Can fly direct there with Ryanair. It's a nice spot, flew there and stayed in Albufeira a few years ago
Gibraltar game moved to Faro.
The Republic of Ireland will travel to Portugal for their Euro 2024 qualifier with Gibraltar after the Gibraltar FA confirmed that all of their home matches will be played in Faro.
https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2022...d-to-portugal/
Can fly direct there with Ryanair. It's a nice spot, flew there and stayed in Albufeira a few years ago
Thats my mates stag sorted 👍
I've been to that area about 3 or 4 times at this stage, once by choice for golf, really dislike the place. Its everything a "holiday" destination shouldn't be.
I'm a bloke,I'm an ocker
And I really love your knockers,I'm a labourer by day,
I **** up all me pay,Watching footy on TV,
Just feed me more VB,Just pour my beer,And get my smokes, And go away
I'll start with a glimmer of hope - by my reckoning, if the qualifying groups pan out according to Nations League rankings (or there's a couple of minor deviations between League B teams ranked higher than us - Slovenia instead of Finland, Norway instead of Scotland) then we will be in a play-off group with Albania, Montenegro and the best League D team.
On the downside, though, if three teams ranked below us qualify through the regular route (eg Sweden, Romania and Turkey), then we're out. Someone can check this if they want.
So let's assume the first scenario unfolds - do we let Kenny lead us into what looks like a very winnable playoff tournament, regardless of what happens in the main qualifiers. If not, at what point does it make footballing and financial sense to make a switch?
No, it's got nothing to do with how we do in the qualifying group. There are [20] spots available via the qualifying groups, [3] via the NL process. We'll get one of the "spare" NL slots as long as 3 teams that finished lower ranked than us in the NL don't qualify via the group process. That's the only variable. We can come last in our qualifying group.
And if we do get one of the NL play off spots it's likely it'll be against mid-tier opposition.
Last edited by Stuttgart88; 22/11/2022 at 7:19 AM.
And Greece have already won their League C group so are in that playoff by default
I'm glad you're confident we won't struggle against Gibraltar! I'm actually more confident we'll play well against the others.
I'm reasonably confident we can beat them at home.
I don't see us winning any of the six games against France, Netherlands or Greece. Unless maybe one of them has an Armenia style meltdown or something (which is the only reason we beat Armenia).
That's what it's come to under Kenny sadly.
Last edited by Eirambler; 22/11/2022 at 7:50 AM.
I reckon this is what we're facing in the qualifiers. Our campaign will be over after a defeat in Greece.
France (H) - loss
Greece (A) - loss
Gibraltar (H) - win
France (A) - loss
Holland (H) - loss
Greece (H) - draw
Gibraltar (A) - win
Holland (A) - loss
Depressing.
It's easy:
We beat Greece twice = they weren't fussed so it has less merit
We don't = we can't even beat a Greece who weren't trying
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