Mr Bairn Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Georgia 1-3 Poland Germany 16-0 Gibraltar Scotland 2-1 South Ireland Georgia 0-4 Germany Scotland 8-0 Gibraltar South Ireland 1-1 Poland Poland 2-0 Georgia South Ireland 1-0 Scotland Gibraltar 0-6 Germany Georgia 1-1 Scotland Germany 3-0 Poland Gibraltar 1-5 South Ireland Poland 5-0 Gibraltar South Ireland 3-0 Georgia Scotland 1-2 Germany Georgia 4-1 Gibraltar South Ireland 1-2 Germany Scotland 2-1 Poland Germany 3-0 Georgia Gibraltar 0-3 Scotland Poland 2-0 South Ireland Germany 25 Poland 20 South Ireland 17 Scotland 17 Georgia 7 Gibraltar 0 I have us losing out on away goals to South Ireland and by 3 points to Poland. We'll probably need either a point in Dublin or a win in Georgia to make sure of a top 3 finish, if we can manage both we'll probably qualify automatically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 I can't imagine us beating Gibraltar 8-0 tbh. Scotland's never been that kind of team in my experience, we'll win 3-0 or struggle and give them their only points during qualifying probably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 16-0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Gibraltar probably won't concede over six again, unless their manager is a complete moron who continues their early approach of trying to attack sides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elixir Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Gibraltar are a pub team and we will stick at least five past them home and away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisGRAEME Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 I can't imagine us beating Gibraltar 8-0 tbh. Scotland's never been that kind of team in my experience, we'll win 3-0 or struggle and give them their only points during qualifying probably. This chat is properly boring now. We'll take them to pieces home and away. 6 points, probably with a minimum of seven goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forameus Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 This chat is properly boring now. We'll take them to pieces home and away. 6 points, probably with a minimum of seven goals. We should beat them, and 98% sure we will. But even when we do beat them, can you honestly see us being the sort of side that goes out and scores seven or eight? It depends on how they come out - if Gibraltar decide to do the sensible thing and become "hard" to beat, we'll struggle to score like we did against Georgia, and probably win by a couple. The only way we'll score in large numbers is if they play the kamikaze way. Surely Bula isn't as stupid as that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Georgia have professional footballers playing at clubs at a decent level. Gibraltar have a bunch of amateurs and semi-pros, most of whom play in the Gibraltar league. It doesn't matter how much you try to sit back and defend, if your players simply aren't capable of doing it then you're still going to lose goals. A few of Ireland's goals on Saturday came from their midfielders and forwards waltzing past the entire Gibraltar defence as though they weren't there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_B Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 We should beat them, and 98% sure we will. Nonsense. If Scotland played Gibraltar 1000 times we should win 1000 of those encounters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Gibraltar aren't a Lichtenstein or a Faroes, who could and have caused us problems. They are far worse than that. I have genuinely seen better amateur teams than them on Scottish public parks. I would expect Scottish League 2 sides to comfortably beat Gibraltar. If we don't win by at least 3 goals home and away it will be nothing short of a disgrace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 ICT would beat Gibraltar IMO. With Ryan Esson scoring a couple. Edit - Yeah some of South Ireland's goals were wind-ups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuttonDressedAsLahm Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 I believe that Gibraltar are comfortably in the same class to San Marino. The Faroe Islands beat them 4-1 AND missed a penalty. I'd imagine that the Germans will easily reach double figures. Gibraltar are the sort of team that will capitulate to a fast attacking, fast passing opposition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elixir Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 The fact that mickey mouse sides such as Gibraltar are allowed to play qualifiers must surely open the door for the likes of the Isle of Man and Channel Islands too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irvine_buddie Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Georgia 1-3 Poland Germany 16-0 Gibraltar Scotland 2-1 South Ireland Georgia 0-4 Germany Scotland 8-0 Gibraltar South Ireland 1-1 Poland Poland 2-0 Georgia South Ireland 1-0 Scotland Gibraltar 0-6 Germany Georgia 1-1 Scotland Germany 3-0 Poland Gibraltar 1-5 South Ireland Poland 5-0 Gibraltar South Ireland 3-0 Georgia Scotland 1-2 Germany Georgia 4-1 Gibraltar South Ireland 1-2 Germany Scotland 2-1 Poland Germany 3-0 Georgia Gibraltar 0-3 Scotland Poland 2-0 South Ireland Germany 25 Poland 20 South Ireland 17 Scotland 17 Georgia 7 Gibraltar 0 I have us losing out on away goals to South Ireland and by 3 points to Poland. We'll probably need either a point in Dublin or a win in Georgia to make sure of a top 3 finish, if we can manage both we'll probably qualify automatically. Think we're more likely to get a draw in Ireland, win in Georgia and draw or even lose at home to Poland. If that is the case then we'd scrape above Ireland for the playoffs. Could really use Georgia taking some points off Poland and Ireland but can't see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordopolis Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Georgia 1-3 Poland Germany 16-0 Gibraltar Scotland 2-1 South Ireland Georgia 0-4 Germany Scotland 8-0 Gibraltar South Ireland 1-1 Poland Poland 2-0 Georgia South Ireland 1-0 Scotland Gibraltar 0-6 Germany Georgia 1-1 Scotland Germany 3-0 Poland Gibraltar 1-5 South Ireland Poland 5-0 Gibraltar South Ireland 3-0 Georgia Scotland 1-2 Germany Georgia 4-1 Gibraltar South Ireland 1-2 Germany Scotland 2-1 Poland Germany 3-0 Georgia Gibraltar 0-3 Scotland Poland 2-0 South Ireland Germany 25 Poland 20 South Ireland 17 Scotland 17 Georgia 7 Gibraltar 0 I have us losing out on away goals to South Ireland and by 3 points to Poland. We'll probably need either a point in Dublin or a win in Georgia to make sure of a top 3 finish, if we can manage both we'll probably qualify automatically. Quite reasonable predictions there and still it puts us neck and neck for third! Man, this group is the most nerve-wracking in ages! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_B Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Quite reasonable predictions there and still it puts us neck and neck for third! Man, this group is the most nerve-wracking in ages! It's a real c**t of a group when you look at some of the collections of dross in the others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 It's a real c**t of a group when you look at some of the collections of dross in the others. Northern Ireland's in particular. b*****ds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_B Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Northern Ireland's in particular. b*****ds. Yep. Even Wales's isn't too bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 The fact that mickey mouse sides such as Gibraltar are allowed to play qualifiers must surely open the door for the likes of the Isle of Man and Channel Islands too? The door is closed to them now, because UEFA have changed their regulations to only allow sovereign nations to be admitted. The only reason Gibraltar got in is that their application came before those regulations changed, and therefore had to be considered under the old rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 It's worth pointing out that our group only has one side who finished in the top 3 of their World Cup qualifying group, while some groups have 2 sides who qualified for the tournament plus other teams who narrowly missed out. So while it's possible that our group is the hardest, it's also possible that it's just a bunch of evenly matched mediocre teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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