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"Euro 2004 Playoff fixtures"

Here are my predictions for the fixtures:

Turkey vs. Wales
Scotland vs. Ireland
Slovenia vs. Croatia
Holland vs. Spain
Latvia vs. Bosnia

*laughs at Ireland*

Anyway. :D

I hope Wales and Spain go through, don't care about Scotland.

How did Greece beat Spain...? :S

To be honest I don't see all 3 British teams making it to the finals, especially Wales with their recent poor form.

They'll need a lucky draw tomorrow and then need to play to their absoloute limit.

Sweden couldn't be assed though. They were already through.

And Poland and Hungary, although quite good, are nothing special.

Der Nazi wrote:
> If bothe Wales and Scotland want to both get through, this is the
> ideal scenario- games against Latvia or Slovenia, who are both
> reltaively poor.

Latvia beat Sweden and helped knock out Poland and Hungary.

Lets hope Spain and some big team (Turkey, HOlland etc.) get drawn together. Make life easier for us all.

If bothe Wales and Scotland want to both get through, this is the ideal scenario- games against Latvia or Slovenia, who are both reltaively poor.

Oh well, here's the automatic qualifiers and playoff qualifiers:

Auto: France, Denmark, Czech Rep, Sweden, Germany, Greece, England, Bulgaria, Italy & Switzerland (a lot of 'average' teams in there.)

Playoff: Slovenia, Norway, Holland, Latvia, Scotland, Spain, Turkey, Croatia, Wales & Russia (a couple of 'world class' teams in there)

So, let's hope it's Scotland vs. Wales, so at least ONE can get through.




For the benefit of Foreman: you can get 16/1 on Scotland playing Wales.

I think we should of put Chris Sutton in the England squad. With Owen out, we haven't many strikers who can score from Beckhams dangerous crosses.


I mean Rooney is totally crap in the air, and Heskey isn't great. I think this is going to be one tough game for us, but I could be wrong as look what we did to the Germans.

AfroJoe wrote:
> It will depend on goal difference.
>
> If Scotland win by 2 and Iceland draw, Scotland will get to the
> playoffs. If Scotland win by 1, it will go to goals for, I think.
>
> Tight. :-D


Just watched Football Focus. Actually, Scotland need not worry about goal difference. It's all based on their results against Iceland if they're tied for 2nd place. Scotland have beaten Iceland twice and so they have the advantage.

As for Wales - they're in the playoffs (well done) and MIGHT finish top if Italy slip up at home to Azerbaijan (which they most certainly won't).

For the R.O.I, win and they're in the playoffs or qualify automatically if Russia screw up against Georgia.

Who knows? Four British & Irish teams (any collective noun for that?) could be in the playoff hat on Monday.

But it won't happen to England, will it?!

ThisIsAFunnyName wrote:
> The ONLY positive thing? I think that's more than enough to make them
> win the match - they won't give up an automatic spot THAT easily! By
> the way if Scotland won and Ger vs. Ice was a draw, what happens
> then?

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It will depend on goal difference.

If Scotland win by 2 and Iceland draw, Scotland will get to the playoffs. If Scotland win by 1, it will go to goals for, I think.

Tight. :-D