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<blockquote data-quote="BigTen" data-source="post: 76597"><p>Surely no one thought that Australia would go from being ranking 40-something straight down to within the top 20???</p><p></p><p>Remember that Australia hasn't actually beaten that many teams lately. The win against Uruguay is countered by the fact that you lost in Montevideo. A win against Japan at the world cup wouldn't have helped you that much because Japan has dropped dramatically.</p><p></p><p>Some of the other teams have jumped dramatically but when you look at the points and how they work you can kind of understand that it will take a while for Australia's true ranking to come through.</p><p></p><p>They also need to play against decent competition on a more regular basis before they can start moving up the rankings.</p><p></p><p>They are the highest ranked team in Asia now and as long as they continue to get the results that they are capable of they should slowly move up the rankings.</p><p></p><p><em>"...And Greece go from 30 something to.........last..."</em> AK47.</p><p></p><p>Well Greece are ranked 32nd. One position higher than Australia but that is because of their Euro '04 results. Expect them to keep on dropping.</p><p></p><p>FIFA's rankings will never be that accurate simply because it will never be a level playing field and there will always be plenty of controversy about whom is ranked where.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BigTen, post: 76597"] Surely no one thought that Australia would go from being ranking 40-something straight down to within the top 20??? Remember that Australia hasn't actually beaten that many teams lately. The win against Uruguay is countered by the fact that you lost in Montevideo. A win against Japan at the world cup wouldn't have helped you that much because Japan has dropped dramatically. Some of the other teams have jumped dramatically but when you look at the points and how they work you can kind of understand that it will take a while for Australia's true ranking to come through. They also need to play against decent competition on a more regular basis before they can start moving up the rankings. They are the highest ranked team in Asia now and as long as they continue to get the results that they are capable of they should slowly move up the rankings. [i]"...And Greece go from 30 something to.........last..."[/i] AK47. Well Greece are ranked 32nd. One position higher than Australia but that is because of their Euro '04 results. Expect them to keep on dropping. FIFA's rankings will never be that accurate simply because it will never be a level playing field and there will always be plenty of controversy about whom is ranked where. [/QUOTE]
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