Group D - opponent watch!

Gibraltar lost 1-4 at home to the Faroe Islands today in a friendly.

http://youtu.be/TGQ11mBibj8

They're woejus.

Sure, its only the Faroe Islands biggest ever away win and equalled their highest ever, which was 3-0 v San Marino. Also, the first time they have scored 4 goals against a full member country. They also had 64% possession aswell! Lets see how Estonia deal with them on Wednesday. Bodes well for Gibraltar.

And the Faroes missed a penalty.

That Germany v Gibraltar game could see a record score.

Mickey Mouse team.

Was there ever any doubt to their ability?

Some really careless tackles going in there as well; I could see them finishing games with 10 or 9 men if they keep that up in the qualifiers.

Interesting that they beat the Faroes 3-0 just three years ago.

Isn't there a famous rock somewhere in Gibraltar?

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Originally Posted by Crosby87

Isn't there a famous rock somewhere in Gibraltar?

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Yes indeed. Here's a pic.

http://static1.wikia.nocookie.net/__...lonrichert.jpg

Georgia 2-0 Liechtenstein

In case anyone missed this pre-Faroes interview with one of the Gibraltar coaches.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/26358827

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"No disrespect to San Marino or the Faroe Islands, but I see Gibraltar 10 places above them already."

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Originally Posted by Yard of Pace

In case anyone missed this pre-Faroes interview with one of the Gibraltar coaches.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/26358827


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Didn't take long for that old-fashioned British arrogance to return.

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Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin

Didn't take long for that old-fashioned British arrogance to return.

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I doubt if they will be strutting their rule brittania '3rd place qual hopes' and '10 places better than other minnows' after that game against the Faroes, who won pulling up.

Scotland beats Poland 1 nil away. They have beaten Croatia, Norway and Poland away under Strachan. We can't string two passes together without Hoolahan on the pitch.

I said it already Strachan has them going very well against decent opposition they would have to beat favourites for 2nd at the moment

Poland are poor and were beaten against the run of play.
If we can't finish ahead of those two, then we are truly cr'ap.

Gibraltar 0-2 Estonia
Germany 1-0 Chile

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Originally Posted by Stuttgart88

Scotland beats Poland 1 nil away. They have beaten Croatia, Norway and Poland away under Strachan. We can't string two passes together without Hoolahan on the pitch.

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You only need to look to Scotland's performances against teams like Czech Republic, Spain, Italy and France in recent memory to realise that we may be in trouble.

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Originally Posted by geysir

Poland are poor and were beaten against the run of play.
If we can't finish ahead of those two, then we are truly cr'ap.

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Actually, no. Scotland appear to be on the rise and we're definitely on the wane. They can grind out results away from home;can we do, even at home?

I don't think we are going to solve our stage fright within the space of 12 months. I don't think it's enough time. I think Scotland and Poland (by default) have the edge over us and against bigger teams.

Think if we end up playing Ward, Dunne, Whelan and Keane in qualifiers, we could find out the hard way that it's a campaign too far. Hope not.

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Originally Posted by TheOneWhoKnocks

You only need to look to Scotland's performances against teams like Czech Republic, Spain, Italy and France in recent memory to realise that we may be in trouble.

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I think their (and our) current form is more of a concern. We battled admirably against Italy and France (and possibly even Czech Rep?) more recently than they did.