Scotland on the way back

[SwindonTartanArmy]

Wait till Scotland play a good side and lose  

We havent lost to Northern Ireland in ages though  

you haven't played in a major tournament for ages though  

WE fancied a break, and thought we'd let you catch up in the number of world cups qualified for

[janaage]

I love the way you (SWINDON TOWN) England fans take the piss out of Scotland, you all sound like Chelsea/Man Utd glory hunters.

I'm just glad Walter's working his magic, and making us competitive again, if we can keep up the good work, with France, Ukraine and Italy all taking points off each other who knows what could happen!

[SwindonStevo]

i dont mind scotland doing well at the moment, because everyone knows how shit you are and your five points clear of italy at the moment....who i hate. this allows me to piss take to all the fake italians.

[janaage]

Back to the rankings, I realise Italy have had a poor start to qualifying but how can the World Champions be ranked 5th, whilst quarter finalist Argies are third?

I know it's done on other results, but surely the world cup results should heavily weight the order?

[SwindonStevo]

i understand what your saying and yes they won the world cup but there record in the world cup and since comes up as

played 10, won 6, drawn 2 lost 2....its not a bad record but its not world beating records is it. this is the same team which needed a dogey pen to beat some aussies and couldnt defeat 9 yanks, there not really that good just because they won the world cup.

[reeves4england]

Surely world rankings should be based on current performance though?!
In Italy's case they should have been right up near the top after the World Cup but then should have dropped a few places because of recent results.

England would be somewhere around 10th because we haven't beaten anybody good for a while.

Or am I the only one that thinks like this?

[flammableBen]

Due to the different abilities of the footballing regions, there only being a world cup every 4 years and the range of experimentation in friendlies; it's almost impossible to have a ranking system which means anything.

If you just go by win's then teams like Australia (and to an extent USA or Mexico) are gonna have an advantage becuse they are strong teams in relatively weak regions, however if you just go by who you beat then they will rarely play teams of a good enough standard to represent the strength of their own team.

With a lack of competative (non-friendly) international matches which span fifa's regions it's almost impossible to form a meaningful ranking system.

[SwindonTartanArmy]

The thing with the rankings is they can only really be used as an indicator and dont really mean anything in the long run, they dont affect qualifying seedings, Its only really a money making thing (the coca cola world rankings).

As for your comment Reeves... Im suprised england are so high, think they would struggle against most of the teams in the top 10.

[Doore]

I like Scotland's oh so scottish midfield dynamo, Nigel 'its up north son, beyond newcastle' Quashie.

[janaage]

Bit like "England Legend" Kevin Pieterson, or Allan Lamb, Owen Hargreaves, Mike Catt.

Or half the welsh rugby team or Irish football team from the 90's and 80's.

It happens.

[SwindonTartanArmy]

I like Scotland's oh so scottish midfield dynamo, Nigel 'its up north son, beyond newcastle' Quashie.

He isnt even close to being out midfield dynamo, that would be fletcher, ferguson or heartley. Any way, he is just as good as Owen "I speak Canadian with a german accent" Hargreaves. Or John "Im really jamaican" Barnes. Or Michael "born in Wales with a really really welsh name" Owen

[Doore]

I think I lost this one!  A rare Scottish victory, well done lads.  Enjoy it.

[quinnismyhero]

I like Scotland's oh so scottish midfield dynamo, Nigel 'its up north son, beyond newcastle' Quashie.

He isnt even close to being out midfield dynamo, that would be fletcher, ferguson or heartley. Any way, he is just as good as Owen "I speak Canadian with a german accent" Hargreaves. Or John "Im really jamaican" Barnes. Or Michael "born in Wales with a really really welsh name" Owen

Did you say Quashie is "as good" as Hargreaves, Owen and Barnes?

All three of those are World class players and chose to play for England - Quashie plays for Scotland because the SFA rang him up and he had nothing else to do for a weekend [ ]

[SwindonTartanArmy]

I like Scotland's oh so scottish midfield dynamo, Nigel 'its up north son, beyond newcastle' Quashie.

He isnt even close to being out midfield dynamo, that would be fletcher, ferguson or heartley. Any way, he is just as good as Owen "I speak Canadian with a german accent" Hargreaves. Or John "Im really jamaican" Barnes. Or Michael "born in Wales with a really really welsh name" Owen

Did you say Quashie is "as good" as Hargreaves, Owen and Barnes?

All three of those are World class players and chose to play for England - Quashie plays for Scotland because the SFA rang him up and he had nothing else to do for a weekend [ ]

I meant to say It, not he, as in its no worse than the aforementioned foreigners. As I said before, he is far from being our midfield dynamo. Infact he shouldnt even be playing for Scotland.

[Boeta]

I like Scotland's oh so scottish midfield dynamo, Nigel 'its up north son, beyond newcastle' Quashie.

Owen "I speak Canadian with a german accent"

Quite some effort that, I'd imagine