World cup rankings as per Guardian (Nigeria 7th)
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World cup rankings as per Guardian (Nigeria 7th)
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/football/bl ... qualifiers
Top 10
1. Germany
2. Brazil
3. Spain
4. France
5. Belgium
6. Portugal
7. Nigeria
8. Poland
9. Argentina
10. Uruguay
FYI: England ranked 14th leading to very salty comments in the comment sections .
Personally, while the respect is nice, I would have prefered some more stealth going into the world cup.
Its easier to win games when you are underestimated. Thats just my own feelings, but I am happy to be proved wrong.
Top 10
1. Germany
2. Brazil
3. Spain
4. France
5. Belgium
6. Portugal
7. Nigeria
8. Poland
9. Argentina
10. Uruguay
FYI: England ranked 14th leading to very salty comments in the comment sections .
Personally, while the respect is nice, I would have prefered some more stealth going into the world cup.
Its easier to win games when you are underestimated. Thats just my own feelings, but I am happy to be proved wrong.
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Re: World cup rankings as per Guardian (Nigeria 7th)
We know want.charlie wrote:Source: https://www.theguardian.com/football/bl ... qualifiers
Top 10
1. Germany
2. Brazil
3. Spain
4. France
5. Belgium
6. Portugal
7. Nigeria
8. Poland
9. Argentina
10. Uruguay
FYI: England ranked 14th leading to very salty comments in the comment sections .
Personally, while the respect is nice, I would have prefered some more stealth going into the world cup.
Its easier to win games when you are underestimated. Thats just my own feelings, but I am happy to be proved wrong.
The beauty of the actual FIFA ranking is that every team we end up beating in the group stages will be considered an upset.
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This ranking is not complete without Ghana in 1059876th position
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How is Portugal higher than Nigeria?
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Wetin Portugal dey do for 6th position?charlie wrote:Source: https://www.theguardian.com/football/bl ... qualifiers
Top 10
1. Germany
2. Brazil
3. Spain
4. France
5. Belgium
6. Portugal
7. Nigeria
8. Poland
9. Argentina
10. Uruguay
FYI: England ranked 14th leading to very salty comments in the comment sections .
Personally, while the respect is nice, I would have prefered some more stealth going into the world cup.
Its easier to win games when you are underestimated. Thats just my own feelings, but I am happy to be proved wrong.
And Pol-wetin for 8th? Poland?
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Current European champs and they had a good qualifying run (9W, 0D, 1L)kajifu wrote:How is Portugal higher than Nigeria?
If they can repeat their heroics from the Euro 16 tournament, they are one to watch, even with a currently underpeforming CR
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The is a classic colonial trick. The Brits know how to destroy Africans, knowing that we like to be regarded and think big they’ll build us up only to tear us down and claim the spoils. I hope Rohr and the boys don’t believe this rubbish.If they get to the quarter finals they’ll be in the top 8.
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KPOM. As far as we know, Nigeria is Pot 4. Make dem carry go!Cellular wrote:We know want.charlie wrote:Source: https://www.theguardian.com/football/bl ... qualifiers
Top 10
1. Germany
2. Brazil
3. Spain
4. France
5. Belgium
6. Portugal
7. Nigeria
8. Poland
9. Argentina
10. Uruguay
FYI: England ranked 14th leading to very salty comments in the comment sections .
Personally, while the respect is nice, I would have prefered some more stealth going into the world cup.
Its easier to win games when you are underestimated. Thats just my own feelings, but I am happy to be proved wrong.
The beauty of the actual FIFA ranking is that every team we end up beating in the group stages will be considered an upset.
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Re: World cup rankings as per Guardian (Nigeria 7th)
I guess no two people will have the same opinion on these matters. I was listening to Danny mills on Sky Sports yesterday saying that England about the 15th best nation in the world at the moment.
Now coming to Nigeria, if we want a genuine and honest appraisal of our team, how would you rank the Super Eagles without any bias? That win against a Messi-less Argentina is clearly going to skew things and prevent a proper analysis but I would say we are in the same league as teams like Mexico, England, Uruguay, Croatia, Sweden, Portugal, Senegal, Belgium and Switzerland.
