gotosy Posted September 7, 2014 Report Share Posted September 7, 2014 Group D Germany 2-1 Scotland Georgia 1-2 Ireland Gibraltar 0-7 Poland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted September 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2014 Group F Hungary 1-2 Northern Ireland Faroe Islands 1-3 Finland Greece 0-1 Romania Group I Portugal 0-1 Albania Denmark 2-1 Armenia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted September 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2014 Group C Spain 5-1 Macedonia Luxembourg 1-1 Belarus Ukraine 0-1 Slovakia Group E Switzerland 0-2 England Estonia 1-0 Slovenia San Marino 0-2 Lithuania Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted September 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2014 Group G Russia 4-0 Liechtenstein Austria 1-1 Sweden Montenegro 2-0 Moldova Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOtherRob Posted September 8, 2014 Report Share Posted September 8, 2014 I feel like this already done, after one game. Ridiculous. We've beaten the hardest team in our group away from home and the new qualification rules are so lenient that it should be cruise control from here to France. I think the FA are going to have trouble filling Wembley because this new qualification system offers no sense of jeopardy or competition for the better teams. I guess that's the flipside of allowing more teams to qualify. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ofan Posted September 8, 2014 Report Share Posted September 8, 2014 I feel like this already done, after one game. Ridiculous. We've beaten the hardest team in our group away from home and the new qualification rules are so lenient that it should be cruise control from here to France. I think the FA are going to have trouble filling Wembley because this new qualification system offers no sense of jeopardy or competition for the better teams. I guess that's the flipside of allowing more teams to qualify. Yeah, but remember, this IS England that we're talking about. You never know.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOtherRob Posted September 8, 2014 Report Share Posted September 8, 2014 (edited) Yeah, but remember, this IS England that we're talking about. You never know.... England have qualified for every World Cup and Euros since Euro 1996 with the exception of one (that's nine out of ten tournaments in that time). And qualification for the Euros is now easier than it ever was. England's failure has always been at tournaments, not in trying to qualify for them. I'll be stunned if this qualification process isn't a cakewalk for the favourites in most groups. Edited September 8, 2014 by Rob. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted September 9, 2014 Report Share Posted September 9, 2014 England have qualified for every World Cup and Euros since Euro 1996 with the exception of one (that's nine out of ten tournaments in that time). And qualification for the Euros is now easier than it ever was. England's failure has always been at tournaments, not in trying to qualify for them. I'll be stunned if this qualification process isn't a cakewalk for the favourites in most groups. Really depends on the group. Look at Germany's 3 teams that are fighting for 2nd place. In a fair few other groups each of those 3 would have been favoured for 2nd. England is not free and clear, tricky games at Estonia and Slovenia are not going to be cakewalks. Group F is a potential toss up between 4 teams with already one surprise in NI beating Hungary. Group G is similar in that any combination of 4 teams wouldn't be too surprising. Albania beat Portugal away and Denmark nearly cocked things up already too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hansfromdenmark Posted September 9, 2014 Report Share Posted September 9, 2014 I also think they should have stayed at 16 teams, and not 24 to til finals. It will as you say be to easy for top seeded. They are not in danger. Yes, Portugal lost home Against Albania. But I don´t think they will have any trouble to qualify, because top 3 in every Group has either direct qualification or a second chance. But for a Whole Group of middle countries there are a lot in stake, Iceland who was close to World Cup qualification, Finland, and probably a lot Eastern countries has chances that they didn´t have before. But for the biggest countries there are no exitement.Another thought, what abot the very small countries. Do they have a European championschip? If you take the 8 smallest countries it could be a bit a fun for them to compete against other small sometimes. I think of the following 8 (All under 1 million inhabitants): Faroe Island, Iceland, Malta, Gibraltar, Andorra, Lichenstein, Luxembourg, San Marino. If not, whouldn´t it be fun for them to compete in the odd years (2015, 2019 etc). It matches up with 2 Groups, semifinals and finals. Then some of them will have some succes in stead of allways Loose. There a games for the small countries, but football is not one of the sports there. Well just a thought I had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanMUC Posted September 9, 2014 Report Share Posted September 9, 2014 Another thought, what abot the very small countries. Do they have a European championschip? If you take the 8 smallest countries it could be a bit a fun for them to compete against other small sometimes. I think of the following 8 (All under 1 million inhabitants): Faroe Island, Iceland, Malta, Gibraltar, Andorra, Lichenstein, Luxembourg, San Marino. If not, whouldn´t it be fun for them to compete in the odd years (2015, 2019 etc). It matches up with 2 Groups, semifinals and finals. Then some of them will have some succes in stead of