2014 World Cup qualifying draw

[Novo]

On later today at 7 hope England get Slovenia, Ireland, Georgia, Faroe Islands, San Marino. Should get an 100% record in that group

Pot One: England, Spain, Holland, Germany, Portugal, Italy, Croatia, Norway, Greece

Pot Two: France, Montenegro, Russia, Sweden, Denmark, Slovenia, Turkey, Serbia, Slovakia

Pot Three: Switzerland, Israel, Rep of Ireland, Belgium, Czech Republic, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Belarus, Ukraine, Hungary

Pot Four: N Ireland, Scotland, Bulgaria, Romania, Georgia, Lithuania, Albania, Austria, Poland

Pot Five: Armenia, Finland, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Moldova, FYR Macedonia, Azerbaijan, Faroe Islands

Pot Six: Wales, Liechtenstein, Iceland, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, Malta, Andorra, San Marino

[Smithy]

We got a bunch of easy ones last time and still cocked it up :nono:

[Novo]

We didn't lose a game

[Locke.]

Hope we get a bit of a tough group this time so the games are good and you can look forward to them.. last time around all the games just felt like friendlies

[Marc]

Hoping for easy draw :)

[Boothy]

Is it being shown on telly or anything?

I'd like to get Ireland, Northern Ireland or Scotland and Wales. Just for the home nations aspect of it.

[Benjamin]

I hope we get a few tough teams to get us better prepared for the World Cup. If we have an easy ride we get complacent.

[Novo]

We need the easiest draw possible to make sure we actually make it to the world cup

[Novo]

Is it being shown on telly or anything?

I'd like to get Ireland, Northern Ireland or Scotland and Wales. Just for the home nations aspect of it.

Think coverage is on the BBC website

[Grimnir]

Pot Five: Faroe Islands

Pot Six: Wales

:joker:

[Wildcat!]

Hoping for easy draw :)

ONe of the reasons why Englan dont perform at the worl cup, is because they always get a cupcake quaolifying draw. THen they show up, not ready. IF I was you, I wold hope for at least one or 2 legit teams, to get you competition ready, when the World cup starts!

[Novo]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/8394903.stm

[Locke.]

On Sky Sports News aswell

[Locke.]

Really hope we get San Marino aswell, would be one of the greatest games ever

[Shaun]

2014 is being hosted in Brazil isn't it?

[Shaun]

must say I'm surprised Norway are in the top pot and France aren't (even though they imploded at 2010)

[Boothy]

The European groups are expected be drawn after 2015 BST.

I'll come back in an hour then.

[Chuck]

2014 is being hosted in Brazil isn't it?

Yeah :elephant:

[Novo]

must say I'm surprised Norway are in the top pot and France aren't (even though they imploded at 2010)

They haven't qualified for the world cup since 1998 and the last time they were in the european championships was 2000. no way should they be in Pot 1 but the ranking system is wank

[Wildcat!]

They haven't qualified for the world cup since 1998 and the last time they were in the european championships was 2000. no way should they be in Pot 1 but the ranking system is wank

France was in the 2002 WC as defending champions. And I should know, because, we kicked their asses, in the opening game! :D
But, given their performances, they deserve to be in pot 2. POt 2, or 1, are the same anyways. If France is really good, they will probably win their group. And actually, I expect them to do so this time around.

[Novo]

I was talking about Norway :joker:

[Wildcat!]

I was talking about Norway :joker:

Oh! Oops! OK! :blush2:

[Locke.]

England
France
Republic of Ireland
Scotland
Finland
San Marino

That will do

[Shaun]

Seychelles vs. Kenya! WOOOO

(oh and hello there Wildcat, welcome back (i haven't seen you on here in a while :)))

[Shaun]

I reckon we'll get Russia, Israel, Lithuania, Cyprus and Malta

[Wildcat!]

By the way, its bull**** how they set up the african qualifiers. YOu have to win your group, in the first round. Then those 10 group winners, get draws, for head to head elimination, in the second round (2legs) . WHich means, 2 very good team can meet up, in the second round. It coudl be Cote Divoire, vs Ghana in the second, an one of them will be eliminated. Or cameroon vs Nigeria. Whatever, I dont know why they accepted this format.

