Israel You fucking Beauties!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
wow! http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/7097938.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/7096723.stm could these overpaid lads get any luckier!!!!!!!!!!! wednesday is going to be massive. !!!!!
That wont happen because if we beat them 2-0 we will win the group. They'll want to win the group to give them a better Uefa ranking in hope of being seeded in the draw for it over us as they are currently ranked 10 in the world and were 11th.
It's better to be unseeded in the draw. Get an easier group (ie. will probably be drawn with either Switzerland, Austria, or Greece).
You don't get seeded for being the host nation only Greece are guaranteed seeding. Therefore we want to win the group and make sure were have a high ranking to be seeded to avoid the likes of Italy, France, Spain, Germany, Czech Republic... "Seeded teams The qualifying groups will be formed with seeded teams by the UEFA administration. The reigning European champions will always be seeded. The other associations will be classified on the basis of results achieved in the qualifying competition of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, as well as their results in the qualifying competition of the 2002/04 UEFA European Football Championship."
Sorry im wrong that was for the qualifying groups. "Coefficients The seeded teams will be the host associations, with the reigning European champions if they qualify, and one or two teams with the best coefficients on the basis of results achieved in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying competition and/or in the qualifying competition for the 2006/08 UEFA European Football Championship. The other finalists will be assigned to the four groups by means of a draw, according to their coefficients." --------------------------------------------------------------- This means that we really need to win the group or we could end up in a group with 2 top clubs like Italy & Germany because if we finish second were guaranteed to be drawn with one of the teams who win their group!
I still find it appaling how we have had to rely on other teams misfortune in the group when really we should be up there regardless and not have to worry about things like this. Fkn Mike Baldwin.
