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Post by dingodan on Oct 9, 2022 12:42:03 GMT
Red Wall membership 22/24 now available. £20 adults, £10 kids but you then have to pay a membership fee and transaction fee on top...
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Post by manulike on Oct 9, 2022 12:43:22 GMT
This is the sexiest away destination draw in years!
Very excited ;-)
Now. If Mr Mooney can please combine a double away in June in Yerevan and Turkey!!!
Trekking up Mt Ararat has been on my bucket list for years, and I have thrice only seen it from the 'wrong' side ...
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Post by manulike on Oct 9, 2022 12:46:11 GMT
Red Wall membership 22/24 now available. £30 adults, £10 kids but you then have to pay a membership fee and transaction fee on top... Still a bargain compared to them across the border ;-) |
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Post by mrpicton79 on Oct 9, 2022 12:52:29 GMT
Turkey, could have been worse Idk, thought they were pretty clearly the strongest team from pot 4. Oh well still quite a favourable group. The Czech's must be over the moon with their draw. They've managed to avoid all the big/tricky sides from every single pot  |
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Post by Toffeeman on Oct 9, 2022 12:56:06 GMT
Last time we played Croatia it was in Osijek where they have that amazing home record.The stadium in Zagreb is close to completion.Just hoping it won't be Osijek again.Not only due their record, but the capacity of the stadium (17,000) which they only gave the required 5% allocation last time if I recall.
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Post by eppingblue1 on Oct 9, 2022 13:01:50 GMT
Last time we played Croatia it was in Osijek where they have that amazing home record.The stadium in Zagreb is close to completion.Just hoping it won't be Osijek again.Not only due their record, but the capacity of the stadium (17,000) which they only gave the required 5% allocation last time if I recall. They have a new ground in Qsijek. It only holds 13000 now. |
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Post by jbt95 on Oct 9, 2022 13:16:44 GMT
Red Wall membership 22/24 now available. £30 adults, £10 kids but you then have to pay a membership fee and transaction fee on top... It’s £20 an adult (£22 really). |
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Post by Toffeeman on Oct 9, 2022 13:27:15 GMT
Last time we played Croatia it was in Osijek where they have that amazing home record.The stadium in Zagreb is close to completion.Just hoping it won't be Osijek again.Not only due their record, but the capacity of the stadium (17,000) which they only gave the required 5% allocation last time if I recall. They have a new ground in Qsijek. It only holds 13000 now. Jeez, hope they have the sense to chose a stadium this time with a larger capacity🤞. |
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Post by CrackityJones on Oct 9, 2022 13:31:33 GMT
It’s bound to be Osijek again, the awkward bastards
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Post by allezlesrouges on Oct 9, 2022 13:35:04 GMT
Henrikh Mkhitaryan has also retired from playing for Armenia, which is good news for us. None of the Armenian team play in any of the big leagues in Europe
I'm sure they won't be pushovers, in a similar Georgia can be tricky. But definitely a great draw from pot 3
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Post by bale-droed on Oct 9, 2022 13:40:55 GMT
Henrikh Mkhitaryan has also retired from playing for Armenia, which is good news for us. None of the Armenian team play in any of the big leagues in Europe I'm sure they won't be pushovers, in a similar Georgia can be tricky. But definitely a great draw from pot 3 They’ve also been recruiting players born in South America and USA who qualify through lineage. They’ve been desperate to create depth |
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Post by eppingblue1 on Oct 9, 2022 13:56:12 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. A big problem with the play offs is the timing. Draw for the finals Dec 23. Play offs March 24. Accommodation and travel options will be all but gone. Obviously take it in the absence of anything else though. |
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Post by quetzal on Oct 9, 2022 14:31:11 GMT
Group A: Spain, Scotland, Norway, Georgia, Cyprus
Group B: Netherlands, France, Republic of Ireland, Greece, Gibraltar
Hahahahahahaha Brilliant Brilliant! Anyone think we got it tough just look at the Scots and ROI
8:38am here. So just woke up to this. Good draw for us. Just hoping Bale doesn’t retire
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Post by saints19 on Oct 9, 2022 15:31:10 GMT
It's an OK draw all in all, but getting Turkey is a real shame. They're likely to be our main competition IMO for 2nd without wanting to disrespect Armenia. Although I'm not too familiar with either side's players so I don't know beyond their general results how strong they are. We have a realistic chance of qualification but there are a few groups I'd have rather had. E and G are fantastic draws really.
