accies1874 Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 Poland are definitely the worst team in Pot 1. They were utterly honking at the World Cup and got relegated from a pretty 'meh' group. We might want a decent Pot 1 team in order for them to body everyone else though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forameus Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 1 hour ago, Alert Mongoose said: How will they do the draw? If a third host nation comes out in a group will they be thrown back in the pot? At least it's not the SFA involved. Then we could look forward to drawing England, Narnia, Lilliput, Germany and England again in our group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blootoon87 Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 As someone already said, Pot 2 is the key. Add the possible strongest team in Pot 1 and we might have a chance. My thinking is that a strong team from Pot 1 will beat everybody, whereas a weaker Pot 1 team might drop points to the teams from Pots 2 and 4.That hardly ever happens. Pot 1 always drops points, and never against us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forameus Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 13 minutes ago, Blootoon87 said: 13 hours ago, Dr Watson said: As someone already said, Pot 2 is the key. Add the possible strongest team in Pot 1 and we might have a chance. My thinking is that a strong team from Pot 1 will beat everybody, whereas a weaker Pot 1 team might drop points to the teams from Pots 2 and 4. That hardly ever happens. Pot 1 always drops points, and never against us. Most notably when Germany decided to pal up with the Irish and let them steal 3 points to essentially render us irrelevant. Those cheeky Germans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blootoon87 Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 Ireland actually took four points from Germany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 4 minutes ago, forameus said: Most notably when Germany decided to pal up with the Irish and let them steal 3 points to essentially render us irrelevant. Those cheeky Germans. They tried that tactic once before..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesM82 Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 BTW, the draw is next Sunday (just before the League Cup final). The women's World Cup draw is the following Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EpicMike Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 With the exception of Poland, all Pot 1 teams are miles better than Scotland and will probably scud us, Poland I still think will have a slight edge over Scotland so finishing 2nd is our best chance. Obviously Germany is the team to avoid in Pot 2 but I also don't fancy Russia, Austria or Sweden. Hopefully it's this: Poland Czech Republic Scotland Albania Gibraltar San Marino And not this... France Germany Scotland Georgia Kosovo Latvia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 Why are everyone shiting it about Latvia? They are literally (nearly) as bad as Falkirk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pie Of The Month Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 9 minutes ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: Why are everyone shiting it about Latvia? They are literally (nearly) as bad as Falkirk. I don't think anyone is shiting it from them. If you're picking a worst case scenario group and the choice of a 6th seed is Latvia, Liechtenstein, Andorra, Malta or San Marino then the 1 that had more wins in the last World Cup qualifying group than the other 4 combined seem like the best guess for the team you don't want whilst not being particularly bothered by which one of them we get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 I want England again. Don't really care who else we get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddymcp Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 Teams we never meet group Switzerland, Bosnia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Andorra. Personally would like the group to be an exciting one. So be it if it’s a harder group - we tend to raise our game accordingly anyway so not sure how much it matters. Wish for: England, Wales, Greece & Gibraltar would do me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesM82 Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 36 minutes ago, paddymcp said: Teams we never meet group Switzerland, Bosnia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Andorra. Personally would like the group to be an exciting one. So be it if it’s a harder group - we tend to raise our game accordingly anyway so not sure how much it matters. Wish for: England, Wales, Greece & Gibraltar would do me. Old enough to remember us getting Switzerland twice in a row (Euro 92 and WC 94). The Swiss away game in 92 qualifying (2-2 draw from 2-0 down) is what we have to thank (blame) Doe a Deer for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 On 23/11/2018 at 15:04, JamesM82 said: Old enough to remember us getting Switzerland twice in a row (Euro 92 and WC 94). The Swiss away game in 92 qualifying (2-2 draw from 2-0 down) is what we have to thank (blame) Doe a Deer for. We also played them in failing to qualify for Euro 84. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kebab Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 Old enough to remember us getting Switzerland twice in a row (Euro 92 and WC 94). The Swiss away game in 92 qualifying (2-2 draw from 2-0 down) is what we have to thank (blame) Doe a Deer for.Three times in a row as we also played them at Euro 96!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 1 minute ago, King Kebab said: We also played them at Euro 96!!! True story. We always seem to play this "team we never meet". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunning1874 Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 56 minutes ago, Monkey Tennis said: True story. We always seem to play this "team we never meet". Yes, we're always playing a side we haven't met competitively for 22 years. I'm as sick of the sight of them as I am of Lithuania. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 11 minutes ago, Dunning1874 said: Yes, we're always playing a side we haven't met competitively for 22 years. I'm as sick of the sight of them as I am of Lithuania. Yes, we hardly ever came up against Lithuania back in the 80s either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 Gentlemen, please. Can't we all just agree to hate the Swiss and leave it at that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambomo Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 Gentlemen, please. Can't we all just agree to hate the Swiss and leave it at that?I dunno, I quite like them for their chocolate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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