Tuesday night WCQ's

[Craig]

Holland v Sweden on ITV4 @1930

Portugal v Switzerland on Sky Sports @1945

France v Belrus Sky Sports (red button @1945.

 

[bnigmother]

Holland game is a dead rubber.
Portugal game is a shoot out for automatic qualification. No brainer what I’m watching.

 

[ParagonofVirtue]

The S American qualifiers later on should be interesting.

There is that many different permutations as to who can qualify, reach a play off or fail to qualify it should be a topsy turvy night!

 

[Clubdeckg]

Alves on the bench for Portugal

 

[Beanzie]

Alves on the bench for Portugal

Must mean that he is fit to play on Friday

 

[grascots]

Will be watching Portugal and hoping Alves gets some game time just to get his fitness levels up for Friday.

 

[Jelle1880]

Imagine if Portugal and Argentina don't make it, the 2 best players in the world not on a World Cup...

 

[Jelle1880]

Robben scores from the spot. Eden Hazard scores for Belgium.

 

[ekbear]

Ref losing the plot a bit in the Portugal game.

Andre Silva lucky not to be at least booked for a bad challenge on Djourou, then books a Swiss player for booting the ball away a nano second after blowing the whistle.

 

[sofakineazy]

Was that Madonna at the Portugal game?

 

[Clubdeckg]

Was that Madonna at the Portugal game?

Think her son plays for Benfica, or something crazy like that

 

[Beanzie]

Griezemann for France against Belarus

Giroud with the 2nd

 

[sofakineazy]

Think her son plays for Benfica, or something crazy like that

Ok. I thought she was there to get pumped by Bruno.

 

[Jacrispy]

Portugal getting everything. Silva avoids a clear yellow, Swiss picks up a yellow for an accidental handball, and Portugal avoid conceding a pretty clear penalty

 

[Porty_true_blue]

1-0 Portugal O.G

 

[govantrueblue]

1 nil Portugal OG

 

[Jelle1880]

That's harsh.

 

[Aldo007]

Jao Mario trying to claim that goal was funny. He is utter garbage. Worse than a man down.

 

[54ysae]

Portugal getting everything. Silva avoids a clear yellow, Swiss picks up a yellow for an accidental handball, and Portugal avoid conceding a pretty clear penalty

So funny.

 

[Aldo007]

Portugal getting everything. Silva avoids a clear yellow, Swiss picks up a yellow for an accidental handball, and Portugal avoid conceding a pretty clear penalty

What about the clear penalty the guy with the ponytail should have given away?

 

[Jelle1880]

Dutch 2-0 up... Robben again.

 

[bnigmother]

Dutch 2-0 up... Robben again.

Only 5 to go then

 

[Jelle1880]

Only 5 to go then

Just need a Lewandowski-like sub

 

[Jacrispy]

What about the clear penalty the guy with the ponytail should have given away?

It happened after I’d posted it. Maybe he thought he’d even it up.

André Silva still getting away with murder

 

[Porty_true_blue]

2-0 Portugal great team goal

 

[ekbear]

2-0 Portugal Andre Silva. Great move by Portugal.

 

[noops12345]

2-0 Portugal

 

[Jelle1880]

2-0, that's surely it. Portugal at the World Cup.

The Swiss have completely lost the plot.

 

[TN8]

That Lichtsteiner is an absolute wank. F*cking hate him.

 

[Mitchellenman]

Bruno going to the World Cup

 

[Clubdeckg]

The Hazard brothers the scorers for Belgium

 

[Deek]

Who’s is this clown of a co-commentator in the Portugal game?

 

[grascots]

Portugal in control and will win this comfortably

 

[TN8]

Ronaldo has been Portugal's worst player.

 

[The Pontiac Bandit]

Some amount of totty in the switzerland end.

Ronaldo has been worse than a man down today.

 

[grascots]

Some amount of totty in the switzerland end.

Ronaldo has been worse than a man down today.

Not sure we should make a move for him in the January window after that display.

 

[Jacrispy]

Rank rotten showing from Ronaldo, lucky he’s go team mates that can bail him out

 

[Tommyhlrsc]

Bulgaria draw with Luxembourg did my coupon...Luxembourg ffs!

 

[Professor Yaffle]

Hazards did well for Belgium

 

[dh1963]

Presume Northern Ireland not seeded in playoffs.... who can they get?

Italy and Croatia must be 2 of the 4 seeds. Other 2?

 

[Aldo007]

That Lichtsteiner is an absolute wank. F*cking hate him.

Always seems to be a bit of a wank but he is a top class right back probably one of the best in the world.

 

[Aldo007]

Rank rotten showing from Ronaldo, lucky he’s go team mates that can bail him out

Quite clearly not the one man team people try and make them out. I'm sure the final of the Euros confirmed that long before now.

 

[spirit_of_93]

Presume Northern Ireland not seeded in playoffs.... who can they get?

Italy and Croatia must be 2 of the 4 seeds. Other 2?

Switzerland and Denmark.

 

[DejaVoodoo]

Presume Northern Ireland not seeded in playoffs.... who can they get?

Italy and Croatia must be 2 of the 4 seeds. Other 2?

Switzerland, Italy, Croatia and Northern Ireland are the highest ranked teams on current rankings.

 

[bnigmother]

So Slovakia didn’t get a play off place. So we came third in the poorest group.

 

[Torque_87]

Happy for Bruno to have been on the bench. I'm sure he'll still be sharp enough match fitness wise for us on Friday and I'm happy for him to avoid a game tonight before coming back to us.

 

[bob1873]

So Slovakia didn’t get a play off place. So we came third in the poorest group.

Yes correct shows what happens when you rely on rhats to play and manage. Puts the so called 'glorious failure' into perspective 3rd in a group where only 1 team progressed. Gee that was great Hamish.

 

[bnigmother]

Yes correct shows what happens when you rely on rhats to play and manage. Puts the so called 'glorious failure' into perspective 3rd in a group where only 1 team progressed. Gee that was great Hamish.

I’m no fan of Strachan but unfortunately the Celtic players did make the team better. In fact the last match he should have played McGregor IMHO.
Anyway we’ll get a new manager soon and see what he does.

 

[spirit_of_93]

Switzerland, Italy, Croatia and Northern Ireland are the highest ranked teams on current rankings.

Unfortunately it looks like NI needed a result in Norway to stay ahead of the Danes.

 

[Ardsman]

Presume Northern Ireland not seeded in playoffs.... who can they get?

Italy and Croatia must be 2 of the 4 seeds. Other 2?

Depends on how FIFA rankings work out on Monday. Tonight it stands:-
Switzerland 1210 pts
Italy 1035
Croatia 977
NI 945
Switzerland 918
Denmark 848
RoI 769
Greece 665

NI will drop points having lost last two games. It depends on how many they drop. Possibly we'll be 5th on Monday night