[footycard steve]

ranking system is based over the last 4 years NOT just the euros...


do i have to start writing in crayon so people can understand stuff?

it seems like your hell bent on causing aggro,we are all well aware of the 4th placed ranking just us with a mind of our own know england are not in the top 4 teams in the last 20 years never mind 4 years,as for writing in crayon i'm sure thats all your allowed! not sharp impliments

[Shady]

yeah who thought these ranking systems up right? its all bullshit, the one zee24 goes on about, bullshit.. fifa one.. bullshit... oh tell us master of football who knows more than anyone else... where should england be?

[yasminandrio]

ranking system is based over the last 4 years NOT just the euros...


do i have to start writing in crayon so people can understand stuff?

cue yasmin:-
"THATS WRONG!!!! ENGLAND AT 5TH!! THATS TOO HIGH!!.. " and on and on and ~~~~ing on


what we need is a true ranking system eh yasmin? based on your bitterness, bile, hatred of england, plasticness, etc?

so for instance spain would be number 1, because you live nowhere near spain, do not hate them, are not bitter about any perceived injustice by them.

and england would be where? 90th? because you hate them, live in england, so cant support them, and are bitter about them

yeah who thought these ranking systems up right? its all bullshit, the one zee24 goes on about, bullshit.. fifa one.. bullshit... oh tell us master of football who knows more than anyone else... where should england be?

Shady you have real issues, your not always right you know! Also people can have different opinion to yours, I'm not bitter and have no hatred at all, I think England r a shit football team end off like 1000s of other English people out there. U need help mate ur not well!