tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post8360670785065754355..comments2024-03-28T17:34:31.597+01:00Comments on Football rankings: CAF seeding: FIFA's special ranking Pandora boxEdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06640136267487836463noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-88706289490549023852016-06-25T10:46:05.314+02:002016-06-25T10:46:05.314+02:00Well, the CAF-draw has passed yesterday. We can co...Well, the CAF-draw has passed yesterday. We can conclude now that FIFA is not to be trusted anymore for one bit regarding the establishment of seeding procedures.<br />Edgar, careful what you wish for: Infantino or Blatter or who's next. The corruption is structural and evidently not dependent on persons. I hope Michael van Praag could be the exception (running for UEFA president), but I haveEdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06640136267487836463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-71690343652516731362016-06-24T09:12:38.118+02:002016-06-24T09:12:38.118+02:00I've read it now on multiple occassions and yo...I've read it now on multiple occassions and you Tunisian fans can repeat it all you want, but that last sentence is simply NOT true. Get your facts straight, please: in the June ranking Tunisia is CAF-6th, so pot 2.<br />And then you can debate about strength of teams etc.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06640136267487836463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-21017678204586130132016-06-24T05:08:50.923+02:002016-06-24T05:08:50.923+02:00The positions are being drawn as well as the group...The positions are being drawn as well as the groups- Pot 1 teams can be in any positionJameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13172406850240156988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-18649037030153487282016-06-24T00:51:47.468+02:002016-06-24T00:51:47.468+02:00As an Egyptian I think the best pot a team to have...As an Egyptian I think the best pot a team to have is Ivory coast or Senegal Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-59578919975251332762016-06-24T00:50:41.308+02:002016-06-24T00:50:41.308+02:00Tunisia will beat Egypt if they are in the same gr...Tunisia will beat Egypt if they are in the same group. Tunisia has a really good team and many Tunisians are going to good teams in Europe, they are going to have a complete team by the world cup. Tahia le Tounes. If Fifa did not use the special ranking Tunisia will still be in pot 1 Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-57181976038412407532016-06-23T22:18:33.841+02:002016-06-23T22:18:33.841+02:00How about being objective? What I remember from th...How about being objective? What I remember from the last World Cup is a shameful behaviour of numerous Cameroonian players, Ghanaian refusal to REPRESENT THEIR COUNTRY if they won't get a plane full of money, and rather a tragical Ivorian showing against Greece. 17 games - only three wins of African teams, while they lost eleven. It is getting worse and worse with every international Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-41784439158496214582016-06-23T21:49:54.829+02:002016-06-23T21:49:54.829+02:00That's a terrible way how to hide that you'...That's a terrible way how to hide that you're a Tunusian. Please stop spamming the comment section with your pathetic screams.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-14811212868223901442016-06-23T16:29:13.131+02:002016-06-23T16:29:13.131+02:00What an absolute farce this whole seedings issue h...What an absolute farce this whole seedings issue has become. I bet FIFA wished they'd just used the "standard" rankings from June 2nd to avoid all this fuss. I feel a bit sorry for the Egyptians and I hope they and Tunisia are drawn together so the matter can be resolved on the football pitch rather than by incompetent administrators.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-35234026024392735512016-06-23T15:09:09.606+02:002016-06-23T15:09:09.606+02:00Ed, i recieved this email from FIFA 4 days ago:
...Ed, i recieved this email from FIFA 4 days ago:<br /><br />Good morning,<br /> <br />Following a thorough analysis which gave particular consideration to the FIFA/Coca Cola Men’s World Rankings’ constant fluctuations and with a view to including the most accurate ranking, it was decided that a special edition of the African Rankings will be made available on June 21st, (in lieu of the African Hosamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10132087387179003817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-81400160997236200202016-06-23T13:24:10.944+02:002016-06-23T13:24:10.944+02:00Egypt will end up loosing that group which has Tun...Egypt will end up loosing that group which has Tunisia lol so it wont help them, we as Egyptians should forget about this world cup because I see no way of us qualifying we have a terrible team. Salah and El nenny cant save us every time we play a good team, that is why we lost To Tunisia home and awayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-54281330669408836922016-06-23T08:44:15.088+02:002016-06-23T08:44:15.088+02:00Unbelievable! This is an absolute sham and a mocke...Unbelievable! This is an absolute sham and a mockery. How can FIFA even live with itself after claiming that it would reform? There is more corruption and lack of transparency at FIFA than ever before. <br /><br />I can't take international football seriously with FIFA hand-picking seeds/pots. Who's to say they don't hand-pick groups too? Even Sepp Blatter recently said as much. <br /Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10369388046500399753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-39030822246870260522016-06-23T08:16:17.138+02:002016-06-23T08:16:17.138+02:00What's this rumour about FIFA reversing its de...What's this rumour about FIFA reversing its decision?<br /><br />Apparently we're back to the 7th of June rankings:<br />Pot 1: Algeria, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Senegal, Tunisia<br />Pot 2: Cape Verde Islands, Egypt, Congo DR, Nigeria, Mali<br />Pot 3: Cameroon, Morocco, Guinea, South Africa, Congo<br />Pot 4: Uganda, Burkina Faso, Zambia, Gabon, Libya<br /><br />Wow... FIFA and CAF messed Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08840806269893641302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-73063235569483277502016-06-22T23:07:32.816+02:002016-06-22T23:07:32.816+02:00"Randomly" put Egypt and Tunisa in the s..."Randomly" put Egypt and Tunisa in the same group, and then none of this matters (at least for the 1st pot).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-29868246972510469242016-06-22T20:54:03.114+02:002016-06-22T20:54:03.114+02:00FIFA is a joke in credibility.
