Euro 2008

robz150

Euro 2008 Draw is tommorow

Possibly best and worst case scenario

France
Italy
Ukraine
Republic of Ireland
Hungary
F.Y.R. Macedonia
Azerbaijan


Greece
Romania
Norway
Republic of Ireland
Iceland
Cyprus
San Marino

At least we can't get Switzerland or Israel:v:

robz150

Heres the options:

UEFA EURO 2008™ qualifying round draw
Pot 1
Greece
Netherlands
Portugal
England
Czech Republic
France
Sweden

Pot 2
Germany
Croatia
Italy
Turkey
Poland
Spain
Romania

Pot 3
Serbia and Montenegro
Russia
Denmark
Norway
Bulgaria
Ukraine
Slovakia

Pot 4
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Republic of Ireland
Belgium
Latvia
Israel
Scotland
Slovenia

Pot 5
Hungary
Finland
Estonia
Wales
Lithuania
Albania
Iceland

Pot 6
Georgia
F.Y.R. Macedonia
Belarus
Armenia
Northern Ireland
Cyprus
Moldova

Pot 7
Liechtenstein
Azerbaijan
Andorra
Malta
Faroe Islands
Kazakhstan
Luxembourg
San Marino

Pigman II

At least out of pot4 we're probably the team everyone will want to avoid.

I don't care if get a tough draw. If we've proved anything in the past its that our qualifications are more to with what we bring to the table rather than the quality (or lack thereof) of our opposition.

gimmick

I thought this was going to be one of those ***may contain score inside*** threads, and someone was getting really ahead of themselves.

Ruskie4Rent

i can't see the swiz in any pot. is there a reason for this?

Pigman II

Ruskie4Rent wrote:

i can't see the swiz in any pot. is there a reason for this?

They were kicked out of the tournament on the request of the FAI. Austria for the same reason too coincidentally enough.

ctrl-alt-delete

Pigman II wrote:

They were kicked out of the tournament on the request of the FAI. Austria for the same reason too coincidentally enough.

lol - i cant wait for the draw, skysports news have their coverage starting at 10:30 in the morning, does anybody know what time it actually gets under way at? and possibly the best place to actually see the draw? - skysports coverage of the world cup group draw was horrible!!

id love to see us get as many of the home nations as possible, there is the possibility of some really horrible groups for us

Vokes

Pigman II wrote:

They were kicked out of the tournament on the request of the FAI. Austria for the same reason too coincidentally enough.

Man, i wsh


Would like to see us in a group with France and Italy. Would bring the best in us, hopefully.

ctrl-alt-delete

My Group of death:

czech republic
Italy
Russia
Rep of Ireland
Hungary
macedonia
Azerbaijan

My Group of progress:

Greece
Romania
Norway
Rep of Ireland
Estonia
moldova
Andorra

My group of entertainment:

England
Germany
Russia
Rep of Ireland
Wales
N Ireland
San Marino

Healio

ctrl-alt-delete wrote:

lol - i cant wait for the draw, skysports news have their coverage starting at 10:30 in the morning, does anybody know what time it actually gets under way at? and possibly the best place to actually see the draw? - skysports coverage of the world cup group draw was horrible!!

id love to see us get as many of the home nations as possible, there is the possibility of some really horrible groups for us

id say stick with eurosport if you can, same coverage as sky except with fewer breaks.

ctrl-alt-delete

Healio wrote:

id say stick with eurosport if you can, same coverage as sky except with fewer breaks.

i would but damn NTL dont give us eurosport!! now i regret the days when i thought it was a crap channel

Pigman II

SofaKing wrote:

Man, i wsh

No ya don't. If the Swiss were kicked out we'd probably be obliged to stand in and host their fixtures.

Ah I can see it now Croke Park (+ floodlights), the Lansdowne Road building site,
Whitehall and the National Acquaitic Centre could be our four venues.

eirebhoy

Give me a group of death before an easy group any day.

