Euro 2016 - France

[laoislad]

Qualifying group stages draw taking place this morning.
24 team tournament so a big chance for Ireland to qualify.

Just seen on Sky that France will actually take part in a qualifying group but points won or lost against them won't count. Basically they will just be glorified friendlies but still part of the qualifying group...strange

Hope we get England and the Nordies.

[ballinaman]

Hope we get England and the Nordies.

+1.
Greece and Bosnia wouldn't be the worst in terms of possibility of taking points and trip wouldn't be bad either 

Avoid - Spain, Germany from pot 1 please. Serbia and Turkey from pot 3 also.

Scotland from pot 4 would be a savage trip, would be tricky enough though. They are improving.

[Tony Baloney]

Slow going.

Dasayev has kept his hair colour well 

[clarshack]

Nightmare group

[clarshack]

At least we will finally find out who is better - MON or WGS!

[ballinaman]

Nightmare group

Could have been worse, could have been better. Typical Ireland group...the away trips will be quality.

[EC Unique]

How many from the group go through?

[Tony Baloney]

How many from the group go through?

Winner, runner-up, best 3rd placed team and then playoffs for another 4 places.

England got it handy.

[beer baron]

Holy God that is some group,very tough on the field and very good for an away day session 

[ballinaman]

Holy God that is some group,very tough on the field and very good for an away day session 

The Group of Drink it's been dubbed on twitter

[laoislad]

It's not the best but it's not the toughest group.
It's between Ireland Poland and Scotland for 2nd place you would think.

[rodney trotter]

There was worse groups but still tough, rest of the groups http://t.co/hyAunxLpC3

[clarshack]

Which ones are the tougher groups?

[laoislad]

How many from the group go through?

Winner, runner-up, best 3rd placed team and then playoffs for another 4 places.

England got it handy.

Not a bad group for your guys either Tony.

Greece
Hungary
Romania
Finland
Nordies
Faroe Islands.

[ballinaman]

Which ones are the tougher groups?

Group A is a shocker