Euro 2024 Qualifying Predictions:

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  1. Mean Machine

    Mean Machine Member+

    May 23, 2018
    True! I was a little bias there as an Italy fan myself, but I have to admit, we played terribly. Mancini needs to be sacked. He’s not a bad coach but his tactics and philosophy just do not work well with our current team and squad. What I saw was unacceptable.
     
  2. BocaFan

    BocaFan Member+

    Aug 18, 2003
    Queens, NY
    #27 BocaFan, Mar 24, 2023
    Last edited: Mar 24, 2023
    But the way the game totally changed in the second half would tend to indicate that Mancini schooled Southgate! Granted, maybe that's not saying much.

    Scary to think how good England could be with a good manager. Southgate fielded a couple of players that had hardly seen any action with their clubs all season. And it showed. Macguire at fault for the Italy goal and Phillips was meh. No idea what Pickford is doing starting ahead of Ramsdale. Also, when you get reduced to 10 men wouldn't it make sense to keep the guy with fresh legs on the field (Foden), and sub someone else off for an extra defender?

    But worst of all, Southgate had no answer when the game changed on its head from the start of the second half.
     
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  3. Mean Machine

    Mean Machine Member+

    May 23, 2018
    True, but the issue with Mancini’s style is that we cannot score goals playing his style. We don’t have the talent in attack in order to make the domination and game control count. It’s true we dominated the second half, but if we can’t score goals; that’s a problem. And the number of shots on target we had was not enough considering how much we dominated the second half.
     
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  4. Mean Machine

    Mean Machine Member+

    May 23, 2018
    Predictions for following matches this qualifying week:

    March 25:
    Scotland 2-0 Cyprus
    Israel 2-1 Kosovo
    Armenia 2-3 Turkey
    Belarus 0-3 Switzerland
    Spain 4-0 Norway
    Croatia 2-0 Wales
    Andorra 0-2 Romania

    March 26:
    Kazakhstan 0-3 Denmark
    England 5-0 Ukraine
    Liechtenstein 0-1 Iceland
    Slovenia 2-0 San Marino
    Slovakia 2-1 Bosnia-Herzegovina
    Northern Ireland 2-0 Finland
    Luxembourg 0-2 Portugal
    Malta 0-2 Italy

    March 27:
    Montenegro 1-3 Serbia
    Netherlands 4-0 Gibraltar
    Poland 3-1 Albania
    Austria 3-0 Estonia
    Sweden 2-0 Azerbaijan
    Moldova 0-3 Czech Republic
    Hungary 4-0 Bulgaria
    Republic of Ireland 1-2 France

    March 28:
    Georgia 1-0 Norway
    Wales 2-0 Latvia
    Romania 0-0 Belarus
    Switzerland 3-0 Israel
    Kosovo 2-0 Andorra
    Turkey 2-2 Croatia
    Scotland 0-2 Spain
     
  5. Kamtedrejt

    Kamtedrejt Member+

    Internazionale Milano
    Albania
    Mar 14, 2017
    Hamburg
    Club:
    FC Internazionale Milano
    Nat'l Team:
    Albania
    You've got 6 correct. Nailed also two matches of which the France-Netherlands match.
    I've got 6 correct too.
     
  6. Kamtedrejt

    Kamtedrejt Member+

    Internazionale Milano
    Albania
    Mar 14, 2017
    Hamburg
    Club:
    FC Internazionale Milano
    Nat'l Team:
    Albania
    I change my Israel - Kosovo prediction to a road win for Kosovo.
     
  7. Kamtedrejt

    Kamtedrejt Member+

    Internazionale Milano
    Albania
    Mar 14, 2017
    Hamburg
    Club:
    FC Internazionale Milano
    Nat'l Team:
    Albania
    I changed my prediction to

    1. Switzerland
    2. Kosovo
    3. Israel
    4. Romania
    5. Belarus
    6. Andorra

    Comon boys let's do it. I know for a fact that a maxed out Kosovo is better than a maxed out Israel and a maxed out Romania.
     
