New thread as the last thread seems to be broken.
TBF every airline does the same thing. Same as hotels. Try getting AL to London when we play England at Twickenham then check prices the week before and after.
I think our defence will bully that eejit Hojlund if we get through
Have to feel for Ukraine - top seeds, and have to face Sweden and then most likely Poland. Obviously don't even really get the benefit of the home draw they have - and since they've been playing all their 'home' games in Poland, the ground that has become their home is actually actively away for the second fixture. I presume they'll arrange these games to be somewhere else, but it just means being even further from Ukraine for it. Probably set up camp in Germany I'd say.
I was on the sites for flights as soon as the name came out they flew up. I was in for 200 return but kept getting rejected and going up and up. Mad prices now.
Booked Dublin to London Heathrow 9am Wednesday Morning and Heathrow to Prague 2pm (similar times return on Saturday). €210 all in, British Airways. Hotel in Prague 2 for €300 for 3 nights. Split with another. Same hotel is 700 now.
Sweden are not good at all.
But yeah, playing Poland after that is a tough one.
6th in fact
The big problem will be getting tickets, the Czech stadium only holds 20k so going to be a small away allowance
Sweden were rubbish under Thomasson, but have 4 months to sort themselves out under Potter. Even just having Gyokeres and Isak back fully fit will make them a huge challenge (considering they're a pot 4 team!)
So as a top seed, they've gotten the hardest pot 2 team, and the hardest pot 4 team, obviously can't play at home because of the invasion anyway, and now can't play in their home-away-from-home either. Tough break under the circumstances.
I was very impressed by him in the Scotland game, thought he was one of their stand out players.
He has an excellent first touch and got a couple of shots that forced keeper into good saves.
I wouldn't call him an eejit based on how he played for Utd, they didnt help him. And Denmark bossed Scotland for 80min. If we meet, they'll be clear favourites
As good a draw we could have hoped for .
Was praying for home part , so a 50 % chance there is a God.
After Parrott's goals , im reestablishing my relationships with the universe....
This week is gift that keeps giving...next 4 months will be fabulous...
Macedonia had nothing to play for in that 7-1 battering which played its part. They knew whatever happened they would be in the playoffs.
plenty of trains from Bratislava also
It's nice to have something to look forward to.
I enjoy the build up more than anything.
Imagine if we make the WC.
We've a very good chance of making Euro 28 also.
All the extra revenue could be invested back into the game.
I'm getting ahead of myself.
I hope that's Harry Potter you mean.
Graham Potter certainly won't be performing any miracles….
This is the auld conflation of premier league with the broader world of football… Potter's not a brilliant top top tier manager, but in the sphere of international management, he's absolutely grand. He's certainly not some obstacle to overcome or something. And importantly he's also talked about moving away from Thomasson's crazy tactics and just going for a solid hard working setup that just gives a platform for very very good attackers.
But again, they're by miles the toughest pot 4 opponent, and by then will probably have two top class strikers to call upon again, along with Elanga and Bergvall, who weren't fit for much of this campaign.
The point was, it's about the toughest set of circumstances an already (literally) besieged Ukraine could've gotten.
This entire week has been a total shock .
Prior to last week , i would have looked at the playoffs going ..they are a nightmare and too hard.
But to be in them is such fun...and was on edge of seat for draw.
Like a mini cup to qualify for world cup ...and lovely that it is in March nothing else on..(end of 6 nations i guess)
Only downside for all.the teams in playoffs..genuinely is very late in the day for any of them to make world cup arrangements..for team and fans...
Sorry to ask a daft question..is world cup in June .. .
Yup, kicks off June 11th
Agree with you about the Denmark game against Scotland they really did dominant large spells of that game. But hey if we are playing Denmark that means we are in the playoff final so all good. On the old Vikings bit you gave me a good laugh with that banter. On a historical point of order though most of the Vikings who invaded Ireland were from Norway the Danish Vikings mostly invaded England.
Draw for the World cup groups is on Dec 5th so you'll know what cities and dates we get and can make plans.
I will be happy to play then in the spring though as that would mean we are in the playoff final.
think the draw in December will tell people, even those in playoffs where they are going to be playing games, so will help a bit with logistics
Very Hard to make plans for basically nothing you know about ...
That takes a leap of vision and faith im not born with yet....
How will seeding for the World Cup draw work if they don’t know who will qualify yet?
If Danes want to dress up as vikings, fair **** , only a laugh ...
We can ride their wives....
I just enjoy looking at this -
https://inside.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/men
Not confirmed yet but talks are that qualifiers will be 4th seeds.
I'm not suggesting booking anything but you could work out a rough itinerary and ring every cousin you know for digs.
You can't really book anything anyway until the draw is made for the groups.
So it's the same for everyone.
Qualifiers for the Euros and WC were always in November before so FIFA have really changed things.
It's probably inaccurate to label them all vikings anyway.
I bet they all had distinct cultures.
Yeah but the WC draw is in a few weeks?
We'll have to wait till april to start booking.