allways Loose. There a games for the small countries, but football is not one of the sports there. Well just a thought I had. Well, there's this, but not for football: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Games_of_the_Small_States_of_Europe Also, the increase was a part of Platini's presidential campaign to gain votes, simple as that. Had nothing to do with giving Iceland or Finland od whoever a chance to shine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony E Loves Architecture Posted September 9, 2014 Report Share Posted September 9, 2014 Happy with England's result against Switzerland (2-0 to England). Hardest Game of our Group, we Won. Should be easy against San Marino, Lithuania, Estonia, Slovenia and hopefully Switzerland at Wembley Stadium. I'm surprised that Portugal lost to Albania. Also, it was hard to predict Gibraltar's result, as that was the First Competitive Match for Gibraltar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanMUC Posted September 9, 2014 Report Share Posted September 9, 2014 Happy with England's result against Switzerland (2-0 to England). Hardest Game of our Group, we Won. Should be easy against San Marino, Lithuania, Estonia, Slovenia and hopefully Switzerland at Wembley Stadium. I'm surprised that Portugal lost to Albania. Also, it was hard to predict Gibraltar's result, as that was the First Competitive Match for Gibraltar. LOL, what else was to be expected from Gibraltar? That they'd be a sleeping football super power, only blocked by Spain for decades for fear of them as rivals to the various titles? They're a bunch of amateurs, not unlike the Faroese when they shockingly beat Austria in their first Euro campaign 1990/1991. A freak result here and there, but 0-7 more likely again soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOtherRob Posted September 9, 2014 Report Share Posted September 9, 2014 Gibraltar did get a draw in their first match - I think it was against Slovakia or Poland. But I don't think they'll repeat those first match heroics very often! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted September 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2014 Group H Norway 0 - 2 Italy Azerbaijan 1 - 2 Bulgaria Croatia 2 - 0 Malta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted September 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2014 Group A Czech Rep 2-1 Netherlands Iceland 3-0 Turkey Kazakhstan 0-0 Latvia Group B Andorra 1-2 Wales Bosnia-Herzegovina 1-2 Cyprus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted September 9, 2014 Report Share Posted September 9, 2014 And again Bosnia losing, Iceland smacking around Turkey 3-0 and the Dutch losing shows that just because there are 24 spots doesn't mean a favourite or two won't struggle to make it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony E Loves Architecture Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 I'm not surprised about Iceland beating Turkey 3-0. Iceland are becoming a decent side. I can see Iceland making it into UEFA Euro 2016 via the Play-Offs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikarus360 Posted September 11, 2014 Report Share Posted September 11, 2014 ^^ Yeah, they almost qualified to the WC but failed in the play-offs against Croatia, which was kinda sad. I'm sure they'll make it to the WC and Euro eventually in the near future Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted October 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 Group G Sweden 1-1 Russia Liechteinstein 0-0 Montenegro Moldova 1-2 Austria 1- Russia 4 pts 2- Montenegro 4 3- Austria 4 4- Sweden 2 5- Liechtenstein 1 6- Moldova 0 Group C Slovakia 2 - 1 Spain Belarus 0 - 2 Ukraine Macedonia 3 - 2 Luxemburg 1- Slovakia 6 pts 2- Spain 3 3- Ukraine 3 4- Macedonia 3 5- Luxembourg 1 6- Belarus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted October 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 Group E England 5-0 San Marino Lithuania 1-0 Estonia Slovenia 1-0 Switzerland 1- England 6 pts 2- Lithuania 6 3- Estonia 3 4- Slovenia 3 5- Switzerland 0 6- San Marino 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOtherRob Posted October 9, 2014 Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 Oooh, Switzerland lost that one in the end did they? Good result for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luffy Posted October 9, 2014 Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 I was amazed when people told me qualification was going to be shitty. I thought otherwise, with the top 3 qualifiers, good little teams and underperforming teams will still give 100 % even after 5 matches because they will be hope for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted October 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2014 Group H Italy 2-1 Azerbaijan Bulgaria 0-1 Croatia Malta 0-3 Norway 1- Italy 6 pts 2- Croatia 6 3- Norway 3 4- Bulgaria 3 5- Azerbaijan 0 6- Malta 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted October 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2014 Group B Belgium 6-0 Andorra Cyprus 1-2 Israel Wales 0-0 Bosnia Herzegovina 1- Wales 4 pts 2- Belgium 3 3- Cyprus 3 4- Israel 3 5- Bosnia Herzegovina 1 6- Andorra 0 Group A Netherlands 3 - 1 Kazakhstan Latvia 0 - 3 Iceland Turkey 1 - 2 Czech Republic 1- Czech Republic 6 pts 2- Iceland 6 3- Netherlands 3 4- Kazakhstan 1 5- Latvia 1 6- Turkey 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted October 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2014 Group D Ireland 7-0 Gibraltar Scotland 1-0 Georgia Group F Romania 1-1 Hungary Group I Armenia 1-1 Serbia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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