QuoteYou only have to look here.Originally Posted by deadman
anyone know what time the draw is on ????
i presume it will be televised ... but can't find much info about it. fifa site is useless as usual
You only have to look here.
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wherever i was looking on fifa i couldn't see it either
Think BBC have the draw (or at least the European section) - 4.15 or something like that..
Group 1 Portugal, Sweden, Denmark, Hungary, Albania, Malta
Group 2 Greece, Israel, Switzerland, Moldova, Latvia, Luxembourg
Group 3 Czech Republic, Poland, NORTHERN IRELAND, Slovakia, Slovenia, San Marino
Group 4 Germany, Russia, Finland, WALES, Azerbaijan, Liechtenstein
Group 5 Spain, Turkey, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Armenia, Estonia
Group 6 Croatia, ENGLAND, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Andorra
Group 7 France, Romania, Serbia, Lithuania, Austria, Faroe Islands
Group 8 Italy, Bulgaria, REPUBLIC OF IRELAND, Cyprus, Georgia, Montenegro
Group 9 Holland, SCOTLAND, Norway, FYR Macedonia, Iceland
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Initial impression is that it's a stinker. Bulgaria are handy. Montenegro will quite possibly turn out to be some way better than a 6th seed. Would've rathered we avoided them.
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I think that's a fairly handy group for Ireland and fancy them to get through.
Yer hame team is yer ain team!
I think ROI has got a bad group. I would be suprised if ROI got through.
I think the NI group is a lot more managable and thankfully I've got my hands on 2 block bookings(one for me and one for my grandfather)
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its definatly not the hardest qualifying group weve ever got because weve had a few bad ones before.if we got this group a few years ago under mc.carthy id be pretty confident of us sailing through to take second at least.obviously it will depend on what the new manager is like but if hes half decent at least we will have a good shot at 2nd place and the playoffs.
i agree this group is a stinker!!! we got Italy, not great at all. Bulgaria as always will be dark horses, sure they're in the top 15 in the rankings, Cyprus,, we've tried twice already to beat them and that hasn't happened, let me guess, the talk will be all about revenage, fat chance, least we've pretty much 3 pts from Georgia but lets hope they don't play football like they do rugby or we're fluttered. Jury is out on Montenegro, these could be a handful. Best team we have at the mo is the under 23's and they're all league of Ireland and althoughthey get decent wages, they play for the love of the game and not their over swelling bank balances!
Watch out for Roma's Mirko Vucinic who plays for Roma. Would be quite a handful.
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Hi Guys,
Does anyone know when the fixtures meeting is going to be held for our group ?
thanks
According to RTE it is 16th January in Sofia.
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draw was made this morning,here it is.taken from FAI's site.
The Republic of Ireland will start the FIFA World Cup 2010, Group 8 qualifying campaign away to Georgia on the 6th September 2008 followed by a trip to Montenegro on 10th September.
FIFA World Cup 2010 - Group 8 Qualifying Fixtures
6th September 2008: Georgia v Republic of Ireland
10th September 2008: Montenegro v Republic of Ireland
15th October 2008: Republic of Ireland v Cyprus
11th February 2009: Republic of Ireland v Georgia
28th March 2009: Republic of Ireland v Bulgaria
1st April 2009: Italy v Republic of Ireland
6th June 2009: Bulgaria v Republic of Ireland
5th September 2009: Cyprus v Republic of Ireland
10th October 2009: Republic of Ireland v Italy
14th October 2009: Republic of Ireland v Montenegro
Of course it wasnt a "draw",dont know why i said that."talks" is a more apt word.
Due to Croke Park availability a lot of home games bunched together. Two difficult games to start with a need wins to have chance at qualifying.
Just curious as too what teams would be seeded?
I guess its the top in the rankings and South Africa
so............South Africa
Spain
Brazil
Holland
Italy
Portugal
Germany
France.......................
..............so Argentina, England and Serbia will be in some 'toughiish' group
and whats the bet SA will get New Zealand and North Korea?
England & Argentina are seeded Portugal & Holland are not
Ok thats interesting, so how do they do the seeds then?
Might be also interesting if France got Algeria
Not sure I thought it was World Ranking but that would have it as
1 Spain
2 Brazil
3 Netherlands
4 Italy
5 Portugal
6 Germany
7 France
Plus SA as hosts.
I read somewhere earlier in the week that England were to be seeded along but Portugal & Holland were not seeds. Makes no sense with the Dutch ranked 3rd in the world.
Apparently it's being announced on the 2nd.....
http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/ra...ip+from+brazil
Everything else you read is just guff, appologies if I was misleading earlier
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