GordonS Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 I don't have Sky, alas, is this really going on? Posted at 21:40 Post update Germany in disarray, players arguing among each other at the final whistle. Thomas Muller is giving Marco Reus a right ticking out, hands flapping all over the place, saliva spraying from his mouth. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marten Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 8 minutes ago, GordonS said: I don't have Sky, alas, is this really going on? Posted at 21:40 Post update Germany in disarray, players arguing among each other at the final whistle. Thomas Muller is giving Marco Reus a right ticking out, hands flapping all over the place, saliva spraying from his mouth. Just had a look on German news sites and can't find anything, so I'm not sure tbh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donathan Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 What takes precedence in the instance where all the teams in group A qualify automatically and 2 of the group winners in B qualify automatically? Do the 4 best runners up in B go to the A playoff and the next 2 take part in the B playoff or vice versa? It seems likely in that case that the A playoff would actually be easier to qualify through than B. I’m pretty sure they fill up from the bottom, so the four winners from group C and group D respectively will fill those playoff spots, then the B playoff would be filled by the 2 remaining group winners and the best 2 runners-up, then the next 4 teams from group B would end up in the group A playoffs. So in fact you’re correct in saying that there’s a decent chance the A playoff will end up being easier than the B playoff.If the qualifying groups all end up going according to seeding, the entire league A and 8/12 of league B would qualify automatically. In this case, bizarrely, the four league A playoff spots would go to the four runners up from league C! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red23 Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 Good to finally debunk the myth that Ireland and Northern Ireland are good teams because the qualified for the euros in 2016. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 They weren't good teams then, either. But you don't need to be good to qualify for a 24-team finals. Just not fucking useless will do, and we failed to attain that low target. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 1 hour ago, Bully Wee Villa said: They weren't good teams then, either. But you don't need to be good to qualify for a 24-team finals. Just not fucking useless will do, and we failed to attain that low target. We didn't even make the play-offs, putting us outside the top 27 teams. Which is a bit shit. On the other hand though, two former winners of the tournament were in the same boat while another former winner lost in the play-offs, so it was an odd set of qualifiers. Greece were a top seed and finished bottom of their group, behind the Faroe Islands! -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coooombe Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 10 hours ago, Donathan said: I’m pretty sure they fill up from the bottom, so the four winners from group C and group D respectively will fill those playoff spots, then the B playoff would be filled by the 2 remaining group winners and the best 2 runners-up, then the next 4 teams from group B would end up in the group A playoffs. So in fact you’re correct in saying that there’s a decent chance the A playoff will end up being easier than the B playoff. If the qualifying groups all end up going according to seeding, the entire league A and 8/12 of league B would qualify automatically. In this case, bizarrely, the four league A playoff spots would go to the four runners up from league C! Aye that makes sense, it's a weird quirk of the playoffs in that first and second in the groups in league C are pretty much all guaranteed playoff spots, due to the 20 automatic spots more than likely being taken by the League A and B teams. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kebab Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 Wondering what it's going to be like for the next two years???I'll just leave this here... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coooombe Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 10 minutes ago, King Kebab said: Wondering what it's going to be like for the next two years??? I'll just leave this here... The only thing more tired than the "it's coming home" patter is the "don't say it" patter, so he's completely excelled himself there. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanky_ffc Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 How can a completely new tournament be 'coming home'? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 4 minutes ago, lanky_ffc said: How can a completely new tournament be 'coming home'? Footballs not new m8. It was invented in 1992 by Sky. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IggyStooge Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 On 18/11/2018 at 15:40, topcat(The most tip top) said: As they’ll probably be saying in the hostelries of Kettering, Romford and Shepton Mallet in approximately 9 minutes. And now... So very predictable. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 1 minute ago, IggyStooge said: And now... So very predictable. The quote in the headline is from a Russian newspaper. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IggyStooge Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 2 minutes ago, craigkillie said: The quote in the headline is from a Russian newspaper. Aye, but it's the BBC wot went looking for it, innit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RandomGuy. Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 In England and book stores are filled with "from zero to hero, the Gareth Southgate story" and "2018, England's Heroes" books. Haud me back. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 6 minutes ago, craigkillie said: The quote in the headline is from a Russian newspaper. If they lose in Stockholm they might revise that opinion 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizfit Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 Harry Maguire looks like the sort of person who’d drink piss if you told him it was just a zesty powerade. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 So the League D play-offs are: Georgia v Belarus Macedonia v Kosovo None have ever qualified for anything before. I can't recall any coming close. Kosovo were ranked third-bottom at the start of the Nations League. The boost for those national teams must be intense. And I think we can now conclusively say that San Marino are the worst team in Europe. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 Do Macedonia hate Kosovo? I'm hoping for some sort of scenes. Hate it when UEFA ruin the competition by keeping the teams that hate each other apart. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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