Administrator Stan Posted October 9, 2017 Administrator Share Posted October 9, 2017 UEFA Draw to be held on 17th October in Zurich. Teams qualified: Switzerland Italy Denmark Croatia Sweden Northern Ireland Greece Republic of Ireland First legs on 9-11th November Second legs on 12-14th November CONCACAF vs AFC 1st leg - Honduras vs Australia 2nd leg - Australia vs Honduras OFC vs CONMEBOL 1st leg - New Zealand vs Peru 2nd leg - Peru vs New Zealand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honey Honey Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Top seeds Portugal or Switzerland Italy Croatia Northern Ireland Second seeds Sweden Denmark Ireland Greece Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azeem Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 3 minutes ago, HoneyNUFC said: Top seeds Portugal or Switzerland Italy Croatia Northern Ireland Second seeds Sweden Denmark Ireland Greece Aren't they going to based on FIFA rankings of this month? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azeem Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Sweden vs Denmark would be an interesting match up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honey Honey Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 4 minutes ago, Azeem98 said: Aren't they going to based on FIFA rankings of this month? I just took the rankings as they are now on the FIFA website. Probably not much room for change except for Northern Ireland maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan Posted October 9, 2017 Author Administrator Share Posted October 9, 2017 2 minutes ago, Azeem98 said: Sweden vs Denmark would be an interesting match up Italy vs Portugal Denmark vs Croatia Northern Ireland vs Republic of Ireland Greece vs Sweden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honey Honey Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 1 minute ago, Stan said: Italy vs Portugal Denmark vs Croatia Northern Ireland vs Republic of Ireland Greece vs Sweden Italy can't play Portugal as it's rigged using seeding. FIFA/UEFA don't want the big boys to miss out for financial reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honey Honey Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 If Sweden beat the Netherlands they will likely be top seeds ahead of Northern Ireland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 These playoffs are awful. Imagine being Ireland and hugely celebrating the win today then draw fucking Italy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird Hewitt Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 If Ireland play like they did today against any of the seeded teams (including Northern Ireland if they are seeded), they won't be going to the World Cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honey Honey Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Ireland have never been good performers under Martin O'Neill but they get the job done. Not bad since they don't have any attacking players worth more than £5m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBalon Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 2 hours ago, HoneyNUFC said: Ireland have never been good performers under Martin O'Neill but they get the job done. Not bad since they don't have any attacking players worth more than £5m How many stars do they have on that FIFA game though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Dan+ Posted October 10, 2017 Subscriber Share Posted October 10, 2017 4 hours ago, Azeem98 said: Sweden vs Denmark would be an interesting match up Pretty sure that exact tie was drawn for the Euros, with Sweden winning. I think it looks a pretty tough line up. Apparently Northern Ireland's results in this international break will have them moved to unseeded with Denmark taking their place. I think Denmark's probably their best bet. I think both will probably go out to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toony Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 I'd like to see them both qualify but can't really see it, looks tough. Republic of Ireland are capable of going away and nicking a 1-0 though, and the job Michael O'Neill has done with Northern Ireland is amazing so I wouldn't rule that out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBalon Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 I want to see the best teams and players in it so Italy and Portugal (if they end up in the play-offs) have to go through! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan Posted October 10, 2017 Author Administrator Share Posted October 10, 2017 Switzerland confirmed as play-off participants after losing tonight 2-0 in Portugal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan Posted October 10, 2017 Author Administrator Share Posted October 10, 2017 Switzerland/Italy/Croatia/Denmark are seeded. Northern Ireland, Sweden, Republic of Ireland/Greece unseeded. I reckon it'll be: Switzerland vs Sweden Italy vs Greece Denmark vs Northern Ireland Croatia vs Republic of Ireland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 Italy vs Greece is bound to be the most boring matchup in the history of anything. Hope Italy, Ireland, Croatia and Denmark go through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBalon Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 I hope it's not Italy against Greece because I'd like to see both countries in the tournament. The others I don't really care about to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan Posted October 10, 2017 Author Administrator Share Posted October 10, 2017 2 minutes ago, SirBalon said: I hope it's not Italy against Greece because I'd like to see both countries in the tournament. The others I don't really care about to be honest. i want Croatia and Denmark in. Croatia because I love watching Modric and they have Andrej Kramaric in their side too who seems to have found comfortability in Hoffenheim with his form now being applied internationally too. And Denmark because of Kasper Schmeichel of course, as well as Eriksen who is a superb talent. Not too bothered about the rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBalon Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 Just now, Stan said: i want Croatia There's also Rakitić for me... Yeah! Very good side to watch when they're firing on all cylinders. But they've been average for some months now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 On 09/10/2017 at 10:02 PM, HoneyNUFC said: Italy can't play Portugal as it's rigged using seeding. FIFA/UEFA don't want the big boys to miss out for financial reasons. Youd think 3rd place Portugal beating Platinis France in France would have been a sign to stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan Posted October 11, 2017 Author Administrator Share Posted October 11, 2017 1st post updated to include play-offs between other 4 confederations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 Some what of a piss take Peru get a second bite of the cherry at the risk of a whole continent not qualifying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 I'm a firm believe in wanting the very best talent at the World Cup so for me it's a no brainer who I want to progress... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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