Originally Posted by NiteOwl12:
“I have often found FIFA rankings to have a tenuous connection with reality. For instance, Switzerland - who were trounced home and away by England in qualifying - are currently ranked above France.
As for Poland, i am old enough to remember when they had a very fine football team, as far back as the 1974 World Cup finals
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“I have often found FIFA rankings to have a tenuous connection with reality. For instance, Switzerland - who were trounced home and away by England in qualifying - are currently ranked above France.
As for Poland, i am old enough to remember when they had a very fine football team, as far back as the 1974 World Cup finals
.”
Switzerland are above France due to France not having to play any competitive fixtures, due them them qualifying automatically as hosts, so unless you think friendly matches should count as much as actual competitive games, then surely you can see why the Swiss are ranked ahead of France??



