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Lighty64

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only downside to England getting through means 5 players not getting the full summer off, without pre-season being disturbed again:cry:
 

Saoirse

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1-0 to Czechia in the game they only need to draw in against the other half of former Czechoslovakia,
 

Ionman34

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That's where you're wrong (and a mistake I made before looking again and editing too). It's because League C has different sized groups - C1 (the Scotland group) only has three teams, and doesn't have a fourth-seed, unlike C2/C3/C4. Therefore, the teams that finish 4th in C2/C3/C4 go down, alongside the worst of the four 3rd-placed teams, but ignoring their results against the team in 4th. So while Cyprus have 5 points and Montengro have 7, both are currently only on 1 on this measure because the rest of their points came agaisnt teams who will finish 4th in their groups. Meanwhile Albania have 3, so if Cyprus don't win they'll do worse then them, and worse than Greece (6+3 against the 4th-placed team), meaning it's between them and Montengro. If either Cyprus or Montengro fail to win then Albania will survive despite finishing bottom of C1.
 

Saoirse

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Well, Cyprus have gone 1-0 down to Norway, but on the bright side for them they've not picked up any bookings yet so if it stays like this then tomorrow they just need Montenegro to lose 1-0, 2-1 or by any 2+ goal margin to Romania in order to avoid relegation!
 

Marty

Audere est farce
Mar 10, 2005
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only downside to England getting through means 5 players not getting the full summer off, without pre-season being disturbed again:cry:
If we hadn't gone through to the NL playoffs we would've played two Euro qualifiers on those dates instead. The players get exactly as much rest as they would normally have.
 

Ionman34

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Watching the Germany v Holland game. Poor match really, Holland look toothless.

It really has the atmosphere of a friendly this game.
 

Marty

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Cheers! I know we've been linked to him in January. Do either you have any views on him? Would he be a good fit at Spurs?
I'm a bit worried about his injury record, but as a player he is a potential Dembele replacement. Holds on to the ball superbly well and has a decent pass on him. Does tend to play a bit deeper than Dembele though.
 

Marty

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Palace striker Sørloth with a miss just as bad as the one he had against us in injury time. Might have been even worse actually.
 

Marty

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But Slovenia just equalised v Bulgaria so that should be Norway promoted and through the the Euro playoff.
 
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