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F.I.F.A. really are a bloody joke.

happyvalleyhappyvalley
in Other Football and Sports
Apparently in the latest rankings Wales are 10th, rated higher than Spain & Italy.
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    IAIA
    It's because they beat the second best team/network-owning-country in the world.
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    TalalTalal
    PL54 said:

    Does that mean Church is in the top 20 or 30 strikers in the world?

    Top 10
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    soapy_jonessoapy_jones
    I think the clue is in the name of their star striker mate, Churchinio...
    Keep up!

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    Cordoban AddickCordoban Addick
    I actually find Wales being in the top ten far more believable than the World Cup being in Qatar in the summer.
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    guinnessaddickguinnessaddick
    edited July 2015
    ValleyGary said:

    When you beat the most overrated side in the world you also become really overrated. It's just the way it works.

    It just like when you were a kid playing conkers, if you had a twoer and you bet an eighter, your conker became a tenner.
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    MacronateMacronate
    Coleman allegedly slipped them 50,000 leeks and a years supply of flrtatious sheep.
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    soapy_jonessoapy_jones
    Macronate said:

    Coleman allegedly slipped them 50,000 leeks and a years supply of flrtatious sheep.

    I hate it when they flirt with you...
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    c4fcdenmarkc4fcdenmark
    Let's hope that Simon Church can maintain his prolific form, otherwise Wales's ranking will tumble.
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    AlgarveaddickAlgarveaddick
    Out of interest, has anyone got a better way of sorting the rankings? They are necessary for seeding, so scrapping them isn't an option.
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    ForeverAddicktedForeverAddickted
    Algarveaddick said:

    Out of interest, has anyone got a better way of sorting the rankings? They are necessary for seeding, so scrapping them isn't an option.

    Scrap the four year results... Results are based from January to January each year and restart at the end of each
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    ValleyGaryValleyGary
    When's that international friendly league system meant to be starting?
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    ValleyGaryValleyGary
    Algarveaddick said:

    Out of interest, has anyone got a better way of sorting the rankings? They are necessary for seeding, so scrapping them isn't an option.

    http://www.eloratings.net/system.html

    The world table looks more 'believable'
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    AlgarveaddickAlgarveaddick
    ValleyGary said:

    Algarveaddick said:

    Out of interest, has anyone got a better way of sorting the rankings? They are necessary for seeding, so scrapping them isn't an option.

    http://www.eloratings.net/system.html

    The world table looks more 'believable'
    Yes I looked at that - the Netherlands in fourth? Have a gander at their results for the last football year...

    Don't get me wrong, I'm not defending the FIFA system VG, but the ELO one also seems to have come out of the "blue sky" with the Cloggies ranking 4th, if you are going to just use recent results. And you can't tell me half the England knockers (oh-err) on here wont be apoplectic at us being ranked 8th...

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    Addick AddictAddick Addict
    ValleyGary said:

    Algarveaddick said:

    Out of interest, has anyone got a better way of sorting the rankings? They are necessary for seeding, so scrapping them isn't an option.

    http://www.eloratings.net/system.html

    The world table looks more 'believable'
    Sorry there's no way Palau are worst footballing Nation in the World. They don't even exist. Do they?
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    IAIA
    Addick Addict said:

    ValleyGary said:

    Algarveaddick said:

    Out of interest, has anyone got a better way of sorting the rankings? They are necessary for seeding, so scrapping them isn't an option.

    http://www.eloratings.net/system.html

    The world table looks more 'believable'
    Sorry there's no way Palau are worst footballing Nation in the World. They don't even exist. Do they?
    Their long search for an international manager continues.

    Even Lionel Ritchie offered his services

    "Palau, is it me you're looking for?"
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    McBobbinMcBobbin
    ValleyGary said:

    Algarveaddick said:

    Out of interest, has anyone got a better way of sorting the rankings? They are necessary for seeding, so scrapping them isn't an option.

    http://www.eloratings.net/system.html

    The world table looks more 'believable'
    The biggest upset on there was Great Britain losing to Norway. Upset? Sounds inevitable to me
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    killerandflashkillerandflash
    Algarveaddick said:

    ValleyGary said:

    Algarveaddick said:

    Out of interest, has anyone got a better way of sorting the rankings? They are necessary for seeding, so scrapping them isn't an option.

    http://www.eloratings.net/system.html

    The world table looks more 'believable'
    Yes I looked at that - the Netherlands in fourth? Have a gander at their results for the last football year...

    Don't get me wrong, I'm not defending the FIFA system VG, but the ELO one also seems to have come out of the "blue sky" with the Cloggies ranking 4th, if you are going to just use recent results. And you can't tell me half the England knockers (oh-err) on here wont be apoplectic at us being ranked 8th...

    I presume the ELO ratings are over a longer time scale, hence the Welsh being in 43rd, below Scotland and Ireland, when they're definitely much better than the Irish at the moment.

    I presume the maximum ELO rating you can achieve is 10538...
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    IAIA
    Algarveaddick said:

    ELO one also seems to have come out of the "blue sky"

    Nicely done.
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    AlgarveaddickAlgarveaddick
    IA said:

    Algarveaddick said:

    ELO one also seems to have come out of the "blue sky"

    Nicely done.
    I'm here all week...
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    AlgarveaddickAlgarveaddick
    killerandflash said:

    Algarveaddick said:

    ValleyGary said:

    Algarveaddick said:

    Out of interest, has anyone got a better way of sorting the rankings? They are necessary for seeding, so scrapping them isn't an option.

    http://www.eloratings.net/system.html

    The world table looks more 'believable'
    Yes I looked at that - the Netherlands in fourth? Have a gander at their results for the last football year...

    Don't get me wrong, I'm not defending the FIFA system VG, but the ELO one also seems to have come out of the "blue sky" with the Cloggies ranking 4th, if you are going to just use recent results. And you can't tell me half the England knockers (oh-err) on here wont be apoplectic at us being ranked 8th...

    I presume the ELO ratings are over a longer time scale, hence the Welsh being in 43rd, below Scotland and Ireland, when they're definitely much better than the Irish at the moment.

    I presume the maximum ELO rating you can achieve is 10538...
    Also nicely done.

    Another example of this system being flawed too.

    Any budding Duckworths or Lewis's on here want to come up with a better idea? I'm not a numbers man, so I have no idea.

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    ForeverAddicktedForeverAddickted
    Shocked that its taken them so long... http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33458803
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    Covered EndCovered End
    ForeverAddickted said:

    Shocked that its taken them so long... http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33458803

    It's a relief tbh. I thought that he'd stand for the new President's position.
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    MuttleyCAFCMuttleyCAFC
    If you did a Charlton Life survey you would probably get a more accurate top 10.
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    IAIA
    MuttleyCAFC said:

    If you did a Charlton Life survey you would probably get a more accurate top 10.

    ... in the opinion of Charlton Life members...
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    smsm
    And all this without their two best left backs!
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