Earnshaw blasts rankings system

WALES striker Robert Earnshaw has hit out at the FIFA world rankings and insists Gary Speed’s men will be paying no attention to them as they look ahead to their World Cup qualifying campaign.

The Dragons lie joint 112th, level with a Faroe Islands side who were seeded above them at the recent draw for the 2014 qualifiers.

Since Mark Hughes took Wales to within an ace of reaching Euro 2004 it has been a tale of woe for the principality.