Euro 2016 Qualifying Draw

[aussie]

Netherlands An open letter after Dutch fail to qualify - ESPN FC

The best breakdown i've heard of Holland's problems. Point about lack of defenders is poignant, really since Frank De Boer and Jaap Stam left after EURO 2004, they really haven't produced a top-class defender.

 

[Cabinet96]

France really do have ridiculous CB options.

 

[Uppercut]

Laporte apparently considering playing for Spain because he can't get a look in.

I don't agree with everything he does but Deschamps is a decent enough manager to make something of it too. Contrast with Wilmots pissing away a similarly ridiculous set of players.

 

[Cabinet96]

Spain and France should make some fullback for centre back trades.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Norway - Hungary tonight, but German TV are not showing it. If I don't post again my cause of death will have been two hours of attempting to listen to coverage from Norway's version of John Inverdale.

 

[Uppercut]

That sounds horrific given how the match played out.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

It was everything you could possibly imagine it to be

 

[Uppercut]

Awww yeah. Hoolahan is so so good. Irish Ozil.

See you at the euros. Could even be going to an Ireland Derby in Marseille or Lyon...

 

[cpr]

UEFA to rig the draw and put the Home Nations/Ireland together, please

 

[Lillian Thomson]

UEFA to rig the draw and put the Home Nations/Ireland together, please

Great plan. Any tournament needs the mandatory dreadful 1-1 draw between England and the Republic.

 

[GIMH]

Be good activity on CW for this tournament with all of the UK/Ireland fans having an interest

Oh...

 

[cpr]

Tis alright, when the Scots are down its OK to switch to an English/German allegiance as if nothing has happened...

 

[Furball]

It's alright, I'll just switch support to the fatherland instead.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

England Russia Wales Slovakia. Battle with Slovakia for third place and hope for one of the four best third place qualifiers.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Group A: France, Romania, Albania, Switzerland

Group B: England, Russia, Wales, Slovakia

Group C: Germany, Ukraine, Poland, Northern Ireland

Group D: Spain, Czech Republic, Turkey, Croatia

Group E: Belgium, Italy, Ireland, Sweden

Group F: Portugal, Iceland, Austria, Hungary

Damn that group E

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Damn that group E

Slightly worse than your average world cup group

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Portugal getting a free ride

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Slightly worse than your average world cup group

Yeah I mean Belgium and Italy will go through probably but Sweden and Ireland will make it hard for them. Germany lost to Ireland in the qualifying round (?)

 

[Furball]

Going for France to win this; they've got a ridiculously good group of players, Deschamps won't stand for any **** from his squad and they've got home advantage.

 

[Uppercut]

It's theirs to lose really, but they are extremely capable of that. And it'll be tragic if they still haven't realised Payet is a footballing god by then.