we were always going to be in pot 4 weren't we?
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Because wales aren't playing tomorrow we are automatically classed as a pot 4 team in the draw. Yet if Portugal win tomorrow they will be pot 1 seeds.
Yet again we could be getting stitched up before the draw even starts.
Our fifa ranking of 20 should be pot 3 assuming 16 teams ranked higher have qualified
Last edited by fugsyphil; 28-03-22 at 21:53. Reason: Autocorrect used a French word!
we were always going to be in pot 4 weren't we?
No if we got through tomorrow we'd be 3 at worst, possibly 2 though highly unlikely
Tbf, the two home games in the play offs means there cant really be NY complaints
Don't think it is as important as the euro draws which pot you are in.
We will only have 1 other european team In our group as you can only have a maximum of 2 from one continental in any one group.
Currently 13 of fifa top 20 teams are European including us.
Therefore we can only get one of the top euro teams like Spain France Belguim or England.
If we are really lucky we may get Qatar from pot one but all the others will be quality.
Or we get brazil or Argentina the we avoid the best in Europe.
Pot 2 will be a mixed bag and that is where we will need a bit of luck.
We will be ranked higher than any team in pot 3 so hopefully that won't matter so much who we get from there.
There are plenty of beatable teams from the likes of Asia Central America and Africa.
As long as we dont get a group of death the quality of the groups will not be as strong as a euro finals.
I'm more worried about the play off final.
If we win that the group stage in Qatar should be within our ability to qualify fir the knockout stages.
Wales won't be in the draw.
The winner of Scotland, Ukraine and Wales will be.
As it would be the only WC finals some of us will/may ever see Wales in, I favour a group of death to make the most of the glamour.
If we get there and it’s still a big If.
Not many will rub their hands at the prospect of getting us.
Wales now gone up to 18'th in World Rankings
2 higher not qualified so we'd be 16 which misses out on pot 2 due to Qatar.
So we're pot 4 instead of pot3 had we qualified to the normal timetable.
I think not qualifying will be harder to take after being in the draw though
Qatar, USA, Iran, Wales please
That would be a laugh