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You're one of us, George? Your Northern Neighbours (hopeless in soccer), but I was massively cheering for elimination of Mexico. And well, had a quadruple accy bet on Serbia, Romania, Costa Rica, and Panama @ 18. I'm probably as devastated as people of Panama now. WHAT THE f*** was that....Keep the ball on the ground. Don't cross. If Bob was still managing, I'm certain he would have made sure US won't win it. f***ing Klinsmann

Fuck. Off

Uruguay will be seeded at the draw as well provided they beat Jordan next month. That means one of the European teams will be in the seed with 5 African teams + Ecuador + Chile.

Maxi still has it in him. criminally underused in his last season with us. Happy for him to be back in the national side

Roy has done a decent job, but it's not like he's managed a miracle. England topped a group they were expected to top, and due to being negative away from home (a lot of draws) they dropped so much in FIFA rankings that they won't be seeded. England won't have the home support of Wembley next summer and certainly can't be as negative as they were in Kiev last month, so Roy has to find a right balance. He deserves credit for taking England to the WC in a relatively tricky group, but it's not like he's done something other England managers haven't done (McLaren aside). And I fucking hate those Liverpool fans who think the more they bash Roy/England, the more of Liverpool fans they are. Obsessed cunts.

It is likely to be Ibra's last major tournament, so he simply has to be there. Iceland, and Sweden must qualify for me. Not arsed about the other two.

Reckon we'd beat Greece and probably Ukraine. Croatia would be 50/50 even though they seem to be on s*** form. Portugal would be devastating. f***ing Lagerbäck and Iceland. What a guy he is. Another sensational statistic is that 1% of Iceland’s population went to Norway on Tuesday evening to see their side secure a 1-1 draw that ensures they are in the play-offs. This is insane mate. Seeing I have a hard on for Nordic nations having lived there, I'll be rooting for you guys as if it's my own country in the play-offs.

There is more chance of me doing Scarlett Johansson tonight, than FIFA allowing Portugal and France to go head to head. What I would LIKE in the draw: Portugal vs. Romania Greece vs. Iceland Croatia vs. Sweden Ukraine vs. France

What's happened to Croatia? They've been awful lately. Reckon every unseeded team in the draw will want them on monday.

Entered tonight's result in fifa rankings, and the draw should be: Seeded: Portugal Greece Croatia Ukraine Unseeded: France Sweden Romania Iceland

Switzerland will be on 1140 FIFA points Netherlands and Italy BOTH on 1136 ! so which one of Italy and Netherlands will get the 8th spot ?

If Bosnia fuck this one up, then they are truly the Spurs of International football. half hour to go

watching Norway-Iceland. genuinely it seems there are more Icelandic fans there than Norwegians despite the fact that the game is in Oslo. Hope Iceland win and make the play-offs.

No. France are guaranteed in play-offs because their group were 5 teams. The battle for the worst runner up would have been a lot more interesting tonight had Aquilani not scored that equalizer at the death in Copenhagen. Now it's almost certain to be group B. (Unless Denmark and Bulgaria don't win and Armenia beat Italy in Italy)

Unfair on the African teams especially. No matter what they do on the continent they'll be low seeds and end up in very difficult groups. Why? Ghana can set up loads of friendlies and beat them and they'll climb up the table ...but it's unrealistic. African teams (bar Ghana) were have been wank in the last 2 world cups...so I don't think they deserve more sports (or top seed). Thing is, other than top 8, the rest is all regional. So it won't matter if you're 9th in FIFA ranking or 100th, doesn't make any difference at all.

You guys are over-rating us way too much. Our midfield is a mess when we get pressed, but hopefully Pardew won't pick up on that. If Johnson is fit, I'll be confident of a win, if not a score draw. I hope we keep playing 3-4-1-2 and get Suarez isolated in that channel between Williamson and Debuchy.

Yes. Switzerland is a very strange team though. in 2006, they were the only side not to concede a single goal at the World Cup, but were eliminated in penalties vs. Ukraine. They were disappointing in 2008 when they hosted Euros in 2010, they BEAT Spain, and then went on to get 2 disappointing results They were wank in 2012 qualifying campaign and now they are really doing well. The only team to beat Brazil in recent months ! Their younger players and maturing and it's showing on the pitch. Unbelievable that 2 teams who were absolutely hopeless 2 years ago for Euro 2012 qualifying (Belgium and Switzerland) could well be among Top Seed of the World Cup draw next month. Switzerland now will take their last game seriously as well, which is great news for Iceland. Here is a nice article about the rise of Icelandic football. http://www.footandball.net/can-iceland-make-world-cup/ p.s. even the US could potentially make top seed if all Switzerland, Netherlands and Uruguay fuck up . Guess that's determine whether they'll give the game to Panama (to eliminate Mexico if possible) or try to go win it. They'll know their chances before the game since European clashes finish earlier.

Here is something mad. If Switzerland beat Slovenia, and Uruguay fails to beat Argentina .... then Switzerland will move to the top 8 replacing Uruguay. Irrelevant of the score between Turkey and Netherlands, Switzerland will have 2 points ahead of Holland for the upcoming ranking providing both teams win their last game. Switzerland for TOP SEED !

Congrats to your friend. What a fucking win England and BTTS (vs. Poland) Netherlands and BTTS (@ Turkey) Switzerland and BTTS (vs. Slovenia) for Tuesday @ 85 . I may stick a fiver on this.

I'm a Venezuela win over Paraguay away from turning $3 into $81. Come on Venezuela !

reckon England will get maximum of 4 points from their next 2 games, and will head to the play-offs after Ukraine take maximum points off Poland and San Marino. They'll lose their lead in closing stages of either game after Roy decides to park the bus after being a goal up.

Is it done on rankings? Top Seed Yes. The other 3 are based on continental regions. If Uruguay ends up in Play Offs, then Netherlands will most likely take their spot in the top seed. That's why Holland has to beat both Turkey and Hungary despite being qualified already. To keep their hopes of top seed alive. Ranking released after October fixtures, will decide it.

If Uruguay does the business in their last 2 games and qualifies directly, then we pretty much have all the Seedings: Top Seed: Spain, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Colombia, Italy, Germany, Belgium Seed 2: Iran, Australia, Korea, Japan, USA, Costa Rica, Concacaf 3rd, Concacaf 4th/New Zealand Seed 3: 8 European teams Seed 4: 5 African teams, Chile, Ecuador Seed X: a European team determined by draw, to ensure there won't be 3 European teams in one group. Serbia was in Seed X in 2006. All of this assuming 5th South American team wipes the floor with Jordan, which they will.

Slovenia Iceland Germany Netherlands Belgium OR draw Ukraine Venezuela accum at @ 27.5 for Friday's games. Quite positive about this one.

FUCK ME SIDEWAYS. Unbelievable