FIFA World ranking Nigeria is flirting with the Top 10
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FIFA World ranking Nigeria is flirting with the Top 10
http://www.fifa.com/en/mens/statistics/ ... 06,00.html
Quite surprising, isn't it? To me it is like the worse we play , the poorer our results , the more we get whooped , the more disappointing is the SE... the higher we feature in FIFA world ranking.
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Quite surprising, isn't it? To me it is like the worse we play , the poorer our results , the more we get whooped , the more disappointing is the SE... the higher we feature in FIFA world ranking.
Go find an explanation
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I don't get what ur tryin to say are ya saying that we are throwin away our chances of entering the top ten by playin bad cos the only reason we aint tenth is because the gap between us and spain is huge and the updates are two monthly
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My point is that It is hard for me to figure why back then when other teams used to say "we want everybody but Nigeria" i.e. between 94 and 96 Nigeria was only ranked 40. But now people would rather play Nigeria than Iran we are @ spot 11tbite wrote:I don't get what ur tryin to say are ya saying that we are throwin away our chances of entering the top ten by playin bad cos the only reason we aint tenth is because the gap between us and spain is huge and the updates are two monthly
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We have been very consistent over the last two decades:Frenchie wrote:My point is that It is hard for me to figure why back then when other teams used to say "we want everybody but Nigeria" i.e. between 94 and 96 Nigeria was only ranked 40. But now people would rather play Nigeria than Iran we are @ spot 11tbite wrote:I don't get what ur tryin to say are ya saying that we are throwin away our chances of entering the top ten by playin bad cos the only reason we aint tenth is because the gap between us and spain is huge and the updates are two monthly
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2002 ANC - bronze
2004 ANC - bronze
2006 ANC - bronze
All these performances tally up. Shame we are not making the best use of all the talent we have.
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frenchie, which of these nations are looking forward to playing nigeria instead of iran?
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It's a mystrey. Right up there with the USA ranked 5th in the world before the WC.Frenchie wrote:My point is that It is hard for me to figure why back then when other teams used to say "we want everybody but Nigeria" i.e. between 94 and 96 Nigeria was only ranked 40. But now people would rather play Nigeria than Iran we are @ spot 11tbite wrote:I don't get what ur tryin to say are ya saying that we are throwin away our chances of entering the top ten by playin bad cos the only reason we aint tenth is because the gap between us and spain is huge and the updates are two monthly
A Naija American must have designed the FIFA ranking algorithms.
That was a deliberate exgeration, but truth be told: some years back you couldn't compare Nigeria with e.g Tunisia but right now you can reasonably question which is the better.GIN wrote:frenchie, which of these nations are looking forward to playing nigeria instead of iran?
Ayo, Olympics gold meadal is not taken into account for the ranking...
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If wishes were horses, FIFA ranking should have gotten us a plum ticket to Germany. You better jettison the ranking; football isnt tennis.Frenchie wrote:http://www.fifa.com/en/mens/statistics/ ... 06,00.html
Quite surprising, isn't it? To me it is like the worse we play , the poorer our results , the more we get whooped , the more disappointing is the SE... the higher we feature in FIFA world ranking.
Go find an explanation
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Quite Incorrect.Frenchie wrote:My point is that It is hard for me to figure why back then when other teams used to say "we want everybody but Nigeria" i.e. between 94 and 96 Nigeria was only ranked 40. But now people would rather play Nigeria than Iran we are @ spot 11tbite wrote:I don't get what ur tryin to say are ya saying that we are throwin away our chances of entering the top ten by playin bad cos the only reason we aint tenth is because the gap between us and spain is huge and the updates are two monthly
Nigeria was as high as 5th in may 1994 n the FIFA list.
We were attractive to other nations and were invited by USA (Gold cup) England, Sweden, Romania, Czech etc.
Its wrong to say we are losing games now and remaining that high on the FIFA rankings cos our very own Eguavoen has lost only 1 in 11 matches and has maintained us so high up there.
we might not acknowledge this coa he is IC.
