UEFA Euro 2024 Qualifying Group B

[Yard of Pace]

Remarkably few games when you consider how often that we have played some other teams.

Or,
As to be expected when you consider how remarkably often we've played some other teams.....??

[seanfhear]

Or,
As to be expected when you consider how remarkably often we've played some other teams.....??

You know it makes sense.

[paul_oshea]

BS has done some good analysis And building up here. I'd disagree about the midfielders, ferizaj is too slow to make it at the top level

https://twitter.com/htomufc/status/1...HuNzlaua0jE3QQ

[ifk101]

It depends on the definition of top level but not making it at the top level doesn't necessarily exclude him from becoming a (good) senior international.

[elatedscum]

if he ends up being a faster version of thiago alcantara, i'd take that

[Kingdom]

Dan McD has a nice article on Ireland's striking options in todays Indo,

[Olé Olé]

Dan McD has a nice article on Ireland's striking options in todays Indo,

He did a 14 man ranking did he? Any chance you'd let us know the ranking please?

[tetsujin1979]

This is the order he put them in
1. Evan Ferguson(Brighton)
2. Michael Obafemi (Burnley)
3. Troy Parrott (Preston)
4. Chiedozie Ogbene (Rotherham)
5. Adam Idah (Norwich)
6. Callum Robinson (Cardiff)
7. Scott Hogan (Birmingham)
8. Aaron Connolly (Hull City)
9 Will Keane (Wigan)
10. Georgie Kelly (Rotherham)
11. Sean Maguire (Coventry)
12. Tom Cannon (Preston)
13. Shane Long (Reading)
14. Sinclair Armstrong (QPR)

[SkStu]

Start for Sinclair Armstrong today.

[JR89]

This is the order he put them in
1. Evan Ferguson(Brighton)
2. Michael Obafemi (Burnley)
3. Troy Parrott (Preston)
4. Chiedozie Ogbene (Rotherham)
5. Adam Idah (Norwich)
6. Callum Robinson (Cardiff)
7. Scott Hogan (Birmingham)
8. Aaron Connolly (Hull City)
9 Will Keane (Wigan)
10. Georgie Kelly (Rotherham)
11. Sean Maguire (Coventry)
12. Tom Cannon (Preston)
13. Shane Long (Reading)
14. Sinclair Armstrong (QPR)

Would agree with that 1 and 2 as my long term pairing for Ireland. Think both players would complement each other as Obafemi isn't your plays on the shoulders of defenders type striker and can be a creater as well as a finisher.

[Olé Olé]

This is the order he put them in
1. Evan Ferguson(Brighton)
2. Michael Obafemi (Burnley)
3. Troy Parrott (Preston)
4. Chiedozie Ogbene (Rotherham)
5. Adam Idah (Norwich)
6. Callum Robinson (Cardiff)
7. Scott Hogan (Birmingham)
8. Aaron Connolly (Hull City)
9 Will Keane (Wigan)
10. Georgie Kelly (Rotherham)
11. Sean Maguire (Coventry)
12. Tom Cannon (Preston)
13. Shane Long (Reading)
14. Sinclair Armstrong (QPR)

Thank you.

I agree with 1 and 2 as well but think it's much more of a toss up between 3, 4 and 5. And Robinson is a little more versatile so can gain preference for games from a 6th rank. Realistically if Connolly goes on a run for the rest of the season then 3-6 will be looking over their shoulders but it is the same for everyone. Someone needs to stick their head above the parapet like Ferguson emphatically has.

[tetsujin1979]

Dutch squad was announced on Friday to face France and Gibraltar

Since then Frenkie de Jong and Steven Bergwijn have been ruled out, Joey Veerman and Donyell Malen have been called into the squad

[pineapple stu]

I see Noppert is injured - means he keeps his record of all his senior caps being at the World Cup.

[Kingdom]

He did a 14 man ranking did he? Any chance you'd let us know the ranking please?

Sorry, I didn't see this post request, but it was replicated anyway.

List has probably changed in the past month:

1. Evan Ferguson(Brighton)
2. Michael Obafemi (Burnley)
3. Troy Parrott (Preston)
4. Chiedozie Ogbene (Rotherham)
5. Adam Idah (Norwich)
6. Callum Robinson (Cardiff)
7. Scott Hogan (Birmingham)
8. Tom Cannon (Preston)
9. Aaron Connolly (Hull City)
10. Will Keane (Wigan)
11. Georgie Kelly (Rotherham)
12. Sean Maguire (Coventry)
13. Shane Long (Reading)
14. Sinclair Armstrong (QPR)

[Razors left peg]

My personal preference for the list would be....

1. Ferguson
2. Obafemi
3. Idah
4. Parrott
5. Connolly
6. Cannon
7. Ogbene
8. Robinson
9. Hogan
10. Keane
11. Armstrong
12. Kelly
13. Maguire
14. Long

If all were fit and available

[LurcherLover]

Idah shouldn't be anywhere near the top 10.

[Bungle]

Apologies, I know it's probably already been discussed, but what teams do we need to keep an eye out for in other groups, should we come third in our group, to get a playoff?

[elatedscum]

doesn't matter if we come 3rd or 5th.

to qualify for a league B playoff, we need 6 of israel, bosnia, serbia, scotland, finland, ukraine, iceland, norway and slovenia to qualify.

if that doesn't happen, we have a chance to be in a league A playoff. if 5 of 6 qualified above, we'd be first in the queue to move to A, if 4 of 6, we'd be second in the queue, etc. (so we need at least 2 of the above to qualify directly to have any chance).

so depending on what place we are in that queue, we need between 13 and 16 of the league A teams to qualify. those teams are: netherlands, croatia, spain, italy, denmark, portugal, belgium, hungary, switzerland, poland, france, austria, czech republic, england, wales


Another way of looking at it is:
we're ranked 25th of teams going for qualification - there are 20 automatic places - and 8 playoff places - so 4 teams ahead of us are guaranteed to be in the playoffs, we need to make sure no more than 3 teams behind us qualify directly (Romania, Montenegro, Sweden, Greece, Turkey, Georgia, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Macedonia, Niron etc.)

[tetsujin1979]

Five players out of the Dutch squad with a virus

[Razors left peg]

Five players out of the Dutch squad with a virus

With any luck there'll be a few others in squad carrying it and pass it on to the French on Friday