Lionator

Yep and because that group has been competitive, the second place team had no chance of qualification. So you could be a poorer team but with an easier group and get into the play offs. Bit silly really. i take this all back, it looks like Nigeria have made it to the play offs on goal difference

Congrats Bafana Bafana. It means no Nigeria at the World Cup (sad for Wild). Cameroon can still likely make it through the play offs but it’s a bit of a journey.

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D’angelo, legendary and highly critically acclaimed rnb singer from the 90’s dead at 51 from the big C.

Going well for South Africa so far, 2-0 up v Rwanda. Nigeria beating Benin 1-0. Assuming SA win, Nigeria can’t overtake them and Benin would likely need to win given the GD.

The top half of the national league could all probably compete in league two with little issue. The gap doesn’t seem big at all.

I reckon they’ll fancy their chances out in Slovakia. Looks like Wales are going to have a must win game v Macedonia just to get a play off place which might be tricky.

Come on Cape Verde 🇨🇻 🇨🇻

I personally much prefer Belfast to Dublin. The food scene is very good, much cheaper for a pint of the black stuff than Dublin too. Like others have said, getting out to the causeway is a must. Some lovely little towns on the way too, Carnlough of Game of thrones fame in particular. I also really liked the Ulster museum which I believe is free? IF it’s your thing, a west Belfast tour is informative whether a walking one or taxi, but obviously it’s very political, has major references to violence and might feel a bit sketchy.

Sadly the Czechs will win their last game and they can’t qualify through the nations league route either

Blimey! Impressive! what was your first ever half marathon time if you don’t mind me asking.

Gerry Taggart comes from just outside of there in County Antrim?

While it couldn’t have happened to a nicer person, extra judicial killings in our prisons are certainly not worth celebrating,

As history has shown us, there are much worse era’s to be in.

Iraq need to beat Saudi. It’s UAE v Qatar for the other, Qatar need to win or else it’ll be UAE.

A lot of people would be surprised if Curacao make it but if you look at their squad and where they’ve played, it wouldn’t be a surprise. A lot of Eredivisie experience, throw in some English football icons (Bacuna and Talith Chong), plus with Advocaat as manager, they should be qualifying from here.

To be fair we could still end up with a group something like England, Germany, Paraguay, Ghana which is tough. But that would be close to a worst nightmare. Equally we could end up with Iran, Panama and Cape Verde which would be jokes.

If Albania can hold on against Serbia, they’ll very likely qualify for the play offs ahead of them.

whatever time you get, it’s faster than the person who isn’t running it!

That Steve Witkoff fella is a bit of a clown but seems like a good dude at heart (which is rare for a real estate billionaire). I’m glad he seems to have succeeded where the terrible American foreign policy big wigs have failed.

Would be a consolation if prison was truly rehabilitative so that this person could learn how to control their emotions and impulses but sadly it’s not. Might as well just let him walk free.

To be fair if it keeps him engaged in de-escalating wars in pursuit of it, it’s probably best to wait 4 years until giving him the prize

Welsh rugby team 🤝 Welsh soccer team Conceding 50 against England

Want to be winning this 4-0+ to put down a marker against dross rugby nations like wales.

Says a lot that the most accessible World Cup for British people since 2006 was Russia