World Cup 2018 LIVE thread (70 Viewers)
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it will be a massacre.
Poland have only reached the knockout rounds of a major tournament once in 36 years. In that same period, England's qualification to the KO stages is in double figures.
There are other takes on this. Some which will favour my position and some which will favour yours. So it's debatable. I am not claiming England should outrank Brazil here.
Instead, let me ask you a question. Should Poland be ranked at #8 in the World?
There are other takes on this. Some which will favour my position and some which will favour yours. So it's debatable. I am not claiming England should outrank Brazil here.
Instead, let me ask you a question. Should Poland be ranked at #8 in the World?
It might be debatable, but you are yet to provide any solid argument to this why Poland shouldn't be ranked ahead of England. The above is nonsense; results the last 36 years? 
And yes, Poland's place is sensible. Whether they should be 8, 10 or 12 is a minor detail. But they should be ahead of England. No doubt.
And yes, Poland's place is sensible. Whether they should be 8, 10 or 12 is a minor detail. But they should be ahead of England. No doubt.
Yes. But we have to look back some ways, whether that's a couple of years or many more than that. The Champions League seeding, for instance, looks back at around five years of previous. And international tournaments are less frequent.
I'd hope, @Hængebøffer, that you can accept there is at least a debatable position about whether or not England should rank above Poland. Having said that, what started this, was my suggestion that Poland shouldn't have ranked above England, Spain, Columbia and Uruguay. And the implication being that a better ranking system would have resulted in more balanced groups. It was Maddy that decided to make this all about England.
P.S. If there are any Poles on here, I wish you all the best for the tournament. This looks like I'm bashing your lot. Even though they did game the rankings system to get a favourable seed.
I'd hope, @Hængebøffer, that you can accept there is at least a debatable position about whether or not England should rank above Poland. Having said that, what started this, was my suggestion that Poland shouldn't have ranked above England, Spain, Columbia and Uruguay. And the implication being that a better ranking system would have resulted in more balanced groups. It was Maddy that decided to make this all about England.
P.S. If there are any Poles on here, I wish you all the best for the tournament. This looks like I'm bashing your lot. Even though they did game the rankings system to get a favourable seed.
He hasn't provided a single argument to why Poland shouldn't be seeded ahead of England, but hey it's debatable.
All in all it coems down to a guy thinking England is better than Poland and therefore should be seeded ahead. Perhaps it's tiem for England to show up then? Perhaps not lose to Costa Rica and Iceland.
All in all it coems down to a guy thinking England is better than Poland and therefore should be seeded ahead. Perhaps it's tiem for England to show up then? Perhaps not lose to Costa Rica and Iceland.
