Henry Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Scotland have been confirmed in the third pot of seeds for this month's World Cup qualifying draw after the latest Fifa rankings were announced.Gordon Strachan's team have dropped one place to 29th, despite a friendly win over Qatar and a draw against the Republic of Ireland last month.The rankings form the basis for the seeding for the qualifying draw, which takes place on 25 July.Scotland were fourth seeds for their current European Championship campaign.It means the Scots will avoid a rematch with Euro 2016 qualifying opponents Poland, as well as other third seeds Ukraine, Hungary, Sweden, Albania, Northern Ireland, Serbia and Greece.They could face England or Wales who are among the top seeds, while Italy and France are dangerous second seeds.There will be seven groups of six teams and another two groups of five. The nine group winners qualify for Russia 2018 and the eight best runners-up play off for a further four spots.Scotland sit third in Group D behind Poland and Germany in the race for a Euro 2016 spot. Can't believe the Welsh are top seeds. Pot 1 BelgiumCroatiaEnglandGermanyNetherlandsPortugalRomaniaSpainWales Pot 2 AustriaBosnia-HerzegovinaCzech RepublicDenmarkFranceIcelandItalySlovakiaSwitzerland Pot 3 AlbaniaGreeceHungaryNorthern IrelandPolandScotlandSerbiaSwedenUkraine Pot 4 BulgariaEstoniaFaroe IslandsIsraelMontenegroNorwayRepublic of IrelandSloveniaTurkey Pot 5 ArmeniaAzerbaijanBelarusCyprusFinlandLatviaLithuaniaFYR MacedoniaMoldova Pot 6 AndorraGeorgiaKazakhstanLiechtensteinLuxembourgMaltaSan Marino Pretty harsh on one team to finish second and not even get a play-off spot. Link to comment
thedandydon Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Faroes in the same pot as Ireland?! Whats that about? Link to comment
Site Sponsor RTYD Posted July 10, 2015 Site Sponsor Share Posted July 10, 2015 That is absolutely gads. Drop a place despite not losing a game since fuck knows when. I don't get the rankings at all. Pointless exercise, another competition where I'd rather it was a free for all.SFA were warned that merely playing Qatar would lose placings. Link to comment
dave_min Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 WalesBosniaScotlandFaroesMoldovaSan Marino Please. 2 Link to comment
360 Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Who's going to be the first to tell us that they don't care about the Scottish national team? Link to comment
minijc Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 I don't mind the national team but it's all a load of shite really, lads. Link to comment
Pudgie Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 WalesBosniaScotlandFaroesMoldovaSan Marino Please.Came to post that exact group. Cracking post! Link to comment
Byrne Baby Byrne Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 The pots are bizarre. Dont get it. Wales were pot 6 for the last world cup and are now pot 1 without achieving anything. I remember Norway were randomly pot 1 for the last World Cup without qualifying for anything since Euro 2000. Now they are 4. Fit?? It's gonna be another qualification when you look at 1 group that looks hard as fuck then you cant believe how easy another group looks. I think its clear what will happen... GermanyItalyScotlandTurkeyBelarusGeorgia EnglandIcelandNorthern IrelandFaroesMoldovaSan Marino 2 Link to comment
dave_min Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Came to post that exact group. Cracking post!You don't win multiple best newcomer awards by accident. I'm currently finalising travel details assuming that group is correct. Link to comment
Foster14 Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 The pots are bizarre. Dont get it. Wales were pot 6 for the last world cup and are now pot 1 without achieving anything. I remember Norway were randomly pot 1 for the last World Cup without qualifying for anything since Euro 2000. Now they are 4. Fit?? It's gonna be another qualification when you look at 1 group that looks hard as fuck then you cant believe how easy another group looks. I think its clear what will happen... GermanyItalyScotlandTurkeyBelarusGeorgia EnglandIcelandNorthern IrelandFaroesMoldovaSan Marino Wales are the 10th best team in the world just now, dont you know? Link to comment
Byrne Baby Byrne Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Wales are the 10th best team in the world just now, dont you know? Whoever gets Wales from Pot 1 is in for a sma bounce They are definitely a decent side with Bale, Ramsay and a few other half decent players. But then on the bench there is some absolute horse. Like Michael Bird. Link to comment
boboisared Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 I don't want to play Wales because Bale/Ramsey. Link to comment
reekie_dock Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Why is Brazil not there??? Link to comment
