Euro 2008 Draw

[all_funkt_up]

Yes thats right, 2008!! A long way away, 2 years infact. The draw is this Friday 27th january and we will see how the qualifying groups pan out...

Pot 1
Greece
Netherlands
Portugal
England
Czech Republic
France
Sweden

Pot 2
Germany
Croatia
Italy
Turkey
Poland
Spain
Romania

Pot 3
Serbia and Montenegro
Russia
Denmark
Norway
Bulgaria
Ukraine
Slovakia

Pot 4
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Republic of Ireland
Belgium
Latvia
Israel
Scotland
Slovenia

Pot 5
Hungary
Finland
Estonia
Wales
Lithuania
Albania
Iceland

Pot 6
Georgia
F.Y.R. Macedonia
Belarus
Armenia
Northern Ireland
Cyprus
Moldova

Pot 7
Liechtenstein
Azerbaijan
Andorra
Malta
Faroe Islands
Kazakhstan
Luxembourg
San Marino

1 from each pot I believe, will stick the group odds up as and when they arrive.

Only outright price I can see this far is Ireland 100/1 anyone?

[Beanie]

Greece
Romania
Slovakia
Scotland
Estonia
Northern Ireland
Andorra

Summat like that then

And even then we'd still be lucky to finish 5th

[all_funkt_up]

ideal situation for me:

England, Poland (isnt it always), Slovakia, Scotland, Wales, Norn Ireland, Faroes

Easy peasy pooh!

[GaNgStA kEeKs]

Taking place right now on SKY Sports and Eurosport.

Nothing exciting happening just yet

[GaNgStA kEeKs]

Pot 4 now - this is the big one

[GaNgStA kEeKs]

Lithuania
Georgia
Faroe Islands
SCOTLAND
Ukraine

Don't think we can really complain so far although a chance of many upsets im sure.

Ireland and Wales together :loon

Ukraine is a bloody bugger.

[zonker84]

Not as big a bugger as France and Italy

Just waiting for all the Scottish people to come on and say how they have a chance to qualify

[GaNgStA kEeKs]

Group A
Portugal
Poland
Serbia & Mont
Belgium
Finland
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Kazakhstan

Group B
France
Italy
Ukraine
SCOTLAND
Lithuania
Georgia
Faroe Islands

Group C
Greece
Turkey
Norway
Bosnia
Hungary
Moldova
Malta

Group D
Czech Republic
Germany
Slovakia
REP OF IRELAND
WALES
Cyprus
San Marino



Group E
ENGLAND
Croatia
Russia
Israel
Estonia
Macedonia
Andorra

Group F
Sweden
Spain
Denmark
Latvia
Iceland
NORTHERN IRELAND
Liechtenstein



Group G
Holland
Romania
Bulgaria
Slovenia
Albania
Belarus
Luxembourg

[GaNgStA kEeKs]

I just lost power Zonker knowing there was Italy and Ukraine and i thought that was the top seed in Italy there. Absolute nightmare when i seen France were added too.

Group of death and we don't have a slim chance of qualification. I really don't think we could have gotten a much worse group.

England get a cushty draw as ever

[Gaz Stod]

Just about to say that Kiko, that England group is piss poor compared to the Scotland one and a few others really. Lubbly Jubbly.

[GaNgStA kEeKs]

I'm quite worried that Scotland could really embarrass themselves.

We have a habit of really struggling in the away games to the supposadly weaker sides and Lithuania, Georgia and the Faroes aren't going to be the easiest of games.

[zonker84]

Scotland need to get themselves seeded higher, it was always going to be difficult. Having said that, it was still pretty harsh Even the three teams ranked below Scotland in their group are tricky. Faroes Islands certainly are no pushovers

England as first seeds, were always going to have it a bit easier

[GaNgStA kEeKs]

Agreed Zonker.

People forget that these sides like the Faroes etc are improving all the time and aren't nearly as bad as many imagine. Their results speak for themselves with Spain and France both struggling away to he Faroes and Lithuania in their last qualification campaign.

[zonker84]

The problem for Scotland is that they have to finish fourth really, or they could face the possibility of being in the fifth seeds for the World Cup 2010 qualifying. It's a vicious circle, where doing badly gives you harder draws in future, but then to do better you have to win games, which is hard because you're drawn against good teams.

Will be interesting to see what happens, but it'll be September before any games are played anyway

[GaNgStA kEeKs]

Clutching at straws i know but i guess there could be a slight glimmer of hope for us.

Basically your older players, many have come out saying that the WCwill be their last stand for their national sides from France and Italy.

So for France for example this would lead to players such as Zidane, Thuram, Makele all not being in the side as they will be making way for the younger players coming through who may have a lot of potential but will obviusly lack the class of these.

Bah, guess we have the 2010 WC to look forward too