Latino Lover Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 Could still easily be the USA. Wouldn't really know how good oz are compared to Panama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estragon Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 Yes. They're dugshite. Compared to war torn Syria, and hat pioneers Panama? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 Maybe the bookies remember Australian's many other qualifying f**k-ups. Still grinds my gears that they got to dump Oceania after whinging about how unfair their route to the finals was. Most nations that qualified would have taken Australia's route to the finals over their own, based purely on difficulty. Oceania would probably have an automatic place by now if they hadn't pulled that shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estragon Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 Syria have been quite impressive. Against who? They've been beaten by a fairly motley crew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 4 hours ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: Considering the state of the country and they fact they narrowly missed an automatic spot on the last day, I doubt it will be far from straightforward for Australia. Australia will beat Syria but not so sure about the play-off with whatever the CONCACAF side will be. Only thing in our favour there is, like the Syria game, the 2nd leg will be at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 4 hours ago, BigFatTabbyDave said: Maybe the bookies remember Australian's many other qualifying f**k-ups. Still grinds my gears that they got to dump Oceania after whinging about how unfair their route to the finals was. Most nations that qualified would have taken Australia's route to the finals over their own, based purely on difficulty. Oceania would probably have an automatic place by now if they hadn't pulled that shit. Then you'd be moaning about how unfair it was that somebody can qualify from such a shitey wee conference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 The Syria v USA play off must happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 5 hours ago, Eednud said: Then you'd be moaning about how unfair it was that somebody can qualify from such a shitey wee conference. Maybe if it was Australia versus all the wee island nations, but Oceania seems to be a region that would deserve an automatic place at a 32-team World Cup. Plus, if the Kiwis had a bad year, it would be entertaining to see how Australia could lose out to the Solomon Islands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 Maybe if it was Australia versus all the wee island nations, but Oceania seems to be a region that would deserve an automatic place at a 32-team World Cup. Plus, if the Kiwis had a bad year, it would be entertaining to see how Australia could lose out to the Solomon Islands [emoji14] Happened before but not the Solomons (2nd last on this link) http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Socceroo/1988A.html The best the Solomon Islands have done in a WC qualifier was a draw but it was in Oz though (4th from bottom in link) http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Socceroo/2004A.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 9 minutes ago, Eednud said: Happened before but not the Solomons (2nd last on this link)http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Socceroo/1988A.html The best the Solomon Islands have done in a WC qualifier was a draw but it was in Oz though (4th from bottom in link) http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Socceroo/2004A.html Referee: Gary Fleet (New Zealand) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buchan30 Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latino Lover Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 Just seen Lalas rant, quality: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Fifa have announced that the World Cup will have four seeding pots... as opposed to just one group of seeds and three groups based on geography. They will still make it so that each group can only have a maximum of one team per continent (with the exception of Europe where it is necessary to have a maximum of two in a group). Someone has estimated the likelihood of each team ending up in a given pot on the link below. It's interesting as you can already start to work out the best and worst possible groups for teams. http://www.football-rankings.info/2017/09/fifa-to-seed-all-teams-using-october.html?m=1 If by some miracle Scotland qualify, we will almost certainly end up with Brazil, Spain and Ivory Coast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forameus Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 Wales very likely to be in pot 1, despite not even being entirely sure they'll even qualify. Ooft. Good to know that we've got a 5% chance of qualifying though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 5.13% actually, you big pessimist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamaldo Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 Remember five years ago when Wales were in pot six? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizfit Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 I can't see Wales hanging around the top qualifying groups for much longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 I can't see Wales hanging around the top qualifying groups for much longer. Nope, they will be replaced by norn iron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetterlund Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 Looking forward to the big one this Thursday - Syria vs Australia. The Aussies were pretty pish in qualifying but you'd think they'd get their act together for the playoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swarley Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 Looking forward to the big one this Thursday - Syria vs Australia. The Aussies were pretty pish in qualifying but you'd think they'd get their act together for the playoffs. They'll probably draw the 1st leg then win the 2nd with a 90+5 minute sclaff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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