World Cup 2006 european qualifying group seeds

[Zygalski]

SEEDINGS:

Pot A: France, Portugal, Sweden, Czech Republic, Spain, Italy, England, Turkey
Pot B: Holland, Croatia, Belgium, Denmark, Russia, Ireland, Slovenia, Poland
Pot C: Bulgaria, Romania, Scotland, S&M, Switz'land, Greece, Slovakia, Austria
Pot D: Ukraine, Iceland, Finland, Norway, Israel, Bosnia, Latvia, Wales
Pot E: Hungary, Georgia, Belarus, Cyprus, Estonia, N.Ireland, Lithuania, M'donia
Pot F: Albania, Armenia, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Faroes, Malta, S. Marino, L'stein
Pot G: Andorra, Luxembourg, Kazakhstan



Imagine a group:
England
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
N. Ireland
and..... Faroe Isles.

What would be the chances of that for a group?
Would be great if it did happen though.

At the moment, who would win between Scotland and Wales? I think Wales are currently the better team.

I can see Poland and England meeting up again..... (spookily)

[larsson]

IMO the "easiest" group for England would be:
Slovenia, Austria, Bosnia, N.Ireland, San Marino
-> almost no possibilities for losing points :D
Poland wouldn´t be a good opponent I think, they´re strong in the last months, 3-1 against Italy, 4-2 against Serbia, 2-1 in Hungary and 2-0 in Latvia are the last four matches. Don´t forget: Latvia has beaten Turkey. ;)
In "your" group I would like to see Ireland on the 1st place ;)

[Gary G]

England could also be in the same group as Holland and Ukraine, i wouldn't fancy that group.

[Giggsy11]

England are like the Liverpool of today, they are capable of beating anyone but never find the form to do it.

[Zygalski]

England finished top of their qualifying groups when they had Italy, Germany and Turkey in them so they are capable of beating these teams (as well as Argentina ;) ) when they have to.

..... no don't ask me about the Sweden qualifying group... some kind of world cup hangover......

I think England do deserve to be a top seed based on recent performances and I reckon they will get one tough team in their group but they will be able to handle them whoever they may be. :)

But this thread isn't just about England. What do other people think about how other teams will get on?

[MatPhillips]

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[MatPhillips]

i'd love a "home nations" group! it'd be cool.

i'd like the home nations championship brought back!

[Mike21]

I'll give my opinion when the draw has been done :)

[MatPhillips]

is the draw 5:30pm tonight????

i gotta work til 7pm so i may have to put the radio on!

[larsson]

http://forum.pesinsight.com/showthread.php?t=4774

Lets use this thread to talk about the qualifying round.

[Zygalski]

I thought we could have included the groups in this thread too.... but oh well.....

Now not many people will see my corrent prediction of Poland, Wales and N.Ireland! :(