Quotewere going to need a big squad lads with all those games. i think we will get a mixed pot with 1 or 2 real tricky assignments
The indo has them as 2nd seeds along with Italy, Croatia, Turkey, Poland, Spain and Romania. It says the 1st seeds are Holland, England, Portugal, Czech Republic, France, Sweden and Germany.Originally Posted by NeilMcD
were going to need a big squad lads with all those games. i think we will get a mixed pot with 1 or 2 real tricky assignments
I think I'll believe the official UEFA website - Greece are definitely top seeds
JERRY: But are you still master of your domain?
GEORGE: I am king of the county. You?
JERRY: Lord of the manor.
What chance of an away win against any of those first 3 seeded teams? Fair play to Scotland, beating Norway and Slovenia away, and beating them well too. We haven't done anything like that in ages.
bull**** that ireland are 4th seeded considering we were 1st seeded going into the 2004 campaign
worst group scenario
Portugal
Italy
Ukraine
Us
Wales
Macedonia
Lichtenstein
Has eirebhoy still got the co-efficient spreadsheet?
Let's just assume we had 3, 4 or 6 extra points instead of the zero we got from the opening two games in Euro 2004 qualification. We'd have a final co-efficient of between .166 and .33 higher over the 18 games in the calculation period. 16 of those have been under Kerr.
Would we still be a 4th seed or would we have sneaked into Pot 3? I suspect it'll be hard to blame McCarthy for much of the decline. Even if we had 6 points I revckon we'd may well have been a 4th seed.
Edit: I just checked - as far as I worked out 2 draws under Mick would have meant we'd have been a third seed. So I'm wrong - Kerr being responsible for dropping to a third seed is the fairest conclusion.
Last edited by Stuttgart88; 14/10/2005 at 3:54 PM.
Think it was said before that if we'd won on Wednesday, we'd be third seeds so the extra points from Russia/Switzerland would have had the same effect presumably.
We're not arrogant, we're just better.
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I would go for one from each of the following;
Pot 1 Greece/Sweden/France
Pot 2 Turkey/Poland/Romania
Pot 3 Russia/Norway/Bulgaria
Pot 4
Pot 5 Albania/Finland/Iceland
Pot 6 Moldova/Armenia/Cyprus
Pot 7 San Marino/Andorra/Malta
My reason for selecting 3 from each group is to point out that being 4th seed is not as bad as we are lead to believe, especially as 2 will qualify. I would feel confident/expectant of qualifying from any combination of the above.
For travelling purposes I'd love Kazachstan or Armenia if I were you. Maybe I could do one of those with Norway...
I'd like to see Norway being teamed up with Belgium only in the occasion Norway wins.
France, cos I seen them play twice recently and they're muck.
The North, easy travelling.
Kazakhstan, cos what's the point of them being in the competition if your team can't play them.
Alternatively I wouldn't mind a double away trip June 2007, to the same region in Europe. Caucasus or Balkans preferred.
" I'll go right up to here,
it can't possibly hurt.
All they will find is my
beer and my shirt."
I agree with that, I'd say we would have a good chance of 2nd at least with that group
From the BBC site, couldn't see this on the site so thought I'd put it up for all to see.
England are among the top tier of seven seeds for Euro 2008 qualifying.
They have been put in a group including defending champions and top seed Greece as well as Netherlands, Portugal, Czech Republic, France and Sweden.
Italy and Germany are in the second group along with Croatia, Turkey, Poland, Spain and Romania.
Scotland have been placed in the fourth tier of teams, Wales in the fifth and Northern Ireland in the sixth for the draw on the 27 January 2007.
The seedings for each country have been based on qualifying for Euro 2004 and next summer's World Cup in Germany.
If Greece were not the holders they would only just have made it into the second tier with Germany making the top seven.
Hosts Switzerland and Austria qualify automatically for the 16-team tournament.
The remaining 50 teams will be split into six groups of seven and one of eight with the winners and runners-up qualifying for the tournament.
Theoretically, England could be drawn with either Italy or Germany and be in the same group as Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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Pools by seed for Euro 2008 draw:
Pool 1: Greece, Netherlands, Portugal, England, Czech Republic, France & Sweden
Pool 2: Germany, Croatia, Italy, Turkey, Poland, Spain & Romania
Pool 3: Serbia-Montenegro, Russia, Denmark, Norway, Bulgaria, Ukraine & Slovakia
Pool 4: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Republic of Ireland, Belgium, Latvia, Israel, Scotland & Slovenia
Pool 5: Hungary, Finland, Estonia, Wales, Lithuania, Albania & Iceland
Pool 6: Georgia, Macedonia, Belarus, Armenia, Northern Ireland, Cyprus & Moldova
Pool 7: Liechtenstein, Azerbaijan, Andorra, Malta, Faroe Islands, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg & San-Marino
I'll have Greece, Poland and Norway thanks. At least we can't get knocked out by Switzerland.
So long as it's not Holland, Italy, Serbia, Ireland, Finland, Macedonia, Azerbijan.
There's a thread on this already.
with a bit of luck we can have a good campaign, would love to get England though.
Ireland's group will be
Greece
Romania
Norway
Ireland
Estonia
Cyprus
Malta
And then we are sailng through on top of the group!111111
Winners are workers,
Losers make excuses.
Top two automatically qualify?
City definetly have the best bands playing at half-time.
O'Bama - "Eerah yeah, I'd say we can alright!"
G.O'Mahoney Trapattoni'll sort ém out!!
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