What pot will we be in now?

[tricky_colour]

I guess we won't be top seeds;)
Either pot C or more likely D for the next campaign.

[Green Tribe]

i think D :eek: :mad: :mad: :mad:

[Colbert Report]

Cccccccccc

[Closed Account 2]

at least we cant be drawn with the Swiss again.

I'd just want to avoid the Dutch, IMO they are the only current European side that is world class

[sligoman]

Pot D is what the guys on RTE were saying:(

[finlma]

We're definitely in the 4th group of seeds after last night. Its going to be a long time before we see a major tournament again.

[eirebhoy]

European Champs World Cup 2006
Team Played Points Played Points Avg Points
1 A Greece 8 18 12 21 1.95
2 A Holland 8 19 12 32 2.55
3 A England 8 20 10 25 2.5
4 A Portug. 12 30 2.5
5 A Czech 8 22 12 27 2.45
6 A France 8 24 10 20 2.444444444
7 A Sweden 8 17 10 24 2.277777778
8 B Germany 8 18 2.25
9 B Croatia 8 16 10 24 2.222222222
10 B Italy 8 17 10 23 2.222222222
11 B Turkey 8 19 12 23 2.1
12 B Poland 8 13 10 24 2.055555556
13 B Spain 8 17 10 20 2.055555556
14 B Romania 8 14 12 25 1.95
15 C Serbia 8 12 10 22 1.888888889
16 C Russia 8 14 12 23 1.85
17 C Denmark 8 15 12 22 1.85
18 Swiss 8 15 10 18 1.833333333
19 C Bulgar. 8 17 10 15 1.777777778
20 C Norway 8 14 10 18 1.777777778
21 C Ukraine 8 10 12 25 1.75
22 C Slovak. 8 10 12 23 1.65
23 D Bosnia 8 13 10 16 1.611111111
24 D Belgium 8 16 10 12 1.555555556
25 D Ireland 8 11 10 17 1.555555556
26 D Latvia 8 16 12 15 1.55
27 D Scotl. 8 14 10 13 1.5
28 D Israel 8 9 10 18 1.5
29 D Sloven. 8 14 10 12 1.444444444
30 E Hungary 8 11 10 14 1.388888889
31 Austria 8 9 10 15 1.333333333
32 E Finland 8 10 12 16 1.3
33 E Estonia 8 8 12 17 1.25
34 E Wales 8 13 10 8 1.166666667
35 E Lithua. 8 10 10 10 1.111111111
36 E Albania 8 8 12 13 1.05
37 E Iceland 8 13 10 4 0.944444444
38 F Georgia 8 7 12 10 0.85
39 F Maced. 8 6 12 9 0.75
40 F Belarus 8 3 10 10 0.722222222
41 F Armenia 8 7 12 7 0.7
42 F Cyprus 8 8 10 4 0.666666667
43 F N.Irel 8 3 10 9 0.666666667
44 F Moldova 8 6 10 5 0.611111111
45 Liecht. 8 1 12 8 0.45
46 Azerb. 8 4 10 3 0.388888889
47 Andorra 8 0 12 5 0.25
48 Malta 8 1 10 3 0.222222222
49 Faroes 8 1 10 1 0.111111111
50 Kazakh. 12 1 0.083333333
51 Luxemb. 8 0 12 0 0
52 San M. 8 0 10 0 0

[concanta]

Teams from the 4th pot have made it through before but we drastically need some midfielders

[mchurl]

pot b and c don't scare me other than the spanish and i think i'm right in saying two teams qualify automatically for the euros???

[Ash]

... in the píss pot after last night

[finlma]

pot b and c don't scare me other than the spanish and i think i'm right in saying two teams qualify automatically for the euros???

7 in each group with the top 2 qualifying automatically. No more playoffs.

When is the draw - need something to look forward to.

[Kingdom]

Some people here need a bit of cop on. We'll be in PotD by the looks of things.

A potential team of
Given, Finnan, Dunne, O'Brien, Harte(?)
Alan Quinn, Steven Reid, Andy Reid, Damien Duff
Robbie Keane, Stephen elliot

with the right manager, the right tactics and in the case of one or two a kick up the whole(!), could do veryw ell in a group of :

Germany,
Romania,
Norway,
Eire,
Iceland,
Cyprus,
San Marino


Obviously the draw will dictate what our chances are.
On the flip slip of that we could get a group with:

Holland,
Italy,
Eire,
Ukraine,
Albania,
Belarus,
Kazakhstan.

I don't think we'll be as bad off as everybody thinks.

[eirebhoy]

I'd take

England
Greece
Slovakia
Ireland
Lithuania
Moldova
San Marino

[concanta]

what we really need to f*ckin sort out is WINNING our home games.....you could nearly always assume we would do that

[thejollyrodger]

To be honest lads, I think the whole seeding thing is a load of p1ss. We can always beat teams better than us or at least draw if we are properly motivated, a proper manager and all the players are fit.

[pete]

I think its more cooking pot than melting pot now :(

A win last night would have got us into Pot C.

[eirebhoy]

Actually, Greece may be top seeds. Anyone know?

[eirebhoy]

Just got confirmation that Greece are top seeds so edited above seedings.

[Green Tribe]

D as presumed :rolleyes:
Our expectations will be much lower in this qualification so maybe we'll do better...;) :D

Anyone know when this craic starts?? :ball:

[stickyjoe]

AFAIK draw is in January and qualifiers start in September 06

[ranting rover]

just checked uefa.com - draw is in early january 2006

[Green Tribe]

AFAIK draw is in January and qualifiers start in September 06

aye qualifiers are always just after the world cup, just wasn't sure about the draw, bring on Kazhakstan! :eek: :D

[concanta]

i think no matter who we get in our group we should try and get some of the games with the top 2 teams in our group as our first games.
I know that what we did this timeand didnt work out BUT normally a team has a come down after the work cup