Euro 2016 Qualifying

[Clyde1998]

Wales look set to qualify with their win over Belgium yesterday.

Ireland vs Scotland in half an hour, if Scotland win - I think Poland, Germany and Scotland will be the top three. If Ireland win - then I think it's between Ireland and Scotland for third.

[Clyde1998]

I'm pretty happy with our [Scotland's] result this weekend - a draw in Ireland.

Shame the officials were appalling - we should've been 0-0 at half time playing against ten men (at least).



Win three of our last four games - and I think we'll qualify automatically. We should be Georgia and Gibraltar. I feel we could beat one of Poland and Germany - we have to play them both at Hampden.

At this stage, I wouldn't rule out Germany finishing third in our group.

[Clyde1998]

Iceland and Wales (assuming they beat Andorra) have qualified - amazing for those two. Northern Ireland aren't too far away either. Could be quite a few new countries in the Euro finals.

[Clyde1998]

If the Netherlands do qualify - we'll be the only side in Western Europe (with a population greater than 500,000) not the qualify. I blame the SFA entirely.

[Clyde1998]

Pot 1
Germany
Spain
England
Portugal
Belgium
France (Hosts)

Pot 2
Italy
Russia
Switzerland
Austria
Croatia

Pot 2 or 3
Czech Rep

Pot 3
Poland
Romania
Slovakia

Pot 4
Turkey
Iceland
Wales
Albania
Northern Ireland

Seeded in Play-Offs
Bosnia
Ukraine
Sweden
Hungary

Unseeded in Play-Offs
Denmark
Ireland
Norway
Slovenia

[Clyde1998]

There's a new #1 in the FIFA ranking:



Plus: take a look at the new #10 ...

Belgium ranked 1st?

Sports rankings are always... dubious... but those in football may well be the worse. Like 0% useful.

FIFA's rankings are awful - especially when compared to the UEFA's one for Europe. Wales rose into the top ten for a bit on the basis that they didn't play any friendly matches - which gave them more points than if they did. A ranking system is flawed if a country can rise up the rankings on the basis that they didn't play games...