The draw starts at 11.15 and apparantly goes for 15 minutes.

dr zoidberg

According to the dubious FIFA rankings, the following are the worst- and best-case scenarios for Ireland.

Worst-case
Czech Republic
Spain
Denmark
Ireland
Finland
Belarus
Azerbaijan

Best-case
Greece
Romania
Serbia & Montenegro
Ireland
Lithuania
Armenia
San Marino

We're going to get a tough group one way or another:(

shepthedog

Either way it looks like its gonna be a tough draw but at least could get to see some very entertaining football with some top quality teams..

Wouldnt fancy the Serbs, they were unreal in WC qualification.
I dont think Greece would be too bad a draw out of all teams in Pot 1.

YeatsCounty

Group of Death:
Netherlands
Italy
Serbia and Montenegro
Republic of Ireland
Finland
Georgia
Azerbaijan

Group of Easy (relatively speaking):
Greece
Romania
Slovakia
Republic of Ireland
Lithuania
Cyprus (despite the trouble they gave us last time out)
San Marino


Got to say, I actually hope we get the Group of Death. At least they should be pumped up to perform against the likes of Holland, Italy and Serbia.

Pigman II

Isn't a best or worst group but here's the group I want.

England
Italy
Denmark
Republic of Ireland
Wales
Northern Ireland
Malta

Actually possibly is a 'worst group' but I still hope we get it

Guy:Incognito

Pigman II wrote:

Isn't a best or worst group but here's the group I want.

England
Italy
Denmark
Republic of Ireland
Wales
Northern Ireland
Malta

Actually possibly is a 'worst group' but I still hope we get it

We'd most probably be beaten by everyone bar Malta.

cournioni

This would be my preferred group...

UEFA EURO 2008™ qualifying round draw

England
Croatia
Slovakia
Republic of Ireland
Wales
Northern Ireland
San Marino

Pigman II

Stekelly wrote:

We'd most probably be beaten by everyone bar Malta.

Ah c'mon thats not fair!

Malta would definetly give us a run for our money too.

GuanYin

I'd take:

Greece
Poland
Norway
Ireland
Finland
Norn Iron
Malta


I think the we're better off getting the better quality lower ranked seeds and the middle road of the better teams - mainly because we raise our game against good sides and do crap against lower teams (ie. swiss).

whiskeyman

Not long now.
Got a funny feeling we're gonna get the English, which would be brilliant.
Going to see the match in the new Wembly, and then see the home match in Croker.... magic.
Just hope we get handy locations for away matches that'll give the fans a great trip away too

Pigman II

BTW to anyone who might be near a TV coverage starts on Setanta at 1045am. Draw at 1115am iirc

BaZmO*

Is there anywhere online to watch it?

GuanYin

Not sure I'd like to get England. England under a competent manager may be an entirely different prospect to England under SGE.

That said, I've been saying that since 1994.

whiskeyman

BaZmO* wrote:

Is there anywhere online to watch it?

http://www.uefa.com/index.html

it's on there.
Video coverage starts at 11.00 our time.

Pigman II

psi wrote:

Not sure I'd like to get England. England under a competent manager may be an entirely different prospect to England under SGE.

That said, I've been saying that since 1994.

You thought Taylor was a competent England manager? :eek:

The Rooster

The irony of getting England in the year we're playing in Croker would be hilarious. You'd have to be a bit worried about attracting the Facist Hooligan element, but I think we and the FA could manage it this time.

I'd like to avoid Netherlands, France, Turkey, Spain, Serbia, Russia, Denmark and Norn Iron.

Pigman II

According to Setanta , draw is at 1100 not 1115.

BaZmO*

whiskeyman wrote:

http://www.uefa.com/index.html

it's on there.
Video coverage starts at 11.00 our time.

Thanks for that.

The Rooster wrote:

The irony of getting England in the year we're playing in Croker would be hilarious.

