Group F
Portugal
Russia
Israel
Northern Ireland
Azerbaijan
Luxembourg.
Looks a bit of a tough one lads to me.
Heres my view
Portugal -cant see you getting anything away to them ,draw at Windsor
Russia - as above
Israel - both teams to win their home game
Azerbaijan -NI really need 6 points ,just cant see a win away ,but who knows
Luxembourg - Should be 6 points ,but remember Faroes
Ports to win group,I think Israel could be the surprise package here and I fancy them to claim 2nd with Russia a close 3rd.NI to finish 4th,Azerbaijan will take points of most teams at their place but nothing away (apart from in Luxembourg)
But a couple of surprise results in NI favour (maybe a win against one of the top 3 seeds -a la Slovenia , and it could turn things in your favouur. Only good thing with this group is they are 5 teams who will all take points off each other ,which gives you a chance ,your thoughts my little Northerly friends ( and of course you lovely ROI fans who like chippin in like a Liam Brady cross)
World Cup Draw Group F
posted on 31/7/11
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A few points against the Azers and nothing else
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You think NI wont get points from the 2 Luxembourg games? See you support United ,so wont get much sense out of you anyway .
posted on 31/7/11
N.I have two hopes................
Bob Hope and no hope lol..............
Still be good to see a few Portugal stars at Windsor and who knows OWC could pull off another giat killing shocker!!!
posted on 31/7/11
We'll probably beat Portugal & Russia at home then lose to Luxemberg & the Azer's all joking aside though a tough draw for us I may get saving for possibly away trips in Portugal & Luxemberg!!!
posted on 31/7/11
very tough group, though could possibly see 1 or 2 shocks (and shockers no doubt!) , our home form is the key to even getting a sniff at qualification for Brazil 2014.
posted on 31/7/11
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posted on 31/7/11
Not a bad group. Could have been much worse! I dont consider there to be a single World class team in this group!
"What about Portugal?", I hear you shout. What about them? -- crawled into the last WC finals courtesy of a play off agaainst Bosnia and could only draw 5-5 at home against Cyprus. Plus they may not have Deco, arguably a more influential player than Ronaldo, this time round.
posted on 31/7/11
its not the big teams im so worried about (seem to raise our game) , its the shockers against teams we could beat.
posted on 31/7/11
In case anyones worried about my being deleted by the MODs above -- It was a self requested deletion by myself as I had another one of those duplicated posts.
posted on 1/8/11
NI will be doing well not to finish bottom of this group. An absolute horror draw for them.
posted on 2/8/11
Come on the WEE SIX!