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World Cup Draw

kafka
kafka Posts: 2,369
in Other Football and Sports
Alexei Smertin doing the draw
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  • Super_horns
    Super_horns Posts: 1,299
    We wil get the usual simple group!
  • The_Organiser
    The_Organiser Posts: 3,999
    Could get Italy or France - hope we do actually.

    Be nice to get some different decent aways like Hungary, Iceland, Malta, Czech etc and the turks to wake Wembley up for once.

    Please no Montenegro, Ukraine, Poland, San Marino again.
  • Big William
    Big William Posts: 3,841
    Come on, we always get Poland!
  • C_A_F_C
    C_A_F_C Posts: 3,866
    Huddersfield
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,766
    edited July 2015
    GROUP F: ENGLAND, Slovakia, SCOTLAND, Slovenia, Lithuania, Malta

    A: Netherlands, France, Sweden, Bulgaria, Belarus, Luxembourg
    B: Portugal, Switzerland, Hungary, Faroe Islands, Latvia, Andorra
    C: Germany, Czech Republic, NORTHERN IRELAND, Norway, Azerbaijan, San Marino
    D : WALES, Austria, Serbia, REPUBLIC OF IRELAND, Moldova, Georgia
    E: Romania, Denmark, Poland, Montenegro, Armenia, Kazakhstan
    G: Spain, Italy, Albania, Israel, Macedonia, Liechtenstein
    H: Belgium, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Greece, Estonia, Cyprus
    I : Croatia, Iceland, Ukraine, Turkey, Finland
  • moutuakilla
    moutuakilla Posts: 7,568
    Callumcafc said:

    GROUP F: England, Slovakia, Scotland, Slovenia, Lithuania, Malta

    Some nice away destinations there. Shouldn't struggle to get out if that one
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,316
    Fucking Switzerland always get the jammiest group
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,766
    Group D is a neutral's nightmare.
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,316
    I mean, England's group is pish as well but dear me.

    I suppose the Swiss are playing marginally more attractive football nowadays, maybe
  • skywalker
    skywalker Posts: 476
    Wow, look at group A, that 'll be exciting ...
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  • bolloxbolder
    bolloxbolder Posts: 7,962
    Slovenia are very good atm
  • The_Organiser
    The_Organiser Posts: 3,999
    Happy enough as missed/am missing Slovenia and Lithuania this time.

    The Jocks in competitive games will be great occasions.

    Slovakia will hopefully be less lively than 2004.

    Hopefully Malta will fall in June or Sept - anyone know how big their ground is? The 2000 game out there was before my time.
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,741
    We do have the luck when it comes to these draws. Another pretty simple group .
  • centurion
    centurion Posts: 437
    God help anybody with a lisp when talking about England's group!!!
  • thai malaysia addick
    thai malaysia addick Posts: 18,336
    How many qualify from each group?
  • smudge7946
    smudge7946 Posts: 4,131
    How can Scotland ne in the draw. They are not a real country. They even voted on it!
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,766
    thai malaysia addick said:

    How many qualify from each group?

    Europe gets allocated 13 of 32 places at each World Cup.

    Top of each group qualifies automatically (accounting for 9 of 13 places). The best eight second placed teams go into a play-off draw for the final four places.
  • LawrieAbrahams
    LawrieAbrahams Posts: 3,779
    Great draw for Wales, aided and abetted by their ridiculous seeding.
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,316
    Feel bad for Zlatan tbh
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,156
    Leuth said:

    Feel bad for Zlatan tbh

    He loves himself too much for my liking so I don't feel too sorry for him to be honest Leuth. I am sure there are a lot nicer players in the Sweden set up to feel sorry for?
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  • Powell Is Pleasant
    Powell Is Pleasant Posts: 1,443
    The seeding system is crazy.
    Netherlands and France in the same group.
    Spain and Italy in the same group.
    Wales and Austria as the top teams in their group.
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,015
    Leuth said:

    Feel bad for Zlatan tbh


    He'll be almost 37 by the 2018 world cup so would probably have retired from international football anyway
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,316
    36? Definitely 'one last hurrah' territory
  • IA
    IA Posts: 6,103
    Bedsaddick said:

    We do have the luck when it comes to these draws. Another pretty simple group .

    It's the seeding. Swap England for Portugal, Germany, Wales, Romania, Belgium, or Croatia and any of those groups would look easy.
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,561
    Algarveaddick said:

    Leuth said:

    Feel bad for Zlatan tbh

    He loves himself too much for my liking so I don't feel too sorry for him to be honest Leuth. I am sure there are a lot nicer players in the Sweden set up to feel sorry for?
    Uhmm. He may be up his own arse but he's done some good things where I've had to say fair play you didn't have to do that, nice to hear Zlatan. For example, Sweden wanted to send a team to the Disabled World Cup, might have got the name wrong but you get the drift, but didn't have any funding. They called Zlatan seeking a contribution towards costs. Zlatan said no, just send me a bill for the whole trip and I'll cover it all. Probably didn't add up to a weeks wages for him but so what it was a great gesture from him.

    Might love himself too much but loves others too.
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,156
    That's good to hear Large.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,319
    I always thought that the eight seeds (Or however many Groups there are) were based on how you did in that last tournament rather than your World Ranking?
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,269
    People who don't like Zlatan need to have a look at some of the projects he involves himself in, including homeless and ghetto rehousing, charity work and foundation work. He may have a shit tonne of money and an arrogance in the media spotlight, but behind all that he seems to do more than his fair share for others
  • cafcdave123
    cafcdave123 Posts: 11,491
    happy enough with that, very winnable group for Scotland.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,319
    cafcdave123 said:

    happy enough with that, very winnable group for Scotland.

    Dunno... Both Slovakia and Slovenia have made recent Tournaments, reckon Scotland may stand a chance with Northern Ireland the only real Home Nation that may struggle to Qualify (Wales and Republic of Ireland only having to really worry about Austria and Serbia)

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