Now they cancelled ...FIFA is a joke in credibility.<br />Now they cancelled this new ranking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-4302857084593635972016-06-22T17:30:23.482+02:002016-06-22T17:30:23.482+02:00First of all Tunisia shall stay in pot 1 because t...First of all Tunisia shall stay in pot 1 because they are a better team than Egypt and Senegal. Second of all yes Africa deserves more than 5 spots in the world cup maybe 7-8. Europe should keep only 10 spots. Thirdly, I do not understand how in the Fifa ranking how Asia get more points than African nations, African countries are better than Asians. In my opinion Europe 10 spots, Africa 8 spots, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-41556665882016110832016-06-22T11:36:05.331+02:002016-06-22T11:36:05.331+02:00you may be world youth champions but you may be no...you may be world youth champions but you may be nothing in world senior competitions. you should not compare youth with adult. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12973474958748568020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-28128692425878526752016-06-22T10:52:47.987+02:002016-06-22T10:52:47.987+02:00Dont forget also that Nigeria & Ghana are wor...Dont forget also that Nigeria & Ghana are world champions in youth competitions...Africa rises by talent and without money as others...they definitely deserve to compete with europe in 5 seats and sorry: dont link Africa to AsiaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17164076022363143517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-22471071181161319182016-06-22T10:48:12.465+02:002016-06-22T10:48:12.465+02:00this is not fair...Ghana and algeria were those wh...this is not fair...Ghana and algeria were those who embarrassed Germany the champion...Give africa 6th-10th chance to play Euro 9th to 13th and you will see Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17164076022363143517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-53285429720124900902016-06-22T05:58:08.830+02:002016-06-22T05:58:08.830+02:00in WC 2014: CMR 0 - 4 CRO; GRE 2 - 1 CIV; NGA 1 - ...in WC 2014: CMR 0 - 4 CRO; GRE 2 - 1 CIV; NGA 1 - 0 BIH; GHA 2 - 2 GER; POR 2 - 1 GHA; ALG 1 - 1 RUS; BEL 2 - 1 ALG; GER 2 - 1 ALG; FRA 2 - 0 NGA.<br />in 9 matches African team had just won only 1 match against team in Europe.<br />African team's performance in WC was quite bad. so 5 spots are enough for themAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12973474958748568020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-13583618109374276862016-06-22T05:55:56.413+02:002016-06-22T05:55:56.413+02:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12973474958748568020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-65318428115658469822016-06-22T02:08:48.405+02:002016-06-22T02:08:48.405+02:00That's a good idea. All of the other confeder...That's a good idea. All of the other confederations have a play-off entrant, so why not Europe and Africa? Europe's 13th v Africa's 6th would be interesting and if the African team are good enough they would win it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-40410790692151948882016-06-22T02:00:12.825+02:002016-06-22T02:00:12.825+02:00Egypt , Morocco, Nigeria, exct.. are also better...Egypt , Morocco, Nigeria, exct.. are also better than greece, slovenia, bosnia, austria, sweden an many mores europeans countries often qualified for world cup, Europe have too many places, they should organize play off with africa.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-13123768224986249682016-06-22T01:55:00.453+02:002016-06-22T01:55:00.453+02:00Because of the calendar, decisive match on last d...Because of the calendar, decisive match on last day against pot 1 team and away.<br />Day 1 : 1-4 et 3-2<br />Day 2 : 4-3 et 2-1<br />Day 3 : 4-2 et 1-3<br />Day 4 : 2-4 et 3 -1<br />Day 5 : 4-1et 2-3<br />Day 6 : 1-2 et 3-4Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-8930627058812296722016-06-22T01:13:27.167+02:002016-06-22T01:13:27.167+02:00Good one =D Only Algeria are a regular threat to t...Good one =D Only Algeria are a regular threat to the rest of the world, and Ghana, Ivory Coast, Senegal, eventually Cameroon, are the only ones who would stand any chance at the Euros. The rest is ridiculously weak from the tactical point of view.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-38972321325387873772016-06-22T00:54:39.919+02:002016-06-22T00:54:39.919+02:00africa should have more than 5 seats in world cup....africa should have more than 5 seats in world cup.Africa WC qualification groups are stronger than Euro 2016Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17164076022363143517noreply@blogger.com