FIFA's Discredited Ranking: Why some people still worry about it?

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Kwasi Aggrey, France. 10 years ago

Well said, my brother! Ghanaweb needs good analysts like you. I careless about the racist FIFA. African soccer leaders must stop blaming others and stop the corruption.

Well said, my brother! Ghanaweb needs good analysts like you. I careless about the racist FIFA. African soccer leaders must stop blaming others and stop the corruption.
Innocentia 10 years ago

When you were on top, you never complained. Why should Nigera be number one? Until recently where were they? Is the ranking based on only yearly African cup championship? Apart from the one time win by Nigeria recently, hasn' ...
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When you were on top, you never complained. Why should Nigera be number one? Until recently where were they? Is the ranking based on only yearly African cup championship? Apart from the one time win by Nigeria recently, hasn't Ivory Coast got to the quarter semi and finals over the years? Haven't they qualified for successive world cups ? The points are cumulative and not one time continental championship.

Football in Africa reflects how the economy and administration in General is in a country. Those with better economies and administration improve and vice versa. Don't get me wrong, I am not saying they become champions but improve. So if Ghana is declining on the ladder, blame Mahamas government and the administration. You look what is happening in Ghana now, do you have a cup winning mentality? Did people not rejoice when we did not win the recent African cup? Everything good or bad in a country starts with how the president motivates the nation. Rather put your house in order
nyansa nii 10 years ago

Hey innocentia,sometyms it pities me wen samtyn iz clear n pple like u dnt get de eyes to c for de past 6yrs ghana iz always among de last four in de African cup has cote d'Ivoire bin able to make such mark wat r u sayin? 200 ...
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Hey innocentia,sometyms it pities me wen samtyn iz clear n pple like u dnt get de eyes to c for de past 6yrs ghana iz always among de last four in de African cup has cote d'Ivoire bin able to make such mark wat r u sayin? 2006 n 2010 world cup didnt we do well n even diz recent world cup qualifications we lost jx two matches n luk at our position in de Africa rankings.Do u want tel me cape Verde av achieved much Dan de black stars tweaa!!! Nigeria shud av de first spot n ghana,cote d'Ivoire n de rest y shud dey put ghana at dat position for diz non achievers countries to by pass us
Hurray 10 years ago

What parents you from establishing your own world football ranking?
1 Ghana
2. Asante Kotoko
3. Adana stars
4 China etc.

What parents you from establishing your own world football ranking?
1 Ghana
2. Asante Kotoko
3. Adana stars
4 China etc.
Kwasi Aggrey, France. 10 years ago

What is your point here, coward? If you disagree with the writer's analysis point it out, and tell the world why you took that position instead of hiding behind fake names and spewing out nonsense! What is your real name, HUR ...
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What is your point here, coward? If you disagree with the writer's analysis point it out, and tell the world why you took that position instead of hiding behind fake names and spewing out nonsense! What is your real name, HURRAY?
princewilly@ymail.com 10 years ago

It's a fine sunny day in the forest; and a Ghanaian rabbit is sitting outside his burrow, tippy-tapping on his lap top. Along comes an European fox, out for a walk.

Fox: "What are you working on?" Rabbit: "My thesis." Fox: ...
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It's a fine sunny day in the forest; and a Ghanaian rabbit is sitting outside his burrow, tippy-tapping on his lap top. Along comes an European fox, out for a walk.

Fox: "What are you working on?" Rabbit: "My thesis." Fox: "Hmmmmm. What is it about?" Rabbit: "Oh, I'm writing about how rabbits eat European foxes."

(incredulous pause) Fox: "That's ridiculous! Any fool knows that rabbits don't eat foxes!" Rabbit: "Come with me and I'll show you!"

They both disappear into the rabbit's burrow. After a few minutes, gnawing on a fox bone, the rabbit returns to his lap top and resumes typing.

Soon an American wolf comes along and stops to watch the hard working Ghanaian rabbit.

(Tippy-tap, tippy-tap, tippy-tippy-tap).

