The Road To Germany 2024

[Alan]

International football is brutal like that innit

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Beardsley, Sheringham and Heskey all got the best out of Lineker, Shearer and Owen respectively, they weren't necessarily objectively the best players around at the time but they magnified the strengths of the main man.

Common consensus would still have been in 1990 that Bryan Robson was one of England's most important players (if not the most important) but we immediately looked better when he got injured and David Platt played instead.

 

[Wilf Wolf]

Beardsley, Sheringham and Heskey all got the best out of Lineker, Shearer and Owen respectively, they weren't necessarily objectively the best players around at the time but they magnified the strengths of the main man.

Common consensus would still have been in 1990 that Bryan Robson was one of England's most important players (if not the most important) but we immediately looked better when he got injured and David Platt played instead.

In 1986 it was similar. Wilkins got suspended and Robson got injured and Hoddle and Reid came in and we looked all the better for it. Shame Reid didn’t take Maradona out before he got into full flow for his second. That said Shilton should have flattened him on his first.

 

[Kenny]

Pots for the Euro 2024 draw:

Pot 1: Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, England, Belgium

Pot 2: Hungary, Turkey, Romania, Denmark, Albania, Austria

Pot 3: Netherlands, Scotland, Croatia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Czech Republic

Pot 4: Italy, Serbia, Switzerland, 3 x Play-off winners

 

[Donegal Wolf]

Wales absolutely robbed v Turkey, at least 2 if not 3 stonewall penalties not given then Turkey get a soft one for sligth touch & forward falls over.

 

[Johnny75]

England, Denmark, Netherlands, Italy would be a tough group.

 

[Tony Towner]

You meant to say GROUP OF DEATH!!!!!

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Wales absolutely robbed v Turkey, at least 2 if not 3 stonewall penalties not given then Turkey get a soft one for sligth touch & forward falls over.

Maybe so but we aren’t good enough either

 

[jd1981]

As long as England are nowhere near Scotland I’ll be happy can’t be doing with the BS hype that surrounds that game.
Looks like Wales will probably have to beat Poland in the final play off to qualify if the get past the semi final.
Wouldn’t want Hungary from pot 2 either.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Wales won’t beat Poland. Proper conflict of interest game for my grandson but as he will be two I doubt he will care too much.

 

[Tony Towner]

In order of games we have Serbia, Denmark and Slovenia

 

[Kenny]

A) Germany, Hungary,  Scotland, Switzerland.
B) Spain, Albania, Croatia, Italy.
C) England, Denmark, Slovenia, Serbia
D) France, Austria, Holland, Play Off Winner A
E) Belgium, Romania, Slovakia, Play Off Winner B
F) Portugal, Turkey, Czechia, Play Off Winner C

Germany v Scotland will be the tournament opener

Play Off Group A - Wales, Finland, Estonia, Poland
Play Off Group B - Israel, Bosnia, Ukraine, Iceland
Play Off Group C - Greece, Luxembourg, Georgia, Kazakhstan

 

[Kenny]

Also sounded like the draw got the Molineux phone taped to a chair and playing porn treatment

 

[jd1981]

England will be happy with that, Scotland probably need to beat Switzerland second game in.

 

[Tony Towner]

If we both finish top 2 in our groups we couldn't play France until the final

 

[jd1981]

Not the best locations for games Gelsenkirchen, Frankfurt and koln

 

[Tony Towner]

Not the best locations for games Gelsenkirchen, Frankfurt and koln

In what sense? Cologne is a beautiful city

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Köln is lovely

I've not been to Gelsenkirchen but it's so close to a lot of good places that it needn't be an issue if it is rubbish

I hate Frankfurt, especially their stupid airport

 

[Kenny]

I hate Frankfurt, especially their stupid airport

Could play the game inside that. Save some travel time

 

[jd1981]

In what sense? Cologne is a beautiful city

Just personal experience from my last trip there, Gelsenkirchen is very industrial.