ilikenewcastle Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Groups A and I are absolutely brutal. I in particular, Finland is basically their San Marino, all other games will be tense. Croatia-Turkey again, Ukraine-Iceland should be great match-up. E is perhaps the most even qualifying group I've ever seen. Could very well the second WC in a row with no Nordic teams. England's group, christ almighty Could very well be the 3rd WC without Sweden. Nuts that Ibra is unlikely to see a WC since 2006. But then, the Dutch are garbage these days and it's quiet Unbelievable. Even Lukashenko's boys will be tricky opponents Sweden have every chance of at least making the play offs. Holland look dreadful atm and France usually make a meal of qualification. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmoset Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Ibra will be 36 by then anyway. Hope he smashes the next Euros mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmoset Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Ibra will be nearly 36 by then anyway. Hope he smashes the next Euros mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Mongo Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 My initial thoughts on who'll qualify out of the groups. Pure bold directly, bold italic to knock-out. Why so optimistic for Norway? (I'm asking out of curiosity. And also pessimism.) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Scotland are out biggest rivals in that group, and we absolutly fucked them without getting out of second gear not too long ago, England could arguably go 2 qualifications with 100% records Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaizero Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 My initial thoughts on who'll qualify out of the groups. Pure bold directly, bold italic to knock-out. Why so optimistic for Norway? (I'm asking out of curiosity. And also pessimism.) Well, it's two parts. One part that I think we can take the Czech Republic and one part being that it's three years into the future. I have a lot of faith in a fair few of our young players so I think we'll be a better side by then, hopefully we may even have a new manager. It will no doubt turn out to be wrongly placed faith though, as always, and Ødegaard will be on the bench for some team in the 2. Bundesliga or something. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 England's group, fuck off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 We'll probably finish second in our group, tbf. We still haven't found ourselves since the last WC, the team is pretty much stuck in a transitional phase. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilikenewcastle Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Scotland are out biggest rivals in that group, and we absolutly f***ed them without getting out of second gear not too long ago, England could arguably go 2 qualifications with 100% records Slovakia should cause us problems, but really we should be qualifying with ease. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 Why am I hearing that I is a group of death? Just looks like loads of similarly shite teams. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 Why am I hearing that I is a group of death? Just looks like loads of similarly shite teams. Because of that, everyone there apart from Finland are capable of beating any team, there is no team that is so much better than the others there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 Why am I hearing that I is a group of death? Just looks like loads of similarly s**** teams. Because of that, everyone there apart from Finland are capable of beating any team, there is no team that is so much better than the others there. Aye but no one cares because they are all shite. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 Why am I hearing that I is a group of death? Just looks like loads of similarly s**** teams. Because of that, everyone there apart from Finland are capable of beating any team, there is no team that is so much better than the others there. Aye but no one cares because they are all shite. And? It still doesn't take away from the fact that it's going to be a difficult group to get out of. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 But it wouldn't be if you weren't shit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 exactly. If one of them so happens to be not shit a few times it'll be reet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 England v Scotland to be played on a Friday night. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 The picture they use in this http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33666128 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/nov/14/qatar-world-cup-200-billion-dollar-gamble Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Worth a read - https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2016/nov/16/qatar-uk-trade-minister-greg-hands-world-cup-2022 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/12/07/qatar-independent-news-website-blocked Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 World Cup draw this year already. Please pass by fast 2017. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paullow Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Bit of a disadvantage that we'll likely lose a few of our players in the forthcoming international games, most of our rivals players will have 2 weeks off, yet we are expected to lose: Ciaran Clark - Ireland vs Wales Daryl Murphy - Ireland vs Wales Paul Dummett - Ireland vs Wales Grant Hanley - Scotland vs Slovenia Matt Ritchie - Scotland vs Slovania Aleksandar Mitrovic - Georgia vs Serbia Mats Sels - Belgium vs Greece Senegal (Diame) and DR Congo (Mbemba) both have friendly matches. Senegal have 2 but both are in Europe. Doesn't look like Ghana have any games announced. Not sure if Anita or Elliot will be in their respective squads. Yedlin and Hayden would have been on duty as well but I assume injury will rule them out of their respective matches. Quite a core of the team gone there which would have been better resting / training together for 2 weeks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 World Cup draw this year already. Please pass by fast 2017. I'm ignoring it, waiting for the next viable one in 2024 which will be in fucking Syria. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 Bit of a disadvantage that we'll likely lose a few of our players in the forthcoming international games, most of our rivals players will have 2 weeks off, yet we are expected to lose: Ciaran Clark - Ireland vs Wales Daryl Murphy - Ireland vs Wales Paul Dummett - Ireland vs Wales Grant Hanley - Scotland vs Slovenia Matt Ritchie - Scotland vs Slovania Aleksandar Mitrovic - Georgia vs Serbia Mats Sels - Belgium vs Greece Senegal (Diame) and DR Congo (Mbemba) both have friendly matches. Senegal have 2 but both are in Europe. Doesn't look like Ghana have any games announced. Not sure if Anita or Elliot will be in their respective squads. Yedlin and Hayden would have been on duty as well but I assume injury will rule them out of their respective matches. Quite a core of the team gone there which would have been better resting / training together for 2 weeks. Most of them need games. Only Ritchie really you would like to see rested. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 Bit of a disadvantage that we'll likely lose a few of our players in the forthcoming international games, most of our rivals players will have 2 weeks off, yet we are expected to lose: Ciaran Clark - Ireland vs Wales Daryl Murphy - Ireland vs Wales Paul Dummett - Ireland vs Wales Grant Hanley - Scotland vs Slovenia Matt Ritchie - Scotland vs Slovania Aleksandar Mitrovic - Georgia vs Serbia Mats Sels - Belgium vs Greece Senegal (Diame) and DR Congo (Mbemba) both have friendly matches. Senegal have 2 but both are in Europe. Doesn't look like Ghana have any games announced. Not sure if Anita or Elliot will be in their respective squads. Yedlin and Hayden would have been on duty as well but I assume injury will rule them out of their respective matches. Quite a core of the team gone there which would have been better resting / training together for 2 weeks. Most of them need games. Only Ritchie really you would like to see rested. Clark and Dummett clearly don't "need games". Would rather Murphy didn't play either give where we are in the season and his age. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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