Brodel Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 Steve McClaren's successful start with England has been confirmed by their rise to a record-equalling fourth place in the latest FIFA rankings.Successive post-World Cup victories over Greece, Andorra and Macedonia have helped McClaren's men leapfrog Italy - whose poor form since winning the World Cup sees them slip to fifth. England were last ranked fourth under Glenn Hoddle's stewardship in December 1997. Scotland's promising start to their Euro 2008 qualifying campaign means a jump of six places to 34th, while Northern Ireland leap 14 places to 58th after their famous win over Spain. The heroics of Lawrie Sanchez's men mean they overtake Wales, who slip six places to 62nd. And Steve Staunton's Republic of Ireland are down five to share 43rd place with Iran. Up two places to second place, France now stand only 40 points behind long-time leaders Brazil, with Argentina still in third. Holland, Czech Republic, Germany, Portugal and Spain make up the top 10. http://www.teamtalk.com/football/story/0,1...1498462,00.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 Mad how we can be ranked above the World Champions, I don't think we deserve to be there either... I can't wait to see L3thal have a bitch fit about this :p. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geek_rohit Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 Nice :) Good to see that. The Top 10 Rankings. 1 Brazil 2 France 3 Argentina 4 England 5 Italy 6 Netherlands 7 Czech Republic 8 Germany 9 Portugal 10 Spain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deuz Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 where is Australia :angry: :shiftyninja: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geek_rohit Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 where is Australia :angry: :shiftyninja: They are 38th :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matrix XII Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 Why is Italy 5th? They just won the world cup :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brodel Posted September 14, 2006 Author Share Posted September 14, 2006 Why is Italy 5th? They just won the world cup :| They've played poorly since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Derf Veteran Posted September 14, 2006 Veteran Share Posted September 14, 2006 They've played poorly since. Gee... What have you done for me lately? That's harsh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.MULLA Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 well we will see in euro 2008 how good england are under mclarens management. italy should'nt even be in the top ten- cuz of their dirty tactics :/ australia deserve much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metallithrax Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 These rankings sorta suck ass. Italy beat France - Italy go down France go up Portugal beat England - Portugal go down, England go up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macro Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 Why is Italy 5th? They just won the world cup :| ....helped McClaren's men leapfrog Italy - whose poor form since winning the World Cup sees them slip to fifth. These rankings sorta suck ass. Italy beat France - Italy go down France go up Portugal beat England - Portugal go down, England go up I'm not sure how FIFA does the rankings, but assuming it means which team is better, or playing better, then one match doesn't mean much at all. One team can beat any other team on a given match but it shouldn't affect the ranking, it's about how well you play which doesn't always translate into a Win or Loss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brodel Posted September 15, 2006 Author Share Posted September 15, 2006 Gee... What have you done for me lately? That's harsh. huh? :huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.M.K Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 They are 38th :p 38th?? Thats crap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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