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Play off place secured
Spain beating Greece tonight guarantees them at least 2nd place in their group, and Wales a play off place.
Wales just officially secured a World Cup play-off place
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/...wsApp_AppShare
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Fantastic, I never thought I'd see us in a major tournament. To see them in a World Cup would be the icing, cherry and anything else you want to throw on the cake.
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That would still leave 2 huge and difficult games against a list I wouldn’t be confident of overcoming. Let’s just hope so.
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We really need to finish second in our group and hope that’s enough to secure a home draw in the play offs.
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Pearcey3
We really need to finish second in our group and hope that’s enough to secure a home draw in the play offs.
This is how I see it.
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I don’t think many would fancy getting Wales either.
We now need to put the effort in these 2 games to secure a runners up spot (maybe more) for the home semi - nothing has altered that mindset tonight.
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used to be a time when we could only have dreamt of a play-off spot for qualification :thumbup:
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UNDERHILL1927
Fantastic, I never thought I'd see us in a major tournament. To see them in a World Cup would be the icing, cherry and anything else you want to throw on the cake.
Hundreds & thousands
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Home tie?..then someone mentioned 2 legs..which is right?
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BLUETIT
Hundreds & thousands
It's a deal 🤣
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kendoddsdadsdogsdead
Home tie?..then someone mentioned 2 legs..which is right?
Home tie (if seeded) for a 1 leg semi-final. Destination of final is done with a tombola to see who of the competing teams plays at home.
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I can’t help but think that unless we get a fully fit Ramsey and Bale in the play offs, we won’t be qualifying.
Now if Estonia could pull off a win against Belgium…
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Pearcey3
We really need to finish second in our group and hope that’s enough to secure a home draw in the play offs.
4 points from the next two ought to get us a home tie. Beat Estonia and pray we can get a result against Belgium
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kendoddsdadsdogsdead
Scotland away anyone?
No home nations thank you
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City123
4 points from the next two ought to get us a home tie. Beat Estonia and pray we can get a result against Belgium
I’d prefer we beat Belarus. Four points will guarantee second but it will be incredibly tight for a home play off. We might just make 6th best second place team which would give us a home draw but it is tight.
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We're talking about getting a point off the number one team in the world..we couldn't even beat the number one hundred and thirty fifth team at home..only hope we have is if estonia draw against the czechs.
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Anyone watch Italy v Switzerland last night?. Great game - finished 1-1, both teams locked on 15 points so all resting on the final games. Swiss could have nicked it at the end, very much against the run of play.
I wouldn't fancy either in the play-offs, if that's even possible.
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kendoddsdadsdogsdead
Scotland away anyone?
Yes please. A 1-0 Wales win thanks to dodgy penalty decision.
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Pearcey3
We really need to finish second in our group and hope that’s enough to secure a home draw in the play offs.
Can’t see how we finish 2nd realistically. We’d have to stuff a few on Belarus tonight and lose by just the one v Belgium. Can’t see it
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EastbourneBlue
Can’t see how we finish 2nd realistically. We’d have to stuff a few on Belarus tonight and lose by just the one v Belgium. Can’t see it
Nope. Beat Belarus and draw with Belgium. That might not be enough for a home play off though. We could do with Denmark beating Scotland
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Pearcey3
Nope. Beat Belarus and draw with Belgium. That might not be enough for a home play off though. We could do with Denmark beating Scotland
4 points will most likely get us a home playoff, we'd overtake Scotland
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City123
4 points will most likely get us a home playoff, we'd overtake Scotland
We need Scotland to lose. If they get a draw they are on 15 points when their points against the bottom team in their group are deducted We would have to draw v Belgium to get to 15 points. It then boils down to goal difference I guess. It’s very tight.
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If we can get a draw v Belgium and Scotland don’t win we should finish above them either with more points or through a better goal difference in the fight to finish in the top six seeds.
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We Global Football
@We_Global
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13h
Projected UEFA World Cup playoffs (13 November)
Home:
Serbia
Sweden
Croatia
Switzerland
Poland
Wales
Away:
Scotland
Turkey
North Macedonia
Finland
Austria
Czech Republic
If we finish 3rd we’d drop from the home group & be replaced by Scotland
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kendoddsdadsdogsdead
We're talking about getting a point off the number one team in the world..we couldn't even beat the number one hundred and thirty fifth team at home..only hope we have is if estonia draw against the czechs.
Yes, of all of our results pick that one to judge how good we are :shrug:
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Des Parrot
We Global Football
@We_Global
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13h
Projected UEFA World Cup playoffs (13 November)
Home:
Serbia
Sweden
Croatia
Switzerland
Poland
Wales
Away:
Scotland
Turkey
North Macedonia
Finland
Austria
Czech Republic
If we finish 3rd we’d drop from the home group & be replaced by Scotland
Should be able to see off most of that 2nd group at home
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Portugal v Serbia tonight looks tasty! Portugal not great the other night against Ireland
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I wouldn’t fancy Scotland away. Don’t think the Jocks are any great shakes, but that is a massive banana skin in my opinion.
But that said, if we did get them, a dodgy penalty decision in our favour, would be sweet!
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It’s going to be all about what side we can put out in March. Injuries have been kind in this latest batch of games. We need that again in March.
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A Scotland win is going to relegate Wales to the unseeded pot, we need Denmark to wake up here.
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Des Parrot
A Scotland win is going to relegate Wales to the unseeded pot, we need Denmark to wake up here.
Hungary beating Poland could put us back in the seeds.
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Now we definitely need a win. Hope Belgium are as toothless as Denmark have been
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Des Parrot
Now we definitely need a win. Hope Belgium are as toothless as Denmark have been
Been shocked how poor Denmark have been, although Scotland have certainly impressed.
We need Begium's players to be 'on the beach' as well tomorrow.
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Portugal, Russia, Italy & Scotland secure seeded places. Two left. Hungary have done, us a huge favour
Wales now can host with a draw and less than a 4 goal Turkey win.
Home:
Portugal
Scotland
Italy
Russia
Away:
North Macedonia
Austria
TBD
Sweden
Wales
Czech Republic
Poland
Probably
Ukraine
Turkey
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Des Parrot
Portugal, Russia, Italy & Scotland secure seeded places. Two left. Hungary have done, us a huge favour
Wales now can host with a draw and less than a 4 goal Turkey win.
Home:
Portugal
Scotland
Italy
Russia
Away:
North Macedonia
Austria
TBD
Sweden
Wales
Czech Republic
Poland
Probably
Ukraine
Turkey
Is home advantage that big a deal for us?
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Eric the Half a Bee
Is home advantage that big a deal for us?
Well it's home advantage + an easier tie one of Poland/North Macedonia/Finland/Turkey/Austria/Czechia rather than Italy/Portugal/Scotland/Sweden/Russia away
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Eric the Half a Bee
Is home advantage that big a deal for us?
Eric are you feeling ok?
Italy away or North Macedonia at home?
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Des Parrot
Eric are you feeling ok?
Italy away or North Macedonia at home?
Exactly
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Des Parrot
Eric are you feeling ok?
Italy away or North Macedonia at home?
Equally Italy home or North Macedonia away. I'd rather North Macedonia if it meant playing away.
How many times have we bollocksed things up at home in a big game? We're not a side that is great at breaking good teams down at home. If anything, I'd feel slightly more comfortable playing away where we could play more on the break.
I don't think home advantage for us is all that important.