Euro 2008 Draw this friday

[Colm]

Just getting away from the Sven nonsence for the moment but the Euro 2008 qualification draw is on this friday.

http://www.uefa.com/competitions/EURO/news/Kind=1/newsId=386707.html

^^^ that will tell you everything you need to know about the draw.

look at the pots here is what i think the best and worst case senario would be

(Worst)

England
Italy
Serbia & Montenegro
Rep of Ireland
Hungary
Belarus
Azerbaijan

though the teams out of pot 6 an 7 aren't really that hard.

(Best)

England
Poland
Bulgaria
Latvia
Lithuania
Armenia
Kazakhstan

Your thoughts on the upcoming draw?

[white riot]

Hopefully we'll get the Jocks, Northern Ireland would be nice aswell.

[Colm]

Scotland would be nice though if we draw N.Ireland i'll want to ********ing beat them the most!!!! since i lived there during the 1-0 it was unbareble!

i want revenge for that!!!!

[The Potter]

I forgot about this. It's all going on for England at the moment, apart from actual football of course.

[Terim is a legend]

Just getting away from the Sven nonsence for the moment but the Euro 2008 qualification draw is on this friday.

http://www.uefa.com/competitions/EURO/news/Kind=1/newsId=386707.html

^^^ that will tell you everything you need to know about the draw.

look at the pots here is what i think the best and worst case senario would be

(Worst)

England
Italy
Serbia & Montenegro
Rep of Ireland
Hungary
Belarus
Azerbaijan

though the teams out of pot 6 an 7 aren't really that hard.

(Best)

England
Poland
Bulgaria
Latvia
Lithuania
Armenia
Kazakhstan

Your thoughts on the upcoming draw?

I'd like a nice challenging group.
England
Romania
Serbia & Montenegro
Rep of Ireland
Wales
Belarus
Kazakhstan

[sinner78]

there is potential for some real nightmare groups here.
We could land in a real bastard of a group.

[Colm]

there is potential for some real nightmare groups here.
We could land in a real bastard of a group.Yep could be very tricky, the group that i named would be very tough. Azerbaijan would be the only really weak team in it. Hungary and Belarus aren't great but they can be a banana skin away from home. Then you'd have Ireland who'd be desperate to beat us, S & M are a good team and Italy look really strong on paper at the moment.

But if we get the group i wanted then we shouldn't have too many problems :cool:

[sendorange]

The groups look tougher than ever, but on the bright side teams only have to finish 1st or 2nd to quality. No more playoffs.

I'd love:

England

Germany
Slovakia
Scotland
Estonia
Cyprus
Faroe Islands

[Alan D]

Fairly easy group would be nice. Perhaps getting one of the home nations, such as Scotland, would be good for that bit more of an atmosphere and tension.

[TheBaRoN]

I want Scotland and Germany just to spice it up, No italy thanks.

[Danson's Magic Hands]

We've had two reasonably (on the face of it) easy groups in a row. We're probably due a tough draw

England
Italy
Denmark
Ireland
Finland
Belarus
Azerbaijan

While the rest of it below pot 2 is much of a muchness, I certainly don't want Denmark.

[King Rooney]

this thread will give me nightmares tonight

[gaijin]

I have a funny feeling that we will draw the Jocks.

Dunno why - juts the way the draw's have been going for us.

I can predict the future and we will get:

England
Croatia
Norway
Scotland
Lithuania
Cyprus
Faroe Islands

No really easy and not really hard - but probably the easiest we could get given the circumstances..

[white riot]

What's the format this time is it top 2 qualify or play-offs or what?

We've had two reasonably (on the face of it) easy groups in a row. We're probably due a tough draw

That's due to improved fan behaviour everybody wants us at their tournaments now, we spend much more money than anyone else, we're no longer the warmest of the warm balls.

[gaijin]

Oh what the hell:

Here's a rundown...

Pot 1

Avoid at all costs: Netherlands, Portugal, England, France

Tough but winnable: Sweden, Greece, Czech Republic

Piece of piss: None.

Pot 2

Avoid at all costs: Germany, Italy, Spain

Tough but winnable: Croatia, Turkey, Poland, Romania

Piece of piss: None.

Pot 3

Avoid at all costs: Serbia & Montenegro, Denmark

Tough but winnable: Russia, Norway, Bulgaria, Ukraine

Piece of piss: Slovakia.

Pot 4

Avoid at all costs: None

Tough but winnable: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Rep. Ireland, Belgium, Israel, Scotland

Piece of piss: Latvia, Slovenia.

Pot 5

Avoid at all costs: None

Tough but winnable: Hungary, Finland

Piece of piss: Estonia, Wales, Lithuania, Albania, Iceland

Pot 6

Avoid at all costs: None

Tough but winnable: Belarus

Piece of piss: Georgia, FYR Macedonia, Armenia, Norn Ireland, Cyprus, Moldova

Pot 7

Avoid at all costs: None

Tough but winnable: None

Piece of piss: Liechtenstein, Azerbaijan, Andorra, Malta, Faroe Islands, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, San Marino

[gaijin]

What's the format this time is it top 2 qualify or play-offs or what?


Top two teams in the group qualify directly to the finals with no playoffs.

[white riot]

Top two teams in the group qualify directly to the finals with no playoffs.

Piece of piss whoever we get.

[sinner78]

toughest

england
italy
Denmark
Ireland
Finland
Belarus
Kazakhstan


most favourable

england
Poland
Norway
Scotland
Estonia
Moldova
San Marino

[Placid Casual]

As long as we avoid Poland. We always seem to play Poland.

[Colm]

As long as we avoid Poland. We always seem to play Poland.We always seem to be beat Poland too.