World Cup Qualifiers | October 2017 | Play off draw on Tuesday

KranjskaKlobasa said:
The most impressive thing from Slovenia : Scotland was the sheer energy of visiting Tartan army (they outperformed us on by a big margin). The pink paper airplanes flying into the goal were hilarious.

Match itself was the perfect example why neither team is going to Russia - both are capable of playing nice football only 20-30 min / match. Our manager again picked very weird defensive formation (he put two more attack oriented players after the break) against a team where we should really take advantage our technical ability and retain possession.

And again one god-awful referee. Every time a player went to take a throw-in he intervened, even if the player only took the throw in an inch from the place where the ball went off the field.
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Aye, our fans certainly remain vibrant for a bunch so often having to endure disappointment. I'm not even sure we produced a decent 20-30 mins yesterday thought - were okay around the time of the goal but quickly receded and went quite defensive. Our second-half performance was pish.
 
I have never been so nervous before a football game. My stomach is all kinds of messed up and I am literally almost shaking. This is not a match I will enjoy until we are 3-0 up. One game away from the world cup...
 
RedIceland said:
I have never been so nervous before a football game. My stomach is all kinds of messed up and I am literally almost shaking. This is not a match I will enjoy until we are 3-0 up. One game away from the world cup...
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Who are you playind and what can happen?
 
Paul_Scholes18 said:
My bet would be on Croatia getting the most yellow cards. Or do you know who is on top of that?
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Croatia have 9 yellow cards, Wales have 13, Serbia have 16, Ireland have 17 and Ukraine have 20. Think that's it in terms of relevant teams for that last 2nd place?
 
2 deciding games today, will watch first Croatia live and then Wales vs Ireland relive. Hope the games are not boring, hopefully they wont be too nervous and sit back and attack when it is too late
 
Is it a winners take all for the Wales Ireland match?
 
KM said:
Is it a winners take all for the Wales Ireland match?
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Yep. Winner gets a play off (or possibly even the top spot if Serbia slip up against Georgia) and loser stays at home. Wales could get a playoff with a draw but it depends on other results.
 
diarm said:
Yep. Winner gets a play off (or possibly even the top spot if Serbia slip up against Georgia) and loser stays at home. Wales could get a playoff with a draw but it depends on other results.
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Great. Best of luck to both of team supporters here.
 
adexkola said:
It's a weird anomaly how you guys dominate in the AFCON and the CAF Champions League/Confederations Cup, but couldn't clear the WC qualifying hurdle until yesterday. Also speaks to how difficult the African qualifying process was in previous years, where you could do everything right, and miss out because of the final 2 matches. Up there with South America in terms of difficulty of qualifying, even if the latter has better teams at the top.
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True.

Ghana, Africa's best team in recent world cups are out of contention.
 
christy87 said:
Why is it played at Cardiff city stadium, they probably could have sold out the millennium for this match
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They made the change a few years back. It was felt that the atmosphere at the CC Stadium would be better than at a half full Millenium Stadium. You're right though, I think for matches like this we could've sold out the MS easily.
 
No Idea For Nickname said:
oh, nothing to worry about it Santi, we have new coach. He is fantastic, really brilliant coach, much better than Jose, in fact, he is as good as Klopp. We will demolish Ukraine.
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What is it this time, a plumber?

Doesn't matter, you're still terrifying
 
We are fecked today. Without coach, morale low and need a win in ukraine. Never gonna happen. Super talented generation has failed in easy group. Thank you croatian fa.
 
Randall Flagg said:
If you want to see a fairly low quality premier league game go for wales v Ireland

Should be fun for a neutral
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Yeah it should be more intense and the atmosphere seems better so I'll watch it. Now Ukraine-Croatia will finish 4-4 and this one will stay 0-0
 
K2K said:
Still remember watching a relegation dogfight between QPR and Villa a few years ago. Thriller.

These games can exciting.
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Sometimes when the defenses are terrible enough it can certainly make for good entertainment.

Problem is Wales and Ireland are both pretty defensively solid but also poor in attack. I wouldn't expect a spectacle.
 
Ireland playing far too deep for a team which needs to win.
 
welshmanc75 said:
They made the change a few years back. It was felt that the atmosphere at the CC Stadium would be better than at a half full Millenium Stadium. You're right though, I think for matches like this we could've sold out the MS easily.
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Smaller ground, better atmosphere. Glad Welsh FA aren't putting money first.
McLovin said:
Tremendous atmosphere in Wales.
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Our national anthem fecking rocks!
Peyroteo said:
What's the game to watch? Ukraine-Croatia or Wales-Ireland?
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Wales v Ireland.:)
Randall Flagg said:
If you want to see a fairly low quality premier league game go for wales v Ireland

Should be fun for a neutral
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Now now :).... how about "a good old British game with proper tackles"?
 
I am in Belgrade and watching Matic, I mean Serbia, don't have Croatia game on tv. Can you tell me every once in a while, how those big names are playing. Thanks.
 
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