jdckelly Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 fair dues Northern Ireland Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 ItLOLy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 playoffs looking tasty though and it is typical scottish luck to qualify for the world cup playoffs for the first time since 98 (?) and potentially Italy and Portugal to face down Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 Scotland seeded. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 Absolutely love this Switzerland side. Get so much out of themselves every time Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 Scots seeded so very good chance they make it to the World Cup. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 1 minute ago, Optimistic Nut said: Scotland seeded. genuine question how in gods name are they determining seeding Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 Quality from Scotland. When are the playoffs. Shame they will have to wait. Expect they would like to pay tomorrow! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 Just now, toontownman said: Quality from Scotland. When are the playoffs. Shame they will have to wait. Expect they would like to pay tomorrow! march international window Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 Never agree with this 'feeling sorry for' San Marino craic. 'Heartbreaking,' man. I'd give my left nut to have a kickabout at Wembley with Harry Kane ffs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 Just now, Yorkie said: Never agree with this 'feeling sorry for' San Marino. 'Heartbreaking,' man. I'd give my left nut to have a kickabout at Wembley with Harry Kane ffs. I dunno getting hammered 10-0 feels horrible no matter the level and potentially going your entire international career with 0 wins I'm impressed they keep bothering tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 San Marino and the likes shouldn’t be allowed in these qualifying groups. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicane Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 Yeah "heartbreaking" is ridiculously OTT, but it does just seem pointless after a while doesn't it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 See Brazil and Argentina have been pretty emphatic in their qualification. Any chance at all either of them win the World Cup or standard European win again? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 19 minutes ago, jdckelly said: genuine question how in gods name are they determining seeding https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_–_UEFA_Second_Round Record in their group primarily. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgarve Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 13 minutes ago, jdckelly said: I dunno getting hammered 10-0 feels horrible no matter the level and potentially going your entire international career with 0 wins I'm impressed they keep bothering tbh. They should pre qualify then also it’s great for them players to have a chance to play against big teams so would effectively kill them off forever if they did that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 Rather than binning off the bottom end you could promote the top end instead. For eg everyone who makes it to the last 16 of the World Cup/Euros automatically qualifies for the next one. (Not my idea) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superior Acuña Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 24 minutes ago, jdckelly said: genuine question how in gods name are they determining seeding Most points (excluding games against the team that came 6th in the bigger groups) + the two Nations League teams are not seeded. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 1 minute ago, Yorkie said: See Brazil and Argentina have been pretty emphatic in their qualification. Any chance at all either of them win the World Cup or standard European win again? The standard of the other teams has been a lot lower than usual so it’s a probably a bit misleading. I’d say Argentina are slightly better than what they were at the last World Cup as they can almost defend and have a proper keeper but Messi is on a older. Brazil are Brazil, always have a chance to win or collapse in hilarious fashion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 3 minutes ago, Inferior Acuña said: Most points (excluding games against the team that came 6th in the bigger groups) + the two Nations League teams are not seeded. 8 minutes ago, Disco said: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_–_UEFA_Second_Round Record in their group primarily. cheers lads Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 Just looking around the various qualifications and it looks like the solitary surprise qualifier anywhere is going to be Canada. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
number37 Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 12 minutes ago, Yorkie said: Rather than binning off the bottom end you could promote the top end instead. For eg everyone who makes it to the last 16 of the World Cup/Euros automatically qualifies for the next one. (Not my idea) Not wanting to cross the streams but they do something very similar in rugby for their World Cup, although that might work better/differently because there are generally fewer higher level nations compared to football so the same old countries will always qualify anyway through the World Cup rather than qualification. I suppose it's six and two threes really. Someone like Germany or Brazil are pretty much always going to qualify, whether that's because they'll usually reach the knockouts or inevitably just sail through qualifying. Could maybe help the lower nations, I guess, but I think that was the thought behind linking Nations League progress with Euro and World Cup qualifying in terms of giving them a playoff spot to put in their back pocket in case main qualifying doesn't go so well. Who knows what'll happen when Wenger gets his way and there'll be qualifying for the next World Cup midway through the current one in some multi group format where the top two in each group qualify for a World Cup in odd years and the next two for a World Cup in even years and the bottom teams qualify for the Euros. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 I really like the Nations League for how it presents the smaller nations with more opportunities for more competitive matches, for the betterment of their own progress and to increase competitiveness of the wider network. But when it comes to teams at the scale of San Marino, Andorra, Liechtenstein, Gibraltar - I really do wonder if there's any requirement to make a concerted effort to improve their fortunes. If the likes of Luxembourg, Moldova, Armenia and teams of that ilk are benefiting from more 'localised' competition (in an ability sense), then that's a good thing and it's measurable. But those tiny ones are so far from being competitive that I don't really see how being gifted the opportunity to share a pitch with Kane and Lewandowski et al is a 'waste of time'. If I had a day job whilst knocking about in the San Marino division and Serie D, I'd see those occasions as a huge pleasure. What England etc get out of it is another discussion, obviously. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superior Acuña Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 I think the San Marinos etc are a beautiful part of European international football and I'd be really sad to see them taken out of the main competition. Is a couple of games against these teams every now and again really such a problem? England are in the unusual situation of having both Andorra and San Marino in this group. The Faroes would've been one of these teams before and are half decent now, coming above Moldova in Scotland's group - so Scotland didn't have any games against totally hopeless teams this round, and often don't. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 Is the atmosphere at Hampden as amazing as it looks on tele when there's a big Scotland win? Does look fantastic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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