World Cup qualifying

[diamond_ace 3,112]

14 minutes ago, TheLastOlympian07 said:

what the fuck hey? lol damn that is crazy that all these teams are missing out but like wtf Netherlands? first Euro and now World Cup? damn

On top of that: Italy, Switzerland, Sweden, and Croatia are in the extra playoff round for Europe, for teams that finished second in their groups. They still have to play their way in. Could still be no Buffon, Bonucci, Shaqiri, Xhaka, Modric, Rakitic. Sweden are unseeded too, so there's a 3/4 chance they'll face one of the other three (although with Zlatan retiring from internationals, the closest thing Sweden have to a big name is Lindelof - forgot Zlatan left the team)

Ivory Coast need to win away at Morocco to top their group in African qualifying, so Aurier, Bailly, Doumbia...

Edited October 11, 2017 by diamond_ace

[diamond_ace 3,112]

8 minutes ago, Gudnason said:

 

Zlatan out

 

Not yet. Sweden are in the playoff round.

Italy/Switzerland/Croatia/Denmark are the seeded playoff teams

Sweden/Ireland/Northern Ireland/Greece are the non-seeded.

 

Zlatan will have to beat one of the seeded teams, but he's technically not yet out.

 

 

EDIT: Corrected - Zlatan retired from internationals

Edited October 11, 2017 by diamond_ace

[Gudnason 607]

1 minute ago, diamond_ace said:

 

Not yet. Sweden are in the playoff round.

Italy/Switzerland/Croatia/Denmark are the seeded playoff teams

Sweden/Ireland/Northern Ireland/Greece are the non-seeded.

 

Zlatan will have to beat one of the seeded teams, but he's technically not yet out.

 

Didn't he retire from international play though

[diamond_ace 3,112]

1 minute ago, Gudnason said:

 

Didn't he retire from international play though

Yeah he did, forgot about that

[Kendrick 4,741]

Good to see Iceland in though. Them Senegal, Syria and the rest of the underrated are well represented at WC2018. Germany will win of course

[Gudnason 607]

9 minutes ago, Kendrick said:

Good to see Iceland in though. Them Senegal, Syria and the rest of the underrated are well represented at WC2018. Germany will win of course

 

Syria didn't make it

[Kendrick 4,741]

1 minute ago, Gudnason said:

 

Syria didn't make it

Meh

[diamond_ace 3,112]

43 minutes ago, Kendrick said:

Good to see Iceland in though. Them Senegal, Syria and the rest of the underrated are well represented at WC2018. Germany will win of course

Never mind Gudnason got it

Edited October 11, 2017 by diamond_ace

[Tyler 885]

1 hour ago, diamond_ace said:

 

USA out. Chile out. Netherlands out. Wales out.

 

Pulisic, Robben, Depay, Sanchez, Vidal, Bale. Non-WC all stars could get at least to the semis

 

 

was disappointed in Wales but at least Ireland has a chance

[diamond_ace 3,112]

1 minute ago, Tyler said:

 

was disappointed in Wales but at least Ireland has a chance

 

Ireland's chances hinge upon them drawing Denmark. If they face any of the other seeded teams (Italy, Croatia, Switzerland) they've already lost. Ireland can definitely take Denmark out though, and a 1/4 chance is more than USA have

[Tyler 885]

Just now, diamond_ace said:

 

Ireland's chances hinge upon them drawing Denmark. If they face any of the other seeded teams (Italy, Croatia, Switzerland) they've already lost. Ireland can definitely take Denmark out though, and a 1/4 chance is more than USA have

 

Wish they could have drawn Northern Ireland lol

 

I think Ireland could beat any of those three frankly especially if they play together It's a big task but it's hardly impossible

[diamond_ace 3,112]

1 minute ago, Tyler said:

 

Wish they could have drawn Northern Ireland lol

 

I think Ireland could beat any of those three frankly especially if they play together It's a big task but it's hardly impossible

Ireland vs Northern Ireland would have been fun, if one of them could have gotten seeded.

 

Ireland vs Denmark: I'd honestly favor Ireland. Barely, but I'd favor them. I'd say 55-60% or so.

Ireland vs Switzerland: Maybe 25%.

Ireland vs Croatia: 15 or so.

Ireland vs Italy: lol. Single digits. I'd like that to happen though - so many big teams out, if Italy got out, it would make things very interesting...