Richie
Well-Known Member
This Saturday.. Moved forward 6 months earlier than normal to accommodate the lengthy South American & Asian schedules, I believe.
Bit weird that it's happening before the Euro 2012 qualifiers are done and well over a year before the first matches in the UEFA section but there you go.
Who we want out of this lot:
Pot 1: Spain, Netherlands, Germany, England, Portugal, Italy, Croatia, Norway, Greece
Pot 2: France, Montenegro, Russia, Sweden, Denmark, Slovenia, Turkey, Serbia, Slovakia
Pot 3: Switzerland, Israel, Republic of Ireland, Belgium, Czech Republic, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Belarus, Ukraine, Hungary
Pot 4: Bulgaria, Romania, Georgia, Lithuania, Albania, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Austria, Poland
Pot 5: Armenia, Finland, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Moldova, FYR Macedonia, Azerbaijan, Faroe Islands
Pot 6: Wales, Liechtenstein, Iceland, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, Malta, Andorra, San Marino
Would want to avoid France and Russia now that they've dropped into the 2nd pot. A few pot 4 teams that I also wouldn't want, the likes of Bulgaria, Romania and Poland who could get their act together. The best we could hope for would be some combination of Norway, Greece or Croatia from Pot 1 and Slovakia, Montenegro or Slovenia from Pot 2, and avoid one of the awkward Pot 4 sides.
My random prediction: England \ Denmark \ Ireland \ Austria \ Latvia \ Malta.
Bit weird that it's happening before the Euro 2012 qualifiers are done and well over a year before the first matches in the UEFA section but there you go.
Who we want out of this lot:
Pot 1: Spain, Netherlands, Germany, England, Portugal, Italy, Croatia, Norway, Greece
Pot 2: France, Montenegro, Russia, Sweden, Denmark, Slovenia, Turkey, Serbia, Slovakia
Pot 3: Switzerland, Israel, Republic of Ireland, Belgium, Czech Republic, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Belarus, Ukraine, Hungary
Pot 4: Bulgaria, Romania, Georgia, Lithuania, Albania, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Austria, Poland
Pot 5: Armenia, Finland, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Moldova, FYR Macedonia, Azerbaijan, Faroe Islands
Pot 6: Wales, Liechtenstein, Iceland, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, Malta, Andorra, San Marino
Would want to avoid France and Russia now that they've dropped into the 2nd pot. A few pot 4 teams that I also wouldn't want, the likes of Bulgaria, Romania and Poland who could get their act together. The best we could hope for would be some combination of Norway, Greece or Croatia from Pot 1 and Slovakia, Montenegro or Slovenia from Pot 2, and avoid one of the awkward Pot 4 sides.
My random prediction: England \ Denmark \ Ireland \ Austria \ Latvia \ Malta.