Euro 2016 qualifying draw

[Pinkie Brown]

I've read somewhere that Spain as qualifiers have to play in group matches, but their games will only count as friendlies and they will still qualify regardless?!?!

What idiot thought that one up?

Oh?.......

 

[Beach Hut]

Slovenia

 

[Pinkie Brown]

You know we will be in a group with Poland. We ALWAYS end up in a group with Poland, whether the World Cup or Euros.

 

[Blackadder]

Our draw is looking pretty decent at the moment.

 

[albionite]

Group is looking pretty easy should at least finish 2nd depending who we get with last ball

 

[forrest]

I've read somewhere that Spain as qualifiers have to play in group matches, but their games will only count as friendlies and they will still qualify regardless?!?!

What idiot thought that one up?

Oh?.......

It's actually France and not Spain

 

[Easy 10]

I've read somewhere that Spain as qualifiers have to play in group matches, but their games will only count as friendlies and they will still qualify regardless?!?!

What idiot thought that one up?

Oh?.......

Its France, as they are the hosts and so don't have to qualify.

During the qualifying campaign, they will play friendlies against one of the groups as if they were in that group, but of course, the games will actually be meaningless.

You couldn't make it up could you.

 

[albionite]

Swiss, happy with that.

 

[forrest]

Well if we can't win that group we should all pack up and go home now.

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Such a stupidly weak group for England.

Poor Ireland always get shafted ****ing Poland and Germany.

 

[Blackadder]

And Switzerland completes our draw. If we don't qualify from this Hodgson needs shooting.

Scotland don't stand a scoobies in their draw

 

[Blackadder]

Such a stupidly weak group for England.

Poor Ireland always get shafted ****ing Poland and Germany.

Ireland could beat the Poles.

 

[stripeyshark]

When are the fixtures out?

 

[vegster]

Oh dear, going to be difficult to mess this up. This means we will qualify well after a wobble or two and then get drawn with a group like, France,Poland and Sweden and crash out.

 

[Beach Hut]

Good draw for us

 

[Crispy Ambulance]

Gutted we didn't get Albania.

 

[Seagull by the Sea]

There is an argument for quality over quantity though, shirley.

When the Euros was 16 teams, they're ALL decent because the wheat was sorted from the chaff in qualifying. 2016 is going to be chock-full of JUNK though.

Add in the fact that the group stage will see the top 2 in each group of four qualify for the knockouts PLUS 4 best 3rd placed teams (so 16 out of 24 teams are going through), and its actually going to be pretty hard to get eliminated.

How can you finish 3rd in a group of 4 and STILL go through to the knockouts ?? Pathetic, ham-fisted bollocks and absolutely typical UEFA, managing to nause-up what was a good tournament format for the sake of shoe-horning in more games,the majority of which will contain such piss-poor teams they won't even be worth watching.

Belarus v Armenia in the Finals ? Oooh, save me a seat.

I agree with you to a point but it is groups of 6 not 4!

Surely we should be encouraging smaller countries to improve? It's kind of like saying let all the Prem teams go straight through to the later stages of the FA cup as non league teams should not get a chance to play them.

 

[vegster]

I agree with you to a point but it is groups of 6 not 4!

Surely we should be encouraging smaller countries to improve? It's kind of like saying let all the Prem teams go straight through to the later stages of the FA cup as non league teams should not get a chance to play them.

A twin track approach would be the way forward. There is little point in the likes of Malta, Andorra etc getting thumped all the time, there should be some kind of second division European Championship in which they play teams more of their equal. At least that would give the Scots a chance.

 

[Czechmate]

Ukraine may have 2 teams by then I guess the team who gives the biggest back hander will enter , that means the Russian side of Ukraine

 

[Deleted member 18477]

Ireland and Scotland just never get any luck do they