LiviLion Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 If we don't get Lithuania it's because we're in the group with 3 teams. Can I find odds on us being in the same group as them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippy2015 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Don't think we have played Albania or Israel. Albania Israel and cyprus would be my choice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogmc Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Don't think we have played Albania or Israel. Albania Israel and cyprus would be my choice We had israel in qualifiers for 82 wc iirc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 We've played Israel three times and won all three, according to Wikipedia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunning1874 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Aye, we could actually get an interesting draw here based on how long it's been since we played some of these sides. We haven't played Greece since Euro 96 qualifying, we've never played Albania or Montenegro, we haven't played Israel since WC 82 qualifying, we haven't played Finland since 98 and not competitively since Euro 96 qualifying, Bulgaria was 2006 in the Kirin Cup, although we've played Cyprus & Estonia in friendlies in 2011 & 2013 we haven't played Cyprus competitively since WC 90 qualifying or Estonia since Euro 2000 qualifying. Stick on that we get Serbia and Lithuania, then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broken Algorithms Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 23 hours ago, Dunning1874 said: The pots were confirmed last week and the draw will be held on 24 January. https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/news/newsid=2522564.html#/ League C pots are: Pot 1 - Hungary, Romania, Scotland, Slovenia Pot 2 - Greece, Serbia, Albania, Norway Pot 3 - Montenegro, Israel, Bulgaria, Finland Pot 4 - Cyprus, Estonia, Lithuania Additional quirk of the draw is that no more than two of Norway, Finland, Estonia & Lithuania can be drawn in the same group, apparently so they can avoid any of them playing home games in November. It's a bit weird considering it isn't an issue for UEFA for clubs from those countries play home European ties in November/December, but whatever. Absolute certainty that we'll get Lithuania for the millionth time. How many times have we drawn Lithuania since the end of the Soviet Union/CIS? It feels like we've only not had them for a couple of qualifiers. Probably quite prominent too with memories of Rangers v Kaunas and the Hearts connection. I think it's roughly about 5 since Euro 2000 (2000,2004,2008,2012, 2018). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Drew them in four successive Euro Qualifying Campaigns, the qualifiers for 2000, 04, 08 and 12 and in the most recent set of World Cup qualifiers. Overall record: Won 6 Drew 3 Lost 1 Home: Won 4 Drawn 1 Lost 0 Away : Won 2 Drawn 2 Lost 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DAVIDB69 Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 Is it just one through from these groups I hope we don't get serbia as we would not win the group Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 There are 2 different aspects at stake. If we finish bottom (of the 4 team groups), or the 'worst 3rd bottom', we'll get relegated to Division D for the next edition... If we finish top of our section we get promoted to Division B for the next edition. Separate from that is the question of Euro 2020 qualifying... Firstly, the seedings for that will apparently be based on NL finishing positions: an incentive to finish as high as possible. Secondly, the highest 4 teams from each division which don't qualify for Euro 2020 go into 2-round playoffs (and others can be lifted up to fill gaps above): another incentive to finish as high as possible. I'm not sure who I'd want from the Pot 2 teams... clearly Serbia are handy, but Greece are no mugs having recovered from recent calamities, Albania qualified for Euro 2016 and Norway seem to be recovering. Similarly in Pot 3 you'd want to avoid Montenegro but Israel and Bulgaria are no mugs. Probably prefer to get in a 4-team group in the hope we take maximum points while a rival drops points, and would clearly take Estonia and prefer to avoid Cyprus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimter-boys Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 We shouldn't fear a lot of these teams, based only on recent form. Yes, we are utter gang, but so are have these mugs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buchan30 Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Apologies if i have missed it, but after the draw, how long before we find out the fixtures? Also when is the draw for euro 2020? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moo Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Apologies if i have missed it, but after the draw, how long before we find out the fixtures? Also when is the draw for euro 2020? The fixtures are now done the same day I believe as it is now computerised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buchan30 Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Cheers. The wee boy wants to go to hampden for a game, so i’m hoping they can get at least one saturday or sunday game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 When is the NL draw? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Wednesday, 11am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Is it done yet, did we qualify? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordopolis Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Is it done yet, did we qualify? We won the f*cker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 On 12/11/2017 at 14:41, Melanius Mullarkey said: Mouthwatering. I'm with you, but in a way that's a strength of the Nations League. If you want to get mouthwatering opposition, you need to beat the other teams at your level. If we win our group we'll be promoted to League B which has some decent countries, and that'll include four countries relegated from League A too. Injects a bit more competition into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forameus Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 I honestly can't see why anyone - outside of sneering media types - can have a relevant bad word to say about the Nations League. We'll get games against sides around our level, might be against sides we haven't faced in a while, have the chance of a second route into the Euros, and gives more interesting fare than a hastily arranged friendly would. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenGoulash Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 As the draw being held tomorrow, here is my summary of our potential opponents (and perhaps more importantly, the likely venues). http://www.greengoulash.com/uefa-nations-league/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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