Football Banter

they won by having just 26% possession, what the hell were holland doing with the ball?

(14-10-2014 01:17 )Joey 27 Wrote:  what the hell were holland doing with the ball?

Passing it, basically.

What you should understand is that possession matters less than organisation. Ask Chelsea who drew away to Barcelona with only 18% possession or Celtic who beat Barcelona with only 15% possession.

It's actually not unusual to win a match with only a moderate amount of possession. In the Premier League if a team has as little possession as Iceland did against the Netherlands they will still win 17% of the time.

So how many of the home nations are at present in a position to qualify for 2016?

Its still early but think England and wales have best chances so far

about possession its right thats was problem with england at world cup loads of posession and chances but wasted what this team is a lineker type striker gets into box and boom in back of net

think wellbeck and sturridge have potential to fill that role

wouild be nice to see Wales qualify, the way they have been playing so far I think they deserve a major finals appearance.

(14-10-2014 07:40 )HannahsPet Wrote:  Its still early but think England and wales have best chances so far

about possession its right thats was problem with england at world cup loads of posession and chances but wasted what this team is a lineker type striker gets into box and boom in back of net

think wellbeck and sturridge have potential to fill that role

you wouldn't count Sterling on doing that role I guess

Haha talk about the luck of the irish

Well done Ireland
Could Germany get knocked out in the qualifiers?

Euro Highlights are on ITV4 tonight(Tuesday) at 11.30pm

What a fantastic start to the campaign for Northern Ireland.
Three straight wins.
England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland have all made decent starts points wise.
Wonder how many of them will end up qualifying for the finals.