Wolf: "What's that you are writing?" Rabbit: "I'm doing a thesis on how Ghana rabbits eat American wolves."

(loud guffaws)American. Wolf: "You don't expect to get such rubbish published, do you?" Rabbit: "No problem. Do you want to see why?"

The rabbit and the wolf go into the burrow, and again the rabbit returns by himself. This time he is patting his stomach. He goes back to his typing.

(Tippy-tap, tippy-tap, tippy-tippy-tap).

Finally a Brazillian bear comes along and asks, "What are you doing?"

Ghana Rabbit: "I'm doing a thesis on how rabbits eat Brazillian bears." Bear: "Well that's absurd!" Rabbit: "Come into my home and I'll show you."

SCENE: Inside the rabbit's burrow. In one corner, there is a pile of European fox bones. In another corner is a pile of American wolf bones. On the other side of the room a huge African lion is belching and picking his teeth.

MORAL: It doesn't matter what you choose for a thesis topic. It doesn't matter what you use for your data. It doesn't even matter if your topic makes sense. What matters is who you have for a thesis advisor.
F.Osei 10 years ago

Continue with your good analysis.Ghana Africa needs more of you

Continue with your good analysis.Ghana Africa needs more of you
tony 10 years ago

CAF president is indeed a disgrace 2de continent he is doing cut and paste of FIFA

CAF president is indeed a disgrace 2de continent he is doing cut and paste of FIFA
LECTURER 10 years ago

ASUBONTENG YOU ARE ALL WRONG IN THE SENSE THAT THE RANKING IS AN OUTPUT FROM CERTAIN VARIABLES OF INPUTING INFORMATION. IT IS NOT ANY PERSONS MACHINATION. YOU GAIN OR LOSE POINTS AS YOU PLAY GAMES.

AMONG THE FACTORS CONSID ...
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ASUBONTENG YOU ARE ALL WRONG IN THE SENSE THAT THE RANKING IS AN OUTPUT FROM CERTAIN VARIABLES OF INPUTING INFORMATION. IT IS NOT ANY PERSONS MACHINATION. YOU GAIN OR LOSE POINTS AS YOU PLAY GAMES.

AMONG THE FACTORS CONSIDERED IN THE COMPUTATION INCLUDE THE TEAMS YOU PLAY WITH, THEIR RANKING, TYPE OF MATCHES,WHETHER FRIENDLY OR TOURNAMENT.
YOU SEE IN AFRICA, GHANA PLAYS WITH LOW RANKED TEAMS. WOW BETIDE YOU IF YOU ARE BEATEN BY A LOW RANKED TEAM LIKE LIBYA AND NOT IN AN ORDINARY FRIENDLY MATCH BUT IN A TOURNAMENT SUCH AS CUP OF NATIONS. IN THE SAME ARGUMENT OR VEIN IF YOU HAPPEN TO BEAT A HIGHLY RATED TEAM IN A WORLD CUP YOU GAIN SO MUCH POINTS. GHANA WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER OF WE DID NOT PLAY TEAMS LIKE LIBYA AND SO ON. THERE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POINTS LOST. GO TO GOOGLE AND SEARCH AND GET TO APPRECIATE THE POINT SYSTEM. WHAT WILL FIFA GAIN IN DOING WHAT YOU DESCRIBE. THEY ARE NOT MUCH INTERESTED IN GHANA ALONE AS YOU THINK TO DEVOTE TIME TO MACHINATE WHAT YOU ARE FANTASIZING. THE FIFA POINT SYSTEM IS INTERESTING. IF YOU ARE CONCERNED WITH THE RANKING AS A FOOTBALL NATION THEN YOU BECOME MINDFUL OF THOSE YOU PLAY WITH. IT DOES NOT FAVOUR AFRICANS BECAUSE IN OUR REGION OUR TEAMS ARE LOW RANKED SO EVEN IF BEAT EGYPT THAT IS LOWER THAN IN RANKING YOU MAY GAIN VIRTUALLY NOTHING AS AGAINST BEATING CHILE. UNDERSTAND THE SYSTEM AND STOP THE UNNECESSARY INSTIGATION.
Kofi Boye 10 years ago

