SwindonTartanArmy
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« Reply #15 on: Wednesday, September 13, 2006, 15:37:23 » |
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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 
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Vi er best i verden! Vi er best i verden! Vi har slått England 2-1 i fotball!! Det er aldeles utrolig! Vi har slått England! England, kjempers fødeland. Lord Nelson, Lord Beaverbrook, Sir Winston Churchill, Sir Anthony Eden, Clement Attlee, Henry Cooper, Lady Diana--vi har slått dem alle sammen. Vi har slått dem alle sammen. Maggie Thatcher can you hear me? Your boys took a hell of a beating!"
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janaage
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« Reply #16 on: Wednesday, September 13, 2006, 16:24:21 » |
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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!
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« Reply #17 on: Wednesday, September 13, 2006, 16:26:53 » |
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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.
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janaage
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« Reply #18 on: Wednesday, September 13, 2006, 16:43:20 » |
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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?
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« Reply #19 on: Wednesday, September 13, 2006, 16:52:21 » |
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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.
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« Reply #20 on: Wednesday, September 13, 2006, 18:33:07 » |
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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?
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flammableBen
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« Reply #21 on: Wednesday, September 13, 2006, 22:50:41 » |
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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.
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SwindonTartanArmy
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« Reply #22 on: Thursday, September 14, 2006, 08:42:42 » |
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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.
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Vi er best i verden! Vi er best i verden! Vi har slått England 2-1 i fotball!! Det er aldeles utrolig! Vi har slått England! England, kjempers fødeland. Lord Nelson, Lord Beaverbrook, Sir Winston Churchill, Sir Anthony Eden, Clement Attlee, Henry Cooper, Lady Diana--vi har slått dem alle sammen. Vi har slått dem alle sammen. Maggie Thatcher can you hear me? Your boys took a hell of a beating!"
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« Reply #23 on: Thursday, September 14, 2006, 10:03:14 » |
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I like Scotland's oh so scottish midfield dynamo, Nigel 'its up north son, beyond newcastle' Quashie.
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janaage
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« Reply #24 on: Thursday, September 14, 2006, 12:16:02 » |
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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.
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SwindonTartanArmy
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« Reply #25 on: Thursday, September 14, 2006, 13:06:04 » |
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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 
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Vi er best i verden! Vi er best i verden! Vi har slått England 2-1 i fotball!! Det er aldeles utrolig! Vi har slått England! England, kjempers fødeland. Lord Nelson, Lord Beaverbrook, Sir Winston Churchill, Sir Anthony Eden, Clement Attlee, Henry Cooper, Lady Diana--vi har slått dem alle sammen. Vi har slått dem alle sammen. Maggie Thatcher can you hear me? Your boys took a hell of a beating!"
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« Reply #26 on: Thursday, September 14, 2006, 13:10:49 » |
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I think I lost this one! A rare Scottish victory, well done lads. Enjoy it.
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« Reply #27 on: Thursday, September 14, 2006, 13:12:48 » |
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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 [  ]
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SwindonTartanArmy
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« Reply #28 on: Thursday, September 14, 2006, 13:58:52 » |
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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.
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Vi er best i verden! Vi er best i verden! Vi har slått England 2-1 i fotball!! Det er aldeles utrolig! Vi har slått England! England, kjempers fødeland. Lord Nelson, Lord Beaverbrook, Sir Winston Churchill, Sir Anthony Eden, Clement Attlee, Henry Cooper, Lady Diana--vi har slått dem alle sammen. Vi har slått dem alle sammen. Maggie Thatcher can you hear me? Your boys took a hell of a beating!"
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« Reply #29 on: Thursday, September 14, 2006, 14:43:12 » |
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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
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