Debate - World footy rankings 2008 - the Irish question

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Debate - World footy rankings 2008 - the Irish question

Authored by: Brett Northey
on Tuesday, December 23 2008 @ 12:20 pm ACDT

I think we do need to try to stick to what Niels is saying. If we wander off to rankings based on too many theoretical conditions then there's no reality to it. How do we judge any of the teams if many of them are mostly made up of players that would be available in theory only? There must be a reasonable belief that they would play.

So as much as I think there is good argument to include Ireland's AFL players, perhaps we should restrict these rankings to players that are either:

1. Amateur, or -

2. Semi pro or pro but only if they have shown an availability to play, e.g. the PNG players on scholarships/working in Queensland who played for PNG in the IC08.

This doesn't exclude ranking Australia as #1, as there is no doubt that there are 1000s of quality footballers in Australia who would jump at the chance to represent their country.

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

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