FIFA Ranking Thread.

[Babalawo]

Seems like Anil rel popular in Jamaica  ...
http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20101118/sports/sports3.html

[AirMan]

T&T reclaim No.1 spot in CFU rankings

Russell Latapy has given Minister of Sport Anil Roberts another 28 reasons why he should keep his job as coach of the Trinidad and Tobago men's national team.

The Soca Warriors have risen that number of places to 78th in the FIFA World Rankings to reclaim the title as the best side in the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) ahead of traditional rivals Jamaica...Continue ..http://www.trinidadexpress.com/sports/T_T_reclaim_No_1_spot_in_CFU_rankings-108821949.html

[Socapro]

Good news.  As long as we continue we'll soon be above 70.

Our players don't all have to come to England! It is not the best league in the world and the weather ain't all that great! Plus most folks here can't speak proper English so our players may find the language barrier difficult!! 
In other words if we remain below 70 its not a big deal if our players can alternatively go to Spain, Portugal, Holland, Germany or some other European or South American league as opposed to coming to England! They may actually develope into better all round players going elswhere rather than coming to England!! Have you not seen the state of the English team recently?! They can't even win at home in Wembley! They are trying to blame the coach but the truth is their players aren't good enough as compared with the other top European countries!

[Coop's]

Good news.  As long as we continue we'll soon be above 70.

Our players don't all have to come to England! It is not the best league in the world and the weather ain't all that great! Plus most folks here can't speak proper English so our players may find the language barrier difficult!! 
In other words if we remain below 70 its not a big deal if our players can alternatively go to Spain, Portugal, Holland, Germany or some other European or South American league as opposed to coming to England! They may actually develope into better all round players going elswhere rather than coming to England!! Have you not seen the state of the English team recently?! They can't even win at home in Wembley! They are trying to blame the coach but the truth is their players aren't good enough as compared with the other top European countries!

        I'm just trying to understand what you are trying to say,"most folks here can't speak proper English so our players may find the language barrier difficult" are you saying it will be easier for them going to Spain,Protugal,Holland,Germany etc ?

[Socapro]

Good news.  As long as we continue we'll soon be above 70.

Our players don't all have to come to England! It is not the best league in the world and the weather ain't all that great! Plus most folks here can't speak proper English so our players may find the language barrier difficult!! 
In other words if we remain below 70 its not a big deal if our players can alternatively go to Spain, Portugal, Holland, Germany or some other European or South American league as opposed to coming to England! They may actually develope into better all round players going elswhere rather than coming to England!! Have you not seen the state of the English team recently?! They can't even win at home in Wembley! They are trying to blame the coach but the truth is their players aren't good enough as compared with the other top European countries!

        I'm just trying to understand what you are trying to say,"most folks here can't speak proper English so our players may find the language barrier difficult" are you saying it will be easier for them going to Spain,Protugal,Holland,Germany etc ?

Intitally it will be harder as they will need to learn a 2nd language like Latapy had to do but long term I believe it will benefit our players and our team!! As I said before the English league is not the best European league!
Did you see the England vs French game today? England got schooled by a French team with a new coach that is rebuilding! Could it be that their players aren't as good as the French players?! Could it be that the French league produces better all-round players?! 

[Jah Gol]

It would be so cool if we could just win the Digicel Cup. That would be a nice Christmas for me.

[weary1969]

how we reach so high?

By doing the opposite of what we did to get so low

 

[Peong]

Good news.  As long as we continue we'll soon be above 70.

Our players don't all have to come to England! It is not the best league in the world and the weather ain't all that great! Plus most folks here can't speak proper English so our players may find the language barrier difficult!! 
In other words if we remain below 70 its not a big deal if our players can alternatively go to Spain, Portugal, Holland, Germany or some other European or South American league as opposed to coming to England! They may actually develope into better all round players going elswhere rather than coming to England!! Have you not seen the state of the English team recently?! They can't even win at home in Wembley! They are trying to blame the coach but the truth is their players aren't good enough as compared with the other top European countries!

        I'm just trying to understand what you are trying to say,"most folks here can't speak proper English so our players may find the language barrier difficult" are you saying it will be easier for them going to Spain,Protugal,Holland,Germany etc ?

