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they need to do a major overhaul(the Dutch) of their system basically what Germany did in the early 2000's
World Cup: 2018 WC Qualifiers Part II
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DoyleG
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rangerssharks414
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Switzerland is 9-0-0 entering the final round of qualifiers, and they most likely have to go to a playoff. That sucks.
joe89
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You know the group is bad when two teams go 8-0 against the other four teams. Third best team in the group is ranked 60 or so, that's atrocious for an european qual. group.
Snippit
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UEFA round 2 playoffs should be interested. Currently it looks like:
Seeded: Switzerland, Croatia, Northern Ireland, Italy
Un-seeded: Sweden, Denmark, Republic of Ireland, Greece,
However, the FIFA rankings will shift in October so it will be interested to see where everyone stacks up then. Notably, Italy drew Macedonia away, which is likely to hurt their FIFA ranking considerably. I could easily see them being an un-seeded team.
Regardless, the only team that I can see Italy struggling against is Croatia.
Seeded: Switzerland, Croatia, Northern Ireland, Italy
Un-seeded: Sweden, Denmark, Republic of Ireland, Greece,
However, the FIFA rankings will shift in October so it will be interested to see where everyone stacks up then. Notably, Italy drew Macedonia away, which is likely to hurt their FIFA ranking considerably. I could easily see them being an un-seeded team.
Regardless, the only team that I can see Italy struggling against is Croatia.
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ESPN has went ahead and done the seedings already.
http://www.espnfc.com/world-cup-qua...g-seeds-for-world-cup-qualifying-playoff-draw
Seeded: Italy, Switzerland, Denmark, Croatia
Un-seeded: ROI, Northern Ireland, Greece, Sweden
Of the seeded teams, Switzerland and Denmark are definitely the best ones to draw.
http://www.espnfc.com/world-cup-qua...g-seeds-for-world-cup-qualifying-playoff-draw
Seeded: Italy, Switzerland, Denmark, Croatia
Un-seeded: ROI, Northern Ireland, Greece, Sweden
Of the seeded teams, Switzerland and Denmark are definitely the best ones to draw.
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Chloraflora
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Yeah Northern Ireland losing their last two games is going to cost them in the rankings and thus being seeded.
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I agree based on talent and Pedigree but right now Switzerland is playing bettter than Croatia and even arguably Italy who really looked terrible the last few matches. The Swiss have become just a very organized and professional bunch. They've been playing punching above their weight for the past few years.
cgf
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With the Elvedi, Zakaria, Embolo, Mvogo, Edimilson, Akanji, Hadergjonaj, etc. generation establishing themselves in the senior ranks; and the Oberlin, Bamert, Janjicic, Lotomba, Hefti, etc. generation coming up behind them; their skill level should continue to rise in the coming years as well.
This WC will probably still be too soon, but come the euros they could have a really fun lineup:
Embolo - Oberlin
Zuber^ - Edmilson/Janjicic - Zakaria - Shaqiri/Widmer^
Xhaka
RiRo* - Schar* - Elvedi
Sommer
^RiRo / Spielman / Lotomba
*Akanji / Bamert / Hefti
Zuber^ - Edmilson/Janjicic - Zakaria - Shaqiri/Widmer^
Xhaka
RiRo* - Schar* - Elvedi
Sommer
^RiRo / Spielman / Lotomba
*Akanji / Bamert / Hefti
Duchene2MacKinnon
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Read on another forum of someone accusing the AFA of match fixing... they can't even pay their staff's expanses but can pay for matches? lool
Just thought I'd share that joke with y'all. Won't be in a laughing mood when Argentina draw 0-0.
Just thought I'd share that joke with y'all. Won't be in a laughing mood when Argentina draw 0-0.
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Lineup: Romero; Mercado, Mascherano, Otamendi; Salvio, Enzo Pérez, Biglia, Acuña; Messi, Di María; y Benedetto.
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Lineup: Romero; Mercado, Mascherano, Otamendi; Salvio, Enzo Pérez, Biglia, Acuña; Messi, Di María; y Benedetto.
nobody should've expected anything different. Sampa is too afraid to try some new blood and he's clearly related to Bendawhatever. I mean Dybala has played a good amount of games now. There's really no reason not to play him in his natural position and actually finish those Lio chances.
