Euro 2024 - Qualification Thread

[Distant Doonhamer]

4 hours ago, DeeTillEhDeh said:

They managed one point in 2 games vs Armenia.

Yep realised that once the original  poster pointed it out. Piss poor effort by Wales. 

[oneteaminglasgow]

2 hours ago, Melanius Mullarkay said:

"Jonny Evans" FFS

 

It just won’t feel like a real euros without him. 

[Marten]

The play-off draw has just been made. Finland were drawn out to go to path A. The play-offs are now:

Path A:
Poland v Estonia
Wales v Finland (winner at home in the final)

Path B:
Israel v Iceland
Bosnia and Herzegovina v Ukraine  (winner at home in the final)

Path C
Georgia v Luxembourg  (winner at home in the final)
Greece v Kazakhstan

[ScottMc77]

That's as good a draw as Wales could have hoped for.

They must be favourites to get to the Euros now.

And a decent chance for Georgia too!

 

[VictorOnopko]

I'm shocked - SHOCKED - to learn that Wales got a spawny draw including two home ties.

[LoonsYouthTeam]

Look up "spawny drawers" in the dictionary and you'd get a picture of the Welsh football team

[TPAFKA Jersey 2]

7 minutes ago, LoonsYouthTeam said:

Look up "spawny drawers" in the dictionary and you'd get a picture of the Welsh football team

Aye, just underneath the picture of the England team. 

[Melanius Mullarkey]

Dont worry, Big Dick as got this.

[TheScarf]

Wales facing Pukki then potentially Lewandowski and you can pretty much guarantee they'll will qualify without conceding a goal.

[BucksburnDandy]

There's literally no more spawny a team in Europe than West England. They seem to have inherited the luck that Martin O'Neill's South Ireland had.

[oneteaminglasgow]

10 minutes ago, TheScarf said:

Wales facing Pukki then potentially Lewandowski and you can pretty much guarantee they'll will qualify without conceding a goal.

Aye, it’ll be Celtic-era Teemu Pukki that turns up in Cardiff, unfortunately.

[KirkieRR]

Getting such a diddy draw rather proves that Wales are English.

[accies1874]

The Wales stuff in this neck of the woods is quite strange. Obviously I don't like them as they're one of our closest rivals, but all the "jammy b*****ds" chat is similar to the stuff last year when folk were trying to convince themselves that the Republic of Ireland were some dirty, hammer-throwing mob when in reality they were on an even keel with us across the two games. It's like people are trying to convince themselves of reasons to dislike a team rather than just simply disliking them. 

I suppose Wales got lucky in that they had one of the best British players in a generation (that's no luckier than Norway or Slovenia who have been horseshit despite having their own world class player), but they've also done a lot of work over the years to build squads that perform beyond what you might think they're capable of on paper. There's not been much variance from Coleman to Giggs to Page, so unless there have been eight years of luck as opposed to that just being nature of international football, my take is that you're all just talking shite. 

[Guest]

Just now, accies1874 said:

The Wales stuff in this neck of the woods is quite strange. Obviously I don't like them as they're one of our closest rivals, but all the "jammy b*****ds" chat is similar to the stuff last year when folk were trying to convince themselves that the Republic of Ireland were some dirty, hammer-throwing mob when in reality they were on an even keel with us across the two games. It's like people are trying to convince themselves of reasons to dislike a team rather than just simply disliking them. 

I suppose Wales got lucky in that they had one of the best British players in a generation (that's no luckier than Norway or Slovenia who have been horseshit despite having their own world class player), but they've also done a lot of work over the years to build squads that perform beyond what you might think they're capable of on paper. There's not been much variance from Coleman to Giggs to Page, so unless there have been eight years of luck as opposed to that just being nature of international football, my take is that you're all just talking shite. 

Hiya Gareth, hiya Pal

[TheScarf]

What hecking world class player did Slovenia have? 

[oneteaminglasgow]

8 minutes ago, TheScarf said:

What hecking world class player did Slovenia have? 

Jan Oblak, presumably 

[TheScarf]

Just now, oneteaminglasgow said:

Jan Oblak, presumably 

That's a reach if so.  

[velo army]

Perhaps mistaking Slovenia for Slovakia (or autocorrect) and Hamsik.

I'm in agreement with the Wales and Ireland stuff tbh. I've always felt that it was an entirely understandable jealous projection given how successful they both were relative to us.

It does seem a bit tinpot, but I don't see playing Poland as lucky. Wales looked very decent against Turkey and would have won but for a terrible penalty decision against them.

Anyway, 'mon the home diddy nations.

[VictorOnopko]

5 hours ago, TheScarf said:

What hecking world class player did Slovenia have? 

Zlatko Zahovic? 

[oneteaminglasgow]

I think it’s more that Wales reached the semi finals of a Euros, and qualified for multiple other tournaments and I think I’ve seen them play well about once in all that time.

I honestly hope all the other ‘home nations’ lose every game they ever play, unless it’s against England. If Islamic State get a team together and play Wales, I’m cheering for the boys from the Levant.

Edit: with Ireland, it’s largely because they have been utter hammerthrowers for fucking ages, and because of the aftermath of Thierry Henry’s totally legitimate assist against them. 

Edited November 23, 2023 by oneteaminglasgow