I heard that the Iranians are already busy with collecting blood samples from Karrar Jassim just in case.
It would be awesome to get Iraq in our WCQ group, that would be the sweetest revenge I heart that Iraqis are praying to have Ben Williams officiate their next encounter so they can avoid yet another thrashing
I hope we do not play in unstable Iraq because of possible security issues. I don't know if Fifa allows that. There is always risk playing there in this condition.
Security issues? Even Baghdad hosted friendlies with no problems at all. Then what about Erbil or Basra.
When was the last time you guys actually played a home game during the WCQ's? LOL, so much for not having security issues. Qatar has been your home basis
Not sure how accurate this is but according to this: http://www.football-rankings.info/2015/02/fifa-ranking-march-2015-final-preview.html#more there will be some intriguing moves in the march rankings that might affect the wcq draw. Iran remains #1 but loses nine points Japan moves to #2 with with a twelve point gain to 53rd Korea loses 14 points and is 3rd in asia and 56 in the world Austrlia stays 4th No idea why the changes as nobody played games in February The rest of pot 1 stays the same Uae, Uzbekistan, China, oman But Oman is now only 3 points ahead of Iraq which can mean Iraq can possibly be in pot 2 by april. Very interesting moves Phillipines becomes 15th ranked and Vietnam becomes 16th. This means these teams can potentially be in pot 2 and we can possibly have some minnows in the final round. Maldives is also 6 points away from them. Palestine moves down to pot 3. Lebanon also moves down to pot 3 North Korea moves up to pot 3. Overall, if these rankings are accurate, it would mean the april rankings which would be used for the draw can be pretty interesting.
Iraq will play a friendly against Congo DR, and Oman against Ivory Coast and Algeria. That will determine the pots
No Asian friendlies in this FIFA month. March rankings are ready : http://www.football-rankings.info/2015/02/fifa-ranking-march-2015-final-preview.html Pot 1 : 1 . Iran 691 points 2. Japan 617 points 3. South Korea 594 points 4. Australia 549 points 5. UAE 523 points 6. Uzbekistan 483 points 7. China 423 points 8. Oman 356 points Pot 2 : 9. Iraq 353 points 10. Saudi Arabia 339 points 11. Jordan 326 points 12. Bahrain 319 points 13. Qatar 300 points 14. Kuwait 231 points 15. Philippines 221 points 16. Vietnam 220 points Pot 3 : 17. Maldives 214 points 18. Afghanistan 203 points 19. Palestine 194 points 20. Tajikistan 192 points 21. Thailand 189 points 22. Turkmenistan 175 points 23. Lebanon 164 points 24. North Korea 149 points Pot 4 : 25. Kyrgyzstan 146 points 26. Syria 141 points 27. Malaysia 137 points 28. Myanmar 137 points 29. Singapore 137 points 30. Indonesia 129 points 31. Hong Kong 127 points 32. Bangladesh 112 points Pot 5 : Guam Laos 6 Winners of the First Round matches
March Ranking http://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/ranking-table/men/afc.html 42 Iran -1 53 Japan +2 56 Korea -2 65 Australia -2 69 UAE -3 72 Uzbekistan -1 83 China -1 96 Oman -5 97 Iraq -3 99 Saudi Arabia -1
According to this website : http://www.football-rankings.info/2015/03/fifa-ranking-april-2015-probable-ranking.html#more the ranking can be for april like that : Pot 1 : Iran / Japan / South Korea / Australia / UAE / Uzbekistan / China / Iraq Pot 2 : Saudi Arabia / Oman / Jordan / Qatar / Bahrain / Vietnam / Kuwait / India Pot 3 : Maldives / Philippines / Afghanistan / Palestine / Thailand / Syria / Lebanon / Tajikistan Pot 4 : Kyrgyztan / Singapore / Korea DPR / Yemen / Myanmar / Indonesia / Turkemnistan / Malaysia Pot 5 : Bangladesh / Hong Kong / Guam / Laos / Timor-Leste or Mongolia (most probably Timor) / Sri Lanka or Bhutan (most probably Bhutan) / Cambodia or Macau or Cambodia (most probably Cambodia) / Brunei or Chinese Taipei (most probably)
Based on this website : http://www.football-rankings.info/2015/03/2018-fifa-world-cup-seeding-afc-10000.html 2018 FIFA World Cup seeding (AFC): 10000 simulations (20 March 2015) Pot 1: Iran, Japan, Korea Republic, Australia, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, China PR Iraq Pot 2: Oman, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Bahrain, Qatar, Vietnam, Kuwait, Maldives Pot 3: Afghanistan, Thailand, Philippines, Palestine, Lebanon, India, Syria, Tajikistan Pot 4: Kyrgyzstan, Timor-Leste, Korea DPR, Myanmar, Turkmenistan, Singapore, Indonesia, Yemen Pot 5: Bhutan, Malaysia, Guam, Bangladesh, Hong Kong, Laos, Cambodia, Chinese Taipei ps : - if Pakistan advance, they will be in pot 4. - Iran : more than 90%
I am not worry anymore. If they are in our group sooner better. If not at least in next level is also good. We answer to everything in the pitch.