Considering we were in Pot 4, this is about as good as it could get. Group A: Netherlands, France, Sweden, Bulgaria, Belarus, Luxembourg Group B: Portugal, Switzerland, Hungary, Faroe Islands, Latvia, Andorra Group C: Germany, Czech Republic, NORTHERN IRELAND, Norway, Azerbaijan, San Marino Group D: WALES, Austria, Serbia, REPUBLIC OF IRELAND, Moldova, Georgia Group E: Romania, Denmark, Poland, Montenegro, Armenia, Kazakhstan Group F: ENGLAND, Slovakia, SCOTLAND, Slovenia, Lithuania, Malta Group G: Spain, Italy, Albania, Israel, FYR Macedonia, Liechtenstein Group H: Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Estonia, Cyprus Group I: Croatia, Iceland, Ukraine, Turkey, Finland
Agreed. There are very few of those groups that I think we could realistically compete in - this is definitely as good as we could have hoped for. Serbia were one of the more difficult third seeds, but that is mitigated by drawing Wales and Austria. As for our chance of actually coming out of the group, I would still put us fourth-favourites, but we can be competitive here. Had we been drawn in group A or G, the game would be up already. All things considered, it's a great draw.