Donaldo87 Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 I really fancy a crack at Portugal.. Another african team in London anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 Ghana at Upton Park please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 I doubt many African teams will be arranging foreign friendlies so soon after the Cup of Nations... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumnio Posted November 21, 2014 Author Share Posted November 21, 2014 Get one of these at Hampden, kidnap the players wives and families and tell them to win or else. 15 Romania 17 Czech Republic 21 Slovakia 22 Tunisia 23 Austriae 25 Greece 26 Ukraine 32 Israel 39 Cape Verde Islands Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottishedgar Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 Get one of these at Hampden, kidnap the players wives and families and tell them to win or else. 15 Romania 17 Czech Republic 21 Slovakia 22 Tunisia 23 Austriae 25 Greece 26 Ukraine 32 Israel 39 Cape Verde Islands Might be an idea to kidnap the oppositions wives and tell them to lose or else rather than the other way around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoltanBuchan Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 Israel are doing well in their group, but I'd still be confident of beating them at Hampden. Also, as they have Wales in their group, they may fancy some practice against another of the 'home' nations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoonTheSlope Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 I doubt many African teams will be arranging foreign friendlies so soon after the Cup of Nations... Word on the street from some ITK contacts was The Ivory Coast in London. Never said when but it would appear to be in late May-early June Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clyde1998 Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 http://www.football-rankings.info/2014/11/2018-fifa-world-cup-seeding-uefa-10000.html Based on 10,000 simulations: Pot 1: Germany, Netherlands, Romania, Belgium, Portugal, England, Italy, Czech Republic, Spain Pot 2: Croatia, Switzerland, Slovakia, France, Israel, Austria, Ukraine, Iceland, Denmark Pot 3: Wales, Poland, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Serbia, Greece, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Hungary, Slovenia Pot 4: Sweden, Republic of Ireland, Albania, Montenegro, Turkey, Norway, Finland, Bulgaria, Armenia P​ot 5: Estonia, Lithuania, FYR Macedonia, Latvia, Belarus, Cyprus, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Faroe Islands Pot 6: Kazakhstan, Liechtenstein, Georgia, Malta, Luxembourg, Andorra, San Marino, Gibraltar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASTA Mick Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 Germany, France, Scotland, Sweden, Macedonia, Kazakhstan. Czech Rep, Iceland, Scotland, Finland, Faroe Islands, San Marino. The difference between those potential groups is massive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoonTheSlope Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 Are the fixtures announced later that day like for the Euros or is back to guessing for months on end till they all get round a table Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanderer Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 Are the fixtures announced later that day like for the Euros or is back to guessing for months on end till they all get round a table Sure I read UEFA are continuing the week of football and all the things that go with that into the world cup.... Maybe not on the day this time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoonTheSlope Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 Sure I read UEFA are continuing the week of football and all the things that go with that into the world cup.... Maybe not on the day this time That's not so bad, there was nothing worse than meeting after meeting and not getting anywhere. Least we'll know when and where we are going Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanderer Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 (edited) That's not so bad, there was nothing worse than meeting after meeting and not getting anywhere. Least we'll know when and where we are going Agree, I think its been a great success and welcome it to be used for the World Cup fixtures also Edited November 22, 2014 by wanderer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McVinceSCT Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 Swiss away please! Only 1h drive from here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASTA Mick Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 Agree, I think its been a great success and welcome it to be used for the World Cup fixtures also In what way has it been a success? It's fûcking shite! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanderer Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 In what way has it been a success? It's fûcking shite! Granted could use a little bit of tweaking here and there (kick off times could be better) but it's great to have the fixtures done there and then, and in general we got a pretty good hand with what we were dealt.... The stadiums being named after 90 days then named 120 days from the match has come in useful (only the SFA have failed to catch up with it). I had a lot of doubts at first, but been happy enough with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoonTheSlope Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 Granted could use a little bit of tweaking here and there (kick off times could be better) but it's great to have the fixtures done there and then, and in general we got a pretty good hand with what we were dealt.... The stadiums being named after 90 days then named 120 days from the match has come in useful (only the SFA have failed to catch up with it). I had a lot of doubts at first, but been happy enough with it. I agree that knowing the fixtures is a huge bonus. My only grumble is the Thursday-Sunday, Friday-Monday and so on but that's just one of these things with modern football we'll need to get on with Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 Swiss away please! Only 1h drive from here! Do you have a spare room? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParisInAKilt Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 Or a bathtub? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McVinceSCT Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 No bathtub, but 2 spare rooms! :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParisInAKilt Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 No bathtub, but 2 spare rooms! :-) Will one of them fit a bathtub? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 I agree that knowing the fixtures is a huge bonus. My only grumble is the Thursday-Sunday, Friday-Monday and so on but that's just one of these things with modern football we'll need to get on with There's actually only 3 "weeks of football" throughout the campaign. On 4 occasions it's qualifiers only on Fri-Sat-Sun like last week. Don't mind it tbh. I've enjoyed having a different than usual big game to watch every night... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoltanBuchan Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 http://www.football-rankings.info/2014/11/2018-fifa-world-cup-seeding-uefa-10000.html Based on 10,000 simulations: Pot 1: Germany, Netherlands, Romania, Belgium, Portugal, England, Italy, Czech Republic, Spain Pot 2: Croatia, Switzerland, Slovakia, France, Israel, Austria, Ukraine, Iceland, Denmark Pot 3: Wales, Poland, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Serbia, Greece, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Hungary, Slovenia Pot 4: Sweden, Republic of Ireland, Albania, Montenegro, Turkey, Norway, Finland, Bulgaria, Armenia P​ot 5: Estonia, Lithuania, FYR Macedonia, Latvia, Belarus, Cyprus, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Faroe Islands Pot 6: Kazakhstan, Liechtenstein, Georgia, Malta, Luxembourg, Andorra, San Marino, Gibraltar With a couple of obvious exceptions, there's not a massive gap between pots 2 and 4 there. In what way has it been a success? It's fûcking shite! I was initially dead against it, but because so many teams have a chance of qualifying, I'm quite liking it. For instance, I'd normally have zero interest in Israel v Wales or Northern Ireland v Romania, but because these are genuinely competitive games between teams with a real chance of making the finals, or at least play-offs, I'm looking forward to them. However, I don't think it'll work nearly as well for WC qualifiers because there are far fewer qualification spots, thus these games become all but meaningless again for everyone except supporters of the countries involved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 No bathtub, but 2 spare rooms! :-) I call the larger one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Of Paisley Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 How the hell could the Czech Republic be a pot 1 side? They have been pretty dire over the last couple of years. Nowhere near the level of the side that contained the likes of Poborsky, Nedved, Koller, Smicer and co. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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