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Originally Posted by CollegeTillIDie
We're 21st in Europe because we didn't qualify.
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:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by CollegeTillIDie
We're 21st in Europe because we didn't qualify.
Latest FIFA Rankins announced. No change for us.
1 Italy
2 France
3 Germany
4 Spain
5 Netherlands
6 Portugal
7 Czech Republic
8 Croatia
9 England
10 Romania
11 Scotland
12 Greece
13 Russia
14 Poland
15 Norway
16 Ukraine
17 Sweden
18 Serbia
19 Turkey
20 Denmark
21 Republic of Ireland
22 Bulgaria
23 Northern Ireland
24 Israel
25 Switzerland
26 Finland
27 Hungary
28 Bosnia-Herzegovina
29 Slovakia
30 Belgium
31 Cyprus
32 Wales
33 Moldova
34 Albania
35 Georgia
36 FYR Macedonia
37 Slovenia
38 Iceland
39 Armenia
40 Latvia
41 Austria
42 Lithuania
43 Belarus
44 Azerbaijan
45 Liechtenstein
46 Kazakhstan
47 Estonia
48 Malta
49 Luxembourg
50 Montenegro
51 Andorra
52 Faroe Islands
53 San Marino
Just for the record, when Delaney sacked Brian Kerr for, among other things, a drop in the FIFA World Rankings we were 23rd in the world...
1 Brazil 841 0 1
2 Czech Republic 796 1 13
3 Netherlands 791 -1 -6
4 Argentina 774 0 -4
5 France 772 0 -4
6 Spain 771 2 7
7 Mexico 768 -1 -1
8 USA 766 -1 -2
9 England 757 0 3
10 Portugal 754 -1 0
11 Turkey 749 0 6
12 Italy 741 0 5
13 Denmark 732 1 2
14 Sweden 731 -1 -2
15 Japan 713 1 2
16 Germany 710 -1 -2
17 Greece 708 1 2
18 Uruguay 706 -1 -3
19 Iran 702 2 3
20 Croatia 701 -1 -1
21 Costa Rica 699 -1 -1
22 Cameroon 697 1 6
23 Republic of Ireland 696 -2 -3
... or 14th in Europe
1 Czech Republic 796 1 13
2 Netherlands 791 -1 -6
3 France 772 0 -4
4 Spain 771 2 7
5 England 757 0 3
6 Portugal 754 -1 0
7 Turkey 749 0 6
8 Italy 741 0 5
9 Denmark 732 1 2
10 Sweden 731 -1 -2
11 Germany 710 -1 -2
12 Greece 708 1 2
13 Croatia 701 -1 -1
14 Republic of Ireland 696 -2 -3
Of course, the FAI aren't bothered about defending Staunton anymore. It's funny how quickly a 1-1 draw vs. Cyprus caused the FAI to drop the excuses about improved seeding, four-year plan etc. Unbelievable how two-faced they are. :mad:
ok what is the story with the wales game , how does the result affect our seedings? is it irrelevant ?
Irrelevant as far as I know. We won't drop enough to become 4th seeds and we can't climb enough to become 2nd seeds.
thank feck for that as i think we are going to get hammered by wales
We lost 6 places between June and July 2006 when FIFA revised their rankings. So for the record we were probably provisional 3rd seeds when Stan took over.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jerry The Saint
Stan was a hero who kept our 3rd seeding safe.
What odds on England, Scotland and Wales in our group?
what odds all three? at least we cant get Norn Iron but I wouldnt fancy England either as bragging rights are way too big to lose on those two opponents..
That's true - we're at our lowest ebb in over 20 years and it would be the first time in that space of time that I'd fear for us against England. I'd still take on Norn Iron though.Quote:
Originally Posted by RogerMilla
We could also draw the mighty San Marino again.
nah it'll be montenegro , or perhaps estonia are the best team in that pot
Czech rep., norway , ireland , moldova , liechtenstein , andorra is the draw we want...
Andorra could yet bprove to be a Banana skin in that group!:D:DQuote:
Originally Posted by RogerMilla
need to catch them early they could improve as the group goes on !Quote:
Originally Posted by Ireland4ever
Not having seen the seedings list, but assuming that 1 team is drawn from each "level" of seeds, would that mean Liechtenstein are a higher seed than Andorra?Quote:
Originally Posted by RogerMilla
Having seen them twice, I'd warn that Liechtenstein are a considerably better team than Andorra and indeed a better team than Iceland - notwithstanding that we beat Licky twice and lost twice to Iceland!Quote:
Originally Posted by osarusan
Maybe Liechtenstein will fall back again, but with victories over Latvia and Iceland recently, they've definitely come on in the last couple of years. The best of the "minnows", imo.
