Re: (recent) historical ranking of European countries

James Allnutt  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Its not like Andorra *only* plays against Portugal and the Netherlands - 
>if they did it would be a stupid set-up - they are playing against 
>mid-ranking teams and lower-level teams as well.  Outside of (as anders 
>noted) Conmebol where the situation is like this, only more so, no-one 
>gets this great "spread" of competition to help them improve.

You seem to be suggesting that qualifying competitions
are primarily a charity operated for the benefit of
the no-hopers. If so, you must be a big fan of Oceania's 
recent formats.

;-)
P


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