From the BBC, proof that cack rises and the FIFA rankings are crazy..
World Cup 2010: England climb Fifa world rankings
England have risen one place in Fifa's official world rankings from eighth to seventh, despite their poor showing at the recent World Cup in South Africa.
Fabio Capello's side were knocked out of the tournament in the last 16 after a 4-1 defeat by Germany, who have gone up two positions to fourth.
World Cup winners Spain have replaced Brazil as the top-ranked side.
Meanwhile, World Cup finalists the Netherlands have risen two places to second, Brazil are down to third place.
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At least we made the KO stages and have had a decent last year - it was only at the WC itself that it went pards shaped.
And even won a Finals match against Slovenia!
We did qualify for the World Cup with a lot of wins, and as we are in Europe, which has a better weighting, those qualifying games are going to hold us up there for a year or two, then we will start replacing the Maclaren years with, hopefully, wins.
Thus I would expect us to be in the top 8 for a while to come - despite being totally unable to perform thus summer.