Mr John Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 That is absolutely gads. Drop a place despite not losing a game since fuck knows when. I don't get the rankings at all. Pointless exercise, another competition where I'd rather it was a free for all. Ditto. Once again the same teams get an easy draw through to the big money tournament, while other nations are doomed to another mediocre run out. I'm going to France next year in the hope I see a Scottish game, or at least hope we are there, but I'm prepared for disappointment and will settle for a random game between two seeded nations. I'd love it to be a free draw, like the cups in National Leagues. Imagine a qualifying group of Spain, Germany, France, etc? Well worth watching. And imagine if the Faroes got a group with Albania, Lichenstein, Luxembourg & Malta or something? Would be great to see one of them qualify for Euro or World Cup tournaments! But NO FIFArt is ruled by MONEY so it's the same old big draws into the hat every two years. Who are in England's qualifying group at the moment? A bag of sweets, a dead badger and your Gran? Aye they'll scrape through then get mullered in France. C'est merde. 1 Link to comment
Redstar Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Why is Brazil not there???He retired from International Duty about 30 years ago...he's now a radio presenter on Talksport... 1 Link to comment
V for Vendetta Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 That is absolutely gads. Drop a place despite not losing a game since fuck knows when. I don't get the rankings at all. Pointless exercise, another competition where I'd rather it was a free for all. Its the SFA fault for arranging a game with Qatar. Basically that was always going to drop points even if we won. Fucking mongs should have picked the correct opponent and we might have been in pot 2. Link to comment
Chewie37 Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 It's the SFA, run by numpties who can't see past getting the best junket/bonus right now. Then get upset when things don't work out a year later, fuds Link to comment
Dandyesque Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 The pots are bizarre. Dont get it. Wales were pot 6 for the last world cup and are now pot 1 without achieving anything. I remember Norway were randomly pot 1 for the last World Cup without qualifying for anything since Euro 2000. Now they are 4. Fit?? It's gonna be another qualification when you look at 1 group that looks hard as fuck then you cant believe how easy another group looks. I think its clear what will happen... GermanyItalyScotlandTurkeyBelarusGeorgia EnglandIcelandNorthern IrelandFaroesMoldovaSan MarinoI have no doubt we will get Italy or France Link to comment
muttonhumper Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 I have no doubt we will get Italy or France I hope we do get France... Link to comment
Clydeside_Sheep Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 The road to russia eh? Will Strachan succeed, where both Hitler and Napoleon failed? Link to comment
Mr John Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 The road to russia eh? Will Strachan succeed, where both Hitler and Napoleon failed? No. Link to comment
Henry Posted July 24, 2015 Author Share Posted July 24, 2015 Draw is at 4pm. It should also be noted that UEFA have requested that England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands must be drawn into a group containing six teams. As an integral part of the European Qualifiers concept, UEFA will make arrangements for the teams drawn into the two groups of five teams to organise centralised friendly matches for the ten teams concerned as well as for Russia (in principle, with Group I). UEFA will announce the dates and kick-off times of these friendlies in due course after the Preliminary Draw. Link to comment
wicker83 Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Every country outside of pot 1 must be praying for Wales as the 'big' team. Link to comment
Dave Bus Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Every country outside of pot 1 must be praying for Wales as the 'big' team.I think they'll be wanting Romania, Wales have players like Ramsey and bale who can single handedly win a game, don't know of anyone for Romania who can do that, Adrian Mutu is long gone Link to comment
Poodler Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Half the scotland team won't know which way to shoot min. What a circus those fixtures will be Link to comment
CHOW87 Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Slovakia will be tough - currently on maximum points from their Euro 16 group - but we should be looking for a top two finish. Couple of decent away trips for the Tartan Army. Link to comment
minijc Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 I'd be tempted to go to the Lithuania and Slovakia away matches, if @@dave_min wants to relive our wonderful night in Slovenia then I may be up for it Link to comment
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