General dissaray Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 (edited) Good or bad group? My first impression was it looks difficult Glad we have our play off spot But second thoughts are if Spain hose it there could be a lot of even teams that will draw with each other Thoughts? Edited October 9, 2022 by General dissaray 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 Looks like a tough group. Spain will obviously win it comfortably I think, and the thought of our defenders trying to contain Haaland gives me the absolute fear. We should be able to beat Georgia, but they are a tricky opponent who have caused us problems previously. Cyprus I would expect us to beat at home and away. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyg83 Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 We need to try and win this group. The tactic of hoping the top seed hoses everyone has not worked in our favour in the last 25 years. Try to beat Spain at home and them how they drop other points.Be bold rather than defeatist for this one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General dissaray Posted October 9, 2022 Author Share Posted October 9, 2022 2 minutes ago, Richey Edwards said: Looks like a tough group. Spain will obviously win it comfortably I think, and the thought of our defenders trying to contain Haaland gives me the absolute fear. We should be able to beat Georgia, but they are a tricky opponent who have caused us problems previously. Cyprus I would expect us to beat at home and away. If Georgia can consistently beat Scotland at home pretty sure they'll believe that they can give Norway a game with or without Haaland Win the midfield battle starve him of chances they can beat them and so can we and we have done it before against Norway 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General dissaray Posted October 9, 2022 Author Share Posted October 9, 2022 (edited) Georgia got CB and Striker playing Seria A and another striker playing in Leiga 1 in France there young as well so it isn't out the question that they could take points of Norway at there own midden Keeper at Valencia and CM at Bordeux as well they wint be bad Edited October 9, 2022 by General dissaray 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tartan Dave Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 Really fancy that Spain away day. March and October dates I am off work. Praying it’s in there. Surely they will be released soon if they are out today? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 42 minutes ago, Tartan Dave said: Really fancy that Spain away day. March and October dates I am off work. Praying it’s in there. Surely they will be released soon if they are out today? Spain shouldn't have any games in June due to the NL semis and final. Since Norway are classed as a cold weather country they don't usually play at home in November (that could also apply to March). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 Spain shouldn't have any games in June due to the NL semis and final. Since Norway are classed as a cold weather country they don't usually play at home in November (that could also apply to March).Norway played at home in November in at least the last four qualifying campaigns, and the winter restrictions were in place in at least three of those. They'll minimise how much they play at home, but it doesn't mean they won't at all. There's also absolutely nothing limiting them from playing at home in March. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmain Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 I have a sneaky we'll come out on top against Norway as they seem to be a bit of an ordinary lot outside of Haaland right now. Having said that Haaland was injured for some of last season and I don't think he played for them in some key games. Still, Hendry and McKenna will keep him quiet (). Tbh it's Georgia that gives me the fear most...memories of that utterly, UTTERLY pish performance in Tblisi in 2007, was it, that meant we had to beat Italy in our last game. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2426255 Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, Jimmain said: I have a sneaky we'll come out on top against Norway as they seem to be a bit of an ordinary lot outside of Haaland right now. Not sure where you are getting that idea from. They are in and around our level easily with a handful of players playing at the top level (Arsenal, Man City, Napoli), a good number playing in top-5 leagues (Southampton, Rennes, Sociedad, Brentford, Union Berlin, Sassuolo) and a supporting cast from their domestic league or top clubs in other countries (Galatasaray, Benfica, Dynamo Moscow, Feyenoord). Edited October 10, 2022 by 2426255 -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gmfc 23 Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 Anyone have an idea of roughly how many tickets/point would be needed for Norway in June. Thanks 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pie Of The Month Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 7 minutes ago, Gmfc 23 said: Anyone have an idea of roughly how many tickets/point would be needed for Norway in June. Thanks Last time we were there we got 2,200 but if Norway want to give us the minimum then we'll only get around 1400. I'd guess if it's the upper end of that then it'd go as low as maybe 11 or 12 or at the lower end around 16 maybe. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gmfc 23 Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 Ah no worries ill be on 8 so I'll maybe give it a miss n go for Cyprus instead 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YassinMoutaouakil Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 Haaland, Odegaard, Ajer and Elyounoussi would definitely get in our starting 11 for me. There's probably a few others that we're not really familiar with too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donathan Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 3 hours ago, YassinMoutaouakil said: Haaland, Odegaard, Ajer and Elyounoussi would definitely get in our starting 11 for me. There's probably a few others that we're not really familiar with too. Understatement of the year 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dundeefc1783 Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 There is absolutely no doubt we have been incredibly unlucky to draw that group after getting into pot 2. I actually think there are at least a few groups that we would have just as much chance as third seeds. Namely groups D, E, F, H and I 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordopolis Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 I haven't studied the groups intensively, but at a glance, it doesn't look like there is any really "skooshy" group.I do feel a wee bit hard done by, but probably because I got too carried away with the unlikely possibility of a "Hungary, Armenia, Luxembourg, Gibraltar, Andorra" type group.It's a stiff challenge, but what a marker of success it'll be if we can negotiate it successfully.Edit: just rechecked - E, I and J definitely a bit easier 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Saintsible Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 Of all the third seeds, Norway was definitely one I wanted to avoid. They have a far superior squad 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satoshi Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 14 hours ago, YassinMoutaouakil said: Haaland, Odegaard, Ajer and Elyounoussi would definitely get in our starting 11 for me. There's probably a few others that we're not really familiar with too. Their recent record isn't great though, international football isn't just name all the good players you have - they haven't recently demonstrated themselves as a cohesive unit. It's not a good draw, not the worst but still pretty bad. Still a lot of reasons to be hopeful given our excellent recent results. Two similarly sized northern European nations - our overall qualification record is far better than theirs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paco Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Norway have a very young squad that will improve over time. They were probably the worst Pot 3 team for us to get, for me.They’re clearly not unbeatable though, but the group is a lot harder than it could’ve been. The Czechs also from Pot 2 have Poland, Albania, Faroe Islands and Moldova. We’d practically already be there if that was our group. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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