VillaChris Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 arriving in France around June 2016. Greece are in ruins and Finland aren't capable of getting 20 points. Norn Iron need 11 points to qualify, still have to play Finland twice and Faroes. Magnificent achievement considering half their squad are championship/league one. Thought their big chance of the last decade was when Healy couldn't stop scoring. Great stuff if we can get all the british teams in euro 2016. Wales have a great chance and Scotland have a fighting chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 9 from 9 so far, doing very well indeed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDuck Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Good luck to em, although in fairness it seems harder NOT to qualify for the next Euros... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Well they've made it a lot easier to qualify so you'll be getting more weak teams making the cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted October 15, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted October 15, 2014 You just know they will meet, and beat england in the tournament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted October 15, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted October 15, 2014 Not that I don't want them to qualify, because I really do. But this is a bit premature isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted October 15, 2014 Moderator Share Posted October 15, 2014 Well this thread could come back to haunt you VillaChris...,. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 way too early, they are a team that can collapse and not win in 6. Good manager though in Michael O'Neill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 I'd love it if 1) England qualify and 2) a couple of the other home nations also qualify. It would also be great if the supporters of the home nations whilst in France kind of mixed together as a kind of UK/GB supporters group... but what will probably happen is they'll all be all over the news for fighting with each other for no apparent reason. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NulliSecundus Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Fair play NI! Great start Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 great for them if they can, they've got the platform and no real teams to fear so why not? Scotland have it tough though with both Ireland and Poland just as capable of finishing second - I still expect Germany to recover and win the group comfortably. Although there are some 3rd places who go to a play-off aren't there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 How did that group ever get made? Incredible luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 How did that group ever get made? Incredible luck. Yep. Most of those teams are barely even 2nd seed quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted October 15, 2014 Author Share Posted October 15, 2014 Greece were somehow pot 1 seeds so even more dubious than the Swiss,,,someone at Uefa probably fell asleep watching them and left their name in pot 1. Romania in fairness usually float around 2nd in groups so I have no issue with them being that ranking. Norn Iron did strike gold with Hungary and Finland being 3rd and 4th seeds respectively, I'd imagine those two were the weakest of the options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Looking through the Norn Iron squad, it's hardly awful is it? A lot of Premier League experience there, even if they're getting on a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Greece were somehow pot 1 seeds so even more dubious than the Swiss,,,someone at Uefa probably fell asleep watching them and left their name in pot 1. Romania in fairness usually float around 2nd in groups so I have no issue with them being that ranking. Norn Iron did strike gold with Hungary and Finland being 3rd and 4th seeds respectively, I'd imagine those two were the weakest of the options. Greece the Euro 2004 winners who made the quarters of Euro 2012 and were penalties away from the same in 2014 and qualified for 2 previous events. Dont know how they got Pot1 seedings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted October 16, 2014 Author Share Posted October 16, 2014 Looking through the Norn Iron squad, it's hardly awful is it? A lot of Premier League experience there, even if they're getting on a bit. A lot of those guys are in their mid 30s though, like McCauley. I thought Aaron Hughes was still somewhere in the premier league but turns out he's a reserve at Brighton these days. Their starting 11 the other night was: Roy Carroll (Notts County) Ryan McCaughlin (Liverpool but don't think he's ever played for them in the league) Gareth McCauley (reserve at WBA) Aaron Hughes (reserve at Brighton) Shane Ferguson (SHA reject who dosen't make the bench for Newcastle) Steven Davis (regular at Southampton) Oliver Norwood (Reading) Chris Baird (reserve at West Brom) Corry Evans (regular at Blackburn, will probably be playing in the prem before too long) Jamie Ward (good player, ex youth player here. Will be playing in the prem for Derby next season I reckon). Lafferty (an enigma but on fire this season, sub at Norwich currently). They were missing Johnny Evans and Chris Brunt but apart from that is their regular team so hardly brimming with PL regulars and certainly the weakest of the home nations. Michael O'Neill is performing miracles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villarule123 Posted October 16, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted October 16, 2014 I don't mind who qualifies if it's anyone other than Scotland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Greece were somehow pot 1 seeds so even more dubious than the Swiss,,,someone at Uefa probably fell asleep watching them and left their name in pot 1. Romania in fairness usually float around 2nd in groups so I have no issue with them being that ranking. Norn Iron did strike gold with Hungary and Finland being 3rd and 4th seeds respectively, I'd imagine those two were the weakest of the options. Greece the Euro 2004 winners who made the quarters of Euro 2012 and were penalties away from the same in 2014 and qualified for 2 previous events. Dont know how they got Pot1 seedings Even so, if you're going to pull anyone from that pot you want it to be Greece. I don't know who else was in pot 2, but it does seem they got the worst of every other pot. They should make it with the start they've had. If they don't surely they will be disappointed now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 oh yeah I would have preferred Ireland to get them but I was arguing about people compaining how they were top seeds when been one of Europes most consistent qualifiers in last decade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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