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Post by suedehead on Oct 15, 2013 22:36:50 GMT 1
To be in Pot two would be so bad, imagine being drawn with Brazil! Anyhoo, the hype I was referring to, was the Press! If enough readers comment on their websites even some of the more excitable tabloids might tone down their hype!
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Post by Mart!n on Oct 15, 2013 22:48:02 GMT 1
To be in Pot two would be so bad, imagine being drawn with Brazil! Worst case scenario here, if we are drawn with Brazil, opening game will be Brazil vs. England, I don't fancy that as a opener, it be curtains.
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Post by ligerdog7 on Oct 15, 2013 22:52:58 GMT 1
brillllllllllll well don ven are next game who v i don adrean charles numpty sayd huhhhhhhhh took screencap my pic home page mobile ven last time dint win are group moo ligers moo upppppppp hollaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa It's just been announced England will play Germany in a friendly at Wembley next month. cheers dude next thursday next week new ranking whre u think england be rannking bar germany who got ven hollaaaaa yooo mooooooooo ligers wuffyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
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Post by raliverpool on Oct 15, 2013 23:10:14 GMT 1
Let's start a campaign to make fiction become fact and this becomes England's 2014 World Cup song: (Except forget Atomic Kitten, and just let Keith Allen's daughter sing it)
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Post by raliverpool on Oct 15, 2013 23:16:46 GMT 1
To be in Pot two would be so bad, imagine being drawn with Brazil! Worst case scenario here, if we are drawn with Brazil, opening game will be Brazil vs. England, I don't fancy that as a opener, it be curtains. Nah, we'll do our routine of qualifying second in the group, and get knocked out in the last 16 or last 8 (if we're lucky) by either penalties; or getting mugged by some gamesmanship/cheating that's karma to the one-eyed jingoistic "IngurLand" media. E.g. Something like Ashley Young gets sent off for diving, when replays show it was a stonewall penalty which changes the whole game.
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Post by musicfan2000 on Oct 15, 2013 23:17:04 GMT 1
great result for scotland
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Post by Panda on Oct 15, 2013 23:20:28 GMT 1
To be in Pot two would be so bad, imagine being drawn with Brazil! Worst case scenario here, if we are drawn with Brazil, opening game will be Brazil vs. England, I don't fancy that as a opener, it be curtains. It might not be the opening game. If we are going to face Brazil in the tournament, the first game might be the best time to do it. I don't think this Brazil side is particularly special but they're going to be very hard to beat on home soil and I'd expect them to reach at least the semi-finals. But it might just take them a little while to get up and running.
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Post by suedehead on Oct 15, 2013 23:25:36 GMT 1
great result for scotland A decent result for Wales as well.
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Post by Robbie on Oct 15, 2013 23:52:06 GMT 1
Another good performance by England and the odd nervous moment aside an enjoyable game
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Post by musicfan2000 on Oct 15, 2013 23:57:47 GMT 1
great result for scotland A decent result for Wales as well. if only we never got beat h&A to wales and scotland might have made play-offs lol oh well onwards and upwards to euro 2016:P
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Post by Panda on Oct 15, 2013 23:59:47 GMT 1
I'll do the results round-up shortly but I have to say well done to England on qualifying. I wasn't worried about the Poland game at all - I fully expected a win. All the stuff about 1973 meant absolutely nothing.
It wasn't a particularly difficult group and we probably should've had top spot sealed sooner but we've gone through the group unbeaten and it's now 6 years since we lost a meaningful qualifying game. We finished the group strongly which will give us momentum heading into next year.
I don't think we have a realistic chance of winning the World Cup but the current England squad does remind me of England in 1990, who are remembered by many with rose-tinted specs as being a team of world-beaters but were actually just a decent side with one world-class player, who were difficult to beat. No-one gave them a prayer before the tournament and Bobby Robson was regularly pilloried in the press, having overseen a similarly unspectacular but unbeaten qualifying campaign.
It will be very tough in Brazil but if you make it to the knockout stages, anything can happen.
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Post by Panda on Oct 16, 2013 0:07:07 GMT 1
African 3rd round, 1st leg: | 6-1 | |
Egypt's 24-year wait for a World Cup appearance is almost certain to continue as they were brushed aside by Ghana. Asamoah Gyan and Sulley Muntari were both on the scoresheet for the hosts, who look set to reach their third consecutive finals.
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Post by Panda on Oct 16, 2013 0:22:29 GMT 1
European Group A: Pos | Team | Pld | GD | Pts | Q | | 10 | +14 | 26 | P | | 10 | +3 | 17 | 3 | | 10 | +7 | 14 | 4 | | 10 | -4 | 11 | 5 | | 10 | -11 | 10 | 6 | | 10 | -9 | 7 |
Nothing to play for but pride in Group A but encouraging results for Scotland, who complete the double over Croatia, and Wales, who earned a late draw with group winners Belgium. Despite their defeat, Croatia are likely to be one of the seeded teams in the playoffs.
