McJambo Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 To Qualify. Trying to settle a bet. Is second good enough? Or does that get us into a play off? Or is second possibly not going to be good enough to get us into a play off? Anyone that knows how it works? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DETTY29 Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 To Qualify. Trying to settle a bet. Is second good enough? Or does that get us into a play off? Or is second possibly not going to be good enough to get us into a play off? Anyone that knows how it works? 8 out of nine second placed teams go into a play off, with the 9th best missing out. In our group teams 2,3 and probably 4 will be evenly matched and hence miss out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reiver Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 How can that be fair? Putting aside how well matched the teams competing for second are in our group we're already at a disadvantage by having less teams and thus less games and potential points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Merse Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 How can that be fair? Putting aside how well matched the teams competing for second are in our group we're already at a disadvantage by having less teams and thus less games and potential points. In the other groups, the results against the bottom seeds are not taken into account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victorian Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 How can that be fair? Putting aside how well matched the teams competing for second are in our group we're already at a disadvantage by having less teams and thus less games and potential points. the measure of who the best 8 from 9 runners-up are will be the games played against the top 5 teams in each group. games vs the bottom team will be discounted to even up the criteria of which runner-up has performed worst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jambovambo Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 So it's really quite simple, then ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oh ah grantona Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 so there is no best team to finish second goes through when did they get rid of that rule Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
interista Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 so there is no best team to finish second goes through when did they get rid of that rule Don't know but we qualified for France 1998 on that very rule. We're not always unlucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acey Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 8 out of nine second placed teams go into a play off, with the 9th best missing out. In our group teams 2,3 and probably 4 will be evenly matched and hence miss out. That's a euphemism, and no mistake! Having just checked the tables, it isn't looking good, fellow Scots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Five to One Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 It seems qualifiying for the World Cup is an unlikely target for Scotland these days. Not impossible, but unlikely. There are just too many decent teams in Europe now for us to hope to qualify on a regular basis. The expansion of the Euros probably offers us our best hope of making it to a major tournament again. Sad times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hearts Heritage Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 From David Ross I think now we are hoping for a Dutch victory over Norway and a draw between Iceland and Macedonia. That leaves the second spot wide open and offers Scotland the chance of redemption against Macedonia at home and Norway away. Remember our last game is v the Netherlands at home. By then they could have qualified comfortably and facing a Dutch side with nothing to play for is a far better proposition than one which needs the points. Fourteen points could well be enough for second and the path to that is winning the three remaining home matches and drawing in Norway. If we can do that - and this coming midweek's games go our way (two big IFs admittedly) then the only way we could be overhauled for second would be if either Macedonia or Norway were to win all their remaining games - including away in Holland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dode41 Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 How can that be fair? Putting aside how well matched the teams competing for second are in our group we're already at a disadvantage by having less teams and thus less games and potential points. we are in reality disadvantaged by our failure to score against macedonia and norway,hardly qualifying form is it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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