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This Ireland Scotland match is so poor

1-0 Ireland, Walters

Definitely offside

Oh well

I thought England was bad but watching Ireland & Scotland. It's absolute dog s***

Jaiston wrote:I thought England was bad but watching Ireland & Scotland. It's absolute dog s***

Dunno, England - ROI was pretty f***ing dire

The Aviva looks amazing

Bit of fortune at both ends now. Game on

Duke wrote:

Jaiston wrote:I thought England was bad but watching Ireland & Scotland. It's absolute dog s***

Dunno, England - ROI was pretty f***ing dire

That's true

It was so dire I went to work 45 minutes early, just couldn't handle watching any more.

Gibraltar goalie just saved a penalty kick from Schweinsteiger

Come on Gibraltar

Shadowthrone wrote:Gibraltar goalie just saved a penalty kick from Schweinsteiger

Come on Gibraltar

Greatest moment of his career

The Faroe Islands are currently beating the Greeks!

Gibraltar - Germany 0-1 at Halftime.
Gibraltar with the better chances, but Schürrle coming up with the only goal.

Matthieu wrote:The Faroe Islands are currently beating the Greeks!

Greece are f***ing horrendous.

Former magpie Joan Edmundsson already has 32 caps for the Faroes

7-0 germany, pointless game.

Bodacious Benny wrote:7-0 germany, pointless game.

It's not a pointless game at all. Gibraltar deserve their chance as much as any other nation does. It would make for a pretty boring competition if only the top sides were allowed to play.

biggeordiedave wrote:

Bodacious Benny wrote:7-0 germany, pointless game.

It's not a pointless game at all. Gibraltar deserve their chance as much as any other nation does. It would make for a pretty boring competition if only the top sides were allowed to play.

It's a debate that's been had many times before on here, but all the tiny nations would have more chance developing as footballing nations by playing each other and the best one or two get a crack at qualifying. How far have San Marino come in the past 25 years of getting spanked every week? What's the point in that?

Bodacious Benny wrote:

biggeordiedave wrote:
It's not a pointless game at all. Gibraltar deserve their chance as much as any other nation does. It would make for a pretty boring competition if only the top sides were allowed to play.

It's a debate that's been had many times before on here, but all the tiny nations would have more chance developing as footballing nations by playing each other and the best one or two get a crack at qualifying. How far have San Marino come in the past 25 years of getting spanked every week? What's the point in that?

They have a population of just over 30,000 . They're hardly going to get a full squad of world class professionals out of that. Should Wales be barred from competing with the big boys? They've only managed to get to a couple of tournaments in their entire history.

The problem I have with the likes of San Marino is that it's a guaranteed 3 points for any team facing them in a group stage. It's an automatic competitive disadvantage for teams in other groups, as they have to face a full number of competitive teams instead of some competitive teams and one banker.

Obviously some teams are better than others and it's just the luck of the draw, but San Marino have such a gulf in quality that it ends up being a bit ridiculous.

That being said, they have a national team and are therefore entitled to compete on an even level with everyone else. It would be discriminatory to make them compete in an alternative way.

Goat wrote:The problem I have with the likes of San Marino is that it's a guaranteed 3 points for any team facing them in a group stage. It's an automatic competitive disadvantage for teams in other groups, as they have to face a full number of competitive teams instead of some competitive teams and one banker.

Obviously some teams are better than others and it's just the luck of the draw, but San Marino have such a gulf in quality that it ends up being a bit ridiculous.

That being said, they have a national team and are therefore entitled to compete on an even level with everyone else. It would be discriminatory to make them compete in an alternative way.

Each group appears to get one of those sorts of teams, although some have proved to be better than others.

A - Kazakhstan - 1pt
B - Andorra - 0pts
C - Luxembourg - 1pt
D - Gibraltar - 0pts
E - San Marino - 1pt
F - Faroe Islands - 6pts - which for them is absolutely unreal and shows that teams who would ordinarily lose 10-0 can come good
G - Moldova - 1pt
H - Malta - 1pt
I - Armenia - 1pt