Antaeus7 Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 (edited) Greece remains at 47th place, what a joke! Edited October 16, 2017 by Molon Lave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J1078 Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 2 hours ago, Molon Lave said: Greece remains at 47th place, what a joke! I thought they would have at least moved up a little bit.. WTF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brklyngrk Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 When you beat teams that are ranked considerably lower than you, I think Gibraltar may be close to last, then you can't get too much of a jump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxou Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 lol guys it playing in the playoffs or not doesn't even matter. we had cyprus and gibraltar and took the maximum of what we could which was only 22 points. the other teams played against tougher opposition hence they got more points and they're ahead of us...simple as that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argy Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, J1078 said: I thought they would have at least moved up a little bit.. WTF The ranking format applies to everyone but it is very flawed and does not take into account recent form. It is ridiculous that Greece is ranked 47th; they should easily be 20 spots up. Edited October 16, 2017 by Argy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockafeller Skank Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 agreed. a bit ridiculous that austria already being disqualified from the 9th matchday moved up 18 spots and Czech Republic as well. Winning a match at our play offs since all 4 of these teams are top 20 could set us up well. Also I expect Greece to go very high in the Rankings in 2019 if they continue doing the bare minimum like they did now, as the 2014 and 2015 results will stop counting and we had no wins at all in those 2 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J1078 Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 If you look at the teams ahead of Greece they have no business being rated higher then us but I guess two losses to the FI and Luxembourg will do that to us.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellada2004 Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 We remained unchanged? Scotland and Austria had huge jumps even the Chzek Republic who beat Kasakstan jumped significantly. Don’t get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxou Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 wow. i said it doesnt apply for qualifications or eliminations but for games and only that!!! austria for example beat serbia and moldova while scotland beat slovakia and drew slovenia. that means MUCH more points that beating cyprus and gibraltar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argy Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 We better hope we can hold a top 50 spot after these results because we are in threat of dropping to Pot 4 in the EURO2020 qualifying which could see us drawing 3 formidable opponents with higher rankings than us. Draw is on January 24th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgelaz Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 our low ranking is a piece of why it's been harder to qualify. post euro 2004 we were often pot 1. success builds upon success. it's harder t dig out of a hole so this campaign has been good from a digging out of a hole point of view... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megas Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 surely we cannot drop further we lost to someone on top of us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pash Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 This site claims to be a live rankings tool, though I have no idea as to its credibility. They claim we'll rise to 46th. https://www.fctables.com/fifa-rankings/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxou Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 21 hours ago, Argy said: We better hope we can hold a top 50 spot after these results because we are in threat of dropping to Pot 4 in the EURO2020 qualifying which could see us drawing 3 formidable opponents with higher rankings than us. Draw is on January 24th. we're locked to be pot 3.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argy Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 Yes I just read up on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greekoz Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 Barring a catastrophe like the last euro qualifying campaign, we should at the very least reach the playoffs as one of the best 3rd placed teams. Hopefully we don't draw 2 out and out powerhouse from the top 2 pots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megas Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 5 hours ago, Greekoz said: Barring a catastrophe like the last euro qualifying campaign, we should at the very least reach the playoffs as one of the best 3rd placed teams. Hopefully we don't draw 2 out and out powerhouse from the top 2 pots. worst case qualify through nations league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pash Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 I don't think there will be a playoff - there are ten groups, with 20 teams qualifying from those groups. The remaining four teams in the tournament will come out of the nations league. So we'll have to top one of the two better seeds to make it through. In a diluted field like Euro qualifying, that should be doable even if we don't show improvement (knock on wood). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J1078 Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 (edited) 21 minutes ago, pash said: I don't think there will be a playoff - there are ten groups, with 20 teams qualifying from those groups. The remaining four teams in the tournament will come out of the nations league. So we'll have to top one of the two better seeds to make it through. In a diluted field like Euro qualifying, that should be doable even if we don't show improvement (knock on wood). You're right None of the 13 UEFA EURO 2020 host countries qualify automatically 24 teams to reach finals through European Qualifiers (draw: 2 December 2018, Dublin) Qualifying group stage: ten groups, top two from each qualify (20 places) Play-offs: 16 teams in four paths of four from UEFA Nations League, one qualifier from each path (4 places) Edited November 15, 2017 by J1078 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausgreek Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 Chile out, Azzuri out, Pirates out, Netherlands out, USA out; Socceroos in. Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockafeller Skank Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 I think teams like ours will be pretty fine in Nations League. 20 teams ahead of us I don't think we ll find anyone better than us in the Nations League to be honest. We really need a decent draw because Netherlands , Sweden , Italy , Croatia etc will all possibly be pot 2 teams. We were honestly lucky this time with Bosnia Herzegovina. On the other hand teams like Romania , Serbia , Ireland could be pot 2 as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pash Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 The Nations League will provide us a decent draw - below is the current seeding. In my opinion, the only team that we can be drawn with that can actually play ball is Romania. Personally I think Serbia is better than them, but we have the fortune to be in their same seeding group. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018–19_UEFA_Nations_League_C#Seeding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxou Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 in fact the best team in league c is serbia and we can't draw them since we are in the same pot. i would be fine with; romania/hungary greece israel cyprus/lithuania Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argy Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 (edited) We want to avoid sleepers like Bulgaria and Montenegro in Pot 3. We are lucky that we will avoid Serbia and even Albania. Besides the fact have been a competitive side lately, the rivalry atmosphere surrounding the matches will deflate any advantage we may have coming in. Edited November 15, 2017 by Argy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argy Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 2 hours ago, pash said: The Nations League will provide us a decent draw - below is the current seeding. In my opinion, the only team that we can be drawn with that can actually play ball is Romania. Personally I think Serbia is better than them, but we have the fortune to be in their same seeding group. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018–19_UEFA_Nations_League_C#Seeding Mods, Nations League needs its own thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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