Euro 2012 draw Sunday 7th February from 11 a.m.

The_Kew_Tour

Taught I get the ball rolling on this one as the draw is this Sunday 7th February

Seeding pots
Pot 1: Spain (holders), Germany, Netherlands, Italy, England, Croatia, Portugal, France, Russia
Pot 2: Greece, Czech Republic, Sweden, Switzerland, Serbia, Turkey, Denmark, Slovakia, Romania
Pot 3: Israel, Bulgaria, Finland, Norway, Republic of Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina
Pot 4: Slovenia, Latvia, Hungary, Lithuania, Belarus, Belgium, Wales, FYR Macedonia, Cyprus
Pot 5: Montenegro, Albania, Estonia, Georgia, Moldova, Iceland, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Liechtenstein
Pot 6: Azerbaijan, Luxembourg, Malta, Faroe Islands, Andorra, San Marino.

http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro2012/news/newsid=921965.html

Anyway what teams would you like to get or avoid? It will be tough campaign either way but hopefully we get a bit luck this time;).

Mitch Connor

Russia
Switzerland
Ireland
Latvia
Albania
Faroe Islands.

Please.

Would mainly like to avoid Spain in Pot 1

James Forde

FRANCE
FRANCE
FRANCE
FRANCE
FRANCE

PLEASE

flahavaj

France just for the epic build up and inevitable message board meltdown.:pac:

Bukman13

adrian280582 wrote: »

Taught I get the ball rolling on this one as the draw is this Sunday 7th February

Seeding pots
Pot 1: Spain (holders), Germany, Netherlands, Italy, England, Croatia, Portugal, France, Russia
Pot 2: Greece, Czech Republic, Sweden, Switzerland, Serbia, Turkey, Denmark, Slovakia, Romania
Pot 3: Israel, Bulgaria, Finland, Norway, Republic of Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina
Pot 4: Slovenia, Latvia, Hungary, Lithuania, Belarus, Belgium, Wales, FYR Macedonia, Cyprus
Pot 5: Montenegro, Albania, Estonia, Georgia, Moldova, Iceland, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Liechtenstein
Pot 6: Azerbaijan, Luxembourg, Malta, Faroe Islands, Andorra, San Marino.

http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro2012/news/newsid=921965.html

Anyway what teams would you like to get or avoid? It will be tough campaign either way but hopefully we get a bit luck this time;).

Nightmare group:

Spain
Serbia
Ireland
Slovenia
Montenegro
Luxembourg

Group I would like:

Croatia
Switzerland/Greece
Ireland
Cyprus
Liechtenstein
San Marino

rotinaj

France
Greece
Ireland
Wales
Armenia
Andorra

redout

Spain
Denmark
Belgium
Montenegro

Would like to avoid.

The_Kew_Tour

Bukman13 wrote: »

Nightmare group:

Spain
Serbia
Ireland
Slovenia
Montenegro
Luxembourg

Group I would like:

Croatia
Switzerland/Greece
Ireland
Cyprus
Liechtenstein
San Marino

lol I was just going post same group for the teams I want to avoid.

For my group I like to get I go
Netherlands
Czech Republic
Ireland
Wales
Liechenstein
Andorra

not only would I fancy us to do well from this group but they be decent places to go too i.e Amsterdam, Prague and Cardiff.

leninbenjamin

Tbh, I don't think it makes a massive difference who we get.

Slovenia and Montenegro are the lower seeds to avoid, but even then I think we've shown last time out we are more than capable of getting results off teams like them.

There is noone particularly strong in Pot 2 either at the moment, maybe Serbia, but I'd fancy us to match all of them if we can keep the momentum up.

The seedings work in our favour imo so I'd be pretty confident going into this draw.

Bukman13

Slight change from the World Cup qualifying, in that the highest ranked 2nd placed team, gets an automatic spot.

And the other 8 will be paired off in the play-offs.

flahavaj

Bukman13 wrote: »

Slight change from the World Cup qualifying, in that the highest ranked 2nd placed team, gets an automatic spot.

And the other 8 will be paired off in the play-offs.

Ha, no doubt that'll change if needs be.;)

Vokes

Want us to avoid:

- Spain
- Greece (tactically, we''d probably cancel each other out)
- Hungary / Latvia (both teams seem to be on the up)
- Monetenegro
- Azerbaijan (long way for the team to travel)

I reckon we're well capable of competing with a lot of the teams in Pot 1. Pot 4 looks pretty competitive, so hopefully we'll have a kind draw from Pot 2.

TonyD79

Dont know why everyone is looking for Wales as they have some very good younger players like Ramsey coming though so cant see it being a walk in the park over there.

I would go for

France
Greece
Ireland
Cyprus
Iceland
Faroe Islands

With Ireland scoring a late equalizer in the final group game in Paris via Gallas OG to win the group.

