2022 World Cup - Permutations - see page 17

And I think we would all be even happier if those away trips are scheduled in the autumn (seeing as we're unlikely to be still unable to travel in March). 

Not sure what the time frame is -

Is it still the top seeds get to decide on their games and then 2nd seed etc   If there is no agreement then it’s done by the computer.

Not any more - fixtures have been set by computer since the start of the Euro 2016 qualifiers. With the draw at 5pm tomorrow, I'd say it will be the following day before the fixtures are announced. 

So a 6 team group without long travel would I think would be what Kenny would be hoping for. March fixtures playing the pot5/6 teams would be helpful to building belief around the squad.

Pot 1 Denmark and Croatia are the only 2 that look like they could struggle to qualify directly

Pot 2 order of preference: Slovakia, Romania,

Wales, Austria, Serbia.

There will be 2-3 groups that will be very hard for the pot 3 teams - heres hoping it’s not us.

Denmark Croatia and I’d add in Holland as well would be the 3 that like you say give a pot 3 or even a decent pot 4 team a semblance of a chance of qualifying directly. 

I’d take a strong pot 2 team like a Poland or Switzerland if it meant getting a softer Pot 1 team as crazy as that sounds. Just think it could suit us in that they will be liable to take points off each other and similar to the Euro 2020 qualifying group would give us a chance.

We have often been suited to playing teams in that scenario that cancel each other out and gives us the opportunity to put ourselves in the mix by nicking results. 

The World Cup 2002 qualifying group and the Euro 2016 qualifying group had similar looks to it and suited us.

The other 2 cancelled each other out combined with us knicking a result away to the Dutch early on put us bang in contention from the getgo and made it a 3 horse race instead of a two horse race.

Euro 2020 similar the sneaked draw in in Denmark blew it wide open made it a 3 horse race and in turn piled the pressure on the 2 fancied teams as such.

Difference was we messed up against Georgia away if we won that we were nearly odds on to qualify and the Swiss would have been under all merciful pressure to beat us.

I do get what your saying but my worry is we draw a Spain England or Belgium that run teams over in qualifying and we play them early and they do similar we could setback. Piles pressure on Kenny then. 

The Dutch or the Portuguese are quality you ask me at major tournament at the moment who I’d rather draw the Dutch/Portugal or England/Spain I’d take England/Spain all day long.

In qualifying for whatever reason the Dutch and Portugal  in recent years have the tendency to be bone idle as opposed to England and Spain who aren’t and steamroll opposition.

We didn't knick that result. We threw away a two goal lead in a game we should have seen out. Was very disappointing.