Who determines the "low ranked" teams? Or what constitutes the low ranked teams. Why should some few group of people "rank" which team is high or low? Quite recently, Brazil beat Spain 3-0; why not the former ranked higher t ...
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Who determines the "low ranked" teams? Or what constitutes the low ranked teams. Why should some few group of people "rank" which team is high or low? Quite recently, Brazil beat Spain 3-0; why not the former ranked higher than the latter, GOING BY YOUR LAME EXPLANATION OF THE POINT SYSTEM? THE FIFA POINT SYSTEM MAY BE INTERESTING TO YOUR FUCKED UP MIND BUT NOT TO EVERYONE YOU. SHUT UP. IF YOU HAVE ANY PERSUASIVE COUNTER-ARGUMENT I THINK THE WRITER LEFT HIS EMAIL THERE, WHY DON'T YOU CONTACT HIM DIRECTLY WITH YOUR TOO-KNOWING EXPLANATION?
nyansa nii 10 years ago

Plz can u also explain to me y cape Verde iz ranked better than Ghana??cuz I dnt noe how FIFA does hiz tin ope u can help me

Plz can u also explain to me y cape Verde iz ranked better than Ghana??cuz I dnt noe how FIFA does hiz tin ope u can help me
John,Tema 10 years ago

If you don't understand how the variables work and you are not prepared to learn just forget commenting on the FIFA Rankings.To me the main purpose of the ranking is purely for marketing which helps the game.

If you don't understand how the variables work and you are not prepared to learn just forget commenting on the FIFA Rankings.To me the main purpose of the ranking is purely for marketing which helps the game.
AHMED BIN-SALIH 10 years ago

It has been observed Ghana overely on quarter final it reached in South African world cup to a self belief that it has done enough justice to maintaing or retaining a top ranked position of FIFA monthly ranking. Each time the ...
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It has been observed Ghana overely on quarter final it reached in South African world cup to a self belief that it has done enough justice to maintaing or retaining a top ranked position of FIFA monthly ranking. Each time there is shake up in the positions on rankings; the usual arguments coming from Ghanaians is the quarter final performances of Black Stars in South Africa. These achivements were chorked four years ago and therefore cannnot be relevant for FIFA ranking not even one year after world cup. FIFA's standard measure in rankings is a current form coupled with current cummulative victories in matches sanctioned by FIFA and continental tournament achievements which Ghana has done nothing to improve on its past records.

FIFA's rankings to the Ghanaian may not be credible now, but the question is how credible had it been, when Ghana continue to permanently occupy the 2nd position when the likes of Burkina Faso, Mali, DR Congo, Zambia and even Cape Verde outplayed Ghana in a continental AFCON tournament, yet Ghana remained unfairly stucked to FIFA 2nd position on Afrcan ranking. There are countries on African rankings tgat deserve to be far ahead of Ghana but are unfairly still below Ghana. Ghana should take a restrospective assessments of its achievements after South African world cup and they'll gracefully accept the current FIFA ranking in good faith. If Ghana discredits FIFA methords of rankings then Nigeria does not deserve where they are currently because they are current and reigning African Champions and have even in-between played 3 quality friendlies against Italy, Mexico and Venezuela, all of which they did not loose. In contrasts Ghana lost Japan and lost to South Korea, lost to Mali, Zambia and Burkina Faso over the ranking periods since 2010 but continue to unfairly occupy 2nd best in Africa. Ghana's case is one of if it's others, then it's alright but if it falls on Ghana then everything is wrong with it. Very unfortunate self deciet.
YAKUBU DAGOMBA 10 years ago

WHY ARE MOST BLACK PLAYERS MIDFIELDERS IN THE EUROPEAN AND OTHER NON-AFRICAN FOOTBALL LEAGUES?

MEANWHILE, MOST SOUTH AMERICANS AND EUROPEANS ARE STRIKERS RELATIVELY WELL PAID ON AND OFF THE FIELD OF PLAY, WHY?

