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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2014 19:16:34 GMT
Pots for Euro 2016 Qualifying were announced today:
Pot 1: Spain (holders), Germany, Netherlands, Italy, England, Portugal, Greece, Russia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Pot 2: Ukraine, Croatia, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, Belgium, Czech Republic, Hungary, Republic of Ireland
Pot 3: Serbia, Turkey, Slovenia, Israel, Norway, Slovakia, Romania, Austria, Poland
Pot 4: Montenegro, Armenia, Scotland, Finland, Latvia, Wales, Bulgaria, Estonia, Belarus
Pot 5: Iceland, Northern Ireland, Albania, Lithuania, Moldova, Macedonia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Cyprus
Pot 6: Luxembourg, Kazakhstan, Liechtenstein, Faroe Islands, Malta, Andorra, San Marino, Gibraltar
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Post by danielbuggery on Jan 24, 2014 19:27:20 GMT
Gibraltar? I think everyone in this forum could get into that team by just doing 10 kick-ups
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Post by Exonerator on Jan 24, 2014 19:58:30 GMT
Will Kosovo get in if they are accepted by FIFA?
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Post by Mycon on Jan 24, 2014 20:01:37 GMT
Gibraltar drew with Slovakia in their only official Fifa game, they're probably better than San Marino and Andorra.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2014 21:19:09 GMT
Will Kosovo get in if they are accepted by FIFA? No, it takes time to integrate new associations and they have already organized the draw.
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Post by Heung-Min Pleat on Jan 25, 2014 10:45:54 GMT
Pitbull wins the chance to have the 2014 World Cup anthem, oh fucking yay. Not exactly a big deal, but when it's Pitbull, it is. Hopefully he wins the chance to suffocate
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Post by Heung-Min Pleat on Jan 25, 2014 10:46:50 GMT
Pot 3 looks stronger than pot 2
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Post by Matt on Jan 25, 2014 11:30:33 GMT
Ireland being in Pot 2 ahead of Austria, Poland, Slovakia and Serbia is hilarious. And Belgium still being in Pot 2 is pretty ridiculous too. I don't even know what this is based on, as FIFA has Ireland ranked as 34th in EUROPE...?
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Post by Mycon on Jan 25, 2014 18:33:46 GMT
Ireland being in Pot 2 ahead of Austria, Poland, Slovakia and Serbia is hilarious. And Belgium still being in Pot 2 is pretty ridiculous too. I don't even know what this is based on, as FIFA has Ireland ranked as 34th in EUROPE...? I suppose it's probably based on previous results in Euro qualifying tournaments. We qualified for the last one and finished third in our two qualifying groups before that which is consistent enough. The likes of Austria, Poland and Slovakia have had a few fourth places in there, Serbia are inconsistent as well. Then Belgium haven't qualified for a Euro tournament that they weren't a host of since the 1980s. Decent chance of qualifying now.
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Post by #FreeBTS on Jan 25, 2014 18:57:17 GMT
Taking Belgium's past record into account seems utterly pointless right now thought.
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Post by sameobi on Jan 25, 2014 19:04:14 GMT
Ireland being in Pot 2 ahead of Austria, Poland, Slovakia and Serbia is hilarious. And Belgium still being in Pot 2 is pretty ridiculous too. I don't even know what this is based on, as FIFA has Ireland ranked as 34th in EUROPE...? None of those teams actually qualified for 2012 or 2014 though. Ireland managed to get to one of them. What's strangest is Bosnia being in pot 1 ahead of almost of all the teams in pot 2.
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Post by Mycon on Jan 25, 2014 19:56:42 GMT
Taking Belgium's past record into account seems utterly pointless right now thought. Well they still have to prove themselves in a major tournament even if there are too many players coming through for them not to do well in the foreseeable future. Belgium are overrated at the minute though, currently fifth favourites for the World Cup by a good distance at only 14/1 for the tournament which is mad, where you find Italy at 22/1, Euro finalists and only lost to Spain in the Confederations Cup in Brazil on penalties. They still have to prove themselves against a lot of the traditional big guns. There are so many Belgians in England now that I think some people are overrating them based on familiarity. Take for example the likes Fellaini and Dembele, there are loads of midfielder playing in Europe across all leagues that are as good as them. Kompany, Courtois and Hazard are outstanding, few more very good players but I don't see them really fulfilling their potential until at least Euro 2016.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2014 20:07:10 GMT
Pot 3 looks stronger than pot 2 Ukraine, Croatia, Sweden, Switzerland, Belgium and maybe Denmark are better than every team in pot 3, I don't know how you think that.
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Post by Audacity on Jan 26, 2014 0:27:01 GMT
The draw I'd want for us: Greece, Hungary, Slovakia, SCOTLAND, Georgia, San Marino. Draw I'd hate: Spain, Belgium, Turkey, SCOTLAND, Lithuania, Kazakhstan.
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Post by oxygen on Jan 26, 2014 0:32:23 GMT
Taking Belgium's past record into account seems utterly pointless right now thought. Well they still have to prove themselves in a major tournament even if there are too many players coming through for them not to do well in the foreseeable future. Belgium are overrated at the minute though, currently fifth favourites for the World Cup by a good distance at only 14/1 for the tournament which is mad, where you find Italy at 22/1, Euro finalists and only lost to Spain in the Confederations Cup in Brazil on penalties. They still have to prove themselves against a lot of the traditional big guns. There are so many Belgians in England now that I think some people are overrating them based on familiarity. Take for example the likes Fellaini and Dembele, there are loads of midfielder playing in Europe across all leagues that are as good as them. Kompany, Courtois and Hazard are outstanding, few more very good players but I don't see them really fulfilling their potential until at least Euro 2016. Agree with this. Belgium are being talked up a lot because they have a lot of recognisable names but I don't fancy the likes of Fellaini, Benteke or even Vermaelen as World Cup winners. Spain and Germany are comfortbly better from Europe alone, they'd only be slight favourites against England as well imo.
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