On a given day, any of these teams can beat the other, it is not clear who is better than who. At the top of the tree, i think it is a given that the likes of Brazil, Germany, Spain, France and Argentina (Despite losing to Nigeria) and in a league of their own.
Here is my personal analysis:
Pot One
Brazil
Germany
France
Spain
Argentina
Pot Two
Belgium
Mexico
Nigeria
Croatia
England
Uruguay
Senegal
Switzerland
Portugal
Sweden
Pot Three
Russia
Poland
Peru
Colombia
Denmark
Costa Rica
Pot Four
Iceland
Iran
Tunisia
Egypt
Serbia
Morocco
Japan
South Korea
Saudi Arabia
Panama
Australia
Now coming to Nigeria, if we want a genuine and honest appraisal of our team, how would you rank the Super Eagles without any bias? That win against a Messi-less Argentina is clearly going to skew things and prevent a proper analysis but I would say we are in the same league as teams like Mexico, England, Uruguay, Croatia, Sweden, Portugal, Senegal, Belgium and Switzerland.
On a given day, any of these teams can beat the other, it is not clear who is better than who. At the top of the tree, i think it is a given that the likes of Brazil, Germany, Spain, France and Argentina (Despite losing to Nigeria) and in a league of their own.
Here is my personal analysis:
Pot One
Brazil
Germany
France
Spain
Argentina
Pot Two
Belgium
Mexico
Nigeria
Croatia
England
Uruguay
Senegal
Switzerland
Portugal
Sweden
Pot Three
Russia
Poland
Peru
Colombia
Denmark
Costa Rica
Pot Four
Iceland
Iran
Tunisia
Egypt
Serbia
Morocco
Japan
South Korea
Saudi Arabia
Panama
Australia
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Cellular wrote:We know want.charlie wrote:Source: https://www.theguardian.com/football/bl ... qualifiers
Top 10
1. Germany
2. Brazil
3. Spain
4. France
5. Belgium
6. Portugal
7. Nigeria
8. Poland
9. Argentina
10. Uruguay
FYI: England ranked 14th leading to very salty comments in the comment sections .
Personally, while the respect is nice, I would have prefered some more stealth going into the world cup.
Its easier to win games when you are underestimated. Thats just my own feelings, but I am happy to be proved wrong.
The beauty of the actual FIFA ranking is that every team we end up beating in the group stages will be considered an upset.
7) Nigeria
Rounded off their qualifying formalities with a draw in Algeria before the brilliant comeback from two goals down to beat Argentina 4-2 in the 2018 host city Krasnodar on Tuesday. That showed there is plenty for Gernot Rohr to be positive about as the German manager continues to help the Super Eagles forget their failure to qualify for the past two editions of the Africa Cup of Nations. Having successfully navigated a tricky group and shown what this team are capable of against top-class opposition, the challenge is to see if a squad that contains many of the players that reached the last 16 in 2014 can go at least one better in Russia.
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Our preparations are going well but can we honestly say that we can even beat Egypt in Russia like most teams in their top 10 would?
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EMIR KONGI JAFFI JOFFA wrote:Our preparations are going well but can we honestly say that we can even beat Egypt in Russia like most teams in their top 10 would?
Maybe not yet but if Rohr does his homework well we will be able to. There is still plenty more to be done but at least we started the process against Argentina with the inclusion of Ebuehi and Idowu into the squad.
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Garbage, poorly researched article. How on earth they can say this team contains "many" of the players from 2014 is a joke. I can only think of 4. Mikel. Moses. Onazi. Musa.
How is 4 out of 23 "many?"
How is 4 out of 23 "many?"
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Football can be unpredictable. Everyone expects Belgium to perform well but they have soft centre, which could be their undoing. Just look at how vulnerable they are on the counter-attack:
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That 4-2 defeat of Argentina has made the football world to take notice of Nigeria. Our preparations for the WC will be under intense scrutiny.
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charlie wrote:Source: https://www.theguardian.com/football/bl ... qualifiers
Top 10
1. Germany
2. Brazil
3. Spain
4. France
5. Belgium
6. Portugal
7. Nigeria
8. Poland
9. Argentina
10. Uruguay
FYI: England ranked 14th leading to very salty comments in the comment sections .
