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Post by fiveattheback on Oct 9, 2022 10:44:43 GMT
Bloody hell they've been done over properly there missing out on Gibraltar and getting Cyrpus! |
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Post by marsvolta on Oct 9, 2022 10:45:37 GMT
Happy with that, shame about Turkey but we should be confident going into this Especially as Faroe Islands were next out of the hat haha |
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Post by fiveattheback on Oct 9, 2022 10:47:46 GMT
Happy with that, shame about Turkey but we should be confident going into this Especially as Faroe Islands were next out of the hat haha Could have had Scotland's group mind - ouch! |
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Post by erasedcitizen on Oct 9, 2022 10:48:07 GMT
Great draw for Norn Irn.
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Post by conwy10 on Oct 9, 2022 10:49:32 GMT
It was going well until Turkey, but we can't feel too hard done by drawing Croatia and Armenia. Hoping Tukrey and Armenia is a highly charged match. Forget what can happen away to Turkey and Croatia, we win our home games we qualify.
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Post by allezlesrouges on Oct 9, 2022 10:52:59 GMT
Croatia, Cymru, Armenia, Turkey, Latvia
Pretty chuffed with that tbh. Croatia one of the better pulls from the top pot, Armenia very kind from pot 3. Would have been a lot to ask to avoid any of the dodgy pot 3/4 teams, but Turkey we have beaten recently so I'm not too afraid of them - they must be in pot 4 for a reason too. Latvia is great too, just wanted to avoid N.I & Slovakia from that pot. Overall I think that's a very nice group and we should be aiming for 2nd. Let's hope the fixtures fall kindly now
Glad to see England getting a tough draw too, Ukraine could easily challenge them for 2nd, and Italy seem to have their number. N.Macedonia a banana skin too
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Post by fiveattheback on Oct 9, 2022 10:54:56 GMT
Avoided the big hitters from pot 1 and 3, for all the talk of Turkey they just lost against the Faroe Islands and drew at home to Luxembourg. We also know we can beat them even in a highly charged, partisan atmosphere. Could have been better of course, but I'd rather what we got than what Scotland & England got
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Post by superunknown on Oct 9, 2022 10:58:40 GMT
Think that’s a great draw, especially away wise but obviously Turkey isn’t ideal from a footballing perspective but we’ve got a great chance from here.
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Post by lawthom on Oct 9, 2022 10:58:50 GMT
When are the fixtures announced? Armenia, Turkey back to back away is the dream
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Post by superunknown on Oct 9, 2022 10:59:16 GMT
When are the fixtures announced? Armenia, Turkey back to back away is the dream Reckon it’ll be this evening or maybe tomorrow morning |
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Post by allezlesrouges on Oct 9, 2022 11:02:01 GMT
Can people who went to Azerbaijan go to Armenia? I know one of those countries is funny about letting in people who have visited the other
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Post by jbt95 on Oct 9, 2022 11:05:46 GMT
When are the fixtures announced? Armenia, Turkey back to back away is the dream Reckon it’ll be this evening or maybe tomorrow morning Later today apparently. Like you say both them back to back, preferably Saturday and then Tuesday ideally, and not in June, would be good but prob won’t happen!! |
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Post by fiveattheback on Oct 9, 2022 11:06:59 GMT
Reckon it’ll be this evening or maybe tomorrow morning Later today apparently. Like you say both them back to back, preferably Saturday and then Tuesday ideally, and not in June. We'll have friendlies in June won't we as part of a NL finalists group? |
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Post by welshrover on Oct 9, 2022 11:07:34 GMT
Can people who went to Azerbaijan go to Armenia? I know one of those countries is funny about letting in people who have visited the other Many years ago we did it the other way round, and certainly the Azerbaijani authorities were not overly impressed with the Armenian passport stamp but we got in. It appears, if you delve behind headline news, whilst Putin's back is turned in Ukraine tensions between Armenia / Azerbaijan have flared up again with some sporadic fighting. |
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Post by jbt95 on Oct 9, 2022 11:07:48 GMT
Can people who went to Azerbaijan go to Armenia? I know one of those countries is funny about letting in people who have visited the other Seen somebody ask this on Twitter. Apparently Azerbaijan are the fussier and no visa needed for Armenia. |
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Post by eppingblue1 on Oct 9, 2022 11:08:29 GMT
Can people who went to Azerbaijan go to Armenia? I know one of those countries is funny about letting in people who have visited the other I hope not, looking forward to a trip to Armenia. Let's hope the Croatians choose a location where more than a handful of us can go it. Just spent few days in Split, would love it to be there. Anyone know when the fixtures are out? |
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Post by jbt95 on Oct 9, 2022 11:09:08 GMT
Later today apparently. Like you say both them back to back, preferably Saturday and then Tuesday ideally, and not in June. We'll have friendlies in June won't we as part of a NL finalists group? We won’t have a friendly in June. Each side has 2 free match days and obv Croatia have them in June to play UNL finals. |
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Post by llyn on Oct 9, 2022 11:13:29 GMT
We should finish in the top 2. However, if we don't, looking at the groups we would be very unlucky not to get a play-off place via the Nations League, as difficult to see 4 other League A Nation's League teams not qualifying automatically.
