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Does it matter who you're up against as to how many points you gain in the ranking system or is it done as if it were a league? I've never properly understood it...
Who cares about rankings. Sooner or later we'll come up against a fancied team. There won't be many seeded teams looking forward to playing us!!
It's stupid. So no matter how good a host nation is, they won't be top seeds for that world cup as they haven't played competitive football in the timeframe leading up to the World Cup? Ludicrous.
Quote from: swintonrover on October 18, 2013, 10:41:13 amIt's stupid. So no matter how good a host nation is, they won't be top seeds for that world cup as they haven't played competitive football in the timeframe leading up to the World Cup? Ludicrous.You haven't understood this at all have you spadge.
It'll be fascinating to see if Qatar are top-seeded. If they ARE, it'll be a farcical imbalance of the relative strengths of the groups.If they AREN'T, it'll show up FIFA still further, demonstrating that on football terms, the country is a non-starter, so why hold the WC there?
Quote from: BillyStubbsTears on October 19, 2013, 08:51:39 pmIt'll be fascinating to see if Qatar are top-seeded. If they ARE, it'll be a farcical imbalance of the relative strengths of the groups.If they AREN'T, it'll show up FIFA still further, demonstrating that on football terms, the country is a non-starter, so why hold the WC there?Are you saying that the World Cup should only be hosted by one of the top 8 nations in the world?