Intitally it will be harder as they will need to learn a 2nd language like Latapy had to do but long term I believe it will benefit our players and our team!! As I said before the English league is not the best European league!
Did you see the England vs French game today? England got schooled by a French team with a new coach that is rebuilding! Could it be that their players aren't as good as the French players?! Could it be that the French league produces better all-round players?! 

So it harder to learn the local English slang and accent than to learn a whole other language?
That doh make sense at all.

Anyway I agree with you on the other part, England shouldn't be the main goal for our players, but the reality is that England and Scotland are where our players like to go.  They have links through agents and past players, plus the language.

If you have a link to the Barca scoutin network then by all means let Bleeder and friends know so we could get them signed up.

[Socapro]

Good news.  As long as we continue we'll soon be above 70.

Our players don't all have to come to England! It is not the best league in the world and the weather ain't all that great! Plus most folks here can't speak proper English so our players may find the language barrier difficult!! 
In other words if we remain below 70 its not a big deal if our players can alternatively go to Spain, Portugal, Holland, Germany or some other European or South American league as opposed to coming to England! They may actually develope into better all round players going elswhere rather than coming to England!! Have you not seen the state of the English team recently?! They can't even win at home in Wembley! They are trying to blame the coach but the truth is their players aren't good enough as compared with the other top European countries!

        I'm just trying to understand what you are trying to say,"most folks here can't speak proper English so our players may find the language barrier difficult" are you saying it will be easier for them going to Spain,Protugal,Holland,Germany etc ?

Intitally it will be harder as they will need to learn a 2nd language like Latapy had to do but long term I believe it will benefit our players and our team!! As I said before the English league is not the best European league!
Did you see the England vs French game today? England got schooled by a French team with a new coach that is rebuilding! Could it be that their players aren't as good as the French players?! Could it be that the French league produces better all-round players?! 

So it harder to learn the local English slang and accent than to learn a whole other language?
That doh make sense at all.

Anyway I agree with you on the other part, England shouldn't be the main goal for our players, but the reality is that England and Scotland are where our players like to go.  They have links through agents and past players, plus the language.

If you have a link to the Barca scoutin network then by all means let Bleeder and friends know so we could get them signed up.

I'm working on it, just need to get our players mentally prepared to learn a new language & for a change of destination first!! 

[AB.Trini]

As with all things related to TnT football........drum roll.....blame it ...on .........SHOUT IT out ...you know who.....

Justice  Will

John Wayne

Jerry Williams
or
........... Jamaica Whiners

[Reggaefan]

This FIFA ranking system needs to be abolished right away. How  the hell can they have Jamaica as third highest ranked CONCACAF team behind Mexico and the USA in the rankings released today? Forum mods please merge this thread with the Jamaica Football thread before JustCool reads it. He'll probably have a heart attack?  By the way, why s CUBA so high in the rankings above Costa Rica? and what has Haiti done to climb 11 spots? didnt they just get clobbered by T&T? seriously, this ranking system is a joke.

18   1    USA   867   6      20
27   2    Mexico   795   1      5
58   3    Jamaica   522   24      109
59   4    Honduras   516   -2      -6
62   5    Cuba   512   32      159
64   6    Panama   501   0      21
69   7    Costa Rica   467   -6      -23
84   8    Canada   411   1      8
89   9    Trinidad and Tobago   373   -11      -49
90   10    Haiti   367   11      32
94   11    Grenada   349   -3      -26
106   12    Antigua and Barbuda   299   9      46
109   13    Guyana   275   -23      -117
115   14    Suriname   257   6      26
117   15    El Salvador   251   0      4
118   16    Guatemala   247   8      30
121   17    St. Kitts and Nevis   239   1      9
129   18    Dominica   196   -1      -5
131   19    Barbados   187   -11      -48
133   20    Puerto Rico   184   -3      0
142   21    St. Vincent and the Grenadines   132   -3      -25
151   22    Netherlands Antilles   107   2      0
157   23    Cayman Islands   88   3      0
158   24    Nicaragua   86   3      0
168   25    Dominican Republic   66   -6      -19
172   26    Belize   54   3      0
175   27    Bermuda   49   -2      -14
176   28    British Virgin Islands   41   1      0
181   29    St. Lucia   37   1      0
187   30    Turks and Caicos Islands   19   1      0
194   31    Bahamas   13   -1      0
199   32    Aruba   7   0      0
200   33    US Virgin Islands   5   0      0
203   34    Anguilla   0   0      0
203   35    Montserrat   0   0      

[Bitter]

 

[Mose]

I guess he's trying out that sarcasm thing that weary used to gripe about all de time!

