67th in the World Rankings

[ceudmilefailte]

5 minutes ago, Rude Gullit said:

Tbh that looks about right. Russia and Norway? Yep, that's about our level. Tbh I'm surprised we're even within touching distance of Russia.

Probably because they aren't playing much competitive football

 

[Rude Gullit]

1 minute ago, ceudmilefailte said:

Probably because they aren't playing much competitive football

 

Of course! So I guess Bulgaria is more realistic comparison (along with Norway). Still feels right-ish, if disappointing.

[fringo]

1 hour ago, TDYER63 said:

The Guinean -Bissau notice board are probably saying ' where the fook is Scotland ', I thought that was a town in England.

[Rude Gullit]

 

That's quite a plummet for Russia tho. They can only have gone, what, 5 months without a competitive game?

[ProudScot]

11 hours ago, Toepoke said:

Do west African flagmakers only have 3 colours?

 

Hahahaha that made me laugh. It seems they do yes!

[kumnio]

Yellow for the sun, green for the earth and red for their blood, or is that an urban myth?

[jamboman]

On 11/24/2016 at 11:46 AM, Auld_Reekie said:

And just for context:

60	South Africa	571(571.12)	559	2		306.25	306.25	215.16	107.58	305.32	91.60	328.47	65.69
	61	Mali	569(569.25)	568	-3		324.50	324.50	229.27	114.64	237.87	71.36	293.75	58.75
	62	Uzbekistan	558(558.34)	617	-14		331.29	331.29	248.60	124.30	161.65	48.50	271.29	54.26
	63	Montenegro	549(549.38)	570	-7		368.56	368.56	116.94	58.47	268.36	80.51	209.19	41.84
	64	United Arab Emirates	537(536.99)	513	6		271.90	271.90	323.77	161.88	132.84	39.85	316.78	63.36
	65	Cameroon	534(534.37)	567	-6		229.04	229.04	244.40	122.20	351.41	105.42	388.52	77.70
	66	Benin	526(525.89)	525	0		311.10	311.10	259.68	129.84	191.44	57.43	137.60	27.52
	67	Scotland	524(524.11)	569	-10		196.45	196.45	247.61	123.80	365.31	109.59	471.33	94.27
	68	Guinea-Bissau	515(515.46)	515	1		401.63	401.63	104.90	52.45	204.61	61.38	0.00	0.00
	69	Haiti	505(504.55)	405	18		289.64	289.64	222.98	111.49	222.06	66.62	183.99	36.80
	70	Congo	504(504.11)	575	-15		187.91	187.91	359.94	179.97	305.21	91.56	223.35	44.67

Aw Naw i hope there is no a friendly against Haiti lined up

 

[saintsparky]

Just to make it even more depressing.....

 

On 8 February 2010 after the preliminary competition from the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Angola, the Benin Football Federation dissolved the national team, coach Henri Dussuyer and his complete staff were fired.^[1] On May 9, 2016, Benin was suspended from FIFA.

 

....and they are still one place above us!!!

[Orraloon]

23 hours ago, saintsparky said:

Just to make it even more depressing.....

 

On 8 February 2010 after the preliminary competition from the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Angola, the Benin Football Federation dissolved the national team, coach Henri Dussuyer and his complete staff were fired.^[1] On May 9, 2016, Benin was suspended from FIFA.

 

....and they are still one place above us!!!

Sounds like a plan.

 

[weekevie04]

On 11/25/2016 at 11:50 PM, saintsparky said:

Just to make it even more depressing.....

 

On 8 February 2010 after the preliminary competition from the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Angola, the Benin Football Federation dissolved the national team, coach Henri Dussuyer and his complete staff were fired.^[1] On May 9, 2016, Benin was suspended from FIFA.

 

....and they are still one place above us!!!

Wouldn't mind if FIFA or UEFA suspended us rather than go through the remaining meaningless 6 games.

[Squirrelhumper]

On 11/24/2016 at 2:16 PM, DoonTheSlope said:

(Insert face palm emoji)

Insert whoosh emoji. 

[Shed_Tartan_Army_Yeah]

On 24/11/2016 at 4:48 PM, Auld_Reekie said:

And here's the UEFA context:

50	Slovenia	616(615.53)	595	2		314.44	314.44	251.90	125.95	266.37	79.91	476.15	95.23
	54	Israel	595(594.72)	450	25		318.04	318.04	120.57	60.28	499.41	149.82	332.89	66.58
	55	Russia	592(591.98)	594	-2		170.61	170.61	500.94	250.47	346.09	103.83	335.38	67.08
	63	Montenegro	549(549.38)	570	-7		368.56	368.56	116.94	58.47	268.36	80.51	209.19	41.84
	67	Scotland	524(524.11)	569	-10		196.45	196.45	247.61	123.80	365.31	109.59	471.33	94.27
	72	Bulgaria	492(491.98)	395	17		259.88	259.88	226.29	113.14	250.89	75.27	218.48	43.70
	74	Belarus	470(469.76)	452	3		222.26	222.26	346.89	173.45	139.19	41.76	161.49	32.30
	84	Faroe Islands	422(422.49)	469	-10		229.35	229.35	216.56	108.28	270.27	81.08	18.89	3.78
	84	Norway	422(421.95)	438	-3		143.25	143.25	344.69	172.34	237.61	71.28	175.34	35.07
	87	Armenia	412(412.05)	270	38		255.57	255.57	73.43	36.71	86.88	26.06	468.56	93.71
	90	Azerbaijan	386(386.15)	404	-2		237.22	237.22	184.70	92.35	42.59	12.78	219.01	43.80

If this is anything like our group for the "UEFA League of Nations" thing coming up then away from home we will struggle to pick up any points. At home maybe a win here or there but any combo of those teams will have some stinkers of away games and tough tough home games.