Nations League

**EH54** · 17-11-2018 07:50 PM

Considering taking back my previous comments. It's great when your winning eh..🙄

***Lancs Harp*** · 17-11-2018 08:12 PM

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For the first time