What does everybody think about these rankings? http://www.fifa.com/en/mens/statistics/index/0,2548,All-Sep-2005,00.html This month's FIFA rankings come out next week, oct. 19
For those of you who would like to know how this is done: http://fifa.com/en/mens/statistics/rank/procedures/0,2540,3,00.html
it's generally agreed that the fifa rankings mean next to nothing unless you are trying to get seeded for the WC. and since we are still a long long time away from being seeded, i think that they shouldn't be looked into too much. a much better scale (if you want to look at rankings) is the elo scale, imo.
Re: Ecuador Rivalries Pongo esta informacion en este thread para que despues no vengan a decir que soy un troll!!! Esto es sur america hoy en dia segun la fifa y por supuesto asi nos ven en el resto del mundo: Ranking Zonal Ranking Team Pts Jul 10 +/- Ranking May 10 +/- Pts May 10 3 1 Brazil 1536 -2 -75 5 2 Argentina 1289 2 213 6 3 Uruguay 1152 10 253 10 4 Chile 988 8 100 16 5 Paraguay 961 15 141 38 6 Peru 726 15 148 39 7 Colombia 725 -4 -51 47 8 Venezuela 592 2 -16 53 9 Bolivia 570 12 71 58 10 Ecuador 545 -14 -149
Re: Ecuador Rivalries Yeah, we are talking about hat in another thread. no doubt the coefficient dropped as the 2006 WC no longer counts in Ecuador's favor and i am sure the heavy loses vs Brazil and Paraguay plus the lose to Venezuela in Quito are hurting Ecuador's ranking. These are games that are 4 years old....but despite that - the question on everyone's mind was, "how the hell did Peru get so high up?"
Re: Ecuador Rivalries Yeah, we know. Didn't you read the press release? Zurich - The International Federation of Association Football released today the newest FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking list. A drastic change has been made to the ranking algorithm, however, and they are no longer a reflection of past performance. It is now a prediction of expected performance in the year to come. FIFA has enlisted the knowledge and expertise of Paul the Octopus to come up with these rankings. "Ecuador will acquire another lackluster Colombian coach who will achieve a 100% loss record in the Copa America for the third time in a row." Paul was quoted as saying through an intepreter (Google Translate). Experts are foreseeing a mass exodus of Ecuadorian talent towards their neighbors to the south. "It's the only way I can explain how Peru's ranking is expected to be so high" one critic said. In other news, FIFA has decided to discard all goal-line technology developments. Said Sepp Blatter: "We will enlist Paul to predict ahead of time whether or not the ball will cross the line. I can't believe we haven't thought about this before." (LAOH)
Re: DT de Ecuador wow really -14? why? these rankings dont make any sense we lost to japan in a friendly and tied? mexico in a friendly and some how that = -14 places ? what did Peru or Bolovia do to deserve a +15 +12
Re: DT de Ecuador I just found out that Ecuador is ranked 58 in the world.WTF is up with that? Ecuador hasn't even played friendlies for like two months and they're ranked like this the worst South American team. Im pretty sure that Venezuela didn't play friendlies either yet they're ranked higher than Ecuador, Bolivia and Peru as well, what's up with this is this some plot by FIFA trying to ******** over Ecuador??? Venezuela gets the easiest friendlies ever and they get ranked 48??? WTF??? They're friendlies include facing Netherland Antilles, Aruba and small island countries and they're ranking goes up. Yet Ecuador gets ********ed over like this?? You have to be kidding me. And Chirboga is a ********ing moron he broke his promise once again I don't doubt that at the end of the year he just says "oh well I'll make Sixto Vizuete take the helm of the national team once again, I'm confident that he's the perfect strategist." Guys a ********ing moron I hope someone threats him and sends him the ******** out of the country just like they did when they overthrew Batista in Cuba. Bullshit this guys a complete arse and he doesn't know wtf he's doing, he should let someone with half the brain he has take charge of the federation because he is making us a mockery right now. I also wouldn't doubt that |Ecuador will lose to Venezuela in Quito once again if we don't get a good coach ASAP.
Re: Ecuador Rivalries umm im pretty sure those dont count becuse fifa updates its rankings every 2-3 months i forget the exact rotation... so yea im really cluless on how we droped so much and how peru managed to get 100+points
Re: Ecuador Rivalries Pulpo Paul retired!!! do not blame him pls.... back to rankings: do we agree on the top 10?
Re: Ecuador Rivalries I don't think anybody with any sense will agree with these rankings. Even Maradona mentioned Ecuador specifically when he said CONMEBOL should have more teams in the World Cup. That's because these days, Ecuador is seen as between #4 and #6 in almost any analysis of South American countries. The only way I can see this ranking making any sense is if friendlies and Copa America results from the past few editions are given equal weight as qualifying games. We bring our 'A' game to the qualifiers, but in friendlies and Copa America, we have an embarrassing record to be honest.
Dammn man!! who is the Mod in this sub-forum?? what's wrong with some friendly trash talking ?? dude the world cup just ended no local tournaments started yet, no international cups yet, what's wrong with bringing up old stuff? To the guy that got all worked up about what you guys said 4 years ago, well I'm glad I was able to provide you with some reading material to entertain you , in this boring none soccer period. YOU ARE WELLCOME!!.
you are always WELCOME HERE! no veo la razon para no hablar un poco y estar 'busy' en dias sin futbol gracias y nos vemos pronto....keep typing