Ever since the Croker issue raised it's head a couple of years back I've been convinced that we'd get England in the Euro Qualifiers. Still think we will. It'd be some match if we do. A total Tout Heaven.

ciaran76

whiskeyman wrote:

Not long now.
Got a funny feeling we're gonna get the English, which would be brilliant.
Going to see the match in the new Wembly, and then see the home match in Croker.... magic.
Just hope we get handy locations for away matches that'll give the fans a great trip away too

Yeah I have the same feeling too and also think we might N-Ireland too. Which would be very intresting indeed.

radiospan

This is a direct link to the uefa.com video stream.

[url]mms://uvs.lbwa.verio.net/CH0000[/url]

It's Windows Media.

It's probably gonna be very busy in a few minutes though.

I predict England too.

Pigman II

ciaran76 wrote:

Yeah I have the same feeling too and also think we might N-Ireland too. Which would be very intresting indeed.

Imagine it , Croke Park being used for an All-Ireland game for the first time ever!

GuanYin

Pigman II wrote:

You thought Taylor was a competent England manager? :eek:

No but I thought whoever followed him might be.

BaZmO*

It's actually a great picture on the UEFA site.


Ah FFS!! Just after I posted the above the bleedin thing crashes!!

whiskeyman

BaZmO* wrote:

It's actually a great picture on the UEFA site.


Ah FFS!! Just after I posted the above the bleedin thing crashes!!

Live on audio BBC5 Live now
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/fivelive.shtml

909 & 693 MW

Vokes

The Eurosport.com text commentary is pretty decent.

galwaydude

live on setanta sports for anyone at home.

whiskeyman

Just listening to 5live too... they mentioned there's no playoff this time.
Top 2 of each group qualify, and thats it.

Pigman II

I'll stick the results up here as they happen incase anyone can't get it elsewhere

Pigman II

Group A
1 Portugal
2 Poland
3 Serbia and Montenegro
4 Belgium
5 Finland
6 Armenia
7 Azerbaijan
8 Kazakhstan

Group B
1 France
2 Italy
3 Ukraine
4 Scotland
5 Lithuania
6 Georgia
7 Faroe Islands


Group C
1 Greece
2 Turkey
3 Norway
4 Bosnia-Herzegovina
5 Hungary
6 Moldova
7 Malta


Group D
1 Czech Republic
2 Germany
3 Slovakia
4 ** Republic of Ireland **
5 Wales
6 Cyprus
7 San Marino


Group E
1 England
2 Croatia
3 Russia
4 Israel
5 Estonia
6 F.Y.R. Macedonia
7 Andorra


Group F
1 Sweden
2 Spain
3 Denmark
4 Latvia
5 Iceland
6 Northern Ireland
7 Liechtenstein


Group G
1 Netherlands
2 Romania
3 Bulgaria
4 Slovenia
5 Albania
6 Belarus
7 Luxembourg

GuanYin

BBC 5 live on line has live audio.

I'd take D or F so far. I don't want group A.

DEFO D or F!

Lemlin

Ireland are in with Wales, Cyprus and San Marino.

Cyprus again

GuanYin

Deadly, happy with that so far.

Haha Scots get their nemesis the Faroe Islands yet again.

Lemlin

And Slovakia. Could of been worse.

meditraitor

Czec Rep
Germany
Slovakia
Rep Ireland
Wales
Cyprus
San Marino

Not Bad

masterK

Not too bad so far.

Lemlin

Hoping to get Poland next but they're gone.

Lemlin

We're going to Germany but not for the World Cup!

Lemlin

Ireland's group:

Group D
1.
2. Germany
3. Slovakia
4. Republic of Ireland
5. Wales
6. Cyprus
7. San Marino

Please can we get Greece?

GuanYin

Germany and Slovakia.... hrmmm.. I'll take it.

any bets on Engerland?