Caledonian Craig Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 Just now, vanderark14 said: I read they needed Israel to win but as Romania beat Israel.....Norway are oot. Yes I think that is the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanderark14 Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 Who gets the playoff? The best 8 3rd place sides? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian Craig Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 3 minutes ago, vanderark14 said: Who gets the playoff? The best 8 3rd place sides? Yes and four from the Nations League route. Twelve team split into three 'paths' A, B, and C with semis and a final in each path. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjd1972 Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 19 hours ago, bigfingers said: Bumping this thread up. Looking like they are relying on the play offs to qualify. Doubt Croatia will mess it up from here. No idea what teams Wales will be facing in the play offs. As it stands it would be Wales v Iceland in the play off semi with the winner to face Poland or Estonia in the final. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 (edited) 39 minutes ago, sjd1972 said: As it stands it would be Wales v Iceland in the play off semi with the winner to face Poland or Estonia in the final. Ok, it's the League D winners bit that I got wrong. I forgot that they got the first available slot. VDA was right in that Norway are oot, but that was just pure luck as he clearly didn't have a clue how the playoffs worked. 😂 At least I had half a clue. Still got it wrong though. 😂 Edited November 19, 2023 by Orraloon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Pete Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 4 hours ago, Burj_Alba said: At an empty stadium in Belgrade!!! Probably the best thing about the whole COVID thing was the lack of a fairly partisan crowd at that game. Aye fair point but home advantage isn’t everything. Our victory in Oslo would have been a better example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 2 hours ago, Caledonian Craig said: Yes and four from the Nations League route. Twelve team split into three 'paths' A, B, and C with semis and a final in each path. Being 3rd in a qualifying group is irrelevant. It's all based on the Nations League. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesaint Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 Referring back to the original topic headline.... NO. 😄😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Pete Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 2 hours ago, JandC said: I know but I'm sure you'd agree that over the course of games, we'd have a better chance at Hampden than playing away and that's something that comes down to a coin toss for the final. Anyway, it looks like they'll get a play off now so at least they have another chance at it. They'll certainly need to up their game though as Armenia looked miles ahead of them yesterday. Yeah absolutely but my point was home advantage isn’t the be all and end all. If the home team always won there would be no point playing football at all. Having said that the current playoff system could be fairer but there isn’t enough international dates available for home and away ties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian Craig Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 25 minutes ago, Orraloon said: Being 3rd in a qualifying group is irrelevant. It's all based on the Nations League. Ok I will leave you to explain it. Thankfully, it is irrelevant to us this time around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 23 minutes ago, Caledonian Craig said: Ok I will leave you to explain it. Thankfully, it is irrelevant to us this time around. As it stands, it's Wales v Iceland and Poland v Estonia for the League A playoff path Israel v Ukraine and B&H v Finland in the League B path. Georgia v Luxembourg and Kazakhstan v Greece in the League C path. That could change again after all the games are played though. Thankfully we have qualified directly, otherwise we might have had to play Israel again. 😂 Don't think anybody wants that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Black Bra Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 Don’t want Israel to qualify via the play-offs. Nothing to do with the situation over there, just ent want there to be any chance of having to play them again, at least not for a decade or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tartan Chris Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 Can't believe how jammy they've been in the play off draw yet again. Somehow got two home ties once more so four in 12 months! Finland and Poland both very beatable infront of their home fans, Poland been terrible away in the qualifiers so keep Lewandowski quiet and they should go through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfingers Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 17 minutes ago, Tartan Chris said: Can't believe how jammy they've been in the play off draw yet again. Somehow got two home ties once more so four in 12 months! Finland and Poland both very beatable infront of their home fans, Poland been terrible away in the qualifiers so keep Lewandowski quiet and they should go through. Yeah I expect them to breeze through tbh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlfieMoon Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 