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FIFA World Cup 2018 Qualifying Thread

tototoner

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From ESPN's Dale Johnson:

World cup playoff seedings: Portugal/Switzerland, Italy, Croatia, Denmark
Unseeded: Sweden (TBC), N Ireland, Rep Ireland, Greece/Bosnia

Suppose the only side the Irelands will realistically think they can beat is Denmark...

The seeded is based on current World Rankings so that's wrong

Currently NI are ranked ahead of Sweden, Denmark, Greece and Republic of Ireland

The new rankings released Oct 16, unless he knows what they will be already, even though Sweden play tomorrow
 

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Truth be known Ireland should have had at least a draw against Serbia in Dublin 5 weeks ago, they have a few good chances and a good penalty claim refused.

The table would have looked a lot different if that was the case.
 
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spurs mental

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Truth be known Ireland should have had at least a draw against Serbia in Dublin 5 weeks ago, they have a few good chances and a good penalty claim refused.

The fable would have looked a lot different if that was the case.

The draw against Georgia was the bigger issue. A win there would have probably seen us win or draw v Serbia and win the group.
 
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There should be a random draw for the playoffs. Fuck seedings and pots. You finish second in your group you don’t deserve anything. I’d love to be able to watch the NIR vs. Ireland shit show. That draw is impossible now.

FIFA will wangle it so the biggest TV audience countries get through.
 

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Glad the Irish won after the way the Welsh revelled in England's failure at the euros. Hope both parts of Ireland get to the finals too. That would be great.
 

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The seeded is based on current World Rankings so that's wrong

Currently NI are ranked ahead of Sweden, Denmark, Greece and Republic of Ireland

The new rankings released Oct 16, unless he knows what they will be already, even though Sweden play tomorrow
He does know I think - it was widely reported that N. Ireland lost their chance at being seeded by losing to Norway, which means they're going to fall below Denmark next month.
 

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Return leg of Australia v Syria started 7 minutes ago.

Syria just took the lead. 5 mins. 1-2 on agg now.

13th min, Cahill. 1-1
 
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Danners9

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My hearts in my mouth at the moment!
We really should not lose this!
Shouldn't, but you never know!

I've got a Syrian friend messaging me about it. He said he's freaking out. He's watching it live on BeIn Sports' Youtube channel in his office in Oman - it must be really difficult not to draw attention to himself :D - we used to work together and I know for a fact that the managers there do NOT like people watching football online during work hours :rolleyes::shifty:
 

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Shouldn't, but you never know!

I've got a Syrian friend messaging me about it. He said he's freaking out. He's watching it live on BeIn Sports' Youtube channel in his office in Oman - it must be really difficult not to draw attention to himself :D - we used to work together and I know for a fact that the managers there do NOT like people watching football online during work hours :rolleyes::shifty:
Its disappointing the crowd seems more Syrian pro than Aussie. Western Sydney out in force! Win this and it could be us versus the Yanks....Bring it on!
 

spurs mental

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He gets a lot of stick because he was at West Ham but he has been brilliant for Ireland. We rarely concede. Or score. But he plays his part.

I think he's a good shot stopper and he has rarely let us down. His kicking is generally quite accurate too
 

nailsy

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There should be a random draw for the playoffs. Fuck seedings and pots. You finish second in your group you don’t deserve anything. I’d love to be able to watch the NIR vs. Ireland shit show. That draw is impossible now.

I hate the seeding system for any kind of draw as it's just rigging the selections in favour of the big teams. Make them all completely random and you've got much more chance of seeing a few different sides in the knockout stages of the big tournaments.
 
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