By Liam FitzGibbon
October 18th 2009 @ 6:27am
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Socceroos plummet out of FIFA top 20
Almost as rapidly as their climb up the world rankings, the Socceroos have plummeted out of the top 20 in the latest list released by FIFA.
Australia fell ten spots from their all-time high of 14th to 24th on Saturday, despite a win, a draw and a loss from their last three matches.
Pim Verbeek’s side beat [...]
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albatross said | October 18th 2009 @ 4:14pm | Report comment
I don’t think Pim gives a toss: http://www.abc.net.au/sport/offsiders/content/2007/s2717107.htm
David said | October 18th 2009 @ 4:21pm | Report comment
The new ranking is probably a fairer reflection of where the Socceroos sit.
Two things that impressed me about the Ireland game- Williams looked good at right back, and Wilkshire was strong as a holding midfielder, doing Cullina’s job. Couldn’t that be a permanent move? It’d certainly inject a bit of pace and freshness about the team.
If we are considering shake-ups, if is possible for Kewell to play striker and Chipperfield to play left wing? Australia doesn’t have that many top quality options in every position, but that has always been the case, and what Guus did pretty well was trying out different combinations and not letting anyone get too comfortable. Maybe it’s time to try things.
jimbo said | October 18th 2009 @ 8:24pm | Report comment
Croatia climber to number 8 and didn’t even make the World Cup.
We qualified undefeated and top of the group through Asia. The rankings become a little bit meaningless and there will be plenty of national teams who would claim to be better than us who won’t get to SA 2010.
I don’t think the current Socceroos would beat Uruguay to qualify for a World Cup and New Zealand set to join us if they beat Bahrain.
The WC passage through Asia is the blessing the FFA needed to help continue to grow the game here.
David said | October 19th 2009 @ 5:19pm | Report comment
yea i agree NZ or Bahrain dont deserve to be in the world cup waste of a position