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Post by suedehead on Oct 16, 2013 0:22:48 GMT 1
A decent result for Wales as well. if only we never got beat h&A to wales and scotland might have made play-offs lol oh well onwards and upwards to euro 2016:P With the way Scotland finished this campaign and the fact that there are 23 places up for grabs, Scotland have a real chance of qualifying for Euro 2016.
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Post by Panda on Oct 16, 2013 0:30:29 GMT 1
European Group B: Pos | Team | Pld | GD | Pts | Q | | 10 | +10 | 22 | 2 | | 10 | +5 | 16 | 3 | | 10 | +4 | 15 | 4 | | 10 | +5 | 13 | 5 | | 10 | -1 | 13 | 6 | | 10 | -23 | 3 |
It was all about 2nd place in Group B, with 4 teams still with a chance of finishing 2nd but only 3 with a mathematical chance of reaching the playoffs. As it turned out, none of them are in the playoffs, as results elsewhere meant Denmark's 6-0 win over Malta wasn't enough. Armenia gave it a real go, leading twice in their draw with Italy but they ultimately finish an unflattering 5th.
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Post by Panda on Oct 16, 2013 0:39:31 GMT 1
European Group C: Pos | Team | Pld | GD | Pts | Q | | 10 | +26 | 28 | P | | 10 | +5 | 20 | 3 | | 10 | +10 | 17 | 4 | | 10 | -1 | 14 | 5 | | 10 | -15 | 5 | 6 | | 10 | -25 | 1 |
Nothing on the line in Group C but that didn't stop Sweden and Germany having an 8-goal thriller for the second time in this campaign, after their 4-4 draw a year ago. Ireland end with a morale-boosting win but finish a disappointing 4th in a group where they were expected to challenge for a playoff spot.
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Post by Panda on Oct 16, 2013 0:46:24 GMT 1
European Group D: Pos | Team | Pld | GD | Pts | Q | | 10 | +29 | 28 | P | | 10 | +7 | 19 | 3 | | 10 | +1 | 17 | 4 | | 10 | +7 | 16 | 5 | | 10 | -14 | 7 | 6 | | 10 | -30 | 0 |
There was a playoff place up for grabs, but it didn't go to Turkey, who lost 2-0 at home to Holland. That allowed Romania to leapfrog them with victory over Estonia and give them a chance of their first World Cup appearance since 1998.
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Post by Panda on Oct 16, 2013 0:54:35 GMT 1
European Group E: Pos | Team | Pld | GD | Pts | Q | | 10 | +11 | 24 | P | | 10 | +2 | 17 | 3 | | 10 | +3 | 15 | 4 | | 10 | -3 | 12 | 5 | | 10 | -2 | 11 | 6 | | 10 | -11 | 5 |
Iceland's dream run to the playoffs is complete after they earned a point in Norway. Slovenia could've leapfrogged them with victory over already-qualified Switzerland but they lost 1-0. Iceland finish 2nd having been one of the bottom seeds, while Norway finish 4th having been one of the top seeds.
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Post by Panda on Oct 16, 2013 1:07:21 GMT 1
European Group F: qualify for the World Cup |
Pos | Team | Pld | GD | Pts | Q | | 10 | +15 | 22 | P | | 10 | +11 | 21 | 3 | | 10 | +5 | 14 | 4 | | 10 | -4 | 9 | 5 | | 10 | -8 | 7 | 6 | | 10 | -19 | 6 |
Only a heavy defeat would've prevented Russia from winning the group so they qualify despite Azerbaijan's late equaliser, consigning Portugal to the playoffs for the third major tournament running. Northern Ireland finish with a rare away point in Israel.
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Post by Panda on Oct 16, 2013 1:21:05 GMT 1
European Group G: qualify for the World Cup |
Pos | Team | Pld | GD | Pts | Q | | 10 | +24 | 25 | P | | 10 | +8 | 25 | 3 | | 10 | +1 | 13 | 4 | | 10 | -2 | 11 | 5 | | 10 | -10 | 8 | 6 | | 10 | -21 | 2 |
Bosnia-Herzegovina reach their first World Cup finals with victory over Lithuania. Vedad Ibisevic is the name that will go down in Bosnian football history as it was his 68th minute goal that secured the 3 points required. Greece finish as the highest scoring runners-up in terms of points with 25 but the lowest scoring in terms of goals with 12 (along with Croatia). Bosnia are the first official World Cup debutants since 2006. Slovakia weren't considered debutants in 2010 as FIFA considers both they and the Czech Republic as equal successors to Czechoslovakia.
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