During the autumn of 2010, The Finland national team lost important matches against Moldova and Hungary, which led to widespread hopes for Baxter's resignation made public by the National Team Supporters, the media and the country's leading football pundits. It turned out, too, that Baxter had failed to establish communicative relationships with some of the key players in the squad, favouring certain players instead. Baxter, however, refused to resign, attacking journalists for not understanding football well enough in order to evaluate his performance as a manager. The Football Association of Finland did not sack Baxter either, citing, e.g., financial reasons. The Finland national team's position in FIFA World Rankings has sunk from 33 to 86 under Baxter's guidance On November 2010, The Football Association of Finland revealed that Baxter would no longer continue in his job as a manager of the national team.