[Shaun]

It seems very complicated

[Novo]

DarlingComedy on Twitter: "The WC draw is like Eurovision, everyone is speaking another language and there's one English guy trying to make sense of it all."

:joker:

[Novo]

Ivory Coast and Morroco will be a good game

[Novo]

São Tomé and Príncipe

Best name ever

[Shaun]

were Burkina Faso in there at all? Their name is awesome

[Shaun]

I still don't understand how China can have like 1.4 billion people and not one of them be a good footballer

[Shaun]

about 70% of the world's population and they only get 4, maybe 5, teams in the competition. Baffling.

[Novo]

Yeah you would think China would have produced 1 world class star by now

[Novo]

South Korea could use a second string team and still qualify easily with these lot of jobbers

[Shaun]

why bother :bored: the 4 will be Japan, S Korea, Australia and...oh actually idk for the fourth. Maybe Saudi Arabia.

[Novo]

Oceania up next after this singing ****e

[Novo]

Thought that was Zico on the keyboard then :joker:

[Chuck]

zzzzZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZzzzzz

[Shaun]

I'm pretty sure there's a woman there but I can't hear a woman's voice

[Chuck]

She's my favourite lezbo <3

[michael21]

i got the draw on live it taking its longest what with the singing now :bawling:

[Chuck]

Imma post a pic of that Lucas on the Hot Guy Thread later <3

[Shaun]

good chuck :love:

CAN WE SKIP THESE FAILS AND GO TO EUROPE PLEASE. EVERYONE KNOWS IT'LL BE USA AND MEXICO FGS

[Shaun]

oh a third...hmm. Probably Jamaica then.

[Wildcat!]

I still don't understand how China can have like 1.4 billion people and not one of them be a good footballer

Its not one of their traditional sports! And furthermore, They are lacking physically, when it comes to football. But I think they can be a factor, going forward, because nowadays, Football is getting really popular in Asia. Thanks to south Korea mainly. They have shown, that you ont have to be big an strong to have a good soccer team. Technique plays a huge role in football. AN the asians, once the sport become popular, will be able to get in there.

Also Japan did just win womens worl cup. I think its a sign for things to come, from asian teams.

[Chuck]

This is very confusing :sad:

[Shaun]

US Virgin Islands? Oh I didn't know Zee was a country

[Chuck]

:laugh:

He lost his virginity two months ago though :evilgrin:

[Shaun]

not all of it :suspect: -gossip-

[Chuck]

Suriname is NOT in Central America. :suspect:

[Novo]

Its not one of their traditional sports! And furthermore, They are lacking physically, when it comes to football. But I think they can be a factor, going forward, because nowadays, Football is getting really popular in Asia. Thanks to south Korea mainly. They have shown, that you ont have to be big an strong to have a good soccer team. Technique plays a huge role in football. AN the asians, once the sport become popular, will be able to get in there.

Also Japan did just win womens worl cup. I think its a sign for things to come, from asian teams.

The Women's game is so open England beat Japan 2-0 but Japan went on to win it. it's basically like League two football.

[Chuck]

João Gilberto :love:

[Shaun]

Yeah I was wondering wtf about Suriname. omg this band, they're releasing all of my favourite jams.

-wonders wtf Qatar will put on during their draw shows.... live stonings?-

[Locke.]

How long left for Europe?

[Boothy]

This man looks like he's been dead for 10 years.

[Shaun]

since when was Australia in Asia and not Oceania :suspect:

[Chuck]

This is actually really boring. :bored:

[Chuck]

This is more appropriate for the Opening Ceremony, nobody is interested in your music atm, just GT FO.

[Shaun]

-snores-

[Boothy]

Here we go.