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Post by Dubai Reds on Oct 9, 2022 15:46:33 GMT
Turkey is the only tricky one, them or Sweden were the ones I did not want from pot4. They are a very hit and miss side, and I expect them to be our main challengers. Hopefully we can win our home games, beat Armenia and Latvia away. We must not lose to both Croatia and Turkey away if we are to qualify. Glad Page has said he is targeting top, gone are the days of hoping to finish 3rd for the Euro 2016 Playoff!
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Post by jbt95 on Oct 9, 2022 16:00:43 GMT
Turkey is the only tricky one, hem or Sweden were the ones I did not want from pot4. They are a very hit and miss side, and I expect them to be our main challengers. Hopefully we can win our home games, beat Armenia and Estonia away. We must not lose to both Croatia and Turkey away if we are to qualify. Glad Page has said he is targeting top, gone are the days of hoping to finish 3rd for the Euro 2016 Playoff! We lost to Croatia and Hungary away in 2019 and automatically qualified. Get 10 points at home and get 4-8 away. Job done. |
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Post by pclaude on Oct 9, 2022 16:12:47 GMT
Turkey is the only tricky one, hem or Sweden were the ones I did not want from pot4. They are a very hit and miss side, and I expect them to be our main challengers. Hopefully we can win our home games, beat Armenia and Estonia away. We must not lose to both Croatia and Turkey away if we are to qualify. Glad Page has said he is targeting top, gone are the days of hoping to finish 3rd for the Euro 2016 Playoff! We lost to Croatia and Hungary away in 2019 and automatically qualified. Get 10 points at home and get 4-8 away. Job done. Exactly this. We only picked up 1 against Croatia in total for the 2020 tournament. I’d be very surprised if 15 points wasn’t enough. |
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Post by gwernybwch on Oct 9, 2022 16:24:18 GMT
Turkey is the only tricky one, hem or Sweden were the ones I did not want from pot4. They are a very hit and miss side, and I expect them to be our main challengers. Hopefully we can win our home games, beat Armenia and Estonia away. We must not lose to both Croatia and Turkey away if we are to qualify. Glad Page has said he is targeting top, gone are the days of hoping to finish 3rd for the Euro 2016 Playoff! No chance of us beating Estonia in the qualifiers home or away....... I've been reading that due to our Nations League standing we are very likely going to get a play-off spot, so we might well go for it and try and come top of the group. |
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Post by welshrover on Oct 9, 2022 17:12:34 GMT
Turkey is the only tricky one, hem or Sweden were the ones I did not want from pot4. They are a very hit and miss side, and I expect them to be our main challengers. Hopefully we can win our home games, beat Armenia and Estonia away. We must not lose to both Croatia and Turkey away if we are to qualify. Glad Page has said he is targeting top, gone are the days of hoping to finish 3rd for the Euro 2016 Playoff! No chance of us beating Estonia in the qualifiers home or away....... I've been reading that due to our Nations League standing we are very likely going to get a play-off spot, so we might well go for it and try and come top of the group. It's becoming harder to not qualify than qualify with two going through and play off spots! |
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Post by insertname on Oct 9, 2022 17:59:49 GMT
No chance of us beating Estonia in the qualifiers home or away....... I've been reading that due to our Nations League standing we are very likely going to get a play-off spot, so we might well go for it and try and come top of the group. It's becoming harder to not qualify than qualify with two going through and play off spots! Exactly, imagine if they expand to 32 teams 😫 At least they got rid of the 3rd place play off that they had for the 2016 tournament and gave those play offs to the nations league. 1st and 2nd should be all that counts. |
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Post by saints19 on Oct 9, 2022 18:33:58 GMT
Turkey is the only tricky one, hem or Sweden were the ones I did not want from pot4. They are a very hit and miss side, and I expect them to be our main challengers. Hopefully we can win our home games, beat Armenia and Estonia away. We must not lose to both Croatia and Turkey away if we are to qualify. Glad Page has said he is targeting top, gone are the days of hoping to finish 3rd for the Euro 2016 Playoff! We lost to Croatia and Hungary away in 2019 and automatically qualified. Get 10 points at home and get 4-8 away. Job done. We only just made it, and that was because it was a very tight group. To be honest likely path out of the group is 6 from Armenia/Latvia and 4 from Turkey or 3 from Turkey and at least 1 from Croatia. That would give us 16 points which should be enough barring something crazy. I think it's vital not to drop points to Armenia or Latvia which is no guaranteed thing. Although I could see Turkey dropping points in those places in fairness, I just think they could also surprise Croatia. |
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Post by jbt95 on Oct 9, 2022 18:37:49 GMT
We lost to Croatia and Hungary away in 2019 and automatically qualified. Get 10 points at home and get 4-8 away. Job done. We only just made it, and that was because it was a very tight group. To be honest likely path out of the group is 6 from Armenia/Latvia and 4 from Turkey or 3 from Turkey and at least 1 from Croatia. That would give us 16 points which should be enough barring something crazy. I think it's vital not to drop points to Armenia or Latvia which is no guaranteed thing. Although I could see Turkey dropping points in those places in fairness, I just think they could also surprise Croatia. Yeah true… it was a tight group! |
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Post by jbt95 on Oct 9, 2022 18:39:36 GMT
All times are UK timezones.
