The good news is UEFA have increased the format to 24 teams at the finals, if Scot/ROI still fails to qualify then I'd be speechless. Wales and NI can be excused for their smaller populations.
Scotland's qualifying record is shocking for a nation of 5m+.
The North are still in with a shout of qualifying. The reason is that none of us are producing enough technially gifted players. Also our manager is not helping us with his bizzare team selections and tactics.
"Scotland's qualifying record is shocking for a nation of 5m+."
We qualified for 8 of the first 12 world cups we entered. That's a very good record for a nation of 5million. Our recent record is very poor.
For Ireland to qualify for any major tournament is brillant considering soccer is only the third most played sport on the island.
Yeah all the nations have a poor record and realistically only Scotland and Ireland will ever have a chance of qualifying for any tournament!
Agree 100% . That said the Welsh seem to be improving but they are a long way off being good enough to qualify
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posted on 5/9/11
The good news is UEFA have increased the format to 24 teams at the finals, if Scot/ROI still fails to qualify then I'd be speechless. Wales and NI can be excused for their smaller populations.
Scotland's qualifying record is shocking for a nation of 5m+.
posted on 5/9/11
The North are still in with a shout of qualifying. The reason is that none of us are producing enough technially gifted players. Also our manager is not helping us with his bizzare team selections and tactics.
posted on 5/9/11
"Scotland's qualifying record is shocking for a nation of 5m+."
We qualified for 8 of the first 12 world cups we entered. That's a very good record for a nation of 5million. Our recent record is very poor.
posted on 5/9/11
For Ireland to qualify for any major tournament is brillant considering soccer is only the third most played sport on the island.
posted on 6/9/11
Yeah all the nations have a poor record and realistically only Scotland and Ireland will ever have a chance of qualifying for any tournament!
posted on 6/9/11
Agree 100% . That said the Welsh seem to be improving but they are a long way off being good enough to qualify
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