it's on RTE2, and live on RTE Player
going on past events, the actual draw itself will probably only take up the last half hour of the 2 hour show!
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it's on RTE2, and live on RTE Player
going on past events, the actual draw itself will probably only take up the last half hour of the 2 hour show!
I drew us in Pot E with England, Switzerland and Hungary. Have to say I'd fancy it.
Spain
Ukraine
Czech Rep
Republic of Ireland
Yuck... difficulty rating 5/10 apparently but wouldn't like the look of it at all.
I'd actually quite fancy the group Tets apologised for!
karim "Mercedes" Benzema suspended from Les Blues for sex tape:
http://screamer.deadspin.com/karim-b...e-t-1747309819
I don't have an iota who we'll be drawn with, from the available choices.
The application portal opens on the UEFA site on Monday: http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/ticketi...=64/index.htmlQuote:
Originally Posted by paul_oshea
FourFourTwo's 16 things you need to know ahead of the Euro 2016 draw: http://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/...HU-S0DIKzIQTCQ
It's a little England-centric (obviously) but they think from a travel and tickets point of view, group D is the one to get
We all are.
I'm curious to find out what transpires but I can wait until the draw has finished in order to find out. Wild horses couldn't drag me in front of the tv to view the draw. If I was given an either/or ultimatum, I'd probably rather risk snuffing it while watching a 2 hour Daniel O'Donnell special, rather than sit through a Euro trash draw.
I pick ...
Germany - I don't think that we can be aiming to win the group but having the Germans in with us will mean no cheap points for the other teams, plus we can beat them.
Switzerland - Seem to be the weakest in Pot 2.
Hungary - I hope we can beat them.
Looking at the betting I see that only a half dozen teams are highly rated, the rest are pretty average and beatable. The key is probably to avoid Italy from Pot 2 and we can sail through to the next round. Even a good 3rd in the group will do us?
Well Drogheda Utd and Hunky Dorey Park gets a mention in there.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
The way I read it, then Group D was the one to avoid?Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
If we get Group A and top it ahead of the French then that article makes it sound like a cake walk to the semi's. Group A winner gets a 3rd place team in Round of 16 and a Group Runner up in the Quarters.
Bring on more dull football, a whole month of it!
And being ripped off by the French.
Can't imagine too many being engrossed in the shenanigans that go with it but I'll definitely be watching when they start pulling the teams out.Quote:
Originally Posted by geysir
Draw begins at 523 apparently. Seems odd.
Pot 1 to drawn first.
Pot 4 to be drawn afterwards.
Euro 2016 draw
Pot 1 Spain, Germany, England, Portugal, France and Belgium
Pot 2 Italy, Russia, Switzerland, Austria, Croatia and Ukraine
Pot 3 Czech Republic, Sweden, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Hungary
Pot 4 Turkey, Republic of Ireland, Iceland, Wales, Albania and Northern Ireland
Odd way to do it, I guess we will know who the big team is straight away.Quote:
Originally Posted by BonnieShels
Pot four to be drawn now
Belgium.
Belgium for us
Paris, Bordeaux then Lille
Fifa ranked no1 FFS!!!
However I don't think Belgium is a bad draw.
Sweden is ranked below us!!
They must be shyte!! ;)
Belgium, Italy, Sweden and Ireland
That's very tough
That is as bad as Euro 2012!
Poor Province
I disagree. I'd be shocked if Belgium and Italy go on to meet in the final and there's no way Sweden are as good as that Croatia side. An eerie sense of deja vu with regards the opening fixture being the most winnable and potentially vital but still the most preferable way for the fixtures to fall. Flights and accommodation aplenty in Paris to start off I presume so how bad.Quote:
Originally Posted by shakermaker1982
Northern Ireland have a wonderful opportunity to prove that our qualification group wasn't all that tough.
I don't think it is tough, how are Beligium ranked no1? They beat Andora 1-4 and Cyprus 0-1.
Wales beat them!
We have beaten Italy too.
Sweden are no great shakes either
Tue 08/09/15 ECQ Sweden <---thats crap!! 1 - 4 Austria View events More info Fri 09/10/15 ECQ Liechtenstein 0 - 2 Sweden <----------------- thats crap!!!
Sun 06/09/15 ECQ Cyprus 0 - 1 Belgium<---thats crap!! View events More info Sat 10/10/15 ECQ Andorra 1 - 4 Belgium <---thats crap!!
Tue 09/09/14 ECQ Norway 0 - 2 Italy View events More info Fri 10/10/14 ECQ Italy <------crap 2 - 1 Azerbaijan View events More info Mon 13/10/14 ECQ Malta 0 - 1 Italy <-----crap View events More info Sun 16/11/14 ECQ Italy 1 - 1 Croatia View events More info Tue 18/11/14 FRI Italy <------crap 1 - 0 Albania View events More info Sat 28/03/15 ECQ Bulgaria 2 - 2 Italy <------crap View events More info Tue 31/03/15 FRI Italy <-------crap 1 - 1 England View events More info Fri 12/06/15 ECQ Croatia 1 - 1 Italy View events More info Tue 16/06/15 FRI Italy <------- utter shyte!! 0 - 1 Portugal
It's a 24 team tournament - Italy, Belgium and Sweden aren't mugs. Look at Groups A and F.
Belgium shouldn't be number 1 in the world but they do have a lot of top class PL operators.
Italy is Italy.
Sweden - we will need to keep Zlatan quiet.
Paul Green is the man for that.Quote:
Originally Posted by shakermaker1982
If I could thank this twice I would.Quote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
It's a tough draw but not as tough as Euro2012, if that's any consolation.
Group F is the group of serenity, every team is just so happy with their lot in this group.
.. and I think we're a bit better than then too. I'm ok with that draw. Hard but not terrible. We can usually handle ourselves well against teams of that calibre and each game will be tough for each team.Quote:
Originally Posted by geysir
Ouch. That's the luck of the draw unfortunately - and the luck wasn't with you this time. I still think the Republic and NI can both get through the group though. There is a decent chance of wins for NI against Ukraine and the Republic against Sweden. The other games look tough, but are still potential opportunities to get through. Bear in mind 2 points may get you through.
I'm pretty content with Wales's draw. There are two games we stand a decent chance of winning. I'd have liked to avoid England, but realistically the only better draw from pot 1 was Portugal and you can't have everything your own way. Beat Slovakia or Russia and we're through basically. It's harsh on the teams in groups A, D & E, but there is no way of ensuring equal opportunity unless all 24 teams play a round robin. I guess even UEFA would not try to milk the cow that much.
That's a very tough draw but only by virtue of drawing Italy. It compounds the difficulty of Belgium and Sweden who, although not the strongest possible teams we could have got, are amongst the strongest in their seeding groups.
It's all down to the first game. Win that and I think we'll get through.
And that first game is at Stade de France.
Belgium are paper tigers, we can out bore the Italians and the Swedes are average. Big chance here for a pot of gold here, chaps.
It's tough, but could have been worse. If Ireland got four points out of it it wouldn't be a complete turn up for the books. Beat Sweden and a whole lot of things open up, especially with third potentially being all that is needed.
Belgium 2016 are not Spain 2012, that's for damn sure.