[jahkingdom]

this is good news for the January transfer window

Two trialists also featured for United. Jamaican international Jason Morrison played 70 minutes at the heart of the midfield

http://www.leedsunited.com/news/20101213/united-hit-the-toon-for-four_2247585_2243497

[AirMan]

T&T plummet in CFU rankings

Jamaica's Reggae Boyz have leapfrogged Trinidad and Tobago to claim top spot in the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) rankings, following their unbeaten run in the recently-concluded Digicel Caribbean Cup Finals...
Continue  .. http://www.trinidadexpress.com/sports/T_T_plummet_in_CFU_rankings-112045839.html

[Flex]

Grenada pass T&T in CFU rankings.
T&T Express Reports.

Grenada are now the third-best side in the Caribbean Football Union region, following a shake-up in the World Rankings for the month of February.

The Grenadians have now finally benefitted from the brunt of a strong performance in last year's Digicel Caribbean Cup, when the latest World Rankings were published on Wednesday by the sport's World governing body, FIFA.

The Spice Boyz finished fourth in last year's DigiCup, when Cuba prevailed 1-0 over them in the consolation final.

As a result, Grenada have moved up two places in the World Rankings to 92nd, and have overtaken eight-time Caribbean champions Trinidad & Tobago.

The Soca Warriors' drop in the World rankings by seven places – the most significant move in the CFU – leaves them as the region's fourth-best team, with a World ranking of 94th.

DigiCup champions Jamaica continue to lead the way in the CFU, with a World ranking of 59th.

The rankings have offered the Reggae Boyz some breathing space at the top, with CFU No.2 Cuba six places behind in the World Rankings on 65th.

Haiti clung onto fifth place in the CFU, following a six position drop – the second highest behind T&T – that place them 96th in the World.

There are no significant changes in the rest of the CFU top-10, with Antigua & Barbuda, Guyana, and Suriname occupying positions six through eight, although their positions in the World Rankings have slightly weakened by either one or two places.

St Kitts & Nevis, one of five CFU countries that have trended upwards, remain at ninth with a World ranking of 118th (up three), and Dominica is 10th in the CFU with a World ranking of 128th (up one).

Outside of the CFU top-10, Bermuda and St. Vincent & the Grenadines are the biggest movers in the World Rankings.

The same five teams that contended for positions 11 to 15 in the CFU for January continue to fight for recognition, with the Vincentians dropping four places in the World to 148th to hold on to 13th in the CFU.

Puerto Rico has moved up one place in the World to 130th to become CFU No 11, and oust Barbados, whose two position drop to 132nd in the World leaves them as the CFU No 12.

The Netherlands Antilles and the Cayman Islands remain stationary, and hold onto CFU positions 14 and 15.

Bermuda have risen five places in the World to 167th to displace the Dominican Republic (168th, down one) as the 16th-best side in the CFU.

[de_redman]

Doh worry Neeskens go fix dat! 

[Blue]

 

[Brownsugar]

Let the weeping and wailing begin......or we in too much of a comatose state to care??....

[Deeks]

rankings are overated

[che]

rankings are overated

Not this time. When it comes to WC groups and seeding the lower you are the the harder the groups will be.

[kicker]

Let the weeping and wailing begin......or we in too much of a comatose state to care??....

The 2nd part in bold. 

[Sam]

March 2011 FIFA Ranking.

