tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558039822687564906.post5303380307288207311..comments2024-03-21T13:11:45.178+01:00Comments on Filipino Football: Azkals drops 13 spots in latest FIFA World Rankingjonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17721398772806838546noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558039822687564906.post-60892973777067160062014-04-11T14:30:22.317+02:002014-04-11T14:30:22.317+02:00Upper table is also a mess, for examples Brazil at...Upper table is also a mess, for examples Brazil at 6th, Switzerland at 8th, Greece at 10th etc are all highly controversial. <br />So it's just that FIFA ranking has too many flaws in its calculating system and i don't get why they don't try to fix it. In Asia, Iran, Uzebekistan, UAE, Jordan etc suddenly skyrocketed simply because they dominated in the Asian Cup qualifiers, which gives you x2.5 weighted points. Funny part is that Japan, Australia, and South Korea automatically qualified for the Asian Cup so they didn't have to go through qualifiers, which caused a huge disadvantage to their ranking. This is the same irony which happened to Brazil, who didn't have to go through World Cup qualification as host. <br />Philippines having been No.1 in SEA region for a while was also a joke. It was just thanks to our Challenge Cup victories in 2012 and 2013. Challenge Cup matches, including its preliminary round, are also regarded as Asian Cup qualifier so it gives you the same x2.5 weight when you win a game, and we won 3 games in 2012 and 3 games in 2013 against minnows, which gave us huge points. In the meantime, other notable SEA rivals had to compete in the official qualifier against strong teams and they almost lost them all so they couldn't collect big points. How unfair. <br />Our ranking is now dropping just because last year's Challenge Cup preliminary wins are now out of 1-year period. However Challenge Cup matches are again coming soon and if we get several wins there our ranking will again skyrocket. <br />So in short, FIFA ranking is a bullshit. Well, it may be impossible to have a perfect ranking system, but one thing is for sure. ELO ranking is way, way more realistically informative.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558039822687564906.post-45358887520761539982014-04-11T12:04:53.333+02:002014-04-11T12:04:53.333+02:00This just shows again the ranking of teams at the ...This just shows again the ranking of teams at the lower end of the FIFA table has no real significance.<br />It's just musical chairs to entertain the fans.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558039822687564906.post-34000962640136169452014-04-11T07:29:43.346+02:002014-04-11T07:29:43.346+02:00Laos na azkalsLaos na azkalsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558039822687564906.post-66626987015310535862014-04-11T06:23:39.004+02:002014-04-11T06:23:39.004+02:00AgreeAgreeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558039822687564906.post-50417262635659377482014-04-11T04:11:06.732+02:002014-04-11T04:11:06.732+02:00Now it's atleast more realistic. We are for fr...Now it's atleast more realistic. We are for from being the number one team in SEA.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com