Saturday 25 March 19:45 Croatia v Cymru
Tuesday 28 March 19:45 Cymru v Latvia
Friday 16 June 19:45 Cymru v Armenia
Monday 19 June 19:45 Turkey v Cymru
Monday 11 September 19:45 Latvia v Cymru
Sunday 15 October 19:45 Cymru v Croatia
Saturday 18 November 14:00 Armenia v Cymru
Tuesday 21 November 19:45 Cymru v Turkey
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Post by fiveattheback on Oct 9, 2022 18:44:09 GMT
It's becoming harder to not qualify than qualify with two going through and play off spots! Exactly, imagine if they expand to 32 teams 😫 At least they got rid of the 3rd place play off that they had for the 2016 tournament and gave those play offs to the nations league. 1st and 2nd should be all that counts. As silly as it would be I'm not sure there'd be a huge drop off in quality if you added another 8. If you look at the last Euros the 8 extra (based on ranking) would be Serbia, Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Romania, Iceland, Norway, Bosnia & Greece. Would make qualifying a farce though, but it wouldn't surprise me if a 32 team Euros is put forward for 2028. Who knows they may make it a Europe-South America joint tournament |
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Post by jbt95 on Oct 9, 2022 18:55:23 GMT
Wouldn't surprise me if a 32 team Euros is put forward for 2028. Who knows they may make it a Europe-South America joint tournament It’s already being discussed! |
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Post by saints19 on Oct 9, 2022 19:01:18 GMT
Absolute NO to any expansion of the Euros. Or Euro-SA tournament. That is what the World Cup is for. Keep saying it over and over, don't fix what isn't broke.
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Post by jbt95 on Oct 9, 2022 19:09:54 GMT
Absolute NO to any expansion of the Euros. Or Euro-SA tournament. That is what the World Cup is for. Keep saying it over and over, don't fix what isn't broke. Arguably the euros is already broken as a 24 team format doesn’t really work. |
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Post by saints19 on Oct 9, 2022 19:34:46 GMT
Absolute NO to any expansion of the Euros. Or Euro-SA tournament. That is what the World Cup is for. Keep saying it over and over, don't fix what isn't broke. Arguably the euros is already broken as a 24 team format doesn’t really work. The format is a bit awkward, but at least the achievement of qualification isn't totally devalued. That's what would happen if you go to 32 teams. |
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Post by superunknown on Oct 9, 2022 19:35:44 GMT
FAW tweeted to say there’s an issue with the fixture lists so to disregard them for now.
Careful if you’re looking at flights currently, we almost paid for Istanbul.
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Post by pclaude on Oct 9, 2022 19:39:28 GMT
All times are UK timezones. Saturday 25 March 19:45 Croatia v Cymru Tuesday 28 March 19:45 Cymru v Latvia Friday 16 June 19:45 Cymru v Armenia Monday 19 June 19:45 Turkey v Cymru Monday 11 September 19:45 Latvia v Cymru Sunday 15 October 19:45 Cymru v Croatia Saturday 18 November 14:00 Armenia v Cymru Tuesday 21 November 19:45 Cymru v Turkey As someone else has said, but worth reiterating, this schedule is now supposedly wrong per FAW |
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