locheedfcno1 Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Seen in today's paper at the next world rankings England only going to be one place less than Scotland. How the mighty have fallen. I know Fifa rankings are complex but wtf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionel hutz Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Sorry but one place behind or infront of England Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venti Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Do we get bonus points if we beat the World champs? The rankings are a joke, but sadly count towards group seeding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moo Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 We will supposedly go up a place to 27th with England dropping to 26th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Trouble is, England will steamroller their way through qualification as per usual, then go out in the group stages/first knock out round. It's the circle of football life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forameus Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Trouble is, England will steamroller their way through qualification as per usual, then go out in the group stages/first knock out round. It's the circle of football life. Yup. They've dropped this low because of their relatively poor World Cup showing, whereas usually they get to at least the first knockout round. They are very, very likely to rise back up during the run-up to Euro 2016, where they'll probably reach the knockout stages, and stabilise. The only chance we have of overtaking them is if they slip up in more than one of their qualifiers, and we beat them in November. Even if that did happen, I'd wager they'd still be ahead come 2016. It shouldn't really matter where we are in relation to rivals. It matters where we are come the qualifying draw for the World Cup. Apart from that, they matter very little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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