[Europe] 2010 World Cup qualifying thread (20 Viewers)

[mikhail]

Can somebody pelase tell me when football stopped being about merit???

When it started being about money.

 

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[IrishZebra]

When it started being about money.

 

[sateeh]

Can somebody pelase tell me when football stopped being about merit???

The seeding of the European spots for a second time is fucking ridiculous, it's a travesty against fair play and chance. UEFA and FIFA are a bag of arsebandits.

No offence to anyoen in Russia or France etc. but you have no right to get an 'easier' draw just becuase of your viewership numbers if you fail to qualify.

What FIFA did was horrible especially considering the timing.

But I think you are contradicting yourself. First you say its about merit but then you complain about the unfair seedings. If football was purely about merit then the best team would win, irrespective if they're playing a big team or a small team.

 

[IrishZebra]

What FIFA did was horrible especially considering the timing.

But I think you are contradicting yourself. First you say its about merit but then you complain about the unfair seedings. If football was purely about merit then the best team would win, irrespective if they're playing a big team or a small team.

Its unfair that they used seedings twice, that almost always gives higher ranked worse opponents, it's not a contradiction

 

[The Curr]

Kevin Kilbane made his 61st consecutive competitive appearence for Ireland on Saturday. This means he has broken the world record.

 

[IrishZebra]

Kevin Kilbane made his 61st consecutive competitive appearence for Ireland on Saturday. This means he has broken the world record.

He's shit

 

[The Curr]

He's shit

Correct.

 

[X Æ A-12]

I have compiled a list of tonight's decisive European qualifiers:
Portugal-Malta
Sweden-Albania
Denmark-Hungary
Greece-Luxembourg
Latvia-Moldova
Switzerland-Israel
Czech Republic-Northern Ireland
Poland - Slovakia
San Marino-Slovenia
Andorra-Ukraine
Kazakhstan-Croatia

 

[soulslider]

Kazakhstan-Croatia 1-1 83' min

 

[X Æ A-12]

Ukraine 3-0 up thanks to an Andorra own goal

Poor Croatia

 

[soulslider]

it's 6-0 now

 

[X Æ A-12]

yea I just noticed I hadn't clicked refresh

 

[soulslider]

finally we scored the second goal and they are celebrating like we won the world cup

 

[X Æ A-12]

To bad they won't even be there...

 

[X Æ A-12]

So it looks like Russia, Greece, France and Portugal will enter as top seeds into the playoffs?

 

[The Curr]

So it looks like Russia, Greece, France and Portugal will enter as top seeds into the playoffs?

Yes.

This is my order of preference for who Ireland would get:
1. Greece
2. Portugal
3. France
4. Russia

 

[The Curr]

Jovetic suspended. Vucinic injured.


Ireland team:

Given

McShane - St Ledger - Dunne - Kilbane

Duff - Rowlands - Miller - S.Hunt

Keane - N.Hunt​

 

[X Æ A-12]

I understand Greece being first but why Russia after France and Portugal? They may have looked atrocious in qualifying but the big European nations always seem to pull through when it counts even when they are having problems, if I were supporting a team in the playoffs I would much prefer to face a on form team as opposed to a traditional giant even one on poor form

 

[JCK]

FORZA MALTA

 

[The Curr]

I understand Greece being first but why Russia after France and Portugal? They may have looked atrocious in qualifying but the big European nations always seem to pull through when it counts even when they are having problems, if I were supporting a team in the playoffs I would much prefer to face a on form team as opposed to a traditional giant even one on poor form

IMO Russia are the best of the 4 teams at the moment. Also, a trip to Russia would be the toughtest of the 4 possible away legs. Moscow is a difficult place to come away from with anything. We've gone to Paris previously and done very well.