FAI...New Manager Hunt continues

[Ed Ricketts]

Not bad.

Playing for second regardless of top seed.

Maybe one of the weaker second seeds - very inconsistent.

The weakest fourth seed.

Middling fifth seeds.

Shame there's no sixth seed games to build a bit of confidence. Portugal, Serbia, and Luxembourg were all in the same group for the Euro qualifiers, strangely enough. You'd imagine it'll be a shootout with Serbia for the playoff spot.

[BennyCake]

Would it be possible to qualify with eight 0-0 draws?

That's the best case scenario considering how dire Ireland are playing.

[From the Bunker]

At least we did not get Wales, Denmark and Georgia!

[Cunny Funt]

Good draw for the Irish, could have got much tougher 2nd seeds than Serbia whom are not as good as they were a few years ago.

[mouview]

Not so bad. Should be capable of beating the decidedly ordinary Serbs home and away. Target 4/6 points v Portugal, again achievable. Azerbaijan and Luxembourg are wheelbarrow-time. Just hope Aldo and Quinny stay banging them in up front, Keano can remain injury-free and can get one last campaign out of Moran and McGrath. It's doable.

[Capt Pat]

Scotland got the better of Serbia in the Euro qualifier playoffs so it is possible to finish second. No chance of finishing first and no threat from the teams below us. It could have been worse.

[snoopdog]

You need to be able to score to be in with a chance of qualification.

[red hander]

Hopefully be able to travel by time games come round. Lisbon is top city, don't mind going back to Belgrade, just as long as it doesn't bucket this time. Azerbaijan should be good blast. Thank feck we didn't get Georgia, three times in Tbilisi enough for anyone 

[BennyCake]

Not so bad. Should be capable of beating the decidedly ordinary Serbs home and away. Target 4/6 points v Portugal, again achievable. Azerbaijan and Luxembourg are wheelbarrow-time. Just hope Aldo and Quinny stay banging them in up front, Keano can remain injury-free and can get one last campaign out of Moran and McGrath. It's doable.

Big Cas is back in training too. Qualification sorted!

[From the Bunker]

Not so bad. Should be capable of beating the decidedly ordinary Serbs home and away. Target 4/6 points v Portugal, again achievable. Azerbaijan and Luxembourg are wheelbarrow-time. Just hope Aldo and Quinny stay banging them in up front, Keano can remain injury-free and can get one last campaign out of Moran and McGrath. It's doable.

Big Cas is back in training too. Qualification sorted!

He still has a 3 game suspension from UEFA for his last game v Turkey! 

[dec]

The full draw

Group A: Portugal, Serbia, Republic of Ireland, Luxembourg, Azerbaijan

Group B: Spain, Sweden, Greece, Georgia, Kosovo

Group C: Italy, Switzerland, Northern Ireland, Bulgaria, Lithuania

Group D: France, Ukraine, Finland, Bosnia, Kazakhstan

Group E: Belgium, Wales, Czech Republic, Belarus, Estonia

Group F: Denmark, Austria, Scotland, Israel, Faroe Islands, Moldova

Group G: Netherlands, Turkey, Norway, Montenegro, Latvia, Gibraltar

Group H: Croatia, Slovakia, Russia, Slovenia, Cyprus, Malta

Group I: England, Poland, Hungary, Albania, Andorra, San Marino

Group J: Germany, Romania, Iceland, North Macedonia, Armenia, Liechtenstein

[BennyCake]

Not so bad. Should be capable of beating the decidedly ordinary Serbs home and away. Target 4/6 points v Portugal, again achievable. Azerbaijan and Luxembourg are wheelbarrow-time. Just hope Aldo and Quinny stay banging them in up front, Keano can remain injury-free and can get one last campaign out of Moran and McGrath. It's doable.

Big Cas is back in training too. Qualification sorted!

He still has a 3 game suspension from UEFA for his last game v Turkey! 

Ah ffs! That's that then! No World Cup in Death Valley for the blue skinned Irishmen!

[Captain Obvious]

Not bad.

Playing for second regardless of top seed.

Maybe one of the weaker second seeds - very inconsistent.

The weakest fourth seed.

Middling fifth seeds.

Shame there's no sixth seed games to build a bit of confidence. Portugal, Serbia, and Luxembourg were all in the same group for the Euro qualifiers, strangely enough. You'd imagine it'll be a shootout with Serbia for the playoff spot.

No excuse not to finish 2nd in that group. If the team can't build a bit of confidence against Luxembourg, Azerbaijan it's a lost cause for the foreseeable future.

[An Watcher]

Looks like a third place finish but with a bit of luck we could sneak second

[weareros]

Looks like a third place finish but with a bit of luck we could sneak second

Even if we sneaked second, it's still an arduous task as 12 teams (10 runner up + 2 best Nations league still standing) then battle it out for only 3 playoff spots, meaning we would have to win two more games against a higher standard than we faced for Euros.