Ranking - Zonal Ranking - Team - Pts - +/- Ranking
19 1  USA 894 -1  25
27 2  Mexico 811 0  8
38 3  Honduras 620 1  7
48 4  Jamaica 555 11  30
53 5  Costa Rica 542 -5  -18
64 6  Cuba 503 1  5
68 7  Panama 482 -8  -36
84 8  Canada 391 -4  -23
92 9  El Salvador 373 6  26
94 10  Grenada 360 -2  3
95 11  Trinidad and Tobago 352 -1  1
99 12  Haiti 325 -3  -24
101 13  Antigua and Barbuda 313 3  10
109 14  Guyana 284 3  10
114 15  Suriname 257 3  0
119 16  St. Kitts and Nevis 245 -1  3
125 17  Guatemala 220 1  0
130 18  Dominica 193 -2  -3
131 19  Puerto Rico 187 -1  0
137 20  Barbados 167 -5  -16
146 21  Curacao 115 0  0
148 22  St. Vincent and the Grenadines 113 0  3
158 23  Cayman Islands 90 -2  2
164 24  Nicaragua 75 -3  -4
165 25  Bermuda 74 2  7
166 26  Belize 66 3  2
166 27  Dominican Republic 66 2  0
177 28  British Virgin Islands 41 0  0
182 29  St. Lucia 37 -1  0
193 30  Turks and Caicos Islands 13 -7  -6
193 31  Bahamas 13 1  0
199 32  Aruba 7 0  0
200 33  US Virgin Islands 5 0  0
202 34  Anguilla 0 1  0
202 35  Montserrat 0 1  0

Argentina go top in South America
(FIFA.com)

A total of 55 friendly matches were taken into account for the March edition of the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking. A 2-1 victory for Argentina (4th, up 1) over Portugal (9th, down 1) in Geneva led to a significant change in the top five, and a 1-0 defeat for Brazil (5th, down 1) in France (18th, up 1) on the same night has also seen the Argentinians not only clamber into fourth place but replace Brazil as the highest-ranked South American team.

The team that capitalised most on the Portuguese slip-up, however, is Croatia (8th, up 1), who surged past the Iberians on the back of a 4-2 home win over the Czech Republic (31st, down 1).

Serbia also climbed into the top 20 thanks to a 2-0 triumph over Israel. The Serbs’ fortunes are in stark contrast to those of Slovakia, however, who have bid the top 20 farewell for the time being following a surprise 2-1 defeat in Luxembourg.

Even though neither Bulgaria (47th, up 4) nor Ecuador (49th, up 5) tasted victory in March, both teams moved into the top 50 in place of Bosnia-Herzegovina (56th, down 14) and Austria (61st, down 16). The team that made the biggest climb into the top 50, however, is Jamaica (48th, up 11), who have jumped from 59th place last month to 48th.

Zambia (97th, up 4) have also returned to the top 100 after a one-month absence thanks to a 4-0 victory over Swaziland. Their progress comes at the expense of Niger (104th, down 8], who were defeated 3-0 by Morocco. Other teams that have set records of their own this month include Hungary (36th, up 1), Antigua and Barbuda (101st, up 3) and Cambodia (154th, up 12), who are all currently in their highest-ever position since the introduction of the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking in 1993.

The next FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking will be published on 13 April 2011.

Top World 10

1  Spain
2  Netherlands
3  Germany
4  Argentina
5  Brazil
6  England
7  Uruguay
8  Croatia
9  Portugal
10  Greece

[Reggaefan]

Still cant understand why Cuba sits so high on the CONCACAF charts. Maybe they are better than I percieve them to be.

[truetrini]

RF yuh jes like a grenadian ka-ka roach

[Reggaefan]

RF yuh jes like a grenadian ka-ka roach

why u say that brother? 

[jahkingdom]

RF yuh jes like a grenadian ka-ka roach

why u say that brother? 

RF,   when man a crumble under pressure them will say anything.

[Flex]

Soca Warriors fourth in CFU rankings.
T&T Guardian.
Fri, 2011-04-22

Jamaica and Cuba suffered significant drops in the latest Federation of International Football Associations (Fifa) world rankings but this has not impacted on their standing in the Caribbean, as they remain the top two sides in the region.

The Jamaicans, the Digicel Caribbean Cup champions, dropped 16 places and the Cubans 18 spots to 64th and 82nd, respectively, in the world. In a shake-up of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) top five, T&T which has not played an international friendly for 2011 has moved up to third and Haiti, fourth after Grenada dropped five places in the world to 99th and are now the CFU fifth ranked team.

A little further down, the only other major news is that Antigua & Barbuda have advanced one place to reach the top-100 in the world for the first time, since the world rankings were launched 18 years ago. The rest of the rankings remain largely unchanged, with Guyana and Suriname slipping in their standing in the world.

Fifa reported that 124 international matches were played since the last edition of the world ranking five weeks ago, which has doubled the total number of games played for the year to 248, and all have impacted in determining the latest rankings.

