Very true. We haven't gone beyond the quarter finals of ANY major tournament played outside England EVER. And we can't take penalties and often find ourselves COMPLETELY outplayed against the properly good teams even if not reflected in the score. The quarter final last year against Italy is...
I'd say any European team behind us now is there on merit. They are, afterall, competing in the same tournaments as we are, generally speaking.
But how on earth are you challenging Uruguay? They were semi finalists in the last WC, they won Copa America 2 years ago and were unlucky not to make...
We are now at 15th which seems about right to me. But Brazil (9th) are an obvious outlier owing to a lack of competitive games. I see Colombia are third (after Spain and Germany), ahead of Argentina and Italy.
The thing is, these rankings seem pointless to me. What are they actually used for?