Olympique_de_Marseille Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 2 minutes ago, Kyle_The_Hill said: Damn. Hopefully they still play 2 March friendlies then. The rumour is no. The were, but decided is was best not to. They will schedule something for June (in case we look like we will catch them). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle_The_Hill Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 12 minutes ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said: The rumour is no. The were, but decided is was best not to. They will schedule something for June (in case we look like we will catch them). Alright well fuck me then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 3 hours ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said: The USA are playing Costa Rica on February 1st instead. Looks like the USA didn't want to deal with El Salvador's "we don't want to play a real friendly" bull ****. The conspiracy theorist in me also suspects that the US would far rather ES in the hex than us, so they may be happy to go along with whatever hurts our chances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maccaliam Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 57 minutes ago, dyslexic nam said: The conspiracy theorist in me also suspects that the US would far rather ES in the hex than us, so they may be happy to go along with whatever hurts our chances. I don’t think that’s a conspiracy theory. That would be intelligent decision making by the US as, IMO, it improves their chances of getting 6 points from a competitor. I don’t like it but I’d advocate for it if the roles were reversed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDub Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 (edited) 10 hours ago, SpursFlu said: I'm telling you.. El Salvadors best strategy is to go hide under the bed, come out in June and hope everything worked out for them Sounds like that is exactly what they will do. No chance for them to lose points forcing us to go 3-0 between Jan-March. Edited December 31, 2019 by JDub Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle_The_Hill Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Opportunity to gain 6 FIFA points this window dyslexic nam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpursFlu Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 (edited) Very well done CSA. Let's get the results. What's the gap? 15? Edited January 3, 2020 by SpursFlu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theaub Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Yup 15 So if we win out and El Salvador loses we'll be 7 down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle_The_Hill Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 5 minutes ago, theaub said: Yup 15 So if we win out and El Salvador loses we'll be 7 down. ES game is "training". Won't be for FIFA points. theaub 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 (edited) 41 minutes ago, Kyle_The_Hill said: Opportunity to gain 6 FIFA points this window When 5.36 becomes "6". Edited January 3, 2020 by Olympique_de_Marseille Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle_The_Hill Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 12 minutes ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said: When 5.36 becomes "6". Yeah its technically 1331.2 to 1336.6. But lets look at this glass half full Olympique_de_Marseille 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bdog Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Wait we got two games against Barbados? Well done CSA! Iceland’s B team is still going to be a pretty tough game, I’d honestly be happy with a tie. Obinna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 15 minutes ago, Bdog said: Wait we got two games against Barbados? Well done CSA! Iceland’s B team is still going to be a pretty tough game, I’d honestly be happy with a tie. Yup, 2 wins and a draw sounds about right to me based on who they called and who we called. Hard to not look past Barbados. Their recent record is fairly poor, I think a saw a loss in there against Cuba and Belize too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kusch to the Corner Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 Do teams no longer lose points after a certain time period? Seems to me in the old system after about four years, points were no longer valid. Any chance ES will be losing some points? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackdude Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 3 minutes ago, Kusch to the Corner said: Do teams no longer lose points after a certain time period? Seems to me in the old system after about four years, points were no longer valid. Any chance ES will be losing some points? No. Points are only won and lost on the ptich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 28 minutes ago, Kusch to the Corner said: Do teams no longer lose points after a certain time period? Seems to me in the old system after about four years, points were no longer valid. Any chance ES will be losing some points? I was wondering this the other day, games that were played 4 years to the date would fall off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
An Observer Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 10 hours ago, Blackdude said: No. Points are only won and lost on the ptich. I hope that is not correct as that would technically mean that a team could become #1 and never play another game for 5 years (albeit highly unlikely) and remain #1 which would be ridiculous. It does mean that a team that has been extremely successful 5 years ago but only mediocre the last 5 could stay around the top of the rankings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackdude Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 27 minutes ago, An Observer said: I hope that is not correct as that would technically mean that a team could become #1 and never play another game for 5 years (albeit highly unlikely) and remain #1 which would be ridiculous. It does mean that a team that has been extremely successful 5 years ago but only mediocre the last 5 could stay around the top of the rankings. Well, yeah if you go dormant for 4 years, you become unranked. Kyle_The_Hill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestHamCanadianinOxford Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 31 minutes ago, An Observer said: I hope that is not correct as that would technically mean that a team could become #1 and never play another game for 5 years (albeit highly unlikely) and remain #1 which would be ridiculous. It does mean that a team that has been extremely successful 5 years ago but only mediocre the last 5 could stay around the top of the rankings. Not much benefit in being #1 and not qualifying for any tournaments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
An Observer Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 1 hour ago, Blackdude said: Well, yeah if you go dormant for 4 years, you become unranked. Not if you never lose points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
An Observer Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 1 hour ago, WestHamCanadianinOxford said: Not much benefit in being #1 and not qualifying for any tournaments. Agreed. But if look at something like tennis it’s a rolling 12 months so you lose any points gained after a year. I guess the assumption is that sides will consistently play due to at least World Cup and regional qualifiers and the higher ranked you are the more points you have to lose as the vast majority of sides you are playing are ranked below you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackdude Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 34 minutes ago, An Observer said: Not if you never lose points. You would lose your ranking though. Which means that if you wanted to play in a FIFA competition and you were dormant for 4 years, even if you had more points than other teams, you would start at the bottom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestHamCanadianinOxford Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 I think the new FIFA system is not bad at all, not perfect but not bad. The way and timing with which CONCACAF chose/had to employ the rankings is the much bigger problem. You also have to remember that, in our confederation and our situation, the rankings mean more to us than the vast majority of nations. Determining who is in your qualifying group is one thing, actually essentially determining direct progression in qualifying is another. Kent and SirBobsaget 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 On 1/4/2020 at 7:43 PM, Blackdude said: Well, yeah if you go dormant for 4 years, you become unranked. I can’t find this. Do you have a link? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle_The_Hill Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 1 hour ago, Kent said: I can’t find this. Do you have a link? On the right Kent 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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