Hopefully a Poland win in Cardiff if it comes to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Bongo Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 What are the odds on Bale coming out of retirement for the play offs/finals ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tartan Chris Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 6 minutes ago, Ally Bongo said: What are the odds on Bale coming out of retirement for the play offs/finals ? No chance whatsoever. He was done with club football for about 2-3 years but hung on to play in a World cup he was about 20% fit for. Wales had a shocker v Armenia but other than that they're very solid in Cardiff and have a knack of winning critical games at home. Think everyone would be happy taking 4 points off Croatia and Turkey in a future qualifying group at Hampden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian Craig Posted November 24, 2023 Share Posted November 24, 2023 5 hours ago, Tartan Chris said: No chance whatsoever. He was done with club football for about 2-3 years but hung on to play in a World cup he was about 20% fit for. Wales had a shocker v Armenia but other than that they're very solid in Cardiff and have a knack of winning critical games at home. Think everyone would be happy taking 4 points off Croatia and Turkey in a future qualifying group at Hampden. Put the Turkey match into context though. They had their second team out for that game as the manager wanted to look at other players. A full strength Turkey with something to play for would have won. As it turned out Turkey could have won the mstch in the end anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncan II Posted November 24, 2023 Share Posted November 24, 2023 10 hours ago, bigfingers said: Yeah I expect them to breeze through tbh. Wales are awful. Armenia far better than them. I'd expect Finland to do them. If not, Poland will take 4 off them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broraboy Posted November 24, 2023 Share Posted November 24, 2023 Wales had their renaissance period when Bale + Ramsey were at their peak !! Currently if the Welsh strongest XI went against Scotland’s strongest XI then simply No However it would be interesting to see from the current Welsh crop that would get into a starting Scotland XI or squad even?? I’ll start with Ben Davies, Neco Williams, Ethan Ampadu, Dan James, Harry Wilson, Brennan Johnson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroundsKeeper Posted November 24, 2023 Share Posted November 24, 2023 (edited) Was reading Poland have a great record against Wales. Wales post Bale are average. But home advantage is huge. I would rather play Poland in Germany than wales. Edited November 24, 2023 by GroundsKeeper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
todd Posted November 24, 2023 Share Posted November 24, 2023 12 hours ago, Tartan Chris said: Can't believe how jammy they've been in the play off draw yet again. Somehow got two home ties once more so four in 12 months! Finland and Poland both very beatable infront of their home fans, Poland been terrible away in the qualifiers so keep Lewandowski quiet and they should go through. And to still get a playoff when they had a grand total of 1 point from their Nations League group. Loathable jammy gits. Loads of people will inevitably counter with how we qualified through the back door for the last Euros, fair enough, but at least we won our fuckin group to secure the playoff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
todd Posted November 24, 2023 Share Posted November 24, 2023 30 minutes ago, GroundsKeeper said: Was reading Poland have a great record against Wales. Wales post Bale are average. But home advantage is huge. I would rather play Poland in Germany than wales. Imagine if we ended up in a group with England and Wales. It would be the worst outcome imaginable. Not because of the footballing challenge but it would just ruin the whole magic of what could be the greatest tournament we've ever been involved in, imo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroundsKeeper Posted November 24, 2023 Share Posted November 24, 2023 Agree. Been to both Cardiff and Wembley and seen some terrible violence. Least home nations qualify the better , we already hope to avoid england. Northern Ireland also have a nasty nationalist element to them. Thank feck they aren't going. "10 German bombers in the air!" and all that crap. No thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotlad Posted November 24, 2023 Share Posted November 24, 2023 Wales wouldn't bother me too much (I'd certainly rather get them as the Pot 4 side than Italy!) but England - fuck that. I do not want another tournament where our team is reduced to a cameo character in the Three Lions pantomime by the loathsome British media. Wales should be good enough to get through their playoff. They've no Bale and Ramsey's past it but they've still some very good players who play at a high level. In some ways not having a superstar might solidify them as a team. Incidentally, I can't believe the coach's future is being called into question. The guy took them to the World Cup and has taken them to the playoffs for the Euros (at the very least). Talk about short memories - Wales spent decades as also-rans, probably dreaming of being where they are now, and some people want the manager sacked! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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