2018 FIFA World Cup Qualification
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Not World Cup qualifyingVardy just put England 2-0 and they did a mannequin celebration!
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Terrible game by the US last night. I'm getting nervous that we won't even qualify at this point.
Edit. Klinsmann fired.
Welp I'm reading US Soccer may hire Arena again. Good or bad, one thing for sure is that the US needed a new direction. There's still plenty of qualifying to go so I won't put us in panic mode. Right now the situation is concerning, but not unfixable.
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OK then its been a while since anyone has posted here but its time to wake it up from its Winter slumber as some squads were announced earlier for the upcoming International Break
Wales: Hennessey, Ward, Fon Williams, Davies, Chester, Collins, Walsh, Gunter, Richards, Taylor, Ash Williams, Allen, Edwards, King, Lawrence, Ledley, MacDonald, Ramsey, Bale, Robson-Kanu, Bradshaw, Vokes, Woodburn.
Bale back in the squad after long injury lay off and congrats to both Joe Walsh and Liverpool youngster Ben Woodburn for winning their first call ups, Wales play one match which is a massive qualifier away to Ireland.
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England: Forster, Heaton, Hart, Bertrand, Cahill, Clyne, Jones, Keane, Shaw, Smalling, Stones, Walker, Alli, Antonio, Barkley, Dier, Lallana, Lingard, Livermore, Ox-Chamberlain, Redmond, Sterling, Ward-Prowse, Defoe, Rashford, Vardy.
Big news there is Defoe getting a recall at the age of 34, no Kane, Rooney, Henderson, Walcott, Sturridge or Welbeck, Livermore also return having made his sole England appearance in 2012. England have a friendly away to Germany before a home qualifier to Lithuania.
Wales: Hennessey, Ward, Fon Williams, Davies, Chester, Collins, Walsh, Gunter, Richards, Taylor, Ash Williams, Allen, Edwards, King, Lawrence, Ledley, MacDonald, Ramsey, Bale, Robson-Kanu, Bradshaw, Vokes, Woodburn.
Bale back in the squad after long injury lay off and congrats to both Joe Walsh and Liverpool youngster Ben Woodburn for winning their first call ups, Wales play one match which is a massive qualifier away to Ireland.
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England: Forster, Heaton, Hart, Bertrand, Cahill, Clyne, Jones, Keane, Shaw, Smalling, Stones, Walker, Alli, Antonio, Barkley, Dier, Lallana, Lingard, Livermore, Ox-Chamberlain, Redmond, Sterling, Ward-Prowse, Defoe, Rashford, Vardy.
Big news there is Defoe getting a recall at the age of 34, no Kane, Rooney, Henderson, Walcott, Sturridge or Welbeck, Livermore also return having made his sole England appearance in 2012. England have a friendly away to Germany before a home qualifier to Lithuania.
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If we don't win, we won't qualify.
talkSport were having an aneurysm over Ben Woodburn being included in the Wales squad because he's from Chester. He's played for Wales at U-14, U-16, U-17 and U-19 level. For all we know, he could be a flash in the pan. He's seven-bloody-teen for god's sake. He doesn't need this kind of attention. Chris Coleman rightly says that he's been part of our set up for a long time and he is clearly motivated to play for Wales. We might be struggling on the pitch but Chris Coleman knows how to handle the press vultures. He's great.
Funny how talkSh:censored: never mention Raheem Sterling being Jamaican. It's always "England's Raheem Sterling" and not "Jamaican-born Raheem Sterling". John Barnes and Owen Hargreaves always get a pass too. And I distinctly remember calls for Manuel Almunia to play for England when he hit even an ounce of form as well as people turbo:censored: over Adnan Januzaj after he made his debut for Man United.
There's nothing wrong with the playing for another country aspect. It's pure hypocrisy to get worked up in a tizz the second it works against you.
Media sluts.
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Here's the fixtures for this weekend.
Friday
Group I
Turkey v Finland
Kosovo v Iceland
Croatia v Ukraine
Group D
Ireland v Wales
Georgia v Serbia
Austria v Moldova
Group G
Liechtenstein v Macedonia
Spain v Israel
Italy v Albania
Saturday
Group H
Cyprus v Estonia
Bosnia v Gibraltar
Belgium v Greece
Group A
Sweden v Belarus
Bulgaria v Netherlands
Luxembourg v France
Group B
Switzerland v Latvia
Andorra v Faroe Islands
Portugal v Hungary
Sunday
Group F
England v Lithuania
Scotland v Slovenia
Malta v Slovakia
Group C
San Marino v Czech Republic
Azerbaijan v Germany
Northern Ireland v Norway
Group E
Armenia v Kazakhstan
Romania v Denmark
Montenegro v Poland
Kick Off times vary.
Some friendlies tonight including Germany v England and Scotland v Canada.
