EURO 2024 Qualifier GROUP B

BrendanD88 wrote:

lassassinblanc wrote:

Be interesting to see the reaction from the French will be for qualifiers, looking at age bracket of players they won't lose many players to retirement (probably only Giroud 36 perhaps Lloris who is 35)

Deschamps will more the likely leave with Zidane heavily linked to take over.

I still think they'll destroy us

They’ll replace Giroud and Lloris with two better players in Benzema and Maignan! Wouldn’t hold out much hope of us getting anything from them.

I doubt Benzema will come back, as said he supposedly angered a few in the French FA by not accepting invite to the final

Lloris could of course still continue of course but yeah Maignan is heir there and most likely would have been in WC squad had he not been injured

Originally posted by Given's zimmerframe

Given's zimmerframe wrote:

colemanY2K wrote:

while great on paper they didn't look great sheikhs for much of the tournament including the first 78 minutes yesterday. there's always a chance in qualifiers hence why i'm not as downbeat about our chances in march.

Thats my exact worry, they were one kick away from winning the world cup all in second gear

true but they also lost to tunisia while in second gear.

"One of the dominant facts in English life during the past three quarters of a century has been the decay of ability in the ruling class." Orwell, 1942.

Given's zimmerframe wrote:

colemanY2K wrote:

while great on paper they didn't look great sheikhs for much of the tournament including the first 78 minutes yesterday. there's always a chance in qualifiers hence why i'm not as downbeat about our chances in march.

Thats my exact worry, they were one kick away from winning the world cup all in second gear

Manager related that also! Think they can get in a way better manager! The only time they tried to get on the front foot was when they were behind!

We haven’t a hope basically! I’m more interested in what goes on in the other groups that will get us into a play off!

At least they're playing the Dutch at home before our match so hopefully they'll feel the brunt of France's world cup loss.

Wings? They're only the band The Beatles could have been.

Yessss.

It would damage this forums' reputation

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I have a question about playoffs , and the likelihood that we’ll have to rely on them —> I was under the impression that play-off places could only be given to teams who rank high in their respective nations league groups? I thought that we were excluded from the playoffs, with Scotland pipping us to the post . (If there was no play-off to play for, the qualifying group really would be a feckin write off). I guess if the highly ranked nations league teams automatically qualify for 2024, then the opportunity for a playoff filters down to the next ranked team? I think I’m spluttering and talking b@lls here , but couldnt make any sense out of it on Wikipedia .

TIA

Edited by CantonasCat - 19 Dec 2022 at 9:59pm

1.) We're still dealing with worst crop of players in half a century.

2.) Of that crop, the majority haven't been in any kind.of decent form in the last 18 months. Even in championship/league 1.

3.) The team/management/style of play is still all over the place and lacking any kind of consistency.

Might scrape third, but there's zero evidence that points to anything but a repeat of last 2 years.

CantonasCat wrote:

Hi , was wondering if any mods can help- is my account marked as probationary? Each time I try and post it says ‘pending approval’, and can take days for post to appear.

I have a question about playoffs , and the likelihood that we’ll have to rely on them —> I was under the impression that play-off places could only be given to teams who rank high in their respective nations league groups? I thought that we were excluded from the playoffs, with Scotland pipping us to the post . (If there was no play-off to play for, the qualifying group really would be a feckin write off). I guess if the highly ranked nations league teams automatically qualify for 2024, then the opportunity for a playoff filters down to the next ranked team? I think I’m spluttering and talking b@lls here , but couldnt make any sense out of it on Wikipedia .

TIA

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