Personally, while the respect is nice, I would have prefered some more stealth going into the world cup.
Its easier to win games when you are underestimated. Thats just my own feelings, but I am happy to be proved wrong.
You guys just dey vex person with this "Argentina with no Messi" did they not play with 11 players? Or is it not certain, even with injury (backrooms staff) that Messi will go to the world cup? Was it not here some weeks ago that some said Kelechi might not make the flight to Russia? What happened, our no 9 Ighalo was missing with injury and Kelechi took his chance. What if Messi was available, and also Ighalo and Moses were all available. What is saying that we might not have won heavier.
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What kind of pot has 5 countries? You sure say that pot no dey leak? And for the ones with more than 8 countries, that one na feast and the services of a caterer will be needed.Ayo Akinfe wrote:I guess no two people will have the same opinion on these matters. I was listening to Danny mills on Sky Sports yesterday saying that England about the 15th best nation in the world at the moment.
Now coming to Nigeria, if we want a genuine and honest appraisal of our team, how would you rank the Super Eagles without any bias? That win against a Messi-less Argentina is clearly going to skew things and prevent a proper analysis but I would say we are in the same league as teams like Mexico, England, Uruguay, Croatia, Sweden, Portugal, Senegal, Belgium and Switzerland.
On a given day, any of these teams can beat the other, it is not clear who is better than who. At the top of the tree, i think it is a given that the likes of Brazil, Germany, Spain, France and Argentina (Despite losing to Nigeria) and in a league of their own.
Here is my personal analysis:
Pot One
Brazil
Germany
France
Spain
Argentina
Pot Two
Belgium
Mexico
Nigeria
Croatia
England
Uruguay
Senegal
Switzerland
Portugal
Sweden
Pot Three
Russia
Poland
Peru
Colombia
Denmark
Costa Rica
Pot Four
Iceland
Iran
Tunisia
Egypt
Serbia
Morocco
Japan
South Korea
Saudi Arabia
Panama
Australia
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I think its just his ranking system, not really a Pot for building groups for the WC.anointed wrote:What kind of pot has 5 countries? You sure say that pot no dey leak? And for the ones with more than 8 countries, that one na feast and the services of a caterer will be needed.Ayo Akinfe wrote:I guess no two people will have the same opinion on these matters. I was listening to Danny mills on Sky Sports yesterday saying that England about the 15th best nation in the world at the moment.
Now coming to Nigeria, if we want a genuine and honest appraisal of our team, how would you rank the Super Eagles without any bias? That win against a Messi-less Argentina is clearly going to skew things and prevent a proper analysis but I would say we are in the same league as teams like Mexico, England, Uruguay, Croatia, Sweden, Portugal, Senegal, Belgium and Switzerland.
On a given day, any of these teams can beat the other, it is not clear who is better than who. At the top of the tree, i think it is a given that the likes of Brazil, Germany, Spain, France and Argentina (Despite losing to Nigeria) and in a league of their own.
Here is my personal analysis:
Pot One
Brazil
Germany
France
Spain
Argentina
Pot Two
Belgium
Mexico
Nigeria
Croatia
England
Uruguay
Senegal
Switzerland
Portugal
Sweden
Pot Three
Russia
Poland
Peru
Colombia
Denmark
Costa Rica
Pot Four
Iceland
Iran
Tunisia
Egypt
Serbia
Morocco
Japan
South Korea
Saudi Arabia
Panama
Australia
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Re: World cup rankings as per Guardian (Nigeria 7th)
You clearly did not read what I wrote well. I was classifying teams in accordance with how I rate them. Nigeria is not up there with the main contenders but are in the next category of teams that will include the dark horses.anointed wrote:What kind of pot has 5 countries? You sure say that pot no dey leak? And for the ones with more than 8 countries, that one na feast and the services of a caterer will be needed.Ayo Akinfe wrote:I guess no two people will have the same opinion on these matters. I was listening to Danny mills on Sky Sports yesterday saying that England about the 15th best nation in the world at the moment.
