Europe gets allocated 13 of 32 places at each World Cup.
Top of each group qualifies automatically (accounting for 9 of 13 places). The best eight second placed teams go into a play-off draw for the final four places.
He loves himself too much for my liking so I don't feel too sorry for him to be honest Leuth. I am sure there are a lot nicer players in the Sweden set up to feel sorry for?
The seeding system is crazy. Netherlands and France in the same group. Spain and Italy in the same group. Wales and Austria as the top teams in their group.
He loves himself too much for my liking so I don't feel too sorry for him to be honest Leuth. I am sure there are a lot nicer players in the Sweden set up to feel sorry for?
Uhmm. He may be up his own arse but he's done some good things where I've had to say fair play you didn't have to do that, nice to hear Zlatan. For example, Sweden wanted to send a team to the Disabled World Cup, might have got the name wrong but you get the drift, but didn't have any funding. They called Zlatan seeking a contribution towards costs. Zlatan said no, just send me a bill for the whole trip and I'll cover it all. Probably didn't add up to a weeks wages for him but so what it was a great gesture from him.
I always thought that the eight seeds (Or however many Groups there are) were based on how you did in that last tournament rather than your World Ranking?
People who don't like Zlatan need to have a look at some of the projects he involves himself in, including homeless and ghetto rehousing, charity work and foundation work. He may have a shit tonne of money and an arrogance in the media spotlight, but behind all that he seems to do more than his fair share for others
happy enough with that, very winnable group for Scotland.
Dunno... Both Slovakia and Slovenia have made recent Tournaments, reckon Scotland may stand a chance with Northern Ireland the only real Home Nation that may struggle to Qualify (Wales and Republic of Ireland only having to really worry about Austria and Serbia)
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Be nice to get some different decent aways like Hungary, Iceland, Malta, Czech etc and the turks to wake Wembley up for once.
Please no Montenegro, Ukraine, Poland, San Marino again.
A: Netherlands, France, Sweden, Bulgaria, Belarus, Luxembourg
B: Portugal, Switzerland, Hungary, Faroe Islands, Latvia, Andorra
C: Germany, Czech Republic, NORTHERN IRELAND, Norway, Azerbaijan, San Marino
D : WALES, Austria, Serbia, REPUBLIC OF IRELAND, Moldova, Georgia
E: Romania, Denmark, Poland, Montenegro, Armenia, Kazakhstan
G: Spain, Italy, Albania, Israel, Macedonia, Liechtenstein
H: Belgium, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Greece, Estonia, Cyprus
I : Croatia, Iceland, Ukraine, Turkey, Finland
I suppose the Swiss are playing marginally more attractive football nowadays, maybe
The Jocks in competitive games will be great occasions.
Slovakia will hopefully be less lively than 2004.
Hopefully Malta will fall in June or Sept - anyone know how big their ground is? The 2000 game out there was before my time.
Top of each group qualifies automatically (accounting for 9 of 13 places). The best eight second placed teams go into a play-off draw for the final four places.
Netherlands and France in the same group.
Spain and Italy in the same group.
Wales and Austria as the top teams in their group.
He'll be almost 37 by the 2018 world cup so would probably have retired from international football anyway
Might love himself too much but loves others too.