G51 Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 1 hour ago, craigkillie said: Portugal only needed a draw so there wasn't much incentive for them to win. True, but Ireland were unlucky not to win it. Portugal look a bit like a side at the end of a cycle. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Grimes Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 Pitch is hilarious for the Russia game Players can’t even pass the ball 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 1 minute ago, Frank Grimes said: Pitch is hilarious for the Russia game Players can’t even pass the ball Do love a game in the public baths Referees must be under some pressure not to abandon the match for these qualifiers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fratelli Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 This is fucking wild, an amateur game would get called off if the pitch was like that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlandmagar Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 Oh my! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthefife Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 Looks like Croatia will avoid the play offs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welldaft Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 I saw people saying support Croatia. I get that Russia losing means they would still have a better chance of being seeded but I would much rather meet Russia than Croatia in the play offs. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donathan Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 7 minutes ago, welldaft said: I saw people saying support Croatia. I get that Russia losing means they would still have a better chance of being seeded but I would much rather meet Russia than Croatia in the play offs. Would you rather host Croatia at Hampden or go to Russia though? Recent experience suggests neither is a particularly attractive proposition. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VictorOnopko Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 Croatia v Russia has been very entertaining. Old school muddy and waterlogged pitch and a great atmosphere in the fantastic retro stadium in Split. Good to see the Croats qualify, even if it's got a tiny impact on our seeding calculations. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welldaft Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 10 minutes ago, Donathan said: Would you rather host Croatia at Hampden or go to Russia though? Recent experience suggests neither is a particularly attractive proposition. Even if we are seeded none of the games will be easy as such. All the teams in the playoffs are likely to be higher in the FIFA rankings then us. Based on the Euros then I probably would rather take on Russia even if it was away. Of course the Ref will be bribed or threatened with punishment or probably both so….. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Tourette Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 Just looking at the Netherlands group and it could be a nervous night for them on Monday. Should Norway beat them and Turkey win in Montenegro, they will finish third on 20 points! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G51 Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 Do Russia still have that enormous freak up front? Don’t fancy having to play against him again. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 Hope that the Dutch do manage to qualify. Only seen a couple of their games, but they've looked absolutely wild at both ends and their matches could be quite entertaining. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donathan Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 (edited) 41 minutes ago, Mr Tourette said: Just looking at the Netherlands group and it could be a nervous night for them on Monday. Should Norway beat them and Turkey win in Montenegro, they will finish third on 20 points! They shouldn’t really be losing at home to Norway Edited November 14, 2021 by Donathan 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pie Of The Month Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 13 minutes ago, G51 said: Do Russia still have that enormous freak up front? Don’t fancy having to play against him again. Dzyuba hasn't been involved since the euros. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sensible Soccer🏴 Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 I think I'm correct in thinking that we need 4 of the 10 second placed teams to be worse than ourselves. Our best chance as I see it are. 1 North Macedonia, 2 Wales, 3 Finland, 4 Turkey/Norway Really we need something against the Danes don't we. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elixir Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 We deserve to be in the play-offs. If we can't beat Denmark at Hampden then we don't deserve to be seeded. Pretty simple, imo. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donathan Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 North Macedonia need a winner against Iceland to prevent Romania nicking their playoff berth. Either way that group is guaranteed to be unseeded. Finland/Ukraine group probably won’t be seeded either. Finland would need to beat France to get above us and Ukraine can’t get above us (but can finish second with a win in Bosnia and the Finns fail to beat France) The Croatia win was poor for us. We now need to either win, or draw + any 3 of: 1) Spain beat Sweden by 3+ (7:45pm tonight) 21.5% 2) Bulgaria beat Switzerland by 5+ (7:45pm tomorrow) basically impossible 3) Hungary beat Poland (7:45pm tomorrow) 16.9% 4) Finland fail to beat France by 3+ (Tuesday 7:45pm) almost certain 5) Belgium beat Wales (Tuesday 7:45pm) 41.3% 6) Netherlands get at least a point against Norway AND Turkey fail to beat Montenegro by 4 (Tuesday 7:45pm) 86.4% I still fancy our chances with a draw. 4) and 6) should go our way and you’d hope one of 1), 3) and 5) goes our way 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welldaft Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 1 hour ago, Elixir said: We deserve to be in the play-offs. If we can't beat Denmark at Hampden then we don't deserve to be seeded. Pretty simple, imo. The team seeded 10th in the world rankings ! Ahead of Germany. Would you say the same if we were playing Germany at home ? Of course we could win or get a draw. But a defeat based on their rankings and recent performances would hardly be a surprise. I will go 1-1 and points 4 to 6 from the above happening. Knowing our luck we will and Wales will get a point from Belgium. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welldaft Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 Lets hope we avoid Portugal FFS. To be fair Serbia have been decent tonight and maybe shows what we achieved by beating them in the playoffs a year ago…. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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