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Euro 2016

Discussion in 'Hull City' started by Irish Tiger, Feb 20, 2014.

  1. Irish Tiger

    Irish Tiger Member

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    Draw for Euro 2016 takes place on Sunday. Myler, Long & Quinn in Martin O'Neil's squad for Dublin friendly v Serbia 5 March. Good news but just three days before QF weekend
     
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    Irish Tiger, Feb 20, 2014
  2. Erik

    Erik Well-Known Member

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    Hopefully we get Gibraltar, the taffs or the porridge wogs
     
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    Erik, Feb 20, 2014
  3. Hank Scorpio

    Hank Scorpio Well-Known Member

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    Good news. You reckon they'll all start?

    It's a dodgy friendly, but they're only travelling to Dublin.

    Long can't play in the cup anyway.
     
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    Hank Scorpio, Feb 20, 2014
  4. Quill

    Quill Bastard

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    Qualification has been made much easier now that 24 teams go to the Euros.

    Really, that means even if you get another big team in your group you'll probably still definitely qualify.
     
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    Quill, Feb 20, 2014
  5. Chilton's Hundreds

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    It will devalue the qualifying games - I can see some of the better countries resting key players at the behest of their clubs.

    It will mean the top 2 of each group will qualify and then the third placed teams going into the play-offs.

    It's another UEFA -uck up
     
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    Chilton's Hundreds, Feb 20, 2014
  6. Tuckin

    Tuckin Well-Known Member

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    Qualification really should be pretty easy for the big nations...

    Pot 1: Spain (holders), Germany, Netherlands, Italy, England, Portugal, Greece, Russia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Pot 2: Ukraine, Croatia, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, Belgium, Czech Republic, Hungary, Republic of Ireland
    Pot 3: Serbia, Turkey, Slovenia, Israel, Norway, Slovakia, Romania, Austria, Poland
    Pot 4: Montenegro, Armenia, Scotland, Finland, Latvia, Wales, Bulgaria, Estonia, Belarus
    Pot 5: Iceland, Northern Ireland, Albania, Lithuania, Moldova, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Cyprus
    Pot 6: Luxembourg, Kazakhstan, Liechtenstein, Faroe Islands, Malta, Andorra, San Marino, Gibraltar

    (Countries I'd like to avoid in bold; favourable ones in italics.)
     
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    CANADATIGER Well-Known Member

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    Elmo also in Egypts squad for Bosnia friendly on March 5th. Some tired legs for QF.
     
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    CANADATIGER, Feb 20, 2014
  8. Quill

    Quill Bastard

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    <grr>

    Will people please get his name right? I ranted about this last night.
     
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    Quill, Feb 20, 2014
  9. Erik

    Erik Well-Known Member

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    What's your obsession with David Milla?
     
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    Erik, Feb 20, 2014
  10. Quill

    Quill Bastard

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    ****ing class he is.
     
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    Quill, Feb 20, 2014
  11. Febbos

    Febbos Well-Known Member

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    England
    Sweden
    Norway
    Scotland
    Iceland
    Gibraltar

    Could be a fun group from my perspective :)

    We are defintely gonna meet you either in the qualification or group stage :bandit:

    Potential nightmare for you guys

    England
    Belgium
    Serbia
    Montenegro
    Macedonia
    Kazakhstan
     
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    Febbos, Feb 20, 2014
  12. Quill

    Quill Bastard

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    It is a potential nightmare, but incredibly unlikely.

    Also, the fact that the top 2 in all groups will go through and third will be playoffs (unless it is the best third placed team, who qualify automatically) make it a lot less threatening.
     
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    Quill, Feb 20, 2014
  13. Erik

    Erik Well-Known Member

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    Looks a good group, actually. I'd like to see something like that <ok>

    Meh. Only Belgium who are any good. The only drawback would be the travel, but then that shouldn't be too much of a problem as half of our squad travel from Kinshasa and Abuja anyway.
     
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    Erik, Feb 20, 2014
  14. The greengrocer

    The greengrocer Well-Known Member

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    Sunderland will have the same prob surely? Someone will name them! :) that's if we beat Brighton of course!
     
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    The greengrocer, Feb 20, 2014

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