FIFA World Rankings

[Bluebird]

I thought you played crap against everybody.

[BoredBloke]

The trouble is, when we play the better teams we get 90 mins of cr@p dull football. Then we play some tin pot footballing nation, get a 4-0 win and everybody starts going on about how good they are. We're simply rubbish!

[AlanR]

As high as 15th.

The last 3 or 4 times i have watched them (on TV) has been pretty drab to say the least. i think the last time i saw England play well against a decent team was the 5-1 win over Germany in Germany.

Since then i cant recall watching an England game against decent opposition that was not a drab and boring 90 minutes.

[TykeMerc]

in what way, should they be lower or higher?

Shot.

Along with all the football authorities, press pundits and fans who wobble on about the boring game interminably.
Could add politicians of all flavours to that and the tax man

[Bluebird]

It surprises me that England are 15th.

in what way, should they be lower or higher?

[AlanR]

It surprises me that England are 15th.

[foritisme]

Brazil can't be number 1, just because they are called Brazil !

[ace00]

Rankings:

1 Spain 1565
2 Italy 1339
3 Germany 1329
4 Holland 1295
5 Croatia 1266
6 Brazil 1252
7 Argentina 1230
8 Czech Republic 1134
9 Portugal 1120
10 Turkey 1033
11 France 1019
12 Russia 1013
13 Romania 1007
14 Cameroon 999
15 England 991

Selected Others:

16 Scotland 976
32 Northern Ireland 761
38 Republic of Ireland 662
53 Wales 549


This is the Official FIFA rankings just released. Where the heck do they figure that? Did they just look at the last WC results and say, that'll do? I mean Brazil, 6th!