would England be seeded for the draw or not?
^ There will be four pots for the draw:
Pot 1: five teams to include Spain
Pots 2, 3 and 4: six teams
France are not included in the pots as they are automatically assigned as team A1.
The teams will be drawn into six groups of four teams each (Groups A to F), with the top two in each plus the four best third-placed sides to advance to the knockout phase.
http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Down...WNLOAD.pdf
So how I understand it, England will be in pot 1 with Wales probably be in pot 3
Bring on the taffs. I want the taffs. Let's smash the taffs. Revenge the rugby. Hopefully though in this case won't have a shite ref that gives them 4 incorrect penalties that wins the game for them, as was the case in the rugby.
I suppose the nightmare draw would be to have England Wales, Northern Ireland, Irish Republic - if they get through playoffs - and Albania all in the same group now that would be a "Group of Death" to my mind!!
(But I know it won't happen - or can it?
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(15-10-2015 13:31 )setter1000 Wrote: [ -> ]Bring on the taffs. I want the taffs. Let's smash the taffs. Revenge the rugby. Hopefully though in this case won't have a shite ref that gives them 4 incorrect penalties that wins the game for them, as was the case in the rugby.
I pretty much think the taffs would probably want to avoid us now, until the Q/F!!
but yes we have to get revenge for the bloody rugby
what happens if we get a ref that can't speak welsh or English?
(15-10-2015 20:19 )babelover48 Wrote: [ -> ]I suppose the nightmare draw would be to have England Wales, Northern Ireland, Irish Republic - if they get through playoffs
If the Republic of Ireland qualify they will be in pot 4 (unless both Norway and Slovenia qualify through the play offs too), which as it turns out is the same pot as Wales and Northern Ireland. England would therefore be unable to draw the Republic of Ireland, Wales and Northern Ireland, but would have a 50% chance of drawing one of them.
The following countries are seeded for the qualifying play offs: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ukraine, Sweden and Hungary.
That leaves the the following as the unseeded countries for the draw: Denmark, Republic of Ireland, Norway, Slovenia.
(15-10-2015 20:24 )babelover48 Wrote: [ -> ]what happens if we get a ref that can't speak welsh or English?
All referees speak English. It's a job requirement.
(17-10-2015 09:52 )cosmonaut Wrote: [ -> ] (15-10-2015 20:24 )babelover48 Wrote: [ -> ]what happens if we get a ref that can't speak welsh or English?
All referees speak English. It's a job requirement.
Is that a new rule? The ref for the world cup game between Crotia and brazil could not speak a word of English. That was the Croats complaint anyway.
maybe the taffs will speak in welsh just to confuse the ref!!