(Bloody nice place to go for an way trip, too, especially in winter!)
if i was picking trips then iceland would deffo be the best one but i cant see the ties against the lickys being tricker than the trips to slovenia , azerbaijan etcQuote:
Originally Posted by EalingGreen
Yeah Iceland would be a fantastic place to have a game. Is it hard to get there? I assume there are no direct flights from Ireland.Quote:
Originally Posted by RogerMilla
I would hate to get England at the moment as well. Don't know how we'd be able to live down a thrashing if it happened. Hopefully we'll be more competitive under the new manager, although that shouldn't be hard!
Don't know about Slovenia, but Licky are currently a considerably better team than Azerbaijan, trust me. And recent results demonstrate that they're currently better than Iceland (though Iceland have just sacked a pretty useless manager, so may recover).Quote:
Originally Posted by RogerMilla
As for away trips, Iceland is a fascinating country, no doubt, with some of the best looking women on the planet! But it's horrendously expensive and a bit dead for a midweek game (w/ends are brill, mind).
Whereas, Licky is easy and inexpensive to get to from Austria, Switz or even Germany. (I tagged our weekend game there in March onto a week's skiing
in Western Austria - the ideal away trip, imo! :)
Ealing Green, I saw Liechtenstein play against both yourselves and us. We won 4-0, you won 3-0 iirc. Azerbaijan caused us both problems in the WC 2006 group we were all in, drawing against both of us in Azerbaijan. I'd say Azerbaijan are the stronger team, to be honest. I could probably see us coming away from Liechtenstein with 3 points, but wouldn't be so confident about Azerbaijan.
Even with McClaren as their manager?:eek: Now that we'll have a decent manager (touch wood) we would have them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wolfie
is there a good chance of England dropping into pool B if they lose/draw with the Croatians? They have been top seeds for a good while now and it would be nice to see em paired up with one of the bigger nations for a change :) The Hoddle era must have been last time they had one of the big guns i.e. Italy.
I think if we got paired up with England, Norway/Scotland we'd have a decent shot of at least finishing runners up. If we end up with Sweden (from pot B) we might struggle.
Is there any possibility of a group with England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland B this time? Assuming England will be top seeds?
That should be possible. Alternatively, you might get a group including England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, which would provide a welcome opportunity for NI to defend their British Championship title (unofficially, of course).Quote:
Originally Posted by backtowalsall
However, NI and "Ireland B" are likely both to be third seeds, so cannot be drawn together.
What about Kazakhstan:DQuote:
Originally Posted by RogerMilla
What a place to have a match. No one will be moaning about Bratislava again. Doubt there's too many ways of getting there either so no one will be complaining about the 12.25 Bratislava-Prague.
I'll say nothing until we see whose appointed.Quote:
Originally Posted by DmanDmythDledge
not getting on the 12.25 was one of the best decisions i ever made in my life.Quote:
Originally Posted by zenokelly
we cruised up on the later one , a cabin to ourselves.
bring on the kazakhs!!
Does anyone know when Ireland find out in what Pot they will be placed in for the 2010 World Cup??
I know the draw takes place this weekend looking forward to it.
Interesting to see that all the number 1 & 2 seeds will now probably qualify for Euro2008 with the exception of Denmark (mainly because of one mad fan). Our recent run of result will have done nothing to help us although finishing 3rd (somehow) should mean we are either 3/4 seeds.
In fairness, the Swedes had just been awarded a penalty so you'd expect they'd have won 4-3.Quote:
Originally Posted by beautifulrock
looks like we will get the 3rd pot just. I just hope we dont get a tough group like Scotland did last time out
there is a seedings thread lads , you can check out the latest there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibernian
and bring on a tough group ! it's time we stood up !
when is the draw???
Friday, not sure what time. I dont think it makes much of a difference as to what teams we get we always seem to make life hard for ourselves regardless of who we are playing eg, Switzerland & Russia group when we were the top seeds
I've heard it's Sunday now.....
middle of the day sunday lads , deffo live on sky , nothing surer
Draw on Sunday I presume it will be on Sky Sports or BBC.
Dont think it will be shown live on RTE
watch ING GER LAND go and get drawn with Scotland, Austria, San Marino and Cyprus!!!
just a thought but our next manager may hinge massively on who we are drawn against! i mean if we get a group like the scots got last time out then most established bosses wouldn't touch us with a barge pole!
or am i being over negative??
Did you see the Italians trying to defend from Scotlands corner kicks? Germans beaten 3-0 at home by the Czechs a few weeks back. Holland winning 1-0 at home against Luxemborg. Portugal must win their last game to qualify. Lets not worry about who we draw as there is no way of telling how good or bad a eam is going to be until we actually get to play them. Sometimes the "big" names have to rebuild. Somtimes the so called minnows or mid-ranking teams find 2 or 3 great players and step up a gear. So lets just worry about ourselves. Get the right manager and stop leaking goals. Look at the groups we qualified from for WC90/94 and 02.Quote:
Originally Posted by galwayhoop