The Football Thread - 17/18 Season

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Ka-pi96 said:

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Carl2291 said:
FIFA rankings are pointless.

They are based on recent results so I'd say they tell some story. It's obvious to anyone that Iceland is way better now than they were just 2 years ago so the jump is understandable.

Not entirely. They are based on results over the last 5 years. Sure the more recent ones mean a lot more, but those results from years ago still have an impact. Not only that, they don't really take into account the strength of the opposition very well.

Well I consider that recent . I always thought they did take into account the strength of the opposition. For example, I think Iceland got a lot more points for beating NL (2-0) than for beating Latvia (3-0) recently