noctonjock Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 Happy with the draw but very cautious. Ukraine aren't what they were when we last played them . Still a decent side . Wales in Cardiff would be tough but cross that bridge when we get to it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calum83 Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 3 minutes ago, noctonjock said: Happy with the draw but very cautious. Ukraine aren't what they were when we last played them . Still a decent side . Wales in Cardiff would be tough but cross that bridge when we get to it its called the severn bridge and its quite long as far as i am aware lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristolhibby Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 42 minutes ago, Toepoke said: Very deflated after that final draw. It was all going too well 😕 I know. I assumed that as we were first out of the hat we had home advantage. Then they pulled that final draw. J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted November 26, 2021 Author Share Posted November 26, 2021 21 minutes ago, Marky said: Out of curiosity, assuming that we all wanted to avoid Italy and Portugal in any capacity (home or away) would any one swap Wales/Austria away for Sweden/Russia at home? In an instant! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
todd Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 Bookies have Austria as favourites to win path A. Fuckin bizarre considering they came 4th in our group and sneaked in the back door! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted November 26, 2021 Author Share Posted November 26, 2021 41 minutes ago, mccaughey85 said: Deflated? It's one of the best draws for us. True but a game against Austria or Wales at Hampden to qualify would have been epic. If we get past Ukraine I'd make us underdogs in the final now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint4805 Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 (edited) Thankfully Gareth Bale seems happy enough to sit by the pool in Madrid picking up his fat pay cheque every week whether he's playing or not. I read that his agent had claimed in the press this week that 'Real Madrid had treated him disgustingly'. Must be a tough life out there. Hopefully he doesn't get a loan move in January with a view to getting his match fitness up. Have a sneaky feeling Austria will get their act together when it counts and do this business in Cardiff. Edited November 26, 2021 by Saint4805 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccaughey85 Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 4 minutes ago, Toepoke said: True but a game against Austria or Wales at Hampden to qualify would have been epic. If we get past Ukraine I'd make us underdogs in the final now. Yeh Wales would be 60/40 imo, they are a very good side, would we draw with belgium? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccaughey85 Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 4 minutes ago, Saint4805 said: Thankfully Gareth Bale seems happy enough to sit by the pool in Madrid picking up his fat pay cheque every week whether he's playing or not. Hopefully he doesn't get a loan move in January with a view to getting his match fitness up. Have a sneaky feeling Austria will get their act together when it counts and do this business in Cardiff. Hopefully he picks up an injury before the play offs. Hes a real game changer and without him I give us a much better chance of beating him wales. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlfieMoon Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 While the lack of home draw for the potential final is a slight disappointment, I think we’ve got to be pretty happy overall. An away game in Cardiff or Vienna wouldn’t be easy but it’s not supposed to be at this stage. I’d also fancy our chances better at any of those 2 venues when compared to Kiev if they had Austria/Ukraine had come out the other way around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jersey Jim Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 7 minutes ago, todd said: Bookies have Austria as favourites to win path A. Fuckin bizarre considering they came 4th in our group and sneaked in the back door! What bookies are you seeing that quoted? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint4805 Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 (edited) 2 minutes ago, mccaughey85 said: Hopefully he picks up an injury before the play offs. Hes a real game changer and without him I give us a much better chance of beating him wales. Wales have a few decent youngsters like Nico Williams but aside from that they are predominantly a two man team with Bale and Ramsay their talismen. Also, we've got McGinn. Edited November 26, 2021 by Saint4805 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breeks_mctavish Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 If somebody offered me those 2 games to qualify for the World Cup at the start of the qualifying campaign I would have snapped their hand off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristolhibby Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 8 minutes ago, breeks_mctavish said: If somebody offered me those 2 games to qualify for the World Cup at the start of the qualifying campaign I would have snapped their hand off. 100%. Remember we don’t even have to win them, just draw and win the penalty shootout. Did it twice before. J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDYER63 Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 Please god not Cardiff. I could not survive another defeat in the pishin rain there in March. If we get past Ukraine would much prefer Austria. Particularly so given I was looking forward to Vienna in the group stages before Covid struck. Decent draw though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccaughey85 Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 17 minutes ago, Saint4805 said: Wales have a few decent youngsters like Nico Williams but aside from that they are predominantly a two man team with Bale and Ramsay their talismen. Also, we've got McGinn. I would say thats a little unfair. They have a decent squad with guys playing for epl sides and championship sides looking for promotion. Going to be a tough game regardless of whether bale plays. However they are definitely a beatable team for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
todd Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 23 minutes ago, Jersey Jim said: What bookies are you seeing that quoted? https://www.oddschecker.com/football/world-cup-european-qualifiers/path-a/winner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stirlish Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 1 hour ago, Texas Pete said: What are you basing that on? For the qualifiers FIFA only stipulate that the away team be given a “reasonable number” of tickets. I’m not sure if the playoffs will be any different. Used to be 10% for World Cup qualifiers and 5% for Euros qualifiers I think but there doesn’t seem to be a minimum percentage any more. I foolishly thought as it was a 1 legged play off then FiFA would play fair and give us at least 10% 🙄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
todd Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 28 minutes ago, mccaughey85 said: Yeh Wales would be 60/40 imo, they are a very good side, would we draw with belgium? Against a Belgium team that had already qualified? The way we played against Denmark, definitely! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jersey Jim Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 3 minutes ago, todd said: https://www.oddschecker.com/football/world-cup-european-qualifiers/path-a/winner 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Pete Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 1 minute ago, stirlish said: I foolishly thought as it was a 1 legged play off then FiFA would play fair and give us at least 10% 🙄 They might. Who knows? If they follow the same rules as the qualifiers then they will only get involved if the SFA complain that they don’t feel our allocation is a reasonable amount. Whatever that means anyway. Hopefully we’ll be told soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Pete Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 27 minutes ago, breeks_mctavish said: If somebody offered me those 2 games to qualify for the World Cup at the start of the qualifying campaign I would have snapped their hand off. Agreed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
todd Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 1 minute ago, Texas Pete said: Agreed. Me too but can't quite decide which is easier, to snap someone's hand off or bite it off 🤔 Either way I'd definitely take it 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccaughey85 Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 16 minutes ago, todd said: Against a Belgium team that had already qualified? The way we played against Denmark, definitely! Still a good result. Denmark had already qualified as well. Wales beat belgium to get to the euros semis back in 2016 as well. They are a good side with some decent players. Obviously bale and Ramsay are their big guns but they have some good players who play epl or have played epl football. If it was at Hampden I would give us the edge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted November 26, 2021 Author Share Posted November 26, 2021 (edited) Edited November 26, 2021 by Toepoke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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