sweetleftpeg 0 Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 How, in the wide wide wide world of sport, are the USA ranked 5th in the world and we're only ranked 10th? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10972 Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 They do well in finals, they always qualify, they win their local international games and they give Sepp Blatter all the Burgers he can stuff down his fat face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetleftpeg 0 Posted June 9, 2006 Author Share Posted June 9, 2006 I was thinking that maybe they've threatened to nuke Switzerland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10972 Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 maybe you're onto to something... give them a high ranking, let them win the World Series every year..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 It's based on competitive games isn't it? They do quite well in World Cups/Copa Americas (when invited to the latter) and so on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo 175 Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 When they are playing the likes of El Salvador, Jamaica, and Panama in their qualification groups its no great suprise they qualify ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rikko 20 Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 They very rarely play anyone of note in a competitive game and hence never really lose. Since they never really lose they move up the rankings. The only decent side they play on any kind of competitive basis is mexico who are hardly world beaters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetleftpeg 0 Posted June 9, 2006 Author Share Posted June 9, 2006 They very rarely play anyone of note in a competitive game and hence never really lose. Since they never really lose they move up the rankings. The only decent side they play on any kind of competitive basis is mexico who are hardly world beaters. 147011[/snapback] Who are ranked 4th btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 Herzuus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 46141 Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 You'd think somebody in the frigging worldwide governing body of the game would look at their own rankings and go "Hang on, these are total shit!?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 You'd think somebody in the frigging worldwide governing body of the game would look at their own rankings and go "Hang on, these are total shit!?" 147051[/snapback] Weren't Brazil no.1 at the last World Cup despite struggling to qualify (by their standards at least) and France being the reigning World and European Champions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinofbeans 91 Posted June 10, 2006 Share Posted June 10, 2006 They very rarely play anyone of note in a competitive game and hence never really lose. Since they never really lose they move up the rankings. The only decent side they play on any kind of competitive basis is mexico who are hardly world beaters. 147011[/snapback] Who are ranked 4th btw. 147013[/snapback] Molvania! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zathras 267 Posted June 10, 2006 Share Posted June 10, 2006 You'd think somebody in the frigging worldwide governing body of the game would look at their own rankings and go "Hang on, these are total shit!?" 147051[/snapback] Weren't Brazil no.1 at the last World Cup despite struggling to qualify (by their standards at least) and France being the reigning World and European Champions? 147054[/snapback] Yeah, France did very well at that cup too The ranking are full of shite, and everyone knows that. At least they say they're 'fixing them.' OTOH, every win that the US gets against Jamaica, Mexico, Costa Rica, etc. counts only for 75% of the number of points that England gets for beating the Faroe Islands or Andorra. There's at least an attempt to make things even, but without any worthwhile universal measuring stick, world wide ranking are fairly impossible. If you look into the ELO ratings, they are a bit more realistic, but again, worldwide ranking is fairly impossible. http://www.eloratings.net/ Brazil Netherlands France England Czech Republic Spain Italy Argentina Germany Portugal Denmark Sweden Uruguay Romania USA Iran Mexico Croatia Ireland Australia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10972 Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 ELO? Electric Light Ochestra have football rankings? why does a 70's Rock group rankings carry more weight than FIFA's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 You'd think somebody in the frigging worldwide governing body of the game would look at their own rankings and go "Hang on, these are total shit!?" 147051[/snapback] Weren't Brazil no.1 at the last World Cup despite struggling to qualify (by their standards at least) and France being the reigning World and European Champions? 147054[/snapback] Yeah, France did very well at that cup too The ranking are full of shite, and everyone knows that. At least they say they're 'fixing them.' OTOH, every win that the US gets against Jamaica, Mexico, Costa Rica, etc. counts only for 75% of the number of points that England gets for beating the Faroe Islands or Andorra. There's at least an attempt to make things even, but without any worthwhile universal measuring stick, world wide ranking are fairly impossible. If you look into the ELO ratings, they are a bit more realistic, but again, worldwide ranking is fairly impossible. http://www.eloratings.net/ Brazil Netherlands France England Czech Republic Spain Italy Argentina Germany Portugal Denmark Sweden Uruguay Romania USA Iran Mexico Croatia Ireland Australia 147350[/snapback] Here's me making the silly assumption it was based on past rather than future results Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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