frankblack Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 20 minutes ago, Malinga the Swinga said: Need to finish in top two to be safe Very slim chance then. Can't see us avoiding bottom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malinga the Swinga Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 1 minute ago, frankblack said: Very slim chance then. Can't see us avoiding bottom. We are capable of beating Poland and Croatia at home. We can also draw with either or both away at a minimum. Think Portugal will be too strong but they aren't as good as France. You never know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC_92 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 8 minutes ago, frankblack said: Very slim chance then. Can't see us avoiding bottom. Poland had a nightmare in Euro qualifying and Croatia are on the wane a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckies1874 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 (edited) 15 minutes ago, frankblack said: Very slim chance then. Can't see us avoiding bottom. Hmmmmmm….Poland are playing Estonia in the play offs! In qualifying they took 1pt out of 6 against Moldova and 2 of their 3 wins came against the Faroe Islands. They will lose their generational world class player post Euros. Scotland are a much better team than Poland currently. Croatia have been a phenomenal team for a long time but took 1pt out of 6 against Wales and finished 2nd in their group to Turkey. They are also expected to lose Modric and others after this summer’s tournament and will be in transition. Absolutely no reason Scotland can’t hold our own against both of them. Edited February 8 by Luckies1874 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudi must stay Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Who's got Jamaica Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankblack Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 8 minutes ago, DC_92 said: Poland had a nightmare in Euro qualifying and Croatia are on the wane a bit. Our record against them is pretty shite though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC_92 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 6 minutes ago, frankblack said: Our record against them is pretty shite though. Just checked. Haven't lost to them for 44 years. The only time we've played recently was a friendly a couple of years ago. They got a dodgy penalty to equalise in injury time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Berry Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Great draw, we'll win the group. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruyff Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 That's a good draw and a decent challenge for the lads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankblack Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 2 hours ago, DC_92 said: Just checked. Haven't lost to them for 44 years. The only time we've played recently was a friendly a couple of years ago. They got a dodgy penalty to equalise in injury time. We got knocked out of Euro qualifiers drawing 2-2 at home. They will get a result elsewhere that we won't like that time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC_92 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 3 minutes ago, frankblack said: We got knocked out of Euro qualifiers drawing 2-2 at home. They will get a result elsewhere that we won't like that time. Don't back doon, double doon, eh? I was at that game. By the time Poland scrambled a last minute equaliser, we were going out anyway because Ireland were beating Germany and everyone in the stadium knew it, including the players. More importantly, it was over eight years ago and we have a much better team and manager now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankblack Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 8 minutes ago, DC_92 said: Don't back doon, double doon, eh? I was at that game. By the time Poland scrambled a last minute equaliser, we were going out anyway because Ireland were beating Germany and everyone in the stadium knew it, including the players. More importantly, it was over eight years ago and we have a much better team and manager now. I was there too. Doesn't matter about it being 8 years. They have a record of progressing in tournaments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzyonthefence Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 3 hours ago, Luckies1874 said: That’s a great draw for us. No reason we can’t complete for 2nd behind Portugal. Several big Croats will retire after the Euro’s and we are a better team than Poland. Biggest thing is going to be securing a Pot 1 (12 teams) for the World Cup qualifiers and indications are this will be the 12 teams who finish 1st, 2nd or 3rd in Nations League A groups. Do that and we are guaranteed to avoid a lot of the big boys for the WC qualifiers. How tall are they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckies1874 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 11 minutes ago, DC_92 said: Don't back doon, double doon, eh? I was at that game. By the time Poland scrambled a last minute equaliser, we were going out anyway because Ireland were beating Germany and everyone in the stadium knew it, including the players. More importantly, it was over eight years ago and we have a much better team and manager now. 😂 He’s having none of it. Completely ignoring the facts and that Poland have been shite! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckies1874 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Just now, Fozzyonthefence said: How tall are they? Definitely big boyz! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzyonthefence Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 4 minutes ago, Luckies1874 said: Definitely big boyz! 😳 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PortyJambo Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 8 hours ago, Jack Torrance said: Hope we get England 😜 Croatia, Portugal and Poland. Not great, but not bad either. Still think we'll be getting relegated straight back down to League B though. At least we weren't another pot 4 team, Israel, who got Italy, Belgium and France Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC_92 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Just now, frankblack said: I was there too. Doesn't matter about it being 8 years. They have a record of progressing in tournaments. We just got out of a (much tougher) qualifying group and they didn't. They finished 5 points behind Albania and took 1 point from 6 against Moldova. It would hardly be a shock if they finished above us, but it's not a given. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankblack Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 11 hours ago, Luckies1874 said: 😂 He’s having none of it. Completely ignoring the facts and that Poland have been shite! We haven't been great either. The manager plays some huddy from Luton's reserves rather than give Shankland a chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckies1874 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 52 minutes ago, frankblack said: We haven't been great either. The manager plays some huddy from Luton's reserves rather than give Shankland a chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckies1874 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Fixtures: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schevchenko Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 All tough games but we could've had it way worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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