Toepoke Posted November 18, 2023 Share Posted November 18, 2023 (edited) No Haaland but we'll get to see the new ba'... https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/news/scotland-to-use-new-uefa-euro-24-ball-fussballliebe-against-norway/ Edited November 18, 2023 by Toepoke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super_Scotlandfan Posted November 18, 2023 Share Posted November 18, 2023 Mad that Haaland and Sorloth are both out and they’ve still got a first choice La Liga striker to choose from. A Norway/Scotland combined squad would probably win the Euro’s 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted November 18, 2023 Share Posted November 18, 2023 1 hour ago, Caledonian Craig said: I can bet all the money you want Norwegian fans will be nothing but gleeful that Robertson, Tierney, Hickey and Gunn are out. I'm fairly confident that most of them won't be giving a fuk. 😂 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian Craig Posted November 18, 2023 Share Posted November 18, 2023 13 minutes ago, Orraloon said: I'm fairly confident that most of them won't be giving a fuk. 😂 😂 No not that they are now out but I know of none football fans sad when a dangerous player in opposing team is out injured. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JandC Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 With 4 of their top players out and nothing to play for, the 5/4 price for a Scotland win looks like a steal. And even with Haaland and co, theyre not that great anyway so I'm surprised Scotland aren't odds on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Pete Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 1 hour ago, JandC said: With 4 of their top players out and nothing to play for, the 5/4 price for a Scotland win looks like a steal. And even with Haaland and co, theyre not that great anyway so I'm surprised Scotland aren't odds on. We are missing a lot of players as well and we don’t really have anything to play for either so those odds don’t surprise me. I do think we’ll win though. Hampden will be bouncing and if we get off to a good start and maybe get an early goal I think it will only go one way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccaughey85 Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 3 hours ago, JandC said: With 4 of their top players out and nothing to play for, the 5/4 price for a Scotland win looks like a steal. And even with Haaland and co, theyre not that great anyway so I'm surprised Scotland aren't odds on. Probably the Georgia performance plus our recent form(last few games) is why we are that price. I think it will be a draw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JandC Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 It is almost a meaningless game but I have a strong feeling that Norway won't be bothered either way so I'm going Scotland by 2. If we can get an early goal and start bossing the midfield then I can see them offering nothing. Hopefully this post won't come back to bite me later! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian Craig Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 7 hours ago, mccaughey85 said: Probably the Georgia performance plus our recent form(last few games) is why we are that price. I think it will be a draw. Losses have been against some of the best teams in the world in France and Spain (both away) and England (at home) hardly shocking losses against Belarus, Israel and Armenia stuff is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanderer Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 On 11/18/2023 at 12:26 PM, todd said: I'm confused about this whole playoffs now. Looking at the Nations League tables, Norway have 10 points and Finland 8, doesn't that mean Norway get the league B playoff ahead of them? Or am I over simplifying it? Wait, just realised the results against the bottom team are discounted cos Russia Standings for the Nations League play off's are based on your performances in the Nations League, not the Euro Qualifiers. Its that strange situation where for Euro 2020 it was confirmed that our play off would be against Finland, but because they later on went to qualify via the Qualifiers, it meant that their spot went to the next highest team who performed best in the Nations League (which was Israel), and this is pretty much how Finland have now got our spot in the Nations League play off spots in March. Could be wrong, but I think it also means that even if we have a terrible Nations League Campaign, being in pool A means that we are probably most likely going to get a play off spot as you would imagine 99% of Pool A teams would qualify for the World Cup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 54 minutes ago, wanderer said: Could be wrong, but I think it also means that even if we have a terrible Nations League Campaign, being in pool A means that we are probably most likely going to get a play off spot as you would imagine 99% of Pool A teams would qualify for the World Cup. The playoffs for WC 2026 will be different. I think this has been passed by UEFA but still to be ratified by FIFA? Only four of the 16 playoff places will be allocated via the Nations League. Those places will go to the 4 highest ranked Nations League Group winners who haven't already booked their place through the qualifying groups. WC Qualifying will be based on 12 groups. The 12 group winners qualify automatically and the 12 second place teams go into the playoffs along with the best 4 Nations League group winners. These 16 teams will make up 4 playoff paths similar to the EURO playoff paths. So, we would need to win our group to book an early playoff spot for the WC2026. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 13 minutes ago, Orraloon said: WC Qualifying will be based on 12 groups. The 12 group winners qualify automatically and the 12 second place teams go into the playoffs along with the best 4 Nations League group winners. These 16 teams will make up 4 playoff paths similar to the EURO playoff paths. How are they going to seed the draw for the WC qualifiers? Would be a massive boost to be in Pot 1 there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 9 minutes ago, Toepoke said: How are they going to seed the draw for the WC qualifiers? Would be a massive boost to be in Pot 1 there. Not sure. I don't know if they have decided that yet? But if they use the next Nations League, we would need to avoid 4th place in our group to get into the top twelve. Would be fantastic to get into pot 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroundsKeeper Posted November 24, 2023 Share Posted November 24, 2023 In his bed apparently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccaughey85 Posted November 24, 2023 Share Posted November 24, 2023 11 minutes ago, GroundsKeeper said: In his bed apparently I would hazard a guess that his bed will often have some of most beautiful looking women in it so it probably isnt the worst place for him to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroundsKeeper Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 On 11/24/2023 at 11:04 AM, mccaughey85 said: I would hazard a guess that his bed will often have some of most beautiful looking women in it so it probably isnt the worst place for him to be. 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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