  8. Kamtedrejt

    Kamtedrejt Member+

    Internazionale Milano
    Albania
    Mar 14, 2017
    Hamburg
    Club:
    FC Internazionale Milano
    Nat'l Team:
    Albania
    Overview of my finalised predictions

    1. Spain
    2. Georgia
    3. Norway
    4. Scotland
    5. Cyprus

    1. Netherlands
    2. France
    3. Greece
    4. Rep. of Ireland
    5. Gibraltar

    1. England
    2. Italy
    3. Ukraine
    4. North Macedonia
    5. Malta

    1. Croatia
    2. Wales
    3. Türkiye
    4. Armenia
    5. Latvia

    1. Czechia
    2. Poland
    3. Albania
    4. Faroe Islands
    5. Moldova

    1. Belgium
    2. Austria
    3. Sweden
    4. Estonia
    5. Azerbaijan

    1. Hungary
    2. Bulgaria
    3. Serbia
    4. Montenegro
    5. Lithuania

    1. Finland
    2. Denmark
    3. Slovenia
    4. Kazakhstan
    5. Northern Ireland
    6. San Marino

    1. Switzerland
    2. Kosovo
    3. Israel
    4. Romania
    5. Belarus
    6. Andorra

    1. Portugal
    2. Bosnia and Herzegovina
    3. Slovakia
    4. Luxembourg
    5. Iceland
    6. Liechtenstein
     
  9. Mean Machine

    Mean Machine Member+

    May 23, 2018
    Oh yeah, here are my finalized predictions after the first 2 match days:

    Group A:
    1. Spain
    2. Norway
    3. Scotland
    4. Georgia
    5. Cyprus

    Group B:
    1. France
    2. Netherlands
    3. Republic of Ireland
    4. Greece
    5. Gibraltar

    Group C:
    1. England
    2. Italy
    3. Ukraine
    4. North Macedonia
    5. Malta

    Group D:
    1. Croatia
    2. Turkey
    3. Wales
    4. Armenia
    5. Latvia

    Group E:
    1. Poland
    2. Czech Republic
    3. Albania
    4. Faroe Islands
    5. Moldova

    Group F:
    1. Belgium
    2. Austria
    3. Sweden
    4. Estonia
    5. Azerbaijan

    Group G:
    1. Hungary
    2. Serbia
    3. Montenegro
    4. Bulgaria
    5. Lithuania

    Group H:
    1. Northern Ireland
    2. Denmark
    3. Slovenia
    4. Finland
    5. Kazakhstan
    6. San Marino

    Group I:
    1. Switzerland
    2. Israel
    3. Kosovo
    4. Romania
    5. Belarus
    6. Andorra

    Group J:
    1. Portugal
    2. Slovakia
    3. Bosnia-Herzegovina
    4. Iceland
    5. Luxembourg
    6. Liechtenstein
     
  10. Mean Machine

    Mean Machine Member+

    May 23, 2018
    Yeah I can’t believe how I nailed the exact score for 2 matches!
     
  11. Kamtedrejt

    Kamtedrejt Member+

    Internazionale Milano
    Albania
    Mar 14, 2017
    Hamburg
    Club:
    FC Internazionale Milano
    Nat'l Team:
    Albania
    You can't change your prediction from Austria to Sweden in Group F. Matches already played in that group.
    I changed my prediction in a group where no matches have been played yet.
    I wrote down 1. Belgium 2. Sweden for you for Group F.

    Same with Group. Your original prediction had 1. Italy 2. England. You have to stick to that now given matches already played in that group.
     
  12. Mean Machine

    Mean Machine Member+

    May 23, 2018
    Oh I didn’t know there was a rule about that. I was just updating my predictions as we go!

    Go with my original predictions then before anything started! I was just updating them after the first round finished.
     
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  13. Mean Machine

    Mean Machine Member+

    May 23, 2018
    I didn’t know we were playing a game here.
     
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  14. Kamtedrejt

    Kamtedrejt Member+

    Internazionale Milano
    Albania
    Mar 14, 2017
    Hamburg
    Club:
    FC Internazionale Milano
    Nat'l Team:
    Albania
    It has becaome one since you decided to give even scoreline predictions.
     
