World Cup 2014 Qualifying: Group H

This is the official thread to discuss GROUP H with England, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, San Marino and Ukraine all competing for a place at the 2014 WORLD CUP in Brazil.

FUTURE FIXTURES

Friday 7 September
Montenegro v Poland
Moldova v England

Tuesday 11 September
England v Ukraine
San Marino v Montenegro
Poland v Moldova

Group table to follow.

GROUP H PREVIEW
England go head-to-head with familiar opponents in their quest for a place at the next World Cup, with Montenegro, Ukraine and Poland providing the wall for Roy Hodgson's men.

All four aiming to reach the finals should take maximum points from the other two sides in the group - Moldova, and in particular San Marino.

Whilst England are favourites to win the group, Montenegro will provide another stern test as they did in their Euro 2012 qualifying campaign, missing out on a finals place after losing their play-off match.

Poland and Ukraine, the co-hosts for last summer's European Championship, will be looking to put their disappointing group eliminations behind them as they set about the task of realistically challenging for second place in the group.

QUESTIONS
- Who do you think will win the group?
- How do you think England will fair against Montenegro, Poland and Ukraine?
- Who will be the side to finish second and go into the play-off round?

Latest news - http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/europe/standings/group=258392/news/index.html

TEAMS
England - http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/europe/teams/team=43942/index.html
Moldova - http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/europe/teams/team=44036/index.html
Montenegro - http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/europe/teams/team=1903356/index.html
Poland - http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/europe/teams/team=43962/index.html
San Marino - http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/europe/teams/team=43966/index.html
Ukraine - http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/europe/teams/team=43973/index.html

This thread was created to discuss the whole Group H qualifying campaign - join in the debate!