Jagtag Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 I would definitely rather be in our position than Irelands. The way I see it.if we beat Poland at home we have the play off spot. If anyone offered us that before a ball was kicked most would have taken it. If we were in Irelands position having to get points from Germany home and Poland away then I wouldn't be confident even with a 4 point start. I can't see Germany dropping any more points and don't think even the most pessimistic fan thinks we will slip up v Gibraltar. It's the 2 games v Poland that will matter and I'd much rather them at home than away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eire Abu Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Ireland are an awful football team who's current brand of football is best left at home during a major championship. I can't argue with that. To be honest i don't even know what way we play ourselves most of the time. There's no structure or game plan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanatyk Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 It`s simply impossible no to win vs Gibraltar. Is far far to early for their team to compete on that level. For the long periods it`s embarassing to watch other teams rivalry with Gibraltar. They should develop their team and league first and then try again imho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamntg Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 I'm sure we're all aware and laughing at the fact that Seamus and Hamish are actually the same name, Hamish of course being an Anglicisation of the vocative case of Seamus with the initial S being lenited/aspirated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainmac1 Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 It`s simply impossible no to win vs Gibraltar. Is far far to early for their team to compete on that level. For the long periods it`s embarassing to watch other teams rivalry with Gibraltar. They should develop their team and league first and then try again imho. They have a population of just over 30,000 and have a decent league set up for a place of that size. There isn't any way they could really develop it further and in turn their team is never going to reach higher levels than it is currently. Being on par with San Marino is probably their top potential. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamntg Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 They have a population of just over 30,000 and have a decent league set up for a place of that size. There isn't any way they could really develop it further and in turn their team is never going to reach higher levels than it is currently. Being on par with San Marino is probably their top potential. How about the Faroes? They've beaten Greece home and away, drawn with Turkey, beaten Austria, drawn with Scotland twice - all with a similar population to Gib and San Marino. Iceland, with only 300,000 have qualified. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jock strap Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 I'm sure we're all aware and laughing at the fact that Seamus and Hamish are actually the same name, Hamish of course being an Anglicisation of the vocative case of Seamus with the initial S being lenited/aspirated. Obviously.....everybody knows that ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainmac1 Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 (edited) How about the Faroes? They've beaten Greece home and away, drawn with Turkey, beaten Austria, drawn with Scotland twice - all with a similar population to Gib and San Marino. Iceland, with only 300,000 have qualified. True they have come on well. Their population is about 60% bigger than Gibralta though so they should be that bit better. Iceland though, their story is unbelievable! Obviously a much bigger population than Gibralta but looking at the population of European countries they should be a pot 6 team and no team with a smaller population will ever qualify for a major tournament. There's a question, what is the country in Europe with the largest population that has never qualified for a major tournament? Edited September 9, 2015 by iainmac1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radian_13 Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Kazahkstan surely up there they've quite a big population?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamntg Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 True they have come on well. Their population is about 60% bigger than Gibralta though so they should be that bit better. Iceland though, their story is unbelievable! Obviously a much bigger population than Gibralta but looking at the population of European countries they should be a pot 6 team and no team with a smaller population will ever qualify for a major tournament. There's a question, what is the country in Europe with the largest population that has never qualified for a major tournament? Good question. My first quick guess would be Kazakhstan. If it's countries that are actually IN Europe fhen maybe Finland? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 (edited) There's a question, what is the country in Europe with the largest population that has never qualified for a major tournament? Good one! I'd go for Belarus... Edit... Looking at the map it must be Kazakhstan (if that counts as Europe!) Edited September 9, 2015 by Toepoke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briany Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 True they have come on well. Their population is about 60% bigger than Gibralta though so they should be that bit better. Iceland though, their story is unbelievable! Obviously a much bigger population than Gibralta but looking at the population of European countries they should be a pot 6 team and no team with a smaller population will ever qualify for a major tournament. There's a question, what is the country in Europe with the largest population that has never qualified for a major tournament? Great question, but one with debatable answers. There are a number of teams with country populations of 1 - 17 million that either straddle the border of Europe but are in UEFA, and teams that only became independent in the last 20 - 25 years but went to tournaments as part of a bloc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Finland have never qualified for anything have they? If we're looking at long standing UEFA members it might be them?... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radian_13 Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Nope never qualified Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green_Tide_Rising Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 (edited) When you say Qualified?...Do you mean solely by qualifying group? Trick question ....maybe? Ukraine despite being in Euro 2012 ....they didnt qualify through a group stage...it was also their first time in a euro championship.....they were in it cos they were hosts Is it Ukraine? Im probably completely barking up the wrong tree Edited September 9, 2015 by Green_Tide_Rising Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briany Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 I would regard hosting the tournament as a qualification. If you consider all the money and effort a host nation puts into staging a tournament, qualifying their team automatically is a just return, IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green_Tide_Rising Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 I would regard hosting the tournament as a qualification. If you consider all the money and effort a host nation puts into staging a tournament, qualifying their team automatically is a just return, IMO. Yeah ..would be of that opinion too....just took a stab in the dark at it...with the above Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanatyk Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Ukraine reached quaters on 2006 WC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Ukraine were at the World Cup in Germany. They got to the last 8... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green_Tide_Rising Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Ukraine reached quaters on 2006 WC. Ukraine were at the World Cup in Germany. They got to the last 8... Yep cheers guys.....misread the question as European Championships Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainmac1 Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 (edited) Looking at the population list you would have to go from uefa nations as that's where qualifiers come from. Kazakhstan are the biggest on 17.5 million, then Azerbaijan on 9.7 and Belarus on 9.5 million. They would have qualified as part of the USSR but not in their own right. The next one is Finland on 5.5 million. Out if interest I Googled the country with the largest population who have never qualified for the world cup. It's a bit of trick question that one. Edited September 9, 2015 by iainmac1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Surely it's India? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 It`s simply impossible no to win vs Gibraltar. Is far far to early for their team to compete on that level. For the long periods it`s embarassing to watch other teams rivalry with Gibraltar. They should develop their team and league first and then try again imho. That's easy for you to say. You weren't sitting in Hampden park when the score was 1-1 after 30 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dublin Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 This thread certainly has legs considering it was started as a pisstake against our Scottish friends, and it certainly wasn't the view from most of Ireland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainmac1 Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Surely it's India? Yeah that's what I thought but the site I got the question from said they are the largest never to have played in one but did technically qualify in the 1950's (due to all the other Asian teams pulling out) but then pulled out and gave up their place themselves. So they counted that as technically qualifying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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