Friday
Group I
Turkey v Finland
Kosovo v Iceland
Croatia v Ukraine
Group D
Ireland v Wales
Georgia v Serbia
Austria v Moldova
Group G
Liechtenstein v Macedonia
Spain v Israel
Italy v Albania
Saturday
Group H
Cyprus v Estonia
Bosnia v Gibraltar
Belgium v Greece
Group A
Sweden v Belarus
Bulgaria v Netherlands
Luxembourg v France
Group B
Switzerland v Latvia
Andorra v Faroe Islands
Portugal v Hungary
Sunday
Group F
England v Lithuania
Scotland v Slovenia
Malta v Slovakia
Group C
San Marino v Czech Republic
Azerbaijan v Germany
Northern Ireland v Norway
Group E
Armenia v Kazakhstan
Romania v Denmark
Montenegro v Poland
Kick Off times vary.
Some friendlies tonight including Germany v England and Scotland v Canada.
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Australia plays Iraq (in Iran) tonight, followed by UAE in Sydney 5 days later. Some media outlets here are concerned at our progress despite us being undefeated (2 draws away, 1 win away, 1 draw at home and 1 win at home). Hopefully good results in these next two games would put those concerns to rest.
Here's the next two rounds for qualifying in Asia look like:
Group B
23rd March
Iraq Vs Australia
Thailand Vs Saudi Arabia
UAE Vs Japan
28th March
Australia Vs UAE
Japan Vs Thailand
Saudi Arabia Vs Iraq
Group A
23rd March
China Vs South Korea
Syria Vs Uzbekistan
Qatar Vs Iran
28th March
South Korea Vs Syria
Iran Vs China
Uzbekistan Vs Qatar
Here's the next two rounds for qualifying in Asia look like:
Group B
23rd March
Iraq Vs Australia
Thailand Vs Saudi Arabia
UAE Vs Japan
28th March
Australia Vs UAE
Japan Vs Thailand
Saudi Arabia Vs Iraq
Group A
23rd March
China Vs South Korea
Syria Vs Uzbekistan
Qatar Vs Iran
28th March
South Korea Vs Syria
Iran Vs China
Uzbekistan Vs Qatar
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Middlesbrough's Ben Gibson called up to the England squad, his first call up.
Cmon Wales!!!!
Edit, it finishes 0-0 but the game has been overshadowed by the shocking late challenge by Neil Taylor on Seamus Coleman which left Coleman with what looked like a broken leg.
Cmon Wales!!!!
Edit, it finishes 0-0 but the game has been overshadowed by the shocking late challenge by Neil Taylor on Seamus Coleman which left Coleman with what looked like a broken leg.
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Yeh, I can't see why they went for Blind either.
Great result for Scotland last night, and a well deserved win. They were all over Slovenia but it looked like it would be a frustrating 0-0 draw after having a goal disallowed (rightly), hitting the post and missing a number of good chances... in the end they got a bit of luck and a shot that probably would not have resulted in a goal took a slight deflection and went in with 2 minutes remaining. It has saved Gordon Strachan's bacon and put Scotland right back in the mix, although it is still a tall order for Scotland to claim 2nd spot and therefore a chance of qualification - but Scotland showed a great deal of determination and their efforts paid off, so it was a good night all round for us.
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Updated UEFA and CONCACAF up to games on 26th.
28th sees an almost full match program across confederations other than CAF (presumably on a post-AFCON break of competition) and UEFA which has opted not to go with the double-headers this time, and there can be a few eliminations today as a result.
First up in OFC, if Fiji do not beat New Zealand in Group A, both Fiji and New Caledonia will be eliminated. Similarly in Group B, Tahiti will eliminate Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands with a win over PNG, setting up the final round in August/September despite two games remaining in each group...
In AFC, Thailand will be out if they lose to Japan and Australia picks up a point. No team can qualify yet, but Iran would be on the brink with a win over China and a poor result for Syria in South Korea.
Venezuela can already no longer directly qualify for the finals, with only the intercontinental playoff left in reach. They will be dumped out if they either do not beat Chile, or if Ecuador gains a single point at home to Colombia.
28th sees an almost full match program across confederations other than CAF (presumably on a post-AFCON break of competition) and UEFA which has opted not to go with the double-headers this time, and there can be a few eliminations today as a result.
First up in OFC, if Fiji do not beat New Zealand in Group A, both Fiji and New Caledonia will be eliminated. Similarly in Group B, Tahiti will eliminate Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands with a win over PNG, setting up the final round in August/September despite two games remaining in each group...
In AFC, Thailand will be out if they lose to Japan and Australia picks up a point. No team can qualify yet, but Iran would be on the brink with a win over China and a poor result for Syria in South Korea.
Venezuela can already no longer directly qualify for the finals, with only the intercontinental playoff left in reach. They will be dumped out if they either do not beat Chile, or if Ecuador gains a single point at home to Colombia.
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