I read somewhere (the highlights feature on twitter) that Scotland getting a play-off spot would be bad for Ireland/Wales. Why would this be so when they are in different groups? Is it do with with rankings etc?
It’s to do with results. The worst runner up doesn’t make the playoffs. So a Scotland win means Ireland would need to beat Wales by a certain amount of goals - 3 I think. And for Wales, I think if Scotland and Slovakia both don’t win then Wales would only need a draw to qualify. It’s complicated.
The last 2 runners up places are between Slovakia, Croatia and Wales. If Croatia draw 2-2 and Wales 1-1 for example, Wales would lose out on a play off place because of yellow cards
How can we not make it when the 2nd strongest team in the poule are fucking Sweden?! The whole appointment of Hiddink and then Blind made this hole so much deeper. Whilst that hole was already very deep if you look at the lack of talent that we have since forever. I hoped the u-17s generation that won the tournaments in 2011 and 2012 would give us something, but it’s hasn’t happened sadly. It’s incredibly frustrating too miss out on two consecutive tournaments.