Slovakia drew 1-1 tonight with Isreal.. and got turned over at home at the weekend by a Czech team, who got beat tonight by Scotland.
They are no great shakes, no more than we are.. people here talking about getting turned over by the North.. who just took a drubbing 1-5 at home to the footballing powerhouse that is .. Norway
Right now, until the NL became four team groups, we're a third tier side.. along with Slovakia and Northern Ireland, so once players have some games in their legs and a bit of fitness, we're at the very least a match for those two.
Bosnia, rightly are a second tier team.. but are they that far ahead of us? Hardly.
Qualifying will be difficult.. but not impossible. I am more worried to be honest about ensuring we stay in the B path for 2022, where we can have a right go at qualification for Germany in 2024.. being honest, how many of us are really gearing up to follow the team in Qatar in 2022?
Get 4 more NL games.. 2 qualifying games for Euro 2021.. hopefully qualify for that and get 3-4 games in next years tournament, plus 8-10 WC qualifiers. If we don't get to Euro 2021, maybe 2-3 friendlies against teams that do.
6 more NL games in late 2022, and 8-10 more Euro 2024 qualifying games..
By the time the Euros in 2024 come around.. Ireland will have played 32-40 games.. then judge the man and the team
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