Warper

adrian280582 wrote: »

Taught I get the ball rolling on this one as the draw is this Sunday 7th February

Seeding pots
Pot 1: Spain (holders), Germany, Netherlands, Italy, England, Croatia, Portugal, France, Russia
Pot 2: Greece, Czech Republic, Sweden, Switzerland, Serbia, Turkey, Denmark, Slovakia, Romania
Pot 3: Israel, Bulgaria, Finland, Norway, Republic of Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina
Pot 4: Slovenia, Latvia, Hungary, Lithuania, Belarus, Belgium, Wales, FYR Macedonia, Cyprus
Pot 5: Montenegro, Albania, Estonia, Georgia, Moldova, Iceland, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Liechtenstein
Pot 6: Azerbaijan, Luxembourg, Malta, Faroe Islands, Andorra, San Marino.

http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro2012/news/newsid=921965.html

Anyway what teams would you like to get or avoid? It will be tough campaign either way but hopefully we get a bit luck this time;).

Going to be very tough to qualify cause of our seeding. I hope we get England.

Lets hope McGeady and Keane form a lethal combo with Celtic.

greendom

This anti-France vibe that's still going on - is it anti-Henry or anti France; i.e. if Henry retires from international football at the end of of the World Cup, would you still have the same amount of vitriol towards them?

helimachoptor

Yes, if that clown Domenech is in charge!

greendom

helimachoptor wrote: »

Yes, if that clown Domenech is in charge!

I think the whole of France feels the same!

Carroller16

Lovely - Hurling:

France
Sweden
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
Estonia
Liechtenstein
Andorra

Tough Cookie:

Spain
Serbia
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
Slovenia
Montenegro
Malta

marwelie

I'm absolutely certain that France will be drawn in the same group as us. The chances of us qualifying are very slim so it doesnt really matter who else we draw but for what its worth I reckon it'll be

France
Slovakia
Macedonia
Georgia
Andorra

TonyD79

I wouldnt say theres a slim chance we will qualify. We showed in a tough group and play off that we can raise our standard. Though we still need the quality in our Squad to go one better. I dont care what team Traps picks as you cant do anything about it or his tactics but its a disgrace that players of the standard of Rory Delep, Andy Reid ,Lee Carsely and Stephen Reid arnt even on the bench.

I wouldnt want the Swedes as they will be still smarting from not qualifying for the World Cup pity we cant get Bulgaria again.

Mr.Nice Guy

I think a good group would be:

Croatia
Sweden
Ireland
Wales
Liechtenstein
San Marino

Nightmare group me thinks would be:

Spain
Turkey
Ireland
Latvia
Montenegro
Faroe Islands

Bobalicious93

Please not the Faroes, I can see from a mile off we'll end up dropping points to them.

France or Croatia please.

Daemos

greendom wrote: »

This anti-France vibe that's still going on - is it anti-Henry or anti France; i.e. if Henry retires from international football at the end of of the World Cup, would you still have the same amount of vitriol towards them?

Have Leeds fans forgiven Bayern Munich yet?

greendom

DaPoolRulz wrote: »

Have Leeds fans forgiven Bayern Munich yet?

I've no idea, have they? What about the Parc de Princes, has it forgiven Leeds Utd?

Doctor Zaius

My ideal group

Croatia - in decline and beatable
Czech Rep - in decline and beatable
Ireland
Lithuania - could arrange back to back away games while in the Baltic's thus saving money
Estonia - see above
Andorra - cos a trip to Barcelona is always nice

dsmythy

Once we don't get Greece because Ireland v Greece will possibly go down as the most boring games in history...

starbelgrade

I'd love us to get England - who wouldn't like to see the new stadium graced by the boys across the pond?

m@cc@

Croatia
Slovakia
Wales
Armenia
Faroe Islands (just for the Brian Kerr factor )

GavRedKing

Some interesting possibilities in the draw. I wouldnt mind getting Italy or France again. Would like to avoid Spain and England though.

CHD

Avoid Spain, Germany, Serbia and Slovenia and we will be grand and have a good shout at Qualifying automatically and will probably clinch a playoff spot.

adamski8

I think we can beat anyone so I'll be hoping for some nice away trip destinations, lets see, I'd pick

Germany- just love their beer and pretzels
Sweden- to look at the women
Wales- nice and close
Liechtenstein- could walk the whole country in a day
Malta- might as well get some sun

The_Kew_Tour

CHD wrote: »

Avoid Spain, Germany, Serbia and Slovenia and we will be grand and have a good shout at Qualifying automatically and will probably clinch a playoff spot.

ya I go along with that to extent.

only taking current form but if we get Spain we have very little chance of getting top spot.

hoping avoid the playoffs but will be massive ask me thinks.

Guy:Incognito

flahavaj wrote: »

France just for the epic build up and inevitable message board meltdown.:pac:

But what of the massivly dissappointing anti-climatic let down?:)

Zebra3

adamski8 wrote: »

Sweden- to look at the women

Personally I'd rather do more than look, but each to their own.....

Jordonvito

anyone but switzerland,

dsmythy

CHD wrote: »

Avoid Spain, Germany, Serbia and Slovenia and we will be grand and have a good shout at Qualifying automatically and will probably clinch a playoff spot.

That's the Ireland formula alright. I believe the usual loss in the playoffs then completes it.

starbelgrade

You can gurantee that we get Cyprus... we seem to always get Cyprus. I think them, Sunworld & FIFA are in cahoots.

Kidchameleon

I think if we play the way we did against France in the second leg of the play off we can take anyone, even Spain and top of the group. Do you guys/gals think we are capable of that consistently though? Was it a once off? Perhaps just because it was a playoff the lads found it in themselves to step it up a gear?

Regards,

Kid.

The_Kew_Tour

Kidchameleon wrote: »

I think if we play the way we did against France in the second leg of the play off we can take anyone, even Spain and top of the group. Do you guys/gals think we are capable of that consistently though? Was it a once off? Perhaps just because it was a playoff the lads found it in themselves to step it up a gear?

Regards,

Kid.

if we want to top a group I think you really need to beat a first or second seed away from home as well as getting say 13 from 15 points at home too.

we have had some decent results away some fine results but they all been draws. we need to sneak more wins. We need to be composed away from home and take more of chance.

starbelgrade

adrian280582 wrote: »

if we want to top a group I think you really need to beat a first or second seed away from home as well as getting say 13 from 15 points at home too.

we have had some decent results away some fine results but they all been draws. we need to sneak more wins. We need to be composed away from home and take more of chance.

Very true - let's not forget that we didn't beat Italy & failed to get wins against Montenegro, or Bulgaria either home or away.

Had we won our home games against those 2 teams & taken one away win, we'd have been very close to topping the group, depending on goal difference. None of these results were asking too much.

A home win against Italy on top of those results would have sealed it. And we were just minutes from doing that.

The problem with Ireland, as Trap keeps pointing out, is that we don't have the "winning mentality".

The_Kew_Tour

starbelgrade wrote: »

The problem with Ireland, as Trap keeps pointing out, is that we don't have the "winning mentality".

That says it all there I think.

Down the years we have failed to kill of teams in decent situations to win games like Holland away in 2000 (even though we qualified we would topped group had we won that). Switzerland away in 2004, Israel in 2005. In this campaign Bulgaria and Montenegro (to be fair we were not sure what we were up against as they were new nation with some decent friendly results at time).

France win was first win away against team seeded higher then us in competitive game since 1987. Like I pointed out in last post we have got some very good results away from home but there all draws but we need to win an extra game on road.That extra two points can be difference between topping the group and going into playoffs yet again.

Jordonvito

adrian280582 wrote: »

That says it all there I think.

Down the years we have failed to kill of teams in decent situations to win games like Holland away in 2000 (even though we qualified we would topped group had we won that). Switzerland away in 2004, Israel in 2005. In this campaign Bulgaria and Montenegro (to be fair we were not sure what we were up against as they were new nation with some decent friendly results at time).

France win was first win away against team seeded higher then us in competitive game since 1987. Like I pointed out in last post we have got some very good results away from home but there all draws but we need to win an extra game on road.That extra two points can be difference between topping the group and going into playoffs yet again.

you know your stuff!

starbelgrade

adrian280582 wrote: »

That says it all there I think.

Down the years we have failed to kill of teams in decent situations to win games like Holland away in 2000 (even though we qualified we would topped group had we won that). Switzerland away in 2004, Israel in 2005. In this campaign Bulgaria and Montenegro (to be fair we were not sure what we were up against as they were new nation with some decent friendly results at time).

France win was first win away against team seeded higher then us in competitive game since 1987. Like I pointed out in last post we have got some very good results away from home but there all draws but we need to win an extra game on road.That extra two points can be difference between topping the group and going into playoffs yet again.

I'm sick of seeing us p*ss away points against the likes of Cyprus, then only pull out the stops when our backs are up against the wall. It's simply not good enough.

When I saw us getting knocked out by France, I just thought, well lads, you were asking for it - no point in pulling your socks up when you're halfway down the tunnel.

And I don't get it - you don't have to be the best team to win International games - you just have to be determined.. and for whatever reason, be it lack of confidence, or as Trap says "the believe", we always fall flat. :mad:

jonnybadd

Would love to draw Malta just to bring any traveling Irish to my local, and to be honest, not the best team.

France for the possible revenge which will never happen.

Though I think no matter what group, if we qualify that's enough to inspire some confidence in the team which could see us well if we reach the finals

Mr.Nice Guy

I have a feeling we'll end up with Germany, which I'd hate.

noodler

greendom wrote: »

This anti-France vibe that's still going on - is it anti-Henry or anti France; i.e. if Henry retires from international football at the end of of the World Cup, would you still have the same amount of vitriol towards them?

Ah come the fcuk, let us do that much after what happened.

We have a chance of course.

Maybe Fifa will give us a nice group to make up for the debacle.

Looking forward to it. Such a shame we won't be SA - feel so bad for the players (yes still).

Chardee MacDennis

how many teams qualify from each group?

dannydiamond

Is this on tv or online anywhere?

I hope we get England tbh.

Or France.

Agent Smith

~Marky~

dannydiamond wrote: »

Is this on tv or online anywhere?

Its on Sky Sports news if you have it if you dont here is a stream for it http://www.justin.tv/vip__tv#r=09QQVJo