Of the 124 matches contested, 50 were qualifiers for confederation championships (29 in Europe and 21 in Africa). The other 74 games were friendly internationals. World Cup champions, Spain is still the top team in the world followed by South Africa runner-up Holland, Brazil, Germany and Argentina.

England stays at sixth, ahead of Uruguay, Portugal, Italy and Croatia to complete the top ten. The USA at 22nd, down three places is the top ranked country in Concacaf ahead of Mexico (26th), Honduras (43rd), Costa Rica (55th), Jamaica, Canada (75th), El Salvador (87th) and T&T (94th).

[Boodsy]

Soca Warriors fourth in CFU rankings.
T&T Guardian.
Fri, 2011-04-22

Jamaica and Cuba suffered significant drops in the latest Federation of International Football Associations (Fifa) world rankings but this has not impacted on their standing in the Caribbean, as they remain the top two sides in the region.

The Jamaicans, the Digicel Caribbean Cup champions, dropped 16 places and the Cubans 18 spots to 64th and 82nd, respectively, in the world. In a shake-up of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) top five, T&T which has not played an international friendly for 2011 has moved up to third and Haiti, fourth after Grenada dropped five places in the world to 99th and are now the CFU fifth ranked team.

A little further down, the only other major news is that Antigua & Barbuda have advanced one place to reach the top-100 in the world for the first time, since the world rankings were launched 18 years ago. The rest of the rankings remain largely unchanged, with Guyana and Suriname slipping in their standing in the world.

Fifa reported that 124 international matches were played since the last edition of the world ranking five weeks ago, which has doubled the total number of games played for the year to 248, and all have impacted in determining the latest rankings.

Of the 124 matches contested, 50 were qualifiers for confederation championships (29 in Europe and 21 in Africa). The other 74 games were friendly internationals. World Cup champions, Spain is still the top team in the world followed by South Africa runner-up Holland, Brazil, Germany and Argentina.

England stays at sixth, ahead of Uruguay, Portugal, Italy and Croatia to complete the top ten. The USA at 22nd, down three places is the top ranked country in Concacaf ahead of Mexico (26th), Honduras (43rd), Costa Rica (55th), Jamaica, Canada (75th), El Salvador (87th) and T&T (94th).

Guardian again 

[Socapro]

Soca Warriors fourth in CFU rankings.
T&T Guardian.
Fri, 2011-04-22

Jamaica and Cuba suffered significant drops in the latest Federation of International Football Associations (Fifa) world rankings but this has not impacted on their standing in the Caribbean, as they remain the top two sides in the region.

The Jamaicans, the Digicel Caribbean Cup champions, dropped 16 places and the Cubans 18 spots to 64th and 82nd, respectively, in the world. In a shake-up of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) top five, T&T which has not played an international friendly for 2011 has moved up to third and Haiti, fourth after Grenada dropped five places in the world to 99th and are now the CFU fifth ranked team.

A little further down, the only other major news is that Antigua & Barbuda have advanced one place to reach the top-100 in the world for the first time, since the world rankings were launched 18 years ago. The rest of the rankings remain largely unchanged, with Guyana and Suriname slipping in their standing in the world.

Fifa reported that 124 international matches were played since the last edition of the world ranking five weeks ago, which has doubled the total number of games played for the year to 248, and all have impacted in determining the latest rankings.

Of the 124 matches contested, 50 were qualifiers for confederation championships (29 in Europe and 21 in Africa). The other 74 games were friendly internationals. World Cup champions, Spain is still the top team in the world followed by South Africa runner-up Holland, Brazil, Germany and Argentina.

England stays at sixth, ahead of Uruguay, Portugal, Italy and Croatia to complete the top ten. The USA at 22nd, down three places is the top ranked country in Concacaf ahead of Mexico (26th), Honduras (43rd), Costa Rica (55th), Jamaica, Canada (75th), El Salvador (87th) and T&T (94th).

Well yes allyuh see dat!? Big team is big team and big coach is big coach yes!!

Hey Fellas, I think Pfister know what he doing yes!

No games since he got hired and we already move up to third place in CONCACAF!

Allyuh watch and see what will happen with our rankings after we drop some licks on teams like Antigua, St Kitts & Bermuda!!

Well is now self I joining the bandwagon!!

Brazil 2014 here we come!