Nations League 2022/23

[Lord Camomile]

Thank goodness Maguire has so much credit in the bank, otherwise the fans might give him a bit of hassle about conceding a penalty having just given the ball away on the edge of his own box

 

[Lord Camomile]

well it took me 5 minutes to find out it's on channel 4, another 5 minutes to find out channel 4 seems to be down, another 5 minutes to go downstairs and find out channel 4 seems to be down there too, and so I'm back upstairs none the wiser

Probably the better for it, tbh.

 

[two sheds]

are we being relegated an extra division down?

 

[Lord Camomile]

are we being relegated an extra division down?

They don't want us

 

[Lord Camomile]

Fuck me, even when we finally score it's barely!

 

[planetgeli]

Wow

Some goal

 

[Lord Camomile]

Well, well, and well again...!

 

[tommers]

Was just going to write something sarcy and what do you know? It's 2 each.

 

[mx wcfc]

This is brilliant. What a response.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Well, well, and well again...!

This ^

 

[Lord Camomile]

Everyone too gripped by the action to post, eh?

Five goals in the second half and coming back from 0-2 down good enough for ya, y'sarky git?

 

[planetgeli]

This is brilliant. What a response.

From nowhere

 

[planetgeli]

Pope's a dope

 

[Lord Camomile]

Can't lie, do enjoy that the German equaliser came while the crowd were singing the new anthem

 

[Lord Camomile]

On his weaker foot, after running half the pitch, that's a decent shot from Saka.

 

[not-bono-ever]

fucking Scotland ! its all downhill from here obviously

 

[Lord Camomile]

Euro 2024 (Germany) draw about to take place; England in the second pot courtesy of their recent... difficulties in the Nations League

Same for France, while Scotland are also in Pot 2, but for being good

The top two teams in each of the 10 groups qualify directly for Euro 2024.

Germany automatically qualify as hosts, while the remaining three teams will come via the Nations League play-offs.

The groups start on 23 March and end on 21 November 2023.

 

[Lord Camomile]

This is kinda interesting:

For the most part, any team can play anyone else from another pot. There are several restrictions that prevent some countries from being paired together however.

For political reasons, Armenia and Azerbaijan will be kept apart, as will Belarus and Ukraine and Gibraltar and Spain. Kosovo cannot be in a group with Bosnia-Herzegovina or Serbia.

Only two Nordic or Baltic countries can be drawn together because of severe winter conditions.

Because of the locations of Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Iceland on the far edges of Europe - they can only be drawn with one team from the opposite side of the continent.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Not an incredibly favourable draw for the home nations. Somewhat ironically, the lowest seeded N.Ireland seem to have come out best.

Group A: Spain, Scotland, Norway, Georgia, Cyprus
Group B: Netherlands, France, Ireland, Greece, Gibraltar
Group C: Italy, England, Ukraine, North Macedonia, Malta
Group D: Croatia, Wales, Armenia, Turkey, Latvia
Group E: Poland, Czech, Albania, Faroe Islands, Moldova
Group F: Belgium, Austria, Sweden, Azerbaijan, Estonia
Group G: Hungary, Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Lithuania
Group H: Denmark, Finland, Slovenia, Kazakhstan, Northern Ireland, San Marino
Group I: Switzerland. Israel, Romania, Kosovo, Belarus, Andorra
Group J: Portugal, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Luxembourg, Slovakia, Liechtenstein