[Shaun]

lmao Ronaldo <3

[Boothy]

Ronaldo :love:

Must be devastating to have been one of the best strikers to ever play football, yet be known to everyone as 'The Fat Ronaldo'

[Shaun]

oh dear, he's let himself go

he looks like Craig Charles

[Chuck]

Ronaldo <3

[Chuck]

Pele reminds me of a frog :suspect:

[Chuck]

wiz star wiz ways <3

[Novo]

Scotland and Wales in the same group

[Shaun]

-is rooting for England to get Group A-

[Locke.]

Yeah Group A would be nice

[Shaun]

Poland only in the fourth pot? I thought they were quite good.

[Shaun]

Russia and Georgia can't be in the same group :laugh2:

[Shaun]

Group C is nasty

[Novo]

Bad group for Ireland

[Boothy]

Not a bad group. Better than Group I

[Novo]

Amazing group for us

[Shaun]

England have Montenegro, Ukraine, Poland and two irrelevant messes. Not bad.

[Locke.]

Not an easy group but not really hard either, we'll win it

[Locke.]

Just realized we've got San Marino LOL!!!! Get in

[KG.]

We should win ours comfortably, Montenegro will be tough though.

[Lee.]

Who have Scotland got?

[Novo]

The only hard game might be Ukraine Poland are awful now and Montenegro have 2/3 stars and the rest of the team are average at best

[Novo]

Who have Scotland got?

Group A: Croatia, Serbia, Belgium, SCOTLAND, Macedonia, WALES

[Locke.]

This is what we've got to look forward to

UBBD6STiMDY

But knowing us we'll probably end up being just the 2nd team in history to lose to San Marino

[Lee.]

Group A: Croatia, Serbia, Belgium, SCOTLAND, Macedonia, WALES

Hmmm.. not bad I suppose.

[Novo]

Hmmm.. not bad I suppose.

Allan Mcgregor might get you a clean sheet or two but that's about it :idc:

[Lee.]

Allan Mcgregor might get you a clean sheet or two but that's about it :idc:

Scotland are ****e... but we know it and don't expect anything other than the worst... that way anything worth actually celebrating is a bonus.

[Novo]

2058: Group I: Spain, France, Belarus, Georgia, Finland
2058: Group H: ENGLAND, Montenegro, Ukraine, Poland, Moldova, San Marino
2057: Group G: Greece, Slovakia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Lithuania, Latvia, Lichtenstein
2057: Group F: Portugal, Russia, Israel, NORTHERN IRELAND, Azerbaijan, Luxembourg
2057: Group E: Norway, Slovenia, Switzerland, Albania, Cyprus, Iceland.
2057: Group D: Netherlands, Turkey, Hungary, Romania, Estonia, Andorra.
2056: Group C: Germany, Sweden, Republic of Ireland, Austria, Faroe Islands, Kazakhstan.
2056: Group B: Italy, Denmark, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Armenia, Malta.
2056: Group A: Croatia, Serbia, Belgium, SCOTLAND, Macedonia, WALES

Red - The Winners of each group
Green - The Runners up

[Novo]

Double figures against San Mario home and away we'll even recall francis Jeffers and give him the full 90 up front

[Wildcat!]

Easy group for England. But, again, they wont be battle tested, entering the world cup.
France and Spain, will be tested. And more than likely, will both qualify for the World cup. Personaly, I think France wins that group.

[Chuck]

2058: 2056: Group B: Italy, Denmark, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Armenia, Malta.
Macedonia, WALES

Red - The Winners of each group
Green - The Runners up

D:

[Shaun]

Italy have been dicking around for a bit, but I think 2010 will have taught them a lesson

[Locke.]

Italy are nothing compared to what they used to be

[Novo]

Italy will be okay if they give the younger players a chance.. they are slowly getting rid of the 2006 team now

[Wildcat!]

Italy will be okay if they give the younger players a chance.. they are slowly getting rid of the 2006 team now

Balotelli! :D
Believe it, or not, he will be wicked, in the coming years. mark, my words!

[Novo]

De Rossi :worship:

[joeysteele]

I think it's a pity Wales and Scotland are in the same group.

[Grimnir]

norway and greece groups are weak compared to other groups

why are they top seeds? :conf: