QUOTE(Duke Red @ Jan 4 2011, 01:19 PM)
FIFA's ranking system has always been questionable. I don't care where they got their points because England are definitely not the 6th best team in the world. They are vastly overrated and the media has to take some blame for constantly building them up. I can understand why Italy and France are where they are. Neither had really impressive World Cup qualifying campaigns. France only sealed their place after Henry's double handball against Ireland. Both teams were also pathetic in the tournament proper. Even New Zealand had a better campaign and that puts things in perspective.
Malaysia has climbed 6 places but I really think that we should be on top of countries like St. Vincent and Grenadines (who have a population of only 125,000 which is less than the population of Taiping. Also their Premier League was formed in 2009), Rwanda (once ravaged with civil war and genocide), and Dominica was boast no professional league and has the population of Jerantut (72,000). In contrast we have ample facilities, a professional league and more funding. We really need to start getting our act together. If the Harimau Muda's win is anything to go by, maybe and just maybe there is a dim, faint light at the end of the tunnel.
same here. For example how can teams like Norway & Croatia are ahead of Serbia. They not even qualify in recent World Cup..while Serbia top of their group
dat includes France pretty comfortably...and also beating the red-hot team of the tournament Germany during the group stage... And yeap why the heck England
at no.6. Don't tell me bcoz of the
Foreign Premier League influence towards UEFA & FIFA.
Japan did well during qualification and final tournament. Losing only 1-0 and they could've drawn with Holland, beating both Cameroon & Denmark and nearly
beaten Paraguay. And recently they just beat Argentina 1-0 who just happen to trash World Champ Spain 4-1.