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Originally Posted by Russ
Really? Really?! So how do teams go up in the rankings if they're not given the chance to perform against bigger nations?
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You're really, really..in a mood this morning
Losing against a bigger nation doesn't increase their rankings, playing against the lower teams give them a better chance to win and increase rankings, get to a certain point and more competitions are open to them with higher ranked teams.. It's the same with our leagues you start off at the bottom with teams equal to yourself and work your way up as Rangers is just finding out..
[joke]...perhaps it would be a good place for Wales to start
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Perhaps another approach might be to lose the area restrictions on qualifying instead which could see lower EU teams playing against more equal teams? Just that San Marino ends up in a group with some of the EU's top teams where Fiji/Somoa in the oceanic group have a lot fairer chance as they're playing against local islands.. Just that it's a one sides competition on one side of the planet and totally different on the other..
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Originally Posted by Russ
If it is an issue for them, and that's an if then it should be those teams who ask for it.
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The team management or the countries FA won't ask for it as it's money in their pockets, I wonder though if it would be different if you asked the players??