Viva espana - new FIFA rankings

[Our Nail Loney]

Current top 20:

1     Spain
2     Germany
3     Italy
4     Netherlands
5     Croatia
6     Brazil
7     Argentina
8     Czech Republic
9     Portugal
10     Russia
11     Romania
12     France
13     Turkey
14     England
15     Cameroon
16     Scotland
17     Bulgaria
18     Greece
19     Ghana
20     Israel

http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=807538

http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/ranking/lastranking/gender=m/fullranking.html

Never really trust these rankings. Scotland creeping up on england though!

Also we aren't as good as guinea  though we could take finland! Score!

[Evil Genius]

Interesting that the "Team which Isn't a Country"  is currently in 32nd place, jointly with some Mexicans.

Meanwhile, some other team of "Mexicans" are languishing some 10 places lower...

[Our Nail Loney]

Interesting that the "Team which Isn't a Country"  is currently in 32nd place, jointly with some Mexicans.

Meanwhile, some other team of "Mexicans" are languishing some 10 places lower...

Come back in a couple of months once Trap gets his hands on the team, who's managing youse again?? Worthington? Whats he won again??

[Niall Quinn]

Interesting that the "Team which Isn't a Country"  is currently in 32nd place, jointly with some Mexicans.

what happened to Mexico recently?

Meanwhile, some other team of "Mexicans" are languishing some 10 places lower...

complete with Satanic points total.

[David McKeown]

The thing that strikes me about this set of rankings is that it seems skewed toward European countries who have just played each other in a tournament.  After copa america's or cup of nations tournaments the same thing seems to happen

[Arthur_Friend]

"We're Not Brazil, We're Northern Ireland"

No shit!

[T Fearon]

How come our draw and win against Serbia and Columbia respectively at the tail end of last season, have not advanced our position?

I know these rankings are meaningless but it is nevertheless a source of great shame, embarrassment and indeed humiliation that the North of Ireland sits ten places ahead of the real Ireland team, when you consider the gulf in size, supporter base, and calibre of player available to both

[Evil Genius]

How come our draw and win against Serbia and Columbia respectively at the tail end of last season, have not advanced our position?

Dunno. Unionist Veto? Securocrat Plot? Collusion? No justice for Irishmen in any FIFA court?
Surely this must be a direct and blatant contravention of the Good Friday Agreement?
Perhaps you'd better get Barry McElduff on the case...

I know these rankings are meaningless but it is nevertheless a source of great shame, embarrassment and indeed humiliation that the North of Ireland sits ten places ahead of the real Ireland team, when you consider the gulf in size, supporter base, and calibre of player available to both

"Tony Fearon in 'Shame, Embarrassment and Humiliation' Shocker!" - That's surely worth a headline in the Belfast Telegraph. (Btw, did you win a Dictionary in a competition? I never thought you even knew the meaning of such terms... )

[The bard of dunclug]

How come our draw and win against Serbia and Columbia respectively at the tail end of last season, have not advanced our position?

I know these rankings are meaningless but it is nevertheless a source of great shame, embarrassment and indeed humiliation that the North of Ireland sits ten places ahead of the real Ireland team, when you consider the gulf in size, supporter base, and calibre of player available to both

Hardlines old boy.

[Main Street]

How come our draw and win against Serbia and Columbia respectively at the tail end of last season, have not advanced our position?

I know these rankings are meaningless but it is nevertheless a source of great shame, embarrassment and indeed humiliation that the North of Ireland sits ten places ahead of the real Ireland team, when you consider the gulf in size, supporter base, and calibre of player available to both

To survive your humiliation either you just do as the OWC - go into denial
or switch over to the more relevant UEFA rankings where the position of the FAI is slightly higher than the IFA.

http://lucrurineinteresante.blogspot.com/2008/05/euro-2012-qualifying-draw-coefficients.html

Where Ireland are a few places higher than NI.
These are the seedings that will be used for qual groups both for UEFA and FIFA.

[Chrisowc]

How come our draw and win against Serbia and Columbia respectively at the tail end of last season, have not advanced our position?

I know these rankings are meaningless but it is nevertheless a source of great shame, embarrassment and indeed humiliation that the North of Ireland sits ten places ahead of the real Ireland team, when you consider the gulf in size, supporter base, and calibre of player available to both

To survive your humiliation either you just do as the OWC - go into denial
or switch over to the more relevant UEFA rankings where the position of the FAI is slightly higher than the IFA.

http://lucrurineinteresante.blogspot.com/2008/05/euro-2012-qualifying-draw-coefficients.html

Where Ireland are a few places higher than NI.
These are the seedings that will be used for qual groups both for UEFA and FIFA.

Just a few places?  Not exactly enough to hide Tony's great shame, embarrassment and indeed humiliation I would have thought.

Anyway Tony could do something else that 'the OWC' do.  Support the country of his birth.......like he used to, before Big Jack and the plastic paddies came on board.

[Evil Genius]

To survive your humiliation either you just do as the OWC - go into denial

In FIFA's Rankings, NI are currently 10 places above ROI. No big deal, but no "denial", either.

or switch over to the more relevant UEFA rankings where the position of the FAI is slightly higher than the IFA.

Slightly higher, but still the same Seeding Group (following NI's recent climb in the rankings and ROI's recent decline). Still, if this continues, it at least means you're not likely to be drawn againsts us, and risk a repeat of the result the last time NI played ROI...

http://lucrurineinteresante.blogspot.com/2008/05/euro-2012-qualifying-draw-coefficients.html

Where Ireland are a few places higher than NI.

Three is barely "a few", but if it pleases you to think of it that way, then go ahead!

These are the seedings that will be used for qual groups both for UEFA and FIFA.

Possibly, but no guarantee - at least for FIFA - since they have amended the critieria at a late stage in the past.

[Yes I Would]

Lads lets be honest about the thing. Both teams are shite!!

[nifan]

The biggest use of these rankings is slagging off whoever is below you.
When we where at 110 my mates all seemed to think they where a lot more relevant than they now do.

[Arthur_Friend]

Have you boys nothing better to do than try to sicken the hole off each other?! You OWC boys are as bad as Fearon....