tylesta Posted 19 November 2018 Posted 19 November 2018 3 hours ago, Wymeswold fox said: How poor must San Marino be if they can't even manage a goal against fellow minnows in their group who are most-similar to their level, let alone gain a point. whats the population of an marino 30.000 just like a big estate
Max Wall Posted 19 November 2018 Posted 19 November 2018 4 minutes ago, tylesta said: whats the population of an marino 30.000 just like a big estate This?
Nalis Posted 19 November 2018 Author Posted 19 November 2018 Comeback from the Netherlands, decent striker's finish from Virgil.
Bert Posted 19 November 2018 Posted 19 November 2018 So the semi finals are going to be England, Portugal, Switzerland & Netherlands. Fair to say anyone has a good a chance of any of winning.
StanSP Posted 19 November 2018 Posted 19 November 2018 Wonder how much home advantage will play in to Portugal's hands. Good to see Netherlands back in competitive nature though. They've gone through a period of transition but now seem to be heading back to being a decent outfit now.
Max Wall Posted 19 November 2018 Posted 19 November 2018 Didn't expect The Netherlands to come back from 2-0 down. Fair play. You'd think Portugal would start favourites in their own country but every team will really fancy their chances now.
fuchsntf Posted 19 November 2018 Posted 19 November 2018 4 minutes ago, Nalis said: Comeback from the Netherlands, decent striker's finish from Virgil. Great comeback...Ps s off my German neighbours!! Whoops I forgot, I am German!!! Crazy since I became German,they are suddenly struggling. Donner n Blitz My Blitzkrieg,has become a dainty snowflake!! My 5th columnist tactics are working...
yorkie1999 Posted 19 November 2018 Posted 19 November 2018 4 minutes ago, Bert said: So the semi finals are going to be England, Portugal, Switzerland & Netherlands. Fair to say anyone has a good a chance of any of winning. And 2 of them won’t be members of the European Union, but still be members of the Union of European.
Super_horns Posted 19 November 2018 Posted 19 November 2018 You would have got good odds on those 4 teams being the semi finalists but helpful for England maybe if we can perform well. So they are all certain of a play-off spot were they not to win their European qualifying section and we will only have 5 teams in our group.
Bert Posted 19 November 2018 Posted 19 November 2018 20 minutes ago, Super_horns said: You would have got good odds on those 4 teams being the semi finalists but helpful for England maybe if we can perform well. So they are all certain of a play-off spot were they not to win their European qualifying section and we will only have 5 teams in our group. Don’t the top two qualify from every group? Just checked, and yes they do. So even if we can’t come 2nd out of a group of 5 (won’t happen) we’ll still get a playoff place.
isaidno Posted 19 November 2018 Posted 19 November 2018 2 minutes ago, Bert said: Don’t the top two qualify from every group? 5 groups of 5 teams , and 5 groups of 6 teams. Top 2 go through to finals All nation league group winners guaranteed a play off place so the likes of Finland and Georgia in play offs.
Max Wall Posted 19 November 2018 Posted 19 November 2018 12 minutes ago, Bert said: Don’t the top two qualify from every group? Just checked, and yes they do. So even if we can’t come 2nd out of a group of 5 (won’t happen) we’ll still get a playoff place. For any of the traditional big teams in Europe to mess it up just became even more unlikely. You'd really have to have an exceptionally poor campaign to not qualify. Is the extra protection from failure it provides a good thing though? I'm not so sure. If a team can't finish in the top two, they really don't deserve to qualify. It does smack of ensuring the largest supported teams qualify.
Bert Posted 19 November 2018 Posted 19 November 2018 Just now, Max Wall said: For any of the traditional big teams in Europe to mess it up just became even more unlikely. You'd really have to have an exceptionally poor campaign to not qualify. Is the extra protection from failure it good thing though? I'm not so sure. If a team can't finish in the top two, they really don't deserve to qualify. It does smack of ensuring the largest supported teams qualify. Yep, it’s basically so the biggest teams are there for their showpiece event whilst enabling them to say well it gives an opportunity for smaller nations to qualify for a major tournament.
Max Wall Posted 20 November 2018 Posted 20 November 2018 Albania might not be Brazil and they did implode in the last match but you have to hand it to Scotland, I didn't have any confidence in them being in a position to win the group tonight before the Albania game. Nine call offs from an already threadbare squad was also quite a setback. They got the job done though and have given themselves a chance to guarantee a play off for the finals if they win tonight. Despite their ranking, Israel could be a real handful for them but, you just get the sense that the momentum is with them after such a good away win.
oxford blue Posted 20 November 2018 Posted 20 November 2018 On 18/11/2018 at 15:54, theadmans said: Nice stat from Sky commentator as England turn it around to 2-1:- Leicester players past and present have had a hand in all 3 goals:- Krammy, Lingard, Kane with a Chilwell assist! Wouldn't it have been correct to say all goals were scored by ex-City players...a far more interesting fact.
Bert Posted 20 November 2018 Posted 20 November 2018 So if we were to fail to qualify, our playoff would be someone from group a? Presuming they don’t qualify as well. Otherwise it’s the highest ranked team?
Max Wall Posted 20 November 2018 Posted 20 November 2018 14 minutes ago, Bert said: So if we were to fail to qualify, our playoff would be someone from group a? Presuming they don’t qualify as well. Otherwise it’s the highest ranked team? Can't imagine so. Surely the play offs will be seeded to further protect the 'big' nations? I'm genuinely not sure how the play offs work either but Uefa wouldn't want England v Portugal and Kosovo v Belarus as two of the play offs I wouldn't think.
Bert Posted 20 November 2018 Posted 20 November 2018 3 minutes ago, Max Wall said: Can't imagine so. Surely the play offs will be seeded to further protect the 'big' nations? I'm genuinely not sure how the play offs work either but Uefa wouldn't want England v Portugal and Kosovo v Belarus as two of the play offs I wouldn't think. I was reading and it was saying someone from league d will qualify through the playoffs.
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