  15. Mean Machine

    Mean Machine Member+

    May 23, 2018
    Ok then! We’ll keep my original score line predictions!
     
  16. Mean Machine

    Mean Machine Member+

    May 23, 2018
    Well after the first and second match days are over, I stand by my original prediction:

    Group A:
    1. Spain
    2. Norway
    3. Scotland
    4. Georgia
    5. Cyprus

    Group B:
    1. France
    2. Netherlands
    3. Republic of Ireland
    4. Greece
    5. Gibraltar

    Group C:
    1. Italy
    2. England
    3. Ukraine
    4. North Macedonia
    5. Malta

    Group D:
    1. Croatia
    2. Turkey
    3. Wales
    4. Armenia
    5. Latvia

    Group E:
    1. Poland
    2. Czech Republic
    3. Albania
    4. Faroe Islands
    5. Moldova

    Group F:
    1. Belgium
    2. Sweden
    3. Austria
    4. Azerbaijan
    5. Estonia

    Group G:
    1. Hungary
    2. Serbia
    3. Montenegro
    4. Bulgaria
    5. Lithuania

    Group H:
    1. Northern Ireland
    2. Denmark
    3. Slovenia
    4. Finland
    5. Kazakhstan
    6. San Marino

    Group I:
    1. Switzerland
    2. Israel
    3. Romania
    4. Belarus
    5. Kosovo
    6. Andorra

    Group J:
    1. Portugal
    2. Slovakia
    3. Bosnia-Herzegovina
    4. Iceland
    5. Luxembourg
    6. Liechtenstein
     
  17. Kamtedrejt

    Kamtedrejt Member+

    Internazionale Milano
    Albania
    Mar 14, 2017
    Hamburg
    Club:
    FC Internazionale Milano
    Nat'l Team:
    Albania
  18. Game of Billions

    Humans are AMAZING!
    Scotland
    Nov 16, 2021
    Scotland
    I've never seen a manager make such random and crap subs in all my life. We play them on Tuesday, I hope he messes up and we bang in two against them and just shut them down, don't let them get a sniff. England are a potentially great side, but we've seen that before in the Rooney era. Something always goes wrong. I just wish that Germany had a terrifying machine-team, not the flaky flops at present. It's impossible to have strong predictions for Euro 2024 at this point, even the qualifiers and draw won't tell us anything, it will all be about the Round of 16, which will be the most surprising last 16 ever, I reckon. It won't be the usual suspects...
     
  19. Game of Billions

    Humans are AMAZING!
    Scotland
    Nov 16, 2021
    Scotland
    I reckon Greece will beat Holland tomorrow (Thursday). Just a feeing based on watching the two teams over the past 12 months. Koeman was a great player, but I don't rate him as a manager that much. He has had his moments, cup wins, but they need someone better. The talk is that Sarina Wiegman will replace him, that must add to the pressure, making way for her to be the first woman managing a men's top-flight manager. Would that work?

    Holland used to cruise through qualifiers. Something has went wrong in Holland as it has in Germany over the past few years. It needs sorting out, as without those two teams at the World Cup, it will feel very, very strange. But I want to see Greece become a great side, I just loved it when they won Euro 2024 - HAIL KING OTTO!


     
  20. Mean Machine

    Mean Machine Member+

    May 23, 2018
    Netherlands should bring back Louis Van Gaal to replace Koeman!
     
  21. welshbairn

    welshbairn Member+

    Clachnacuddin
    Scotland
    Jul 31, 2019
  22. ValenAle.

    ValenAle. Member

    Port Vale
    Scotland
    May 31, 2021
    Pot 3 now for draw, but looking at how Pot 3 is shaping up, I’d rather be in Pot 3 than Pot 2 tbh!?
     
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  23. welshbairn

    welshbairn Member+

    Clachnacuddin
    Scotland
    Jul 31, 2019
    Absolutely, I was cheering on our Norwegian brothers last night! :laugh:
     
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  24. jesta

    jesta Member+

    Feb 9, 2014
    all playoff related draws happening today at noon, obviously live on uefa.com
     
  25. welshbairn

    welshbairn Member+

    Clachnacuddin
    Scotland
    Jul 31, 2019

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