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Post by bale-droed on Oct 9, 2022 11:14:42 GMT
Would be nice if Lovren, Vida, Perisic and Modric retire after the World Cup..... or after the UNL final but before we play them
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Post by allezlesrouges on Oct 9, 2022 11:16:11 GMT
Armenia play in Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, a 14k seater
Latvia play in Daugava stadium, a 10k seater
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Post by welshrover on Oct 9, 2022 11:16:32 GMT
This will be our first competitive fixture ever against Latvia.
One friendly back in 2004 at Skonta Riga's ground and that's your lot. A 2-0 win, from memory John Hartson got one but can't recall the other scorer.
For anyone going a trip to and a go on the downhill Bob track at Sigulda is a must.(if it is still in operation)
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Post by allezlesrouges on Oct 9, 2022 11:19:03 GMT
Would be nice if Lovren, Vida, Perisic and Modric retire after the World Cup..... or after the UNL final but before we play them Modric will be on over 160 caps by then, surely time to hang up the boots! |
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Post by jbt95 on Oct 9, 2022 11:19:05 GMT
Armenia play in Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, a 14k seater Latvia play in Daugava stadium, a 10k seater Gonna be an issue for tickets…no doubt! |
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Post by erasedcitizen on Oct 9, 2022 11:25:00 GMT
Armenia play in Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, a 14k seater Latvia play in Daugava stadium, a 10k seater Gonna be an issue for tickets…no doubt! Can see us getting 1500 for Armenia. Unless we have a storming WC I can't see us taking more than that there. Latvia might be trickier. |
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Post by bale-droed on Oct 9, 2022 11:31:51 GMT
Gonna be an issue for tickets…no doubt! Can see us getting 1500 for Armenia. Unless we have a storming WC I can't see us taking more than that there. Latvia might be trickier. Mate of mine just pointed out (although I disagree) that Latvia , Lithuania and Estonia could end up playing in neutral venues in the West |
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Post by pclaude on Oct 9, 2022 11:54:33 GMT
Later today apparently. Like you say both them back to back, preferably Saturday and then Tuesday ideally, and not in June. We'll have friendlies in June won't we as part of a NL finalists group? Not necessarily. The group will still need to be playing matches in the June dates. We will certainly have qualifier at least in June. Likely I would think we will 3 windows with 2 games, and 2 with 1. Let’s hope the the one gamers involve the longest trips. |
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Post by pclaude on Oct 9, 2022 11:55:06 GMT
We'll have friendlies in June won't we as part of a NL finalists group? We won’t have a friendly in June. Each side has 2 free match days and obv Croatia have them in June to play UNL finals. Good point |
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Post by jackanapes on Oct 9, 2022 11:55:24 GMT
Looking at the draw, the only team I’d swap places with are the Czechs in group E. There are a lot of teams in transition at the moment and it’s really difficult to know what to expect from Croatia and Turkey.
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Post by marsvolta on Oct 9, 2022 12:02:48 GMT
Would be nice if Lovren, Vida, Perisic and Modric retire after the World Cup..... or after the UNL final but before we play them I suspect they’re looking at us and hoping the same with Bales, Ramsey and Allen. |
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Post by superunknown on Oct 9, 2022 12:16:27 GMT
From the Away Locations thread these are the stadium capacities and possible locations:
Croatia - Multiple locations. Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb (35,123), Stadion Gradski Vrt, Osijek (17,061); Stadion Poljud, Split (34,198) and Stadion Rujevica, Rijeka (8,279). The latter was probably just for the COVID limited games though.
Armenia - Republican Stadium, Yerevan (14,403) - All games.
Turkey- Usually play in Istanbul at any of the big stadiums, Atatürk Olympic Stadium (75,145); Vodafone Park (42,590); Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium (47,834) or Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium (17,156). One NL game against Lithuania played at Gürsel Aksel Stadium, Izmir (20,040)
Latvia - Mainly Daugava Stadium, Riga (10,461), sometimes Skonto Stadium, Riga (8,087).
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