EPT2012 - 2013 Football Thread! - Page 7
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Belha
Italy2850 Posts
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Lyter
United Kingdom2145 Posts
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Stimp
South Africa780 Posts
On July 04 2012 21:43 Lyter wrote: Can't really blame fifa for the rankings, you can only blame the people who actually use them. England are 4th, England are nowhere near 4th best team at the moment, but based on results the fifa algorithm has em up there. At the end of the day if you win most of your games and lose barely any, a statistician will put you up there somewhere, what actually happens on the pitch is completely irrelevant, and also often subjective as to how 'good' said team is. Yeah, statistically they are 4th best. As I said earlier, consistency is rewarded. They might not be 'the best' but they consistently don't lose. You can't really fault the stats. Englands last loss in 90 minutes was against germany in the world cup 2 years ago. In that time they beat spain etc. Personal opinion ofc differs, and everyone thinks their opinion is right. | ||
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tekos44
France280 Posts
This ranking would be laughable if it wasnt used for seeding every international competition. Still, Uruguay 8 ranks above Brazil, England 10 ranks above France... not sure if serious | ||
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Stimp
South Africa780 Posts
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anomalopidae
Slovenia549 Posts
Samir Handanovic (Udinese) to Inter Milan, transfer fee of 11 mil euro + Marco Davide Faraoni Gazzetta dello Sport | ||
Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
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RvB
Netherlands6257 Posts
On July 04 2012 22:23 Stimp wrote: Yeah, statistically they are 4th best. As I said earlier, consistency is rewarded. They might not be 'the best' but they consistently don't lose. You can't really fault the stats. Englands last loss in 90 minutes was against germany in the world cup 2 years ago. In that time they beat spain etc. Personal opinion ofc differs, and everyone thinks their opinion is right. Friendlies also count for the FIFA rankings and I recall NL beating them not so long ago either. | ||
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Tommylew
Wales2717 Posts
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Asshat
593 Posts
http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/justiz/urteil-breno-muss-wegen-brandstiftung-in-haft-a-842574.html | ||
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Sated
England4983 Posts
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WArped
United Kingdom4845 Posts
http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/spurs/News/sigurdsson-to-join-club-04072012.page? | ||
GTR
51500 Posts
On July 04 2012 23:54 Asshat wrote: Former Bayern Munich player Breno to sign with Landsberg Prison FC for 3 years and 9 months. Great pickup for the team. http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/justiz/urteil-breno-muss-wegen-brandstiftung-in-haft-a-842574.html Any ideas on the transfer fee? | ||
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Retric
Germany284 Posts
you do know that he is going to prison right? ^^ | ||
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sharkie
Austria18524 Posts
On July 04 2012 22:36 tekos44 wrote: They lost to France in november 2010 I think. This ranking would be laughable if it wasnt used for seeding every international competition. Still, Uruguay 8 ranks above Brazil, England 10 ranks above France... not sure if serious Uruguay has won the Copa America deservedly last year. Uruguay above Argentina and Brazil atm is true. | ||
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Aeroplaneoverthesea
United Kingdom1977 Posts
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Sated
England4983 Posts
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Stimp
South Africa780 Posts
On July 05 2012 01:21 Sated wrote: EDIT: Nevermind, just realised who I was responding too. Not gonna bother. Haha. People need to stop thinking fifa rankings account for how pretty a result is, and only looks at cold hard facts. No matter how much you don't like england, they are consistent. Just because people don't like the stats don't make them a joke. | ||
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Sated
England4983 Posts
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Neelia
Germany599 Posts
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