marcl_19 Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 http://www.tsn.ca/soccer/story/?id=259953&lid=sublink010&lpos=headlines_main SPAIN HOLDS TOP SPOT IN FIFA RANKINGS; CANADA DROPS "ZURICH, Switzerland - European champion Spain has finished the year in style - atop FIFA's world soccer rankings. But Canada dropped nine spots to No. 90, its lowest ranking since May 2007, in the list released Wednesday. A year ago, the Canadians ranked 55th. ...." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superbrad Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 FIFA was being generous... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcl_19 Posted December 17, 2008 Author Share Posted December 17, 2008 haha thats what I was sort of thinking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhat Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 quote:Originally posted by superbrad FIFA was being generous... And yet FIFA puts Cuba and Panama ahead of us? Panama didn't even make it to qualifying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Ault Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 ^ that's the special calculator that FIFA uses for these totally out of touch with reality rankings.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTL_4_LIFE Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 It's f**ken bull sh*t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottie Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 We say it's irrelevant now but we'll all be pissed off when they use the december 2008 rankings to determine the groups for the 2012 qualifying round. I'm just saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natesta Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 Does anyone honestly believe we are that much better than 90th? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the biologist Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 ^ Nope, but are there really 35 countries in the world that were worse than us a year ago that are now better than us ? Not sure. quote:Originally posted by redhat And yet FIFA puts Cuba and Panama ahead of us? Panama didn't even make it to qualifying. That is my point. quote:Originally posted by dsqpr They are fictitious, but not irrelevant. dsqpr, you got it right. Sadly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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