Tommy 3,032 Posted September 5, 2017 There was no topic for Group I? What the fuck. Quite an interesting group at the moment. Turkey just went ahead against Croatia, and it's quite close at the top of the table now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stan 6,003 Posted September 5, 2017 1 minute ago, Tsubasa said: There was no topic for Group I? What the fuck. Quite an interesting group at the moment. Turkey just went ahead against Croatia, and it's quite close at the top of the table now. Could have been created earlier by someone . Only reason I didn't is there weren't that many people, if any, that were of the nation in this group. But yes, it's very tight and I did not expect Turkey to be beating Croatia. Makes it all the more interesting going in to the games next month. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SirBalon 2,602 Posted September 5, 2017 I thought they'd left the letter "I" out this year! Seriously though... Doesn't matter what happens between Turkey and Croatia. The Croats have a top top side this time around! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stan 6,003 Posted September 5, 2017 5 minutes ago, SirBalon said: I thought they'd left the letter "I" out this year! Seriously though... Doesn't matter what happens between Turkey and Croatia. The Croats have a top top side this time around! It kind of does because Croatia are now level with Iceland in the group standings if it stays like this. Croatia top but they're not qualifying as convincingly as expected. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SirBalon 2,602 Posted September 5, 2017 1 minute ago, Stan said: It kind of does because Croatia are now level with Iceland in the group standings if it stays like this. Croatia top but they're not qualifying as convincingly as expected. They're not qualifying convincingly, but they've got a side built for a championship which nobody would want. (should they qualify) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stan 6,003 Posted September 5, 2017 not the most interesting teams, but by far the most interesting group given there's still so many possibilities for where teams could end up 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SirBalon 2,602 Posted September 5, 2017 5 minutes ago, Stan said: not the most interesting teams, but by far the most interesting group given there's still so many possibilities for where teams could end up Tsubasa obviously needed to push us into the ultimate suicide group! Seriously though... This group can finish all sorts of ways. It is set up for something epic! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stan 6,003 Posted September 5, 2017 2 minutes ago, SirBalon said: Tsubasa obviously needed to push us into the ultimate suicide group! Seriously though... This group can finish all sorts of ways. It is set up for something epic! Final fixtures Croatia vs Finland Kosovo vs Ukraine Turkey vs Iceland Finland vs Turkey Iceland vs Kosovo Ukraine vs Croatia Fancy Croatia to beat Finland, draw away at Ukraine. Ukraine to beat Kosovo. Turkey to beat Iceland and beat Finland Iceland to beat Kosovo. That would mean Croatia on 20; Turkey on 20; Iceland on 19; Ukraine on 18. Ridiculous to get 19 points and still miss out on play-offs if it works out like that Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stan 6,003 Posted October 3, 2017 by far the tightest qualification group I've seen in a while. So many ramifications and permutations in this one as above! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tommy 3,032 Posted October 6, 2017 Iceland tearing Turkey apart. I hope Erdogan won't arrest any Icelanders tonight Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BartraPique1932 457 Posted October 6, 2017 (edited) 48 minutes ago, Tsubasa said: Iceland tearing Turkey apart. I hope Erdogan won't arrest any Icelanders tonight Only the Icelanders? I wouldn't be surprised if he arrested the Turkish players as well. Edited October 6, 2017 by BartraPique1932 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tommy 3,032 Posted October 6, 2017 12 minutes ago, BartraPique1932 said: Only the Icelanders? I wouldn't be surprised if he arrested the Turkish players as well. Maybe that's why Nuri was substituted at half time. Trying to catch an early plane. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Carnivore Chris 1,530 Posted October 7, 2017 Class group, very tight. But I hope that Croatia go through in the end as I believe they'd be the bigger loss to the tournament. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stan 6,003 Posted October 9, 2017 Croatia and Iceland both winning 2-0 at the moment. Iceland to remain top and Croatia go in to 2nd. Croatia in the play-offs as well now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 9, 2017 I wanted Ukraine to win, but my gosh if Croatia missed out on the world cup it would have been a farce. For me, Croatia have a better starting XI than Argentina. Modric, Mandzukic, Kovacic, Rakitic, Rog, Perisic. Thats an annoyingly good squad. They don't seem to all play that well though which seems like a historical Yugoslavian problem. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stan 6,003 Posted October 10, 2017 14 hours ago, Blue said: I wanted Ukraine to win, but my gosh if Croatia missed out on the world cup it would have been a farce. For me, Croatia have a better starting XI than Argentina. Modric, Mandzukic, Kovacic, Rakitic, Rog, Perisic. Thats an annoyingly good squad. They don't seem to all play that well though which seems like a historical Yugoslavian problem. Missing the main man Andrej Kramaric Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