Now coming to Nigeria, if we want a genuine and honest appraisal of our team, how would you rank the Super Eagles without any bias? That win against a Messi-less Argentina is clearly going to skew things and prevent a proper analysis but I would say we are in the same league as teams like Mexico, England, Uruguay, Croatia, Sweden, Portugal, Senegal, Belgium and Switzerland.
On a given day, any of these teams can beat the other, it is not clear who is better than who. At the top of the tree, i think it is a given that the likes of Brazil, Germany, Spain, France and Argentina (Despite losing to Nigeria) and in a league of their own.
Here is my personal analysis:
Pot One
Brazil
Germany
France
Spain
Argentina
Pot Two
Belgium
Mexico
Nigeria
Croatia
England
Uruguay
Senegal
Switzerland
Portugal
Sweden
Pot Three
Russia
Poland
Peru
Colombia
Denmark
Costa Rica
Pot Four
Iceland
Iran
Tunisia
Egypt
Serbia
Morocco
Japan
South Korea
Saudi Arabia
Panama
Australia
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Did you guys notice the comments from the entitled English fans asking how Iceland and Nigeria could be ranked above them? This is from a team that has not won a knockout game in a tournament for about 15 years, and who were knocked out of the Euros by Iceland.
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The chemistry in this SE currently is so good that given a longer period in camp and a long run of matches, that 7th place ranking will be viewed as unjust deserving of much higher. The 2nd half performance against Argentina was quite similar to the all round performance we have seen from the golden eaglets at their level. The goal by Idowu for example was the end result of one-touch passing.
Rohr has already set the standard and the whole world is now sitting up. Since the defeat for example, Diego Maradona has been angling to take over from Sampaoli and another bad performance may lead to Sampaoli's sack.
Rohr has already set the standard and the whole world is now sitting up. Since the defeat for example, Diego Maradona has been angling to take over from Sampaoli and another bad performance may lead to Sampaoli's sack.
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Chai. See selective perception at its best.wiseone wrote:Did you guys notice the comments from the entitled English fans asking how Iceland and Nigeria could be ranked above them? This is from a team that has not won a knockout game in a tournament for about 15 years, and who were knocked out of the Euros by Iceland.
You did not notice that at least the first 30 or so comments about England were totally negative?
I couldn't even find your quoted comment - got tired of searching for it.
If anything, England fans are more critical of their national team than even Nigerians. You no see that one.
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Anointed; did you read very well what Ayo wrote and understood what he implied or meant? To me, he made-up the pots based on his personal analysisanointed wrote:What kind of pot has 5 countries? You sure say that pot no dey leak? And for the ones with more than 8 countries, that one na feast and the services of a caterer will be needed.Ayo Akinfe wrote:I guess no two people will have the same opinion on these matters. I was listening to Danny mills on Sky Sports yesterday saying that England about the 15th best nation in the world at the moment.
Now coming to Nigeria, if we want a genuine and honest appraisal of our team, how would you rank the Super Eagles without any bias? That win against a Messi-less Argentina is clearly going to skew things and prevent a proper analysis but I would say we are in the same league as teams like Mexico, England, Uruguay, Croatia, Sweden, Portugal, Senegal, Belgium and Switzerland.
On a given day, any of these teams can beat the other, it is not clear who is better than who. At the top of the tree, i think it is a given that the likes of Brazil, Germany, Spain, France and Argentina (Despite losing to Nigeria) and in a league of their own.
Here is my personal analysis:
Pot One
Brazil
Germany
France
Spain
Argentina
Pot Two
Belgium
Mexico
Nigeria
Croatia
England
Uruguay
Senegal
Switzerland
Portugal
Sweden
Pot Three
Russia
Poland
Peru
Colombia
Denmark
Costa Rica
Pot Four
Iceland
Iran
Tunisia
Egypt
Serbia
Morocco
Japan
South Korea
Saudi Arabia
Panama
Australia
And the BIBLE says: The race is NOT for the swift, neither is the battle for the strong nor ... but time and chance makes them all.
Ecclesiastes 1:18: For in much wisdom is much grief and he that increases knowledge increases sorrow.
Ecclesiastes 1:18: For in much wisdom is much grief and he that increases knowledge increases sorrow.