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World rankings

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Personally don't think friendlies should be taken into consideration when calculating rankings of a team. In most friendlies teams will experiment as well.

FIFA rankings are a load a rubbish anyway, the fact we manage to get to 3rd after Euro 2012 despite being knocked out in the Quarters proves this.
 
chapperzUK said:
Personally don't think friendlies should be taken into consideration when calculating rankings of a team. In most friendlies teams will experiment as well.

FIFA rankings are a load a rubbish anyway, the fact we manage to get to 3rd after Euro 2012 despite being knocked out in the Quarters proves this.
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I wouldn't dismiss them quite so readily. Yes, anomalies occur, but they are broadly a decent guide. A couple of years ago Kevin Pullein (the Racing Post's football stats guru) wrote a piece (which I can't find online) saying that they were a far better guide to the relative strengths of teams than they're given credit for.
 
Fair enough, although I doubt several of the players who featured against Sweden will not be considered for the 23-man squad for the World Cup.

Friendlies might be a good indication, but when it comes to the points beating a top side in a friendly will get less than half of a victory against an average side in a qualification group.
 
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