Thursday, January 26, 2006
Awaiting the Euro 2008 qualifiers draw
Tomorrow lunchtime sees the draw for the Euro 2008 qualifying groups. It's seems at the moment there is always something happening in the football world. The World Cup is just round the corner, Eriksson has been given the boot, there is the anticipation about tickets for matches in Germany and tomorrow, we'll find out the next set of away trips for England.
The fixtures themselves won't be announced tomorrow. The draw is just to put the teams together in groups. Then the various FAs meet to decide the fixtures between themselves. As top seeds, England can bully the other teams to get our own way. The first games will be in Sept 2006.
The seeds have already been announced and England are one of the top seeds. All the pots can been found here http://www.euro2008info.com/qualifying_groups.htm The observant amongst you will notice there is a 'spare' team in Pot 7 which means 2 extra games for the teams in 1 group. Last time round, they kept England, Spain and Italy (I think) out of the larger groups as the players from those countries generally have more matches due to being more successful in the Champions League and UEFA Cup.
Looking at the teams, we could get quite a nasty group but whoever England draw, we should have no problems finishing in the top 2 which will mean qualifying for the finals. My ideal group for England would be:
England, Romania, Israel, Lithuania, Cyprus and one of Azerbaijan, Kazahkstan or Malta.
Once the games starting, you'll be able to keep track of the results and tables on www.euro2008info.com If you want results from previous finals, you will find them http://www.euro2008info.com/previous_tournaments.htm
Since the news Eriksson was quitting, there has been plenty of speculation regarding the managers job. One thing is clear though, there aren't too many people sorry to see the back of him. If you look at results, he doesn't have a bad record but there is a strong feeling who should be doing a lot better with a very talented group of players. My own preference for next manager would be Martin O'Neill. He commands a lot of respect and always managed to get 110% out of his players, something which has not been happening with the current manager.
More comments at the weekend after the draw
// posted by Big Blue Marble @ 8:02 pm 
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