The draw is close, less than a month away! We have made it into the first pot for the first time ever, and couple that with the fact that the Euro has now expanded from 16 to 24 teams, we have a golden opportunity to qualify for our first ever UEFA Euro. SEEDING Pot 1: Spain, Germany, Italy, England, Holland, Portugal, Greece, Russia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. Pot 2: Ukraine, Croatia, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, Belgium, Czech Republic, Hungary, Republic of Ireland. Pot 3: Serbia, Turkey, Slovenia, Israel, Norway, Slovakia, Romania, Austria, Poland. Pot 4: Montenegro, Armenia, Scotland, Finland, Latvia, Wales, Bulgaria, Estonia, Belarus. Pot 5: Iceland, Northern Ireland, Albania, Lithuania, Moldova, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Cyprus. Pot 6: Luxembourg, Kazakhstan, Liechtenstein, Faroe Islands, Malta, Andorra, San Marino, Gibraltar. Groups A–H each contains one team from each of Pots 1–6, while Group I contains one team from each of Pots 1–5. For television rights reasons, England, Germany, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands shall be drawn into groups of 6 teams. For political reasons, Azerbaijan and Armenia (due to disputed status of Nagorno-Karabakh), as well as Spain and Gibraltar (due to disputed status of Gibraltar) shall not be drawn in the same group. Unlike the previous UEFA qualifying tournament, Russia and Georgia have agreed to play each other if they are drawn together.[15] France (Coeff: 30,992; Rank: 11) are partnered with the five-team group, which enable the 2016 tournament hosts to play friendlies against these countries on their 'spare' dates. These friendlies do not count in the qualifying group standings. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Group I want: BiH Hungary Austria Scotland Cyprus Gibratar Group I'd hate to have: BiH Belgium Serbia Montenegro Albania Kazakhstan
Group I would love to see! 1. Bosnia-Herzegovina 2. Croatia 3. Serbia (Turkey or Slovenia) 4. Montenegro 5. Albania (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia or Cyprus) 6. Gibraltar
I want to avoid belgium from pot 2 , turkey from pot 3 , montenegro from pot 4 , iceland from pot 5 and IDGAF for pot 6 , anything else will be fine
Don't the top two teams advance automatically since the expansion and the four best third-ranked sides would also progress. Bosnia should make it.
Don't five third place teams make it ultimately? One goes automatically as the best third place team, and the remaining four will come out of an eight team playoff?
i can not live with the feeling and thinking of last time we played the beat us need to get rid of the feeling and only way is playing them and destroy their ass in marakana
We'd get killed in a group featuring Serbia, Croatia, and Montenegro. We don't have the fire and passion they do playing these Balkan derbies, even though we're the ones whose asses were killed in the war and should be looking for revenge.
I think that shows we're way more sophisticated and mannered than they are. If they want to attack our fans, cause fights and stuff even though they started the war then that shows how sick those people really are. But i agree, our players sometimes do need a fire under their asses. But i blame Susic more for that than anyone or anything else.
We'll make it out first or second. If we get Belgium we'll battle for top spot. Other than that I hope we avoid Belgium. Ukraine would also be a very tricky game to play. If we manage to avoid Belgium and Ukraine we should have the top spot locked up.
They have a strong defense and midfield. They would be extremely difficult to play against. Lots of pacey and creative players. Theyre probably the only team that I desperately want to avoid. Im not as scared of playing against Ukraine but thats just a team that could cause headaches.
Belgium surpassed their neighbors Netherlands actually when it comes to talent pool. They're up there with the very best. There's a world of difference between the Belgium we faced like 5 yrs ago and Belgium today.
I wouldn't mind facing Belgium but only if the other teams are absolute crap. Btw: I was checking out the poll to see who voted the last options. Turns out it were BHF and Sudzuka. Was expecting Dado's name there