England move upto 4th in the FIFA rankings

[Bladders]

......did FIFA not watch the tournament then?

1. Spain
2. Germany
3. Uruguay
4. England
5. Portugal
6. Italy
7. Argentina
8. Netherlands
9. Croatia
10. Denmark
11. Brazil
12. Greece
13. Russia
14. France
15. Chile
16. Ivory Coast
17. Sweden
18. Czech Republic
19. Mexico
20. Japan

 

[Butch Willykins]

we're f***ing brilliant

 

[pastafarian]

the people at FIFA are stupid

 

[warmleyseagull]

The methodology for calculating the rankings is pretty reasonable so to a degree the answer is what it is and of England are 4th, that is a reflection of their results over last four years. The gap between England and Spain is 397 points, ans big as the gap between England and Sweden in 17th, which probably actually underestimates the closeness of England (or anyone else expcept perhaps Germany) to Spain. It is more a reflection of "League" performance rather than "cup" and England's crpa performances at tournaments is masked by being at least OK in between.

Brazil and Argentina both going out in QF of 2011 Copa America has damged their rankings; conversely Uruguay winning it has cemented a 3rd place.

At the end of the day, you get nothing for a high ranking except seedings - worthwhile but we would all have taken the Ashleys to net their penalties instead...

 

[User removed 4]

Proves that there is no point in taking any notice of the rankings then.

 

[Icy Gull]

4th ranked in the World? I don't care how they come up with that, it's complete and utter bollocks

 

[RM-Taylor]

England are realistically anywhere between 13th and 18th in the World - 6th-10th best in Europe

 

[Gullys Cats]

How?

 

[J2 BHA]

4th ranked in the World? I don't care how they come up with that, it's complete and utter bollocks

LOL! Couldn't have put it better myself.

 

[JBizzleBeard]

4th ranked in the World? I don't care how they come up with that, it's complete and utter bollocks

Yep, this sums it up for me and probably most people. What a joke.

 

[APACHE]

Yes ranked 4th, which really shows in a major tournament when we play a country ranked many places below us. You can make figures say anything you want, but fans know the truth.

 

[Goring Gull]

When was the last time we actually beat a team considered top 8 in a major tournament?

 

[Doc Lynam]

Yay, today we are world beaters. World cup is nearly ours, must read The Sun to find out my real opinion on matters.

 

[Poyetry In Motion]

When was the last time we actually beat a team considered top 8 in a major tournament?

I think we were the last team to beat Spain, but that was before they got good at soccerball

 

[tubaman]

Lets face it we are consistent. 4th and we still win f*ck all.

 

[Max Paper]

I think we were the last team to beat Spain, but that was before they got good at soccerball

Didn't we beat them in the last 12 months when they were already world and European champions? A friendly admittedly but that's what I thought?

 

[Goring Gull]

Didn't we beat them in the last 12 months when they were already world and European champions? A friendly admittedly but that's what I thought?

I was asking about in a major tournament, we always seem to come up short against anyone decent

 

[Conkers]

Denmark ranked higher than Brazil? You're havin' a laugh!

 

[KJP]

We've lost only twice competitively in 4 years, not a bad record

 

[Max Paper]

I was asking about in a major tournament, we always seem to come up short against anyone decent

I didn't quote you?