...and see Poor Ghana...even if dem beat Japan and Koria dem go still dey #55.....it might be becos dem lose to some yeye teams after ANC...I think it was that Togo asswhipping that did them in :DAyo Akinfe wrote:Very true. All you need is for one of the teams above us to lose and the Eagles win in Maseru and before you know it, we are in the top 10.
How on earth we have been so fortunate is one of the wonders of the world. This is more by default than by design.
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Ayo doesn't believe Naija has won somthing. He even struggle to admit the Olympic goldA phi wrote:Ayo Akinfe wrote:We have been very consistent over the last two decades:Frenchie wrote:My point is that It is hard for me to figure why back then when other teams used to say "we want everybody but Nigeria" i.e. between 94 and 96 Nigeria was only ranked 40. But now people would rather play Nigeria than Iran we are @ spot 11tbite wrote:I don't get what ur tryin to say are ya saying that we are throwin away our chances of entering the top ten by playin bad cos the only reason we aint tenth is because the gap between us and spain is huge and the updates are two monthly
1988 ANC - silver
1990 ANC - silver
1992 ANC - bronze
1994 ANC - bronze
1996 - Olympic gold
1998 - Second round World Cup, including win over Spain
2000 ANC - silver
2002 ANC - bronze
2004 ANC - bronze
2006 ANC - bronze
All these performances tally up. Shame we are not making the best use of all the talent we have.
Ayo....i thought u guys won the ANC in 94....and u say u r a green blooded nigerian???
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Then can you explain why Spain is in the top 10? Am just curious.Frenchie wrote:http://www.fifa.com/en/mens/statistics/ ... 06,00.html
Quite surprising, isn't it? To me it is like the worse we play , the poorer our results , the more we get whooped , the more disappointing is the SE... the higher we feature in FIFA world ranking.
Go find an explanation
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Re: FIFA World ranking Nigeria is flirting with the Top 10
I ain't gonno quarel with that. We have been short-changed in life enough already and to start going up by any means necessary is all good to me. If only the stupid donkeys in the Glass House could get their priorities right; we would be making every nation shake in their boots again, when they hear "Nigeria". I remember when Brazil and Argentina started taking Nigeria seriously after WC 1994.Frenchie wrote:http://www.fifa.com/en/mens/statistics/ ... 06,00.html
Quite surprising, isn't it? To me it is like the worse we play , the poorer our results , the more we get whooped , the more disappointing is the SE... the higher we feature in FIFA world ranking.
Go find an explanation
Nigeria was ranked in the top 10 for most of the period you mentioned, so why not get your facts straight first.Frenchie wrote:My point is that It is hard for me to figure why back then when other teams used to say "we want everybody but Nigeria" i.e. between 94 and 96 Nigeria was only ranked 40. But now people would rather play Nigeria than Iran we are @ spot 11tbite wrote:I don't get what ur tryin to say are ya saying that we are throwin away our chances of entering the top ten by playin bad cos the only reason we aint tenth is because the gap between us and spain is huge and the updates are two monthly
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True word. We were ranked as high as 5th.1naija wrote:Nigeria was ranked in the top 10 for most of the period you mentioned, so why not get your facts straight first.Frenchie wrote:My point is that It is hard for me to figure why back then when other teams used to say "we want everybody but Nigeria" i.e. between 94 and 96 Nigeria was only ranked 40. But now people would rather play Nigeria than Iran we are @ spot 11tbite wrote:I don't get what ur tryin to say are ya saying that we are throwin away our chances of entering the top ten by playin bad cos the only reason we aint tenth is because the gap between us and spain is huge and the updates are two monthly
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That was straight after we won the ANC back in April 94, highest Nigeria has ever ranked and higher than mighty cameroon has ever ranked, naijas current squad is not as strong as the 94 team but it's 10 times stronger than the 98 tem it's not imposiblr to get into the top ten and stay there for a while
Buhari, whose two terms thankfully ground to a constitutional halt in May. (One thing both democracies have going for them is that their leaders, however bad, have only two terms to swing the wrecking ball.) Under Buhari, growth per head also plunged to 0. An economic agenda drawn from the dusty pages of a 1970s protectionist handbook failed to do the trick. Despite Buhari’s promise to tame terrorism and criminality, violence flourished. Despite his reputation for probity, corruption swirled. FT