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The Football Tips Thread v3
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Portugal just drew with Macedonia in a friendly and will lose over 10% of their FIFA ranking points because of this. Check the FIFA website rankings calculator.
Competitive games carry a much higher weighting but don't ignore friendlies. 'Smaller' teams like Belgium can pick up decent points against higher ranked countries like England. Belgium are currently on 604 points, and 44th in the rankings. After their 2-2 draw with Montenegro last week they will actually drop to 590 points as Montenegro are ranked below them (55th). However, a win against England will push them right back up to 620.
So while it's not a huge jump, they need to try and consolidate points now while all the teams at the Euro's will be picking up a lot of points. More importantly than this though, I think the likes of Kompany and Vermaelen will want to play against their team mates, especially as this will probably be the last time any of them play this Summer.
Just to note, these are an estimate of points - there are a number of factors involved in the points calculation and I think the tool they have is just a guide.0 -
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i think we have a winnerPortugal just drew with Macedonia in a friendly and will lose over 10% of their FIFA ranking points because of this. Check the FIFA website rankings calculator.
Competitive games carry a much higher weighting but don't ignore friendlies. 'Smaller' teams like Belgium can pick up decent points against higher ranked countries like England. Belgium are currently on 604 points, and 44th in the rankings. After their 2-2 draw with Montenegro last week they will actually drop to 590 points as Montenegro are ranked below them (55th). However, a win against England will push them right back up to 620.
So while it's not a huge jump, they need to try and consolidate points now while all the teams at the Euro's will be picking up a lot of points. More importantly than this though, I think the likes of Kompany and Vermaelen will want to play against their team mates, especially as this will probably be the last time any of them play this Summer.
Just to note, these are an estimate of points - there are a number of factors involved in the points calculation and I think the tool they have is just a guide.0 -
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Hazard any time @7.5
Only scored 2 goals in 27 internationals. Both were recent though.
Against Kazakstan and Montenegro.
So a goal against England should not be a problem. He likes weak opposition
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3 reasons why Ireland can qualify from group C
Croatia - Bilic has already announced he's leaving after the Euros - i can imagine the Croat players finding it harder to motivate themselves for a manager who's on his way
Italy - things couldn't be much worse for the Italians going in to the competition - the latest match fixing scandal couldn't have come at a worse time - they've already lost one player (Criscito), but more worrying for them is the effect this will have on team morale - this is one problem that just refuses to go away. As if to make matters worse, they're friendly v Luxembourg had to be cancelled due to the earthquake in Italy, leaving them short on match practice going in to the competion
Spain - they could crush all that comes before them - but there's a couple of small things that could work to Ireland's favour - they're missing their most prolific attacker (Villa) and their best defender (Puyol). Another possible cause for concern is fatigue. Their Barca and Real contingent in particular had a gruelling season number of games wise, also their Bilbao players (Llorente, Martinez), and even Mata for Chelsea. It's not something that should be entirely dismissed
4/1 can still be got on Ireland to qualify, i really, really fancy this. Let's not forget we've progressed to the second round in our last 3 major championships. The underdog tag has always suited us. Anyway somethin to chew on fellas, feel there's some money to be made here
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