The reason why it’s seeded is because some nations were in groups of 5 and some were in groups of 6. The ones in the groups of 6 had nations like Sam Marino, Gibraltar etc in them so a pretty certain guaranteed 6 point start.
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The reason why it’s seeded is because some nations were in groups of 5 and some were in groups of 6. The ones in the groups of 6 had nations like Sam Marino, Gibraltar etc in them so a pretty certain guaranteed 6 point start.
Imagine Italy and Portugal end up in the same bracket. Completely possible.
A team like Scotland ? Denmark mate, not Brazil , the arrogance hahaha
It’s disappointing we never battered you 6-0 which we should have, 2-0 flattered you
How can this happen? I thought both were seeded?
Yes I suppose so. Hopefully we can see some upsets from the unseeded teams.
It's two games. They're both seeded for the first game and will play at home.
But then they have to play the winner of one of the other ties.
I wouldn’t consider Denmark supporters to be bad losers but I might think otherwise with you. The 2-0 scoreline flattered you and you cannot say it didn’t unless you were watching a different match?
Haha he’s just a bit sad that us minnows blew them off the park!
Scotland fans do realise that they're probably going to come up against a really strong team in the final play-off match? They may make it through the semi final but it's fairly likely they'll come up against an Italy or Portugal. Good luck with that.
I think these minnows actually prefer to play the big teams for financial reasons. Who would bother to watch a round robin pre-qualifier involving San Marino and Faroe Islands?
Correct, we are far from Brazil. But you can compare it to Leicester losing to Cardiff. Even if Leicester change half a team, it will be a bit disappointing. Is it okay to be disappointed when you expect more?
Indeed as it would really look like a proper world cup if they're not in it seeing as they probably have the second best pedigree in the competition after BrazilDoing his research on who Peacock-Farrell plays for I think.
Would be hugely disappointed if Italy don't make it though as I really enjoyed watching them during the euros. Just been a bit complacent, didn't they only draw at home to Bulgaria so that's cost them as much as the two Swiss draws and tonight.
I would argue that they still lack a proper striker to be considered a top team they can be really toothless in front of goal at it cost them with too many draws he'll it showed itself in euros were from the quarter final onward they were really struggling with scoring mostly scraping by
You won 10-0. Cheer up.
We apologise for being happy with our team winning.
Listen, it's just good to be in the position to qualify again after years & years of being in the wilderness.
They can't meet each other in the semi but they can in the final play-offs. There is only 3 teams that go through from the play-offs not 6.
Cheer up mate, your team won 10-0.
Ah right, thanks. Didn’t know that.
Thanks, didn’t know that.
A bit sad to lose, but hope Scotland qualify, and if the seeding helps, I'll take it I guess. Could end up being a good thing to lose, to lose the sense of immortality.
Only disappointment is the lack of gut shown some of the new guys. Kristensen sleeping on the pitch almost leading Adams to score. Like - this is literally your chance to make your case best for a potential spot at the tournament, yet you look disinterested.
Only disappointment is the lack of gut shown some of the new guys. Kristensen sleeping on the pitch almost leading Adams to score. Like - this is literally your chance to make your case best for a potential spot at the tournament, yet you look disinterested.
No way will Italy-Portugal be a potential match up. Uefa will warm up the balls to the max to prevent that.
Can't wait until this is over, just one more day and then we can forget about it for a year.
World Cup qualifying needs a complete rethink. What on earth is the point of England playing against the likes of San Marino and Albania home and away?
Premier league clubs and their fans are just hoping nobody picks up any injuries
World Cup qualifying needs a complete rethink. What on earth is the point of England playing against the likes of San Marino and Albania home and away?
Premier league clubs and their fans are just hoping nobody picks up any injuries
hahahaha ohne Italien fahren wir zur WM!!! Hopp Schwiiiiiz. this is sensational
Lucerne is rocking
Was going to ask how come Portugal seemingly end up in playoffs so often. Their record isn't quite as bad as I thought when looking at it more closely but they don't often seem to win qualification groups and make it easy on themselves. I'm sure there'll be quite a few worse teams who overall do better in qualifying.
Euro 2008 - 2nd (automatic)
World Cup 2010 - 2nd (playoffs)
Euro 2012 - 2nd (playoffs)
World Cup 2014 - 2nd (playoffs)
Euro 2016 - 1st (automatic)
WC 2018 - 1st (automatic)
Euro 2020 - 2nd (automatic)
World Cup 2022 - 2nd (playoffs)
Just the 2 group wins in 8 qualifiers and into the playoffs 4 out of 8. At least they tend to make it in the end I suppose.
Euro 2008 - 2nd (automatic)
World Cup 2010 - 2nd (playoffs)
Euro 2012 - 2nd (playoffs)
World Cup 2014 - 2nd (playoffs)
Euro 2016 - 1st (automatic)
WC 2018 - 1st (automatic)
Euro 2020 - 2nd (automatic)
World Cup 2022 - 2nd (playoffs)
Just the 2 group wins in 8 qualifiers and into the playoffs 4 out of 8. At least they tend to make it in the end I suppose.
Will you give me 10:1 odds?
Well done Scotland, very proud of the team tonight.
Just waiting for the media, our lovely British media to tell us all how disrespectful our players are for scoring that many goals against poor San Marino
I wonder what level San Marino would hypothetically play at in English football. I’d have them as a relegation threatened national league side.
There is a chance Holland might be in the play offs as well!
I just saw the result. That's quite the paddlin.
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As if it wasn’t painful enough to be United supporter these days, Poland managed to quite throw it all away with losing against Hungary at home on a final day, meaning we’re most likely not gonna be seeded for play offs. Smells a semi final in Rome or Lisbon, good bye Qatar ehhhh
Still give Ole's United a run for their money.
England win 10-0
San Marino not quite as bad as Ireland though who England beat 13-0 in a record win.
San Marino not quite as bad as Ireland though who England beat 13-0 in a record win.
I think you might be being generous to them. I didn't watch tonight, just basing it off their squad.
Goalie is a backup for Cesena in Serie C. While being the 3rd tier in Italy it's regionalised and split into 3 so covers the 41st to 80th best Italian sides. So equivalent to second choice for a League One or Two team.
They have 2 players from Serie D which is non-professional. I imagine some might be semi pro but that's just a guess. It's very regionalised and contains 166 teams so covers the 81st best to 246th best Italian teams. So their 2nd and 3rd best players, assuming they're playing at a level that suits them are anywhere from the equivalent of mid-table League Two to somewhere around Level 7 or 8 of the English pyramid.
Everyone else plays in the San Marino leagues and would likely go to Italy if good enough I would have thought so is probably worse than that.
Salford would beat them
They would be a decent regional Sunday senior team.
fecking pointless them playing England.
They conceded 46 goals in 10 games - scored 1.
It must be soul destroying to get a call up to the national team of San Marino
Scotland and N. Ireland did very well.
Bigger chance you'll see flying pigs from your window right now.