red23 Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 yesssss f**k you wales. 1 win in 8 games and that was a fucking fluke against Ukraine. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 Must say, I'm really enjoying Wales being absolutely shite again. What's the odds on Iran and USA to be the two to qualify from that word cup group? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 I know that Turkey team is far from the 2002 World Cup Semi finalists and the Faroes are a lot better than they once were but that's a stoating result 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherrif John Bunnell Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 The Faroe Islands must have more scalps In international football than any other diddy team. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 2 minutes ago, Sherrif John Bunnell said: The Faroe Islands must have more scalps In international football than any other diddy team. They were robbed at home against Scotland in the last qualifying campaign. I thought they were the better team. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marten Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 Get in! Netherlands 1-0 Belgium and through to the Final Four. [emoji106] 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 Don't think Turkey are great but they had already won their group quite easily. Hardly surprising to lose a dead rubber game to a team that wants the scalp. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theroadlesstravelled Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 Losing to the Faroe is 56 minutes ago, Autistisches Nilpferd said: Must say, I'm really enjoying Wales being absolutely shite again. What's the odds on Iran and USA to be the two to qualify from that word cup group? USA lost to Japan on Friday and have only won 1 in the last 9 away from home. We would have easily got out of that group. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djchapsticks Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 Faroes appear to getting a bit of the Iceland effect from a few years ago. They are really professionally set up and well drilled. I had previously thought that they'd just run with Danish 2nd and 3rd generation Faroese expats to improve their squad but nope, every single one of their squad is Faroes born. They now have majority of squad of full time pros vs when they started out, every player was an amateur. Picking an international squad from a population of a country the size of Greenock and even pulling out 1 or 2 wins per qualifying campaign is decent going. Beating Turkey is definitely their biggest result though since smacking Greece about in both games about 6 or 7 years back. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donathan Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 56 minutes ago, djchapsticks said: Faroes appear to getting a bit of the Iceland effect from a few years ago. They are really professionally set up and well drilled. I had previously thought that they'd just run with Danish 2nd and 3rd generation Faroese expats to improve their squad but nope, every single one of their squad is Faroes born. They now have majority of squad of full time pros vs when they started out, every player was an amateur. Picking an international squad from a population of a country the size of Greenock and even pulling out 1 or 2 wins per qualifying campaign is decent going. Beating Turkey is definitely their biggest result though since smacking Greece about in both games about 6 or 7 years back. The Faroes and Luxembourg have both improved massively. Conversely, countries that used to be tricky customers like Lithuania, Belarus and Latvia have all regressed into proper minnow status. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizfit Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 8 hours ago, Autistisches Nilpferd said: Must say, I'm really enjoying Wales being absolutely shite again. What's the odds on Iran and USA to be the two to qualify from that word cup group? It’s quite noticeable the talent they had for the last 2 euros have either retired or are preparing for the final tournament they’ll likely play at. They’ve been slowly getting worse and without Bale or Ramsey in their prime they’re going to struggle. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djchapsticks Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 5 hours ago, Donathan said: The Faroes and Luxembourg have both improved massively. Conversely, countries that used to be tricky customers like Lithuania, Belarus and Latvia have all regressed into proper minnow status. Interesting viewing I agree. Latvia qualified for a Euros about 20 years ago and the Baltics were viewed as an emerging area in football. In fact, Estonia, traditionally the weakest of the three are now the best of the three by quite a distance (still a low bar) and Lithuania who were always by a distance the most consistently strong, are now the worst. All three nations have regressed massively though and it's interesting to see. Throw Cyprus into that mixer as well when you talk about nations getting better over last 15 years. They've improved to point where an appearance at a Euros wouldn't be as laughable as it would have in the 90s. Also, if you'd told me of Iceland's success years ago, I'd not have believed you either. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donathan Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 I really hope they’re not going to ruin this excellent format by adding South American sides in. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 15 hours ago, red23 said: yesssss f**k you wales. 1 win in 8 games and that was a fucking fluke against Ukraine. I don't really mind Wales, but I'm not exactly heartbroken at their demise. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 I watched the Wales game last night and it was another in a long line of examples of guys who play in the lower end of the Barclays/upper end of the Skybet looking like they were on the gear last night. They look like men possessed every time they cross the white line for Wales and it was one bit of quality from the main man that carved then open for the winner. Apart from Bale, they're all absolute nobodies at club level but together they're the 12th best team in Europe at international level. Quite bizarre. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 I really hope they’re not going to ruin this excellent format by adding South American sides in. God forbid we get the chance to play some different teams every now and then. In what way would adding more teams ruin it? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donathan Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 24 minutes ago, craigkillie said: God forbid we get the chance to play some different teams every now and then. In what way would adding more teams ruin it? The format is quite nice at the moment. If you start including Venezuela or Peru, how is it going to work in terms of group winners being guaranteed a playoff etc? Unless they’re proposing to start introducing guest teams into the euros like the copa America does (maybe not the worst idea if it goes up to 32 teams) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 You just ignore those teams when making the calculations, it's not as though the play-offs aren't already a mess anyway. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyline Drifter Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 4 hours ago, Donathan said: I really hope they’re not going to ruin this excellent format by adding South American sides in. I've missed this. Where is this being suggested? 1 hour ago, craigkillie said: God forbid we get the chance to play some different teams every now and then. In what way would adding more teams ruin it? Surely there would be significant travel logistics in having home and away games against South American teams in a relatively short double header window? Home game v Ukraine on a Saturday followed by a trip to Peru on the Tuesday? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 15 minutes ago, Skyline Drifter said: I've missed this. Where is this being suggested? Surely there would be significant travel logistics in having home and away games against South American teams in a relatively short double header window? Home game v Ukraine on a Saturday followed by a trip to Peru on the Tuesday? I’ve got a feeling they’ve already said that all games involving South American sides would take place in Europe. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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