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beer_war
Mar 10, 2005

Oh boy, Italy in the qualifiers.

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Polidoro
Jan 5, 2011


Huevo se dice argidia. Argidia!
Europe qualifying is a joke

cadfael
Nov 7, 2010

Wouldnt like to put my money on who will end up where in Group I

Seltzer
Oct 11, 2012

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cadfael posted:

Wouldnt like to put my money on who will end up where in Group I

Yea that's a crazy group, 4/5ths of them would beat England as well. The way the European draw is set up is really dumb.

Soulex
Apr 1, 2009


Cacati in mano e pigliati a schiaffi!

Well, so much for Albania getting past this stage.

Montasque
Jul 18, 2003

Living in a hateful world sending me straight to Heaven
England and Scotland is going to be really fun.

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

Seltzer posted:

Yea that's a crazy group, 4/5ths of them would beat England as well.

not in qualifying

mackintosh
Aug 18, 2007


Semper Fidelis Poloniae
We might actually have a chance this time.

Just kidding, watch us hilariously gently caress it up and drop points to Armenia.

Pissflaps
Oct 20, 2002

by VideoGames
England will gently caress Scotland up mmm gently caress Scotland

Lord of Garbagemen
Jan 28, 2014

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Pissflaps posted:

England will gently caress Scotland up mmm gently caress Scotland

Scott your new boy?

Twat le Piss
Aug 4, 2004

Grimey Drawer

Polidoro posted:

Europe qualifying is a joke

It is, op. It is

Mans
Sep 14, 2011

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
what was the logic for the draws because the groups seem all over the place in terms of quality and competition.

pik_d
Feb 24, 2006

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Mans posted:

what was the logic for the draws because the groups seem all over the place in terms of quality and competition.

FIFA rankings will do that for ya

Kurtofan
Feb 16, 2011

hon hon hon

pik_d posted:

FIFA rankings will do that for ya

How did Wales crawl up to number 10?

pik_d
Feb 24, 2006

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Kurtofan posted:

How did Wales crawl up to number 10?

Gareth Bale, I'd assume

nutri_void
Apr 18, 2015

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Kurtofan posted:

How did Wales crawl up to number 10?

The same way Romania climbed all the way up to number 8 and Austria got to 15: by being drawn in groups with teams worse than themselves but with higher rankings, beating them (Bosnia and Herzegovina for Wales, Greece for Romania, Russia for Austria), and consequently replacing them.

Manc Hill
Jul 19, 2001




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Wales beat Belgium as well which had to be good for a few points

atomic gog
Apr 11, 2005


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Kurtofan posted:

How did Wales crawl up to number 10?

Were insanely good now!! And we beat belgum when they were 2nd in the world. Also we stopped playing pointless international friendlies that damage your fifa ranking.

sassassin
Apr 3, 2010

by Azathoth

excuse me lady posted:

Wales beat Belgium as well which had to be good for a few points

We've played them 3 times in the last two years and not lost against them.

Somehow they're highly ranked so we bagged huge points.

sassassin
Apr 3, 2010

by Azathoth

pik_d posted:

Gareth Bale, I'd assume

ftw

Real Name Grover
Feb 13, 2002

Like corn on the cob
Fan of Britches
The USMNT will play the winner of Aruba/St. Vincent & the Grenadines November 13 at Busch Stadium in St. Louis and then in Trinidad on the 17th.

Not sure why we're doing qualifiers in a baseball stadium in lieu of an MLS venue (NFL stadium would be way too big given the opponent), but hey, whatever.

Mean Bean Machine
May 9, 2008

Only when I breathe.
I'm glad the USMNT is playing teams more on their level after being humiliated by Jamaica and Panama.

Real Name Grover
Feb 13, 2002

Like corn on the cob
Fan of Britches
Meanwhile, Miguel Herrera got sacked


E: Or maybe not (yet). News conference at 3 p.m. ET

Real Name Grover fucked around with this message at 18:23 on Jul 28, 2015

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Aug 31, 2004


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dumbass, why fight a journalist? I would just tell him to shut the gently caress up like Sherman did

Soulex
Apr 1, 2009


Cacati in mano e pigliati a schiaffi!

Weaponized Cum posted:

dumbass, why fight a journalist? I would just tell him to shut the gently caress up like Sherman did

Hi, journalist here! Fighting a journalist is a bad idea, we have been steering conversations and interviews for years. We could flip the switch quickly and make things look bad.

Sherman rocked that, he steered the conversation, blocked and bridged, and shut that dude down. Skip was either getting told to keep it going or he was just stupid. When the personal attacks start, you want to end the interview and have a word with their PR team.

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sassassin
Apr 3, 2010

by Azathoth
Wales are going to go ahead of England in the rankings next month due to points against Holland becoming worth less.

We did it, lads.

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