BECAUSE T ...
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WHY ARE MOST BLACK PLAYERS MIDFIELDERS IN THE EUROPEAN AND OTHER NON-AFRICAN FOOTBALL LEAGUES?

MEANWHILE, MOST SOUTH AMERICANS AND EUROPEANS ARE STRIKERS RELATIVELY WELL PAID ON AND OFF THE FIELD OF PLAY, WHY?

BECAUSE THE BLACK AFRICAN ALWAYS HAS TO WORK HARD FOR THE LAZY "WHITE" PLAYER TO GRAB ALL THE GLORY FROM THE MANY GOALS STRIKERS SCORE, REGARDLESS OF HOW LAZY AND BAD THEY ARE, PERIOD.

THAT'S WHY GHANA'S BLACK STAR DOES NOT HAVE GOOD PROLIFIC GOAL SCORERS AND STRIKERS LIKE RONALDO AND OTHER "WHITES"
Nurudeen Tagoe 10 years ago

Currently I dont know de criteria FIFA used 2 rank Ivory Coast ahead of Ghana, since Ghana has perfomed better in all CAF & FIFA organised competitions.

Currently I dont know de criteria FIFA used 2 rank Ivory Coast ahead of Ghana, since Ghana has perfomed better in all CAF & FIFA organised competitions.
FOSY 10 years ago

Ghanaweb should better be careful with the articles they post or some of us will stop reading. The ranking is based on performance over the past 4 years. Think of CAN 2012 and 2013 and you will understand why Nigeria and Ivor ...
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Ghanaweb should better be careful with the articles they post or some of us will stop reading. The ranking is based on performance over the past 4 years. Think of CAN 2012 and 2013 and you will understand why Nigeria and Ivory Coast will rank above Ghana. If anyteam is above you, it does not mean that if you meet them tomorrow they will beat you by all means. Lets be analytic and objective
Issa Mohammed 10 years ago

It is good that people like you stop reading Ghanaweb, because it's clear that you don't understand simple analysis. I don't think the writer of the article was only talking about Ghana dropping on FIFA ranking. If I'm not mi ...
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It is good that people like you stop reading Ghanaweb, because it's clear that you don't understand simple analysis. I don't think the writer of the article was only talking about Ghana dropping on FIFA ranking. If I'm not mistaken, he was talking in general about the flawed nature of the ranking system, and that involved all teams. Where did you have your education? Go back to school and learn how to analyze text before writing your nonsense! I read Ghanaweb every day!
FREDDIE 10 years ago

Innocentia, I am not sure you understood what Mr. Asubonteng wrote. These are the facts. Please read it over again and you will understand. It is very sad we have some very shallow minded people on this forum. Please, look be ...
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Innocentia, I am not sure you understood what Mr. Asubonteng wrote. These are the facts. Please read it over again and you will understand. It is very sad we have some very shallow minded people on this forum. Please, look before you leap.
mens. 10 years ago

it time learn and have cateries they used to finalise the ranks.

it time learn and have cateries they used to finalise the ranks.
Murtala Ghana 10 years ago

from Murtala ,Ghana won Africa cup for fourth times ,Egypt seventh times,Nigeria third times and cote d ivory almost second time.......

from Murtala ,Ghana won Africa cup for fourth times ,Egypt seventh times,Nigeria third times and cote d ivory almost second time.......
K. JOHN 10 years ago

D world knows dem (FIFA) as a body of crooks,oppressors etc.

D world knows dem (FIFA) as a body of crooks,oppressors etc.
Osei Kwame 6 years ago

Dear Mr Asubonteng. The FIFA ranking procedure is explained in painstaking detail on the FIFA website. Please take the time to read and re-read it carefully and you will be less apprehensive about the results of the procedure ...
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Dear Mr Asubonteng. The FIFA ranking procedure is explained in painstaking detail on the FIFA website. Please take the time to read and re-read it carefully and you will be less apprehensive about the results of the procedure. Just maintain an open mind about it.

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