2018 World Cup Qualification

scudzilla

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Wales!

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

YESSSSSSSSSSS, We got Ireland

CSF

Wales and Austria is about as good as it could have gotten. Serbia the kick in the balls.

We'll be outsiders but get a decent manager in for this campaign and its doable.

Jelle1880

England - Scotland, ****ing hell.

mada999

not a bad group!!!

Mr.Nice Guy

I'll take that, lads. I'll take that.

We won't be favourites but it's not Mission Impossible by any means.

shrewdness

A few tough enough games but we're fairly blessed to get that group as fourth seeds.

TaosHum

Would have taken that before the draw.

brianregan09

Our group is going to be a free for all theres no stand out team at all

happyoutscan

I'll take that.

ILikeBananas

Yes!!!

Jelle1880

Belgium's group :pac:

murpho999

keano_afc wrote: »

Well that not actually that bad. Wales and Austria is definitely winnable.

Agreed but our record against Austria is terrible and Wales are definitely better than us at the moment.

We need to improve and then we have a chance.

citytillidie

European Zone
Group A
Netherlands
France
Sweden
Bulgaria
Belarus
Luxembourg

Group B
Portugal
Switzerland
Hungary
Faroe Islands
Latvia
Andorra

Group C
Germany
Czech Republic
Northern Ireland
Norway
Azerbaijan
San Marino

Group D
Wales
Austria
Serbia
Republic of Ireland
Moldova
Georgia

Group E
Romania
Denmark
Poland
Montenegro
Armenia
Kazakhstan

Group F
England
Slovakia
Scotland
Slovenia
Lithuania
Malta

Group G
Spain
Italy
Albania
Israel
FYR Macedonia
Liechtenstein

Group H
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Greece
Estonia
Cyprus

Group I
Croatia
Iceland
Ukraine
Turkey
Finland

Mr.Nice Guy

England and Scotland will be tasty.

Adamocovic

Very evenly matched group, will be hard to qualify no matter what way the draw went but that is as good as we could really have asked for:

Wales
Austria
Serbia
IRELAND
Moldova
Georgia

Hopefully well have a good campaign

duffman13

15 to 18 points could be enough to win that group, so many of the teams will fancy that group

Benteke

Nice group i can see us finishing 4th

Dozen Wicked Words

Norn Iron have a terrible draw.

Patser

Spain v Italy
Holland v France.

Going to be some tough runners up in that draw, if we make it that far.

Beefy78

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

England and Scotland will be tasty.

Tasty group, tbh. Slobakia are 100% in the Euros aren't they?

Soups123

That's a lot better than it could have been, everybody will take points off each other
Home form will be key

Johner

Not a bad group but still wouldn't fancy our chances.

murpho999

Dozen Wicked Words wrote: »

Norn Iron have a terrible draw.

Great, I still haven't forgiven them for Windsor Park in 1993.

batistuta9

Oat23 wrote: »

They'll beat us twice. Solid side and plenty of youths coming through (just won the U20 world cup).

Always seem to have a few poor results though/never do as well as you'd expect.

Coillte_Bhoy

murpho999 wrote: »

Agreed but our record against Austria is terrible and Wales are definitely better than us at the moment.

We need to improve and then we have a chance.

Utterly irreleavnt,

Coillte_Bhoy

batistuta9 wrote: »

Always seem to have a few poor results though/never do as well as you'd expect.

Having a bad time in the euro qualifiers at the moment

Mr.Nice Guy

Beefy78 wrote: »

Tasty group, tbh. Slobakia are 100% in the Euros aren't they?

I think they're ahead of Spain right now. Not a team I would have wanted.

Paully D

Mr_Muffin

Just seen the group. Ireland have a very slim chance of qualifying - but you never know!

batistuta9

Coillte_Bhoy wrote: »

Having a bad time in the euro qualifiers at the moment

Yeah, got docked points though for the drone incident :pac:


What kind of a trip would that be?(Serbia away)

murpho999

Coillte_Bhoy wrote: »

Utterly irreleavnt,

Eh, it's not irrelevant at all, they beat us recently.

buckfasterer

Great group to get to be honest, couldn't have asked for more by not getting one of the top seeds. Major chance in this group in my opinion.

Harry Palmr

Groups A and E look very tight for the top three - not writing Sweden out of the shake up.

Group D Ireland have a chance but so do three others so I'd not be very hopeful.

Jelle1880

batistuta9 wrote: »

Yeah, got docked points though for the drone incident :pac:


What kind of a trip would that be?(Serbia away)

Been to Belgrade once, fantastic city.

A bit run down in some places but cheap drinks, gorgeous women,... :pac:
Should be a great trip for those that go.

Amirani

murpho999 wrote: »

Eh, it's not irrelevant at all, they beat us recently.

That has little impact on the upcoming games.

JamboMac

Like our group, no superstar team, yes Wales have bale but I think we can beat anyone of those.

We just need a striker or 2.

Collie D

Ten points for us drawing all of our games

BoJack Horseman

Coillte_Bhoy wrote: »

Utterly irreleavnt,

Toni Pollster hurt us in the past.
He can do it again!

Adamocovic

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Groups A and E look very tight for the top three - not writing Sweden out of the shake up.

Group D Ireland have a chance but so do three others so I'd not be very hopeful.

Better than not having a chance at all!

I know it will be tough no matter the draw but those teams are teams we could surprise. It could have been a lot worse.

IRISHSPORTSGUY

We can top this group.

Utopia Parkway

Don't have much faith in Ireland beating any decent sides but group could have been a lot worse considering the top two seeds they drew.

RobbingBandit

Nice draw compared to the rehearsal, Georgia and Austria are tricky we could get past the Welsh hopefully, Serbia winning the u20 World Cup are to feared, Moldova though won't be, we could at least get a play off place couldn't we.

martyos121

Robbie Brady will be as good as Reus by the time these qualifiers come around.

We'll be grand lads.

murpho999

Diego Simeone wrote: »

That has little impact on the upcoming games.

Apart from showing that they might be the better team, which they are. Look at the current campaigns.

efb

Why do we think we can beat Wales if we can't beat Scotland?

mzungu

Not sure we will qualify. Team is poor and would find it tough enough against Wales and Austria. Not beyond Serbia or Georgia to be a banana skin either.

Utopia Parkway

mzungu wrote: »

Not sure we will qualify. Team is poor and would find it tough enough against Wales and Austria. Not beyond Serbia or Georgia to be a banana skin either.

Banana skins for everyone in that group. No outstanding favourite that will romp the group. Teams will take points off one another.

JamboMac

efb wrote: »

Why do we think we can beat Wales if we can't beat Scotland?

If you take bale out of the team, how do you rate the players in comparison to ours.

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JamboMac wrote: »

If you take bale out of the team, how do you rate the players in comparison to ours.

But Bale will be in the team.

murpho999

JamboMac wrote: »

If you take bale out of the team, how do you rate the players in comparison to ours.

Better, more Premiership players than us. The rankings don't lie.