Quote Originally Posted by chrisfffan View Post
Quote Originally Posted by Loony BoB View Post
Fact: Arsenal, based on their successes in European competition over recent years, are ranked higher than Chelsea.
the rankings system is a bit mad its like the world cup rankings how can Chelsea not be seeded when we are champions of England for the second year in a row and some lesser teams in less competitive leagues are?
Because it's not ranking English teams, it's ranking European teams. In other words, it doesn't matter how well you do in your own league, it matters how well you do in European games. Chelsea, quite simply, have not got a reputation prior to this year for going far in European games. They'll get that in time, probably, but at the moment, no.