Dryhorce Posted February 23, 2014 Author Share Posted February 23, 2014 Looks like I might be in the minority but I think it potentially is a pretty horrific draw. Scotland have always struggled against perceived 'average to good' teams (Georgia, Ireland and Poland all fit that description) We need Germany to destroy everyone leaving it as an even playing field for the rest of us, and it goes without saying but the home games are must wins. Who is calling them average teams mentioned all this above,can mind the 2 0 humping in Georgia.We scraped past them 2 1 at home to.Thing is though we have a real manager that knows what he is doing,and more players preforming well in the top flight in England.And a good pool of back up players playing in the championship and dare I say it for your team United,think we can be quittly confident if we can carry that bad of luck that has alodeid us before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 A decent draw, but I think every team in the group will be pleased with that. Germany will, rightly, see it as easy and games between them and Poland are always decent (I'm sure someone will be along to point out a howler). Poland will not see us, Ireland or Georgia as threats in Poland and would think themselves favourites for second place and I agree they should be. We are saying Ireland are poor, and they are, but they will be saying the exact same thing about us. We have to win in Ireland and at Hampden/Ibrox/Celtic Park to have any chance of progressing I think. Georgia will be quietly confident they can do us and Ireland in Georgia. Who can forget that awful, cowardly performance we put in against when we lost 2-0 there? A disgrace. Gibraltar will just be happy to be in the draw and will be delighted to go to Germany (although the scoreline there will surely be double figures) and will enjoy having the large, noisy supports of Germany, Poland, ourselves and Ireland coming to wherever it is they will play. Think it will finish; Germany Poland Scotland Georgia Ireland Gibraltar But could also see us, Ireland and Georgia trading places in that just as easily. As always it's the away performances we'll need to sort out. The usual crap we've served up for the last 15 or so years in away games can't continue if we're to qualify for a tournament again. It's so predictable and easy to play against. Clubs must love drawing Scotland as they'll know it's almost always a home win for them, save for the few exceptions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Some over-estimations of Poland mixed in with under estimations of Gibraltar & Georgia here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Some over-estimations of Poland mixed in with under estimations of Gibraltar & Georgia here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stumigoo Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Who is calling them average teams mentioned all this above,can mind the 2 0 humping in Georgia.We scraped past them 2 1 at home to.Thing is though we have a real manager that knows what he is doing,and more players preforming well in the top flight in England.And a good pool of back up players playing in the championship and dare I say it for your team United,think we can be quittly confident if we can carry that bad of luck that has alodeid us before. I am. Poland are good, Georgia and Ireland are average. Scotland have had a long history of just not putting in performances against these kinds of teams but I hope things will be different this time round. Any team that gets of to a decent start will fancy their chances, but as DA Baracus mentions every team out with Germany and Gibraltar will be thinking the same thing. I have no idea how this group might pan out, but it will be very tight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stumigoo Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Some over-estimations of Poland mixed in with under estimations of Gibraltar & Georgia here You serious? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afca32 Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 I reckon Gibraltar will be better than Liechetenstein. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginge123 Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 How are Poland compared to Croatia? I haven't seen Poland since the last Euro's. At least the friendly will be interesting now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tryfield Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 We'll probs skite on the banana skin that is Georgia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_B Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Gibraltar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowboy Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 "on paper" its the second best group we could have drawn. only the greek group looks better for the fourth seed team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 They will still be bottom with single figures points but im confident we are going to see a better team than the likes of Andorra & San Marino Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zitelli1875 Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 How are Poland compared to Croatia? I haven't seen Poland since the last Euro's. At least the friendly will be interesting now. Poland where in England's group for the qualifiers and finished 4th behind England Ukraine and Macedonia. Drew with England in Poland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamdunk Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 98th min winner vs Gibraltar to send us to the tourney! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyser_soze Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Current FIFA rankings - Germany 2nd, Scotland 34th, Ireland 67th, Poland 70th and Georgia 103rd, while Gibraltar have yet to be ranked ahead of playing their first competitive fixture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northsea80 Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 I think it's a great group, one of the best teams in the world in the Germans and some tough but winnable games against Poland and Ireland should see the level of interest remain high through the whole campaign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAFC Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 We'll finish fifth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandarilla Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Folk seem to be underestimating Georgia. I see them as a kind of Macedonia - and they ripped us a new arsehole at Hampden last time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebbes20silkcut Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Aye but that was a team that included Arveladze. Nemsadze, Kizanishvilli and co they're all gone now so that should help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Remember we lost away to Georiga in 2007 just after beating France I am excited for the campaign to get under way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.