FAI...New Manager is Heimir Hallgrimsson

Started by CĂșig huaire, November 19, 2009, 01:34:00 PM

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Denn Forever

probably the most exciting part of.. the world cup
I have more respect for a man
that says what he means and
means what he says...

SaffronSports

Winners of Portugal/Denmark
Hungary
Ireland

One more team to come

weareros

Portugal or Denmark
Hungary
So far.
Not bad.

SaffronSports

I believe that means Armenia will be the last team in our group.

SaffronSports

Not the worst draw tbh. Probably playing for the second place spot and a playoff. Ultimately if you can't beat Hungary and Armenia you don't deserve to be there anyway.

mouview

Quote from: SaffronSports on December 13, 2024, 11:55:57 AMNot the worst draw tbh. Probably playing for the second place spot and a playoff. Ultimately if you can't beat Hungary and Armenia you don't deserve to be there anyway.

We probably can't. None of these opponents are technically inferior to us, so it'll be the usual formula of clinging on to a scoreless draw away and hoping for a set-piece goal or two at home.

JPGJOHNNYG

Quote from: mouview on December 13, 2024, 12:00:38 PM
Quote from: SaffronSports on December 13, 2024, 11:55:57 AMNot the worst draw tbh. Probably playing for the second place spot and a playoff. Ultimately if you can't beat Hungary and Armenia you don't deserve to be there anyway.

We probably can't. None of these opponents are technically inferior to us, so it'll be the usual formula of clinging on to a scoreless draw away and hoping for a set-piece goal or two at home.

It's probably the best draw we have had in years, unfortunately we are so bad though that it will still be a struggle

weareros

Quote from: mouview on December 13, 2024, 12:00:38 PM
Quote from: SaffronSports on December 13, 2024, 11:55:57 AMNot the worst draw tbh. Probably playing for the second place spot and a playoff. Ultimately if you can't beat Hungary and Armenia you don't deserve to be there anyway.

We probably can't. None of these opponents are technically inferior to us, so it'll be the usual formula of clinging on to a scoreless draw away and hoping for a set-piece goal or two at home.
I'd consider Hungary one of the more beatable second seeds (home and away). Armenia one of the trickier 4th seeds as they did beat Wales twice in the Euro qualifiers. But they got beaten by Faroe Islands in Nations League so you'd want to be beating them. The question is: are Portugal and Denmark both #1 seeds that are in decline. One lives in hope.

SaffronSports

I think ultimately we probably won't qualify but in terms of the groups that's not the worst we could have got.

AustinPowers

There was a time  when  I didn't really fear getting any team; Germany, Spain, France etc. 

Now I fear  drawing the likes of Slovenia, Cyprus and  Lithuania.

What's this Portugal v Denmark  thing about?  Why are they playing off? And what happens to  the loser of that match?

SaffronSports

Quote from: AustinPowers on December 13, 2024, 12:37:26 PMThere was a time  when  I didn't really fear getting any team; Germany, Spain, France etc. 

Now I fear  drawing the likes of Slovenia, Cyprus and  Lithuania.

What's this Portugal v Denmark  thing about?  Why are they playing off? And what happens to  the loser of that match?

It's a Nations League quarter final. Winner into our group and loser into another one(Scotland's I think).

From the Bunker

Serbia and Albania are in the same group!
Who in their right mind let this happen?

SaffronSports

Quote from: From the Bunker on December 13, 2024, 09:19:45 PMSerbia and Albania are in the same group!
Who in their right mind let this happen?

Watched the draw live and they were talking about a pile of different draws that couldn't happen so you would have thought that might be one. They'll have to put that technology in that stops drones working near airports.

weareros

Quote from: SaffronSports on December 13, 2024, 09:39:52 PM
Quote from: From the Bunker on December 13, 2024, 09:19:45 PMSerbia and Albania are in the same group!
Who in their right mind let this happen?

Watched the draw live and they were talking about a pile of different draws that couldn't happen so you would have thought that might be one. They'll have to put that technology in that stops drones working near airports.
They seemed to have every rule under the Sun. One rule was not drawing teams that had too far to travel. It looked like their graphic showed Ireland could not draw Israel (even though both were in Pot 3 anyway).

seafoid

Israel has to play home matches in a neutral venue. Genocide is expensive. Nobody wants to go to Israel.