bonny78 Posted October 23, 2017 Author Share Posted October 23, 2017 On 09/10/2017 at 4:54 PM, Lion Rampant said: The draw for this will be in January 2018. The matches will be played between September and November 2018. We'll be drawn into a group whereby were we to win it, we'd qualify for a playoff to make Euro 2020. After the initial group phase the draw for the actual Euro Qualifiers takes place in December 2018 and we'll play that as normal between (i think) March 2019 and Novermber 2019. If we finish in the top two of our group we qualify, if we don't then we move into the playoff (assuming that we have won our Nations League group). Got the exact date in January for the draw? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottincarlisle Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 27 minutes ago, bonny78 said: Got the exact date in January for the draw? 24th January. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Pete Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 On 09/10/2017 at 11:48 PM, bonny78 said: I canny understand this. Am just gonna wait till the draw and think again. It’s really not that complicated once you read up on it. http://www.uefa.com/community/news/newsid=2079553.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonny78 Posted October 23, 2017 Author Share Posted October 23, 2017 My mensa days are behind me sadly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Pete Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 2 minutes ago, bonny78 said: My mensa days are behind me sadly. A 5 year old (who could be bothered to read it) could understand it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottincarlisle Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 2 hours ago, Texas Pete said: It’s really not that complicated once you read up on it. http://www.uefa.com/community/news/newsid=2079553.html I agree. I was quite sceptical about the groups & format until I read it. Excellent chance for a plan B for Scotland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonny78 Posted October 23, 2017 Author Share Posted October 23, 2017 Great. Wednesday funny day for a draw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Pete Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 23 minutes ago, bonny78 said: Great. Wednesday funny day for a draw. The playoff draw last week was on a Tuesday. There doesn’t seem to be much logic to when the draws are held. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottincarlisle Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 1 hour ago, bonny78 said: Great. Wednesday funny day for a draw. Does the day really matter ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotland Ever More Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 37 minutes ago, scottincarlisle said: Does the day really matter ? Not really I suppose but the last two have been at the weekend and I've made a bit of a day of it with friends on both occasions. Would have been good to do it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Pete Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 48 minutes ago, scottincarlisle said: Does the day really matter ? 9 minutes ago, Scotland Ever More said: Not really I suppose but the last two have been at the weekend and I've made a bit of a day of it with friends on both occasions. Would have been good to do it again. I work with a guy that has a draw party. I always thought it was a bit odd but to each his own I suppose. The guy also has a Eurovision party every year though so there’s clearly something wrong with him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotland Ever More Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 6 hours ago, Texas Pete said: I work with a guy that has a draw party. I always thought it was a bit odd but to each his own I suppose. The guy also has a Eurovision party every year though so there’s clearly something wrong with him. I know a (gay) guy who has big brother and x factor final parties. Each to their own i suppose His Love Island final party was excellent though, to be fair Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Pete Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 22 hours ago, scottincarlisle said: I agree. I was quite sceptical about the groups & format until I read it. Excellent chance for a plan B for Scotland. I was sceptical when I first heard about it and thought it would be better if third place in qualifying still got a playoff. Now I know how it’s going to work I think it’s a great idea. If we make the playoffs (hopefully we won’t need them) then we know we’ll definitely be playing a team of a similar level to us. I think it would also take some pressure off of us in the qualifiers if we knew we already had the playoffs in the bag in case we don’t get second place. It also means more competitive games to travel to and it will be something different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glass Ankles Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 Think it's a good idea but where will the play off finals be held as it says it's a one off game? Be good if it was 2 legged Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Pete Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 30 minutes ago, Glass Ankles said: Think it's a good idea but where will the play off finals be held as it says it's a one off game? Be good if it was 2 legged That’s the only thing I don’t like about it. The highest ranked team in each semi final will play at home and the final venue will be decided by a toss of a coin (one of the finalists will be at home). Not sure why they don’t have the semis over two legs and the final at a neutral venue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottincarlisle Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 33 minutes ago, Texas Pete said: That’s the only thing I don’t like about it. The highest ranked team in each semi final will play at home and the final venue will be decided by a toss of a coin (one of the finalists will be at home). Not sure why they don’t have the semis over two legs and the final at a neutral venue. I thought the 2 semis, final & 3rd place game were all played in same country( 1 of the final 4) by UEFA's choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Pete Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 3 minutes ago, scottincarlisle said: I thought the 2 semis, final & 3rd place game were all played in same country( 1 of the final 4) by UEFA's choice. I thought I read the same thing on here (maybe it was you that said it?) but I have heard various different versions. To be fair, I read the higher ranked teams playing at home thing on Wikipedia so it could be a load of nonsense. I hope it is as it doesn’t seem fair. I can’t seem to find anything about it on the UEFA website though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottincarlisle Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 This is what I was going by... When will the UEFA Nations League take place? The UEFA Nations League will take place as follows: The UEFA Nations League group games will be held over six matchdays, during the 'double-headers' in September, October and November 2018. The UEFA Nations League Finals competition for the teams that win the four groups within the top division is scheduled for June 2019. For the UEFA Nations League Finals, the group winners of UEFA Nations League A will play in a knockout format (semi-finals, third-place match and final) in June 2019 to become the UEFA Nations League winners. One host country will be appointed by the UEFA Executive Committee in December 2018 from among the finalist teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Pete Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 1 minute ago, scottincarlisle said: This is what I was going by... When will the UEFA Nations League take place? The UEFA Nations League will take place as follows: The UEFA Nations League group games will be held over six matchdays, during the 'double-headers' in September, October and November 2018. The UEFA Nations League Finals competition for the teams that win the four groups within the top division is scheduled for June 2019. For the UEFA Nations League Finals, the group winners of UEFA Nations League A will play in a knockout format (semi-finals, third-place match and final) in June 2019 to become the UEFA Nations League winners. One host country will be appointed by the UEFA Executive Committee in December 2018 from among the finalist teams. I think that’s just for the finals of the Nations League though which will be the winners of the four groups in League A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottincarlisle Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 22 minutes ago, Texas Pete said: I think that’s just for the finals of the Nations League though which will be the winners of the four groups in League A. Here was me thinking I was getting my head round it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim Jim Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 I read somewhere that if you were over five it would all be obvious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Pete Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 13 minutes ago, scottincarlisle said: Here was me thinking I was getting my head round it. The only thing that’s not 100% clear for me is the format of the playoffs. Unless Wikipedia is correct then I am clear on it although I don’t like it. Unless we play our semi and the final at Hampden. Then I would like it just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Pete Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 10 minutes ago, Grim Jim said: I read somewhere that if you were over five it would all be obvious I think most five year olds would understand it easily enough. Except where the playoffs are going to be played..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 9 hours ago, Texas Pete said: I think most five year olds would understand it easily enough. Except where the playoffs are going to be played..... 5 years olds are very capable of understanding new concepts. A lot of 30 to 40 year olds struggle a wee bit. Most over 50s have nae chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonny78 Posted October 25, 2017 Author Share Posted October 25, 2017 11 hours ago, Texas Pete said: I think most five year olds would understand it easily enough. Except where the playoffs are going to be played..... I ve been posting more than 5 years and even i canny understand it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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