UEFA European Championship 2016 Draw

Flint Fredstone

Draw takes place at 5pm and it's live on RTE. Fingers crossed for the football gods to not be bastards.

Pot One

Spain
Germany
England
Portugal
Belgium
France

Pot Two

Italy
Russia
Switzerland
Austria
Croatia
Ukraine

Pot Three

Czech Republic
Sweden
Poland
Romania
Slovakia
Hungary

Pot Four

Turkey
Republic of Ireland
Iceland
Wales
Albania
Northern Ireland

Flint Fredstone

If it could be hand picked, England, Switzerland, Hungary and Ireland would be the group I would go with.

GreNoLi

Destined for Spain, Italy and Czech Republic to be in our group.

spock.

With the top 4 3rd place teams to go through, I think we have a decent chance no matter who we get.

ArmaniJeanss

The OP hates France for some reason.

Mushy

I think it'll be middle of the road, won't get the hardest teams in pot 1, but not England either. Same for other groups, so be in with a shout of a top 3 progress.

Flint Fredstone

ArmaniJeanss wrote: »

The OP hates France for some reason.

Fixed. It was a copy and paste job

ArmaniJeanss

I want a fresh draw, with exciting new opposition that we haven't played against competitively for at least a decade.

So England/Portugal from Pot1.
Ukraine Pot2.
Hungary or Romania Pot3.

This would be also have the bonus of being a group we should qualify from.

Any combinations with an excess of Germany/Poland/Spain/Italy/Croatia would be a disappointing outcome in every sense.

delaad

Rehearsal draw:

Republic of Ireland, Hungary, Italy, England.

So we wont be getting that!?

keith16

delaad wrote: »

Rehearsal draw:

Republic of Ireland, Hungary, Italy, England.

So we wont be getting that!?

No reason it couldn't happen again in the main draw.

briany

Hopefully t'f**k the draw will be kinder this time around. Fair enough, Ireland used up their luck last time drawing Estonia in the playoff to get there, but this time they got through a difficult group and the highest-seeded team in the playoff. Not to go too far down the path of superstition, but I feel like the team did work harder to get here this time, so it would be nice to see them catch some sort of a break.

Brussels Sprout

keith16 wrote: »

No reason it couldn't happen again in the main draw.

Yup, it has happened before.

citytillidie

ArmaniJeanss wrote: »

The OP hates France for some reason.

France are not in the draw, they are already in Group A

delaad

Brussels Sprout wrote: »

Yup, it has happened before.

Thanks for that,...its a bad day you learn nothing new.

But what an astonishing set of coincidences, ahem.....

batistuta9

yes! brian kerr. calling him richard :pac:

yabadabado

batistuta9 wrote: »

yes! brian kerr. calling him richard :pac:

Great to see Kerr involved.One of the best analysts around

Duff

yabadabado wrote: »

Great to see Kerr involved.One of the best analysts around

True, but my god his voice grates something serious. He's Robbie Keane's final form.

Hotblack Desiato

An hour and a half for this is feckin' ridiculous.

yabadabado

Duff wrote: »

True, but my god his voice grates something serious. He's Robbie Keane's final form.

Haha,I was gonna add that.The voice really grates.

Adamocovic

Oh I can't wait for the draw. Would love to get England :P

yabadabado

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

An hour and a half for this is feckin' ridiculous.

I think pot 4 will be drawn in the next 20 minutes.

citytillidie

I say the draw will be over by 6 giving 30 mins to discuss it

GreNoLi

Will it be pot luck or pot .... ?

batistuta9

yabadabado wrote: »

Great to see Kerr involved.One of the best analysts around

Duff wrote: »

True, but my god his voice grates something serious. He's Robbie Keane's final form.

i think the voice adds to his charm tbh, half expecting him to be saying 'story bud' when introduced.
that & the fact he doesn't seem to have been media trained too much, the stuff he'll come out with at times

Mr.Nice Guy

Ooh I'm excited for this. Be kind on us, Lady Luck.

Bounty Hunter

apparently the rehearsal paired Republic of Ireland, England, Italy and Hungary together.

that would be interesting!

sjb25

Fingers and toes crossed

Flint Fredstone

You would think would have it outside of match times or even match days.

GreNoLi

Already in 'gerron wid it' mode.

Mr.Nice Guy

I'm delighted Platini isn't there.

citytillidie

Flint Fredstone wrote: »

You would think would have it outside of match times or even match days.

They are in the country where it is being hosted, football world does not revolve around England

Flint Fredstone

citytillidie wrote: »

They do in the country where it is being hosted football world does not revolve around England

I never said it does. Why not Monday morning at 11am and suit everyone. You're going to have players going in at half time looking to see who they got.

Harry Palmr

George can **** off!

Beefy78

Hopefully England don't play Ireland until the final

citytillidie

Flint Fredstone wrote: »

I never said it does. Why not Monday morning at 11am and suit everyone. You're going to have players going in at half time looking to see who they got.

That is Champions League draw

Harry Palmr

Kinder surprise!

GreNoLi

Check their sleeves ffs.

Flint Fredstone

citytillidie wrote: »

That is Champions League draw

Well then any other weekday morning. You know what I mean.

tayto lover

I think we'll get Portugal in our group.

Beefy78

Not sure if you guys have seen this but Group E have a disadvantage as do Group D so everyone wants to avoid those

Edit - England Group B so mission accomplished

Harry Palmr

This is going to take forever isn't it?

ArmaniJeanss

Flint Fredstone wrote: »

I never said it does. Why not Monday morning at 11am and suit everyone.

5.30pm on a Saturday is far more suitable for me.

Mr.Nice Guy

They should have done this with Christmas crackers.

Thanos

Beefy78 wrote: »

Not sure if you guys have seen this but Group E have a disadvantage as do Group D so everyone wants to avoid those

Edit - England Group B so mission accomplished

Missed it, what disadvantage?

McGrath5

Beefy78 wrote: »

Not sure if you guys have seen this but Group E have a disadvantage as do Group D so everyone wants to avoid those

Edit - England Group B so mission accomplished

Can you explain?

Thanos

Beefy78 wrote: »

Hopefully England don't play Ireland until the final

I hope we get them in our group, know them well enough that we would be up for it

Beefy78

Thanos wrote: »

Missed it, what disadvantage?

It is to do with who plays who in the second round. Teams in E have to play teams who won or came second in their groups. The other groups get to play third place finishers

http://www.scribd.com/doc/290626039/EURO-2016-The-Group-E-effect

Mint Sauce

Pot 4 draw. Please please please dont draw Ireland 2nd!

ArmaniJeanss

Thanos wrote: »

Missed it, what disadvantage?

Presumably he means groups E and F. The winners of these play a runner up whilst the winners of ABCD get to play a third placed team.

machiavellianme

Group f would be ideal

Harry Palmr

Oooooooooooooh!

Wales/England