The Mighty Wales

[Penk Wolf]

http://www.en.fifaranking.net/ranking/

 

[Sniffer]

It has been discussed elsewhere. Its basically down to a win and a draw against Belgium, other wins against the might of Cyprus (2-1) Andorra (2-1) Isreal (3-0) and a draw against Bosnia. Prior to that they lost 6 out of 10 qualifying matches to not get to Brazil 2014.

How Belgium stay at 2 when they can only draw and lose against Wales is beyond me.

Ted Rogers must have devised the formula and should they go higher than 9 in the rankings then a dusty bin will be wheeling its way to Cardiff!

 

[Sniffer]

I'm not anti Wales and I'm glad about their recent success and I hope that they qualify for France. Nothing will please me more than to watch Dave Edwards pit his wits against Europe's best next summer considering some will tell you that he's not fit for League One football.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

It's because it runs on a four year cycle. So all of Wales' awful results from 2011 or so when they were losing to the likes of Cyprus are no longer on the chart as it were.

It's not a very good system.

 

[Sniffer]

These results should be though?

Wales 0 - 1 Costa Rica

Sun 27/05/12 FRI Wales 0 - 2 Mexico
Wed 15/08/12 FRI Wales 0 - 2 Bosnia-Herzegovina
Fri 07/09/12 WQE Wales 0 - 2 Belgium
Tue 11/09/12 WQE Serbia 6 - 1 Wales
Fri 12/10/12 WQE Wales 2 - 1 Scotland
Tue 16/10/12 WQE Croatia 2 - 0 Wales
Wed 06/02/13 FRI Wales 2 - 1 Austria
Fri 22/03/13 WQE Scotland 1 - 2 Wales
Tue 26/03/13 WQE Wales 1 - 2 Croatia
Wed 14/08/13 FRI Wales 0 - 0 Republic of Ir…
06/09/13 WQE FYR Macedonia 2 - 1 Wales
Tue 10/09/13 WQE Wales 0 - 3 Serbia
Fri 11/10/13 WQE Wales 1 - 0 FYR Macedonia
Tue 15/10/13 WQE Belgium 1 - 1 Wales
Sat 16/11/13 FRI Wales 1 - 1 Finland
Wed 05/03/14 FRI Wales 3 - 1 Iceland
Wed 04/06/14 FRI Netherlands 2 - 0 Wales

 

[PuntsWolf]

It's also because they haven't played many friendlies. You don't lose points for playing them but the weighting is very low, (especially when as England have done you don't actually win the friendlies), so it brings down your average.

 

[Penk Wolf]

It's because it runs on a four year cycle. So all of Wales' awful results from 2011 or so when they were losing to the likes of Cyprus are no longer on the chart as it were.

It's not a very good system.

It's clearly an awful system .

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

This is the alternative system (no idea if it was Jeff Lynne's creation):

http://www.eloratings.net/world.html

Looks more realistic to me.

 

[Law's Bus]

You lot sound jealous.

 

[Penk Wolf]

Yeah, dead jealous, always wanted to be Welsh.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Unfortunately you don't qualify.

 

[Tony Towner]

This is the alternative system (no idea if it was Jeff Lynne's creation):

http://www.eloratings.net/world.html

Looks more realistic to me.

Blue sky thinking?

 

[visage]

Unfortunately you don't qualify.

I ate a leek once.

 

[YoungWolf]

I'm half and half so like Paddy I can pick whoever is better at different sport.... Right?

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

The rulez are simple. You take that attitude in any sport apart from rugby.

 

[Paul]

I'm half and half so like Paddy I can pick whoever is better at different sport....

Ditto

 

[ROVERT47]

My Dads got a couple of Harry Secombe LP's, so I suppose I'm in with a shout.

 

[Penk Wolf]

Unfortunately you don't qualify.

I'm sure I can find a link somewhere.

 

[Penk Wolf]

So, the 9th best team in the World took 82 minutes to beat Cyprus. Well done Bales.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Oh you bitter bitter person.