Ireland have climbed a further 4 places in the FIFA Rankings just released to move up to 25!!
Here are some other placings
1. Spain
2. Germany
3. Holland
7.England
25. Ireland +4
45. Wales +45
51. Scotland +1
84. NIreland - 14
Ireland up to 25 in FIFA Rankings
posted on 20/10/11
We could do a Greece 2004 job (i.e. win it in a boring way.....wouldnt bother me).
On the other hand, we could do a Greece 2008 job (i.e. lose every game in the group stages).
posted on 20/10/11
Just getting to the Euro Finals is an acheivement in itself for a small country like us so as long we don't embarras ourselves at the Finals IF we get there i will be happy!!
So far so good on that Front
posted on 21/10/11
Jesus Wales have improved!!!! It's still annoying to see some of the teams ahead of us like USA?? I know IRS easier for them and FIFA want the Americans thinking they have a good team to get them interested but come on! Even Australia are ahead of us!!!
posted on 21/10/11
I think USA would give us a good game and Australia beat us the last time we played them (in Limerick). so really, I dont think FIFA rankings are that bad a guage.
posted on 21/10/11
I would say over the last four or so years that USA have been stronger than Ireland. Austrailia beat us 3-0 two years ago also.
On the whole though, the rankings aren't great, but I can't argue with the top 3.
posted on 21/10/11
I was at that OZ game and it was the poorest I have EVER seen us play. I'd expect us to beat both them if we played them competitively!
posted on 21/10/11
Well, we can agree to disagree. The only time we might get to play them competitively is 2014 in Brazil. So until then, we have limited resources to test the question of who is better.....and the only scientific (is uses mathematical formulae) source offering help in this regard is the FIFA rankings.......so..... by the sheer weight of scientific analysis, I am right!
Only joking, I think the FIFA rankings should be treated as a general guide instead of an absolute value.
posted on 23/10/11
This is great news, if we keep this up we'll soon be in the second pot of seeds for future WC draws, which is very important because we'll avoid tough groups like the one with Germany and Sweden that we're gonna have to negotiate after the Euros...
posted on 23/10/11
Big turn around from the Staunton days when we were in serious danger of slipping out of the top 50. Even NIreland were above us in the rankings for a while back then!!
posted on 23/10/11
NI obsession