JPJCB Posted Wednesday at 19:21 Share Posted Wednesday at 19:21 12 hours ago, Genie said: It’s pretty incredible how every tournament opens up like this for him. It’s bonkers. I was saying to a mate today that if Sven had got the draws Southgate had he’d 100% have got to a final. Instead he got Brazil and Portugal twice relatively early in the knockouts 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted Wednesday at 19:27 Share Posted Wednesday at 19:27 5 minutes ago, a-k said: It is still possibly 1. Georgia 2. Switzerland 3. Austria Georgia would bring Iceland 2016 vibes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlack Posted Wednesday at 19:40 Share Posted Wednesday at 19:40 Softest chin in the world that Georgia player Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Django_Zooms Posted Wednesday at 19:42 Share Posted Wednesday at 19:42 20 minutes ago, a-k said: It is still possibly 1. Georgia 2. Switzerland 3. Austria Not Georgia. Netherlands or Slovakia next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfTimePost Posted Wednesday at 19:42 Share Posted Wednesday at 19:42 21 minutes ago, a-k said: It is still possibly 1. Georgia 2. Switzerland 3. Austria Here's hoping! But I think it's Slovakia rather than Georgia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a-k Posted Wednesday at 19:52 Share Posted Wednesday at 19:52 8 minutes ago, Django_Zooms said: Not Georgia. Netherlands or Slovakia next. Correct. Read the wrong Group letter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viivvaa66 Posted Wednesday at 19:56 Share Posted Wednesday at 19:56 10 minutes ago, HalfTimePost said: Here's hoping! But I think it's Slovakia rather than Georgia If group C, D, E and F have the best 3rd place teams, we get Slovakia. This is the current situation. If group F fails to get the 3rd best team we get Netherlands. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Django_Zooms Posted Wednesday at 20:18 Share Posted Wednesday at 20:18 Do I like that! No Koeman repeat assault on England, if Georgia hang on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted Wednesday at 20:30 Share Posted Wednesday at 20:30 1 hour ago, JPJCB said: It’s bonkers. I was saying to a mate today that if Sven had got the draws Southgate had he’d 100% have got to a final. Instead he got Brazil and Portugal twice relatively early in the knockouts France 98 aswell. England did finish second in fairness which complicated things but ultimately to get to the final it would've been a run of Argentina-Holland-Brazil. Other side of the draw would've been Germany in quarters and France in SF. Euro 96 aswell with Spain and Germany back to back. Without question he's had the best tournament draws of any England manager in living memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted Wednesday at 20:33 Share Posted Wednesday at 20:33 5 hours ago, HalfTimePost said: Our side is unquestionably the "easy" side. But our path to the final is still most likely: Netherlands Italy Belgium It could definitely have been much worse, but if Southgate somehow turns this tournament around and goes through those teams to the final, it'll be an incredible turnaround and we'd be worthy finalists, no matter how terrible we've been so far. Can scrub the Dutch off as things stand (although maybe they could be SF opponents if they're still in this half of the draw). Think Swiss will knock Italy out. Belgium are nothing special as seen in the groups, slow defence so they'd really need their midfielders to roll back the years which is possible if England continue to be as pedestrian as they've been. Based on the groups Swiss and Austria would be tough match ups for England just as Denmark were in the last Euros. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted Wednesday at 20:35 Share Posted Wednesday at 20:35 14 hours ago, Mic09 said: England getting the easy route yet again... Is Southgate the luckiest man alive? He's done it again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted Wednesday at 20:40 Share Posted Wednesday at 20:40 So is it slovakia then as things stand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Django_Zooms Posted Wednesday at 20:54 Share Posted Wednesday at 20:54 13 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: So is it slovakia then as things stand? It is Slovakia. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted Wednesday at 20:56 Share Posted Wednesday at 20:56 1 minute ago, Django_Zooms said: It is Slovakia. Cheers mate. Good draw for us. Southgate has absolutely zero excuses. God this guys so lucky with the draws 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted Wednesday at 20:57 Share Posted Wednesday at 20:57 (edited) hope he hasnt mixed Slovakia and Slovenia up in his scouting reports Edited Wednesday at 20:57 by Zatman 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted Wednesday at 21:00 VT Supporter Share Posted Wednesday at 21:00 The quarter with Romania, Netherlands, Austria and Turkey is incredibly weak in reality. That gives Italy, Switzerland or Slovakia a great chance of getting to the final. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted Wednesday at 21:01 Share Posted Wednesday at 21:01 1 minute ago, Zatman said: hope he hasnt mixed Slovakia and Slovenia up in his scouting reports Ironically played Slovakia in the final group game of 2016 and that was as boring a 0-0 (under Hodgson) as last night was. Skinrar and Lobotka are good defensive players so won't be easy to break them down but they don't have much upfront looking at them in the group games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayEm Posted Wednesday at 21:02 Share Posted Wednesday at 21:02 (edited) Serbia, Denmark, Slovenia, Slovakia. Four teams with an average ranking of 39. Southgate's luck with the draws is incredible. Edited Wednesday at 21:23 by jayEm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talldarkandransome Posted Wednesday at 21:02 Share Posted Wednesday at 21:02 Georgia will give Spain a good game, if they can keep going. Watch them get battered now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted Wednesday at 21:07 Share Posted Wednesday at 21:07 That draw Couldn't have worked out better for England Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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