[Parscelona]

Macedonia away in September again?!

[doulikefish]

ive got my hotel in cardiff and brussels booked

[South Lanarkshire Jag]

Parscelona, on 23 November 2011 - 15:58, said:

Macedonia away in September again?!

It's a Tuesday. So a night kick off.

The croatia game in June is a 9pm kick-off (TBC) according to Scottish FA Facebook.

[H Wragg]

Friday night home games instead of Saturday afternoons.

[pub car king]

Croatia in June and Macedonia in September will be hot as f**k. plus finnishing to Croatia at home was par for the course

[South Lanarkshire Jag]

pub car king, on 23 November 2011 - 16:08, said:

Croatia in June and Macedonia in September will be hot as f**k. plus finnishing to Croatia at home was par for the course

at night?

[Virtual Insanity]

Pretty pleased with those fixtures on first reading although it puts a lot of pressure on the first 3 games, which we should be looking for a minimum of 6 points from.

[Marshmallo]

If we are looking to qualify we should have six points after the first double header.

[mick90]

Virtual Insanity, on 23 November 2011 - 16:27, said:

Pretty pleased with those fixtures on first reading although it puts a lot of pressure on the first 3 games, which we should be looking for a minimum of 6 points from.

Anyone know the blanks just yet ?

07.09.12 - Wales - Belgium
07.09.12 - Croatia - Macedonia
08.09.12 - Scotland - Serbia
11.09.12 - Serbia - Wales
11.09.12 - Belgium - Croatia
11.09.12 - Scotland - Macedonia
12.10.12 - Wales - Scotland
12.10.12 - Macedonia - Croatia
12.10.12 - Serbia - Belgium ?
16.10.12 - Croatia - Wales
16.10.12 - Belgium - Scotland
16.10.12 -
22.03.13 - Scotland - Wales
22.03.13 - Croatia - Serbia
22.03.13 -
26.03.13 - Wales - Croatia
26.03.13 - Serbia - Scotland
26.03.13 -
07.06.13 - Croatia - Scotland
07.06.13 -
07.06.13 -
06.09.13 - Mac - Wales
06.09.13 - Serbia - Croatia
06.09.13 - Scotland - Belgium
10.09.13 - Wales - Serbia
10.09.13 -
10.09.13 - Macedonia - Scotland
11.10.13 - Wales - Macedonia
11.10.13 - Croatia - Belgium
15.10.13 - Belgium - Wales
15.10.13 - Scotland - Croatia
15.10.13 -

[South Lanarkshire Jag]

mick90, on 23 November 2011 - 16:30, said:

Anyone know the blanks just yet ?

07.09.12 - Wales - Belgium
07.09.12 - Croatia - Macedonia
08.09.12 - Scotland - Serbia
11.09.12 - Serbia - Wales
11.09.12 - Belgium - Croatia
11.09.12 - Scotland - Macedonia
12.10.12 - Wales - Scotland
12.10.12 - Macedonia - Croatia
12.10.12 - Serbia - Belgium ?
16.10.12 - Croatia - Wales
16.10.12 - Belgium - Scotland
16.10.12 -
22.03.13 - Scotland - Wales
22.03.13 - Croatia - Serbia
22.03.13 -
26.03.13 - Wales - Croatia
26.03.13 - Serbia - Scotland
26.03.13 -
07.06.13 - Croatia - Scotland
07.06.13 -
07.06.13 -
06.09.13 - Mac - Wales
06.09.13 - Serbia - Croatia
06.09.13 - Scotland - Belgium
10.09.13 - Wales - Serbia
10.09.13 - Croatia - Belgium
10.09.13 - Macedonia - Scotland
11.10.13 - Wales - Macedonia
11.10.13 - Croatia - Belgium
15.10.13 - Belgium - Wales
15.10.13 - Scotland - Croatia
15.10.13 -

[Dunning1874]

We need to take nine points from the first three games.

[jagfox]

Finishing qualifying on a cold, windy and wet October night is reminiscent of beating the Czechs in 73

Every game is a belter, I think this could go down to the wire again.

[Forza Ayr.]

Will the Wales game will be definitely in the Millennium Stadium? I really hope so, reckon we could take tens of thousands down.

[South Lanarkshire Jag]

Forza Ayr., on 23 November 2011 - 16:49, said:

Will the Wales game will be definitely in the Millennium Stadium?

No

[Thumper]

Wales at home on my birthday and I can't even get excited. f**k's sake. Macedonia in the heat will be the must-win game that we'll f**k up this time, leading to another impossible mission at home to the top seeds on the last matchday. The fucking wrestling is less scripted than this shite.

[The Moonster]

Dunning1874, on 23 November 2011 - 16:34, said:

We need to take nine points from the first three games.

Was just going to post this, 9 points from the first 4 games would be a good return. We'll end up with 2 no doubt.

[Saints Bevy Squad]

If we win our first two games I could see us taking 5-10k to Wales providing it's at the Millenium Stadium.

[South Lanarkshire Jag]

Win the home games and scramble what we can away

[paddymcp]

Saints Bevy Squad, on 23 November 2011 - 17:48, said:

If we win our first two games I could see us taking 5-10k to Wales providing it's at the Millenium Stadium.

If Wales' good run continues and they win their first two qualifiers i'd say there's a small chance of it getting played at the Millenium. I'd expect it to be at Cardiff's though.

[Fuctifano]

paddymcp, on 23 November 2011 - 18:33, said:

If Wales' good run continues and they win their first two qualifiers i'd say there's a small chance of it getting played at the Millenium. I'd expect it to be at Cardiff's though.

They have to name the venue 60 days before though so they won't know how the games in September have went by that stage. I'd expect Cardiff City too.

[craigkillie]

Forza Ayr., on 23 November 2011 - 16:49, said:

Will the Wales game will be definitely in the Millennium Stadium? I really hope so, reckon we could take tens of thousands down.

South Lanarkshire Jag, on 23 November 2011 - 16:50, said:

No

Fuctifano, on 23 November 2011 - 18:41, said:

They have to name the venue 60 days before though so they won't know how the games in September have went by that stage. I'd expect Cardiff City too.

BBC - Sep 2009

"The Welsh FA's proposal is to continue hosting the big qualifiers - such as Germany, Italy and England - at the Millennium Stadium."

I suppose it depends whether the game against us is considered "big". I'd think it would be, given the sort of crowd we'd be likely to take.

Dunning1874, on 23 November 2011 - 16:34, said:

We need to take nine points from the first three games.

I wouldn't go that far, but we definitely need to be on 8 points as a minimum after 4 games.

The first two are must-win, and then we can either afford two draws or one win and one defeat from the aways.

[jagfox]

I'd prefer Liberty to Cdiff's stadium, but then I follow the Jacks and hate the scum

[RobbieD]

This could have been a lot worse.

[HibeeJibee]

I'll be interested to see if the Croats do actually come-through on their promise to play the June game at 9pm.

I'm also somewhat surprised Strathclyde Police accepted us playing Wales at home on a Friday night, but equally, it's hardly a powder-keg.

That aside it's a fairly decent set. We need to take at least 7pts and ideally 9pts from the opening 3 games, which is a big ask; as one could as easily forsee us taking 3pts or 4pts. Having only 1 game on the last double-header is useful, as we can prepare fully for it, and I personally favoured getting the top seeds at home as the last tie. Beyond that, you can only expect something "reasonable" or "OK" from any negotiation, and I think our fixtures are both.


One thing interests me.

All the Home Nations were looking to avoid June games, in order to play the FA 150th Anniversary tournament on the June qualifier dates - England kept them free, Wales kept them free, and reading the post-negotiation quotes we had to accept the June game in Croatia right at the last... it was the final tie not "pinned-down" and rejigging of 10th September 2013 and 11th October 2013 was rejected.

It'll be interesting to see what consequences this has on the Anniversary tournament.

This post has been edited by HibeeJibee: 23 November 2011 - 19:18

[cilitbang]

Lets all get negative before a ball has been kicked WOOOOO!!!!

Was a good outcome, Croatia will be at night so will suit us weather-wise with most of our home games being during miserable cold rainy weather for all the twinkle toe superstars that will love the physical battering by us

Bring it on!