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Originally Posted by Dave42
shows fifa know absolutely nothing at all about football England not even 4th best team in europe never mind the world they stupid ranking systems need scrapped
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Why don't you come up with a formula which is better than Fifa's?
Some one set up a ranking system based on the Elo method. England are currently ranked 5th. Guess they know nothing about football either.
http://www.eloratings.net/world.html
The fact is the rankings take account of all matches played, not just in major finals. They also look at consistency (FIFA is last 4 years, Elo is last 30 matches). So by the virtue of England constantly qualifying for major tournaments and getting out of the groups in these tournaments then yes they will be high up in the rankings.