qos_75 Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Iceland, Ireland and Montenegro would do for me. I would fancy us to win that group. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donathan Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 Tinfoil hat time, I'm wondering if winning our group here is actually a good thing or not. This is the nations league before Euro 2024. Generally for Euros, you're all but guaranteed a playoff spot just by being in league B. The next one after this is the world cup 2026 nations league. Assuming the current format is retained (There are 16 spots rather than 13, so they may offer more playoff spots or still have 12 teams but just do one-off ties rather than 4 team playoffs) you MUST be a UNL group winner and almost certainly for league A or league B. That being the case, it's easier to win a group in league B. So really we should finish 2nd here rather than win the group. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 1 hour ago, Donathan said: Tinfoil hat time, I'm wondering if winning our group here is actually a good thing or not. This is the nations league before Euro 2024. Generally for Euros, you're all but guaranteed a playoff spot just by being in league B. The next one after this is the world cup 2026 nations league. Assuming the current format is retained (There are 16 spots rather than 13, so they may offer more playoff spots or still have 12 teams but just do one-off ties rather than 4 team playoffs) you MUST be a UNL group winner and almost certainly for league A or league B. That being the case, it's easier to win a group in league B. So really we should finish 2nd here rather than win the group. Before the Nations League, we couldn't even manage to line up friendlies against sides to improve our World Ranking and seeding. That kind of gamesmanship is well beyond us. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 Tinfoil hat time, I'm wondering if winning our group here is actually a good thing or not. This is the nations league before Euro 2024. Generally for Euros, you're all but guaranteed a playoff spot just by being in league B. The next one after this is the world cup 2026 nations league. Assuming the current format is retained (There are 16 spots rather than 13, so they may offer more playoff spots or still have 12 teams but just do one-off ties rather than 4 team playoffs) you MUST be a UNL group winner and almost certainly for league A or league B. That being the case, it's easier to win a group in league B. So really we should finish 2nd here rather than win the group.Winning our group gets us into Pot 2 for the Euros qualifying and subsequently guarantees it for World Cup qualifying too. That's more important than a slightly increased chance of a play-off, especially when we could easily get a tough Nations League group next time. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pie Of The Month Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 (edited) Forgot about this draw until the email from the supporters club mentioned that it's next Thursday at 5pm. Ukraine with the potential to be the new Israel for us and play them 3 times in 2022. Edited December 10, 2021 by Pie Of The Month 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeadowArab Posted December 15, 2021 Author Share Posted December 15, 2021 Forgot about this draw until the email from the supporters club mentioned that it's next Thursday at 5pm. Ukraine with the potential to be the new Israel for us and play them 3 times in 2022. It's also quite likely that we draw Israel yet again. [emoji24] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estragon Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 Can't wait to find out who will be joining us and Israel. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G51 Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 Iceland and Armenia are no brainers IMO. Ireland wouldn’t be terrible to draw, but they are on an upswing at the moment. Kenny has them playing a wee bit. We’d still handle them I think, but they have some players coming through. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marten Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 Top trolling! 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QwaarJet Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 If we get Israel I will laugh my arse off and we will likely need a redraw! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuctifano Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 Bosnia, Serbia, and Albania please. Win group by default due to multiple points deductions for the other teams /fans for misconduct. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donathan Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 Mock draw Group B1. 1. Bosnia and Herzegovina 2. Finland 3. Serbia 4. Armenia Group B2. 1. Sweden 2. Russia 3. Romania 4. Albania Group B3. 1. Iceland 2. Scotland 3. Israel 4. Montenegro Group B4. 1. Ukraine 2. Norway 3. Republic of Ireland 4. Slovenia -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambomo Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 Its an absolute certainty we'll get Israel again. You always get who you want t o avoid. At least we know we can win it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marten Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 Its an absolute certainty we'll get Israel again. You always get who you want t o avoid. At least we know we can win it.In fairness, it wouldn't be a bad draw. Ireland have been improving recently and Serbia just beat Portugal in their own back yard to qualify for the World Cup. If it wasn't for all the recent draws against Israel, most people here would want them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QwaarJet Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 Is this on TV or just YouTube? And how come the thread is so unpopular? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambomo Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 6 minutes ago, Marten said: 13 minutes ago, Jambomo said: Its an absolute certainty we'll get Israel again. You always get who you want t o avoid. At least we know we can win it. In fairness, it wouldn't be a bad draw. Ireland have been improving recently and Serbia just beat Portugal in their own back yard to qualify for the World Cup. If it wasn't for all the recent draws against Israel, most people here would want them. I honestly think it’s just because we have played them so often. A change would be good 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betting competition Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 Should have said the draw is 6pm - get on with it! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donathan Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 Here they go with league D. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 Pedro Pinto! CNN legend. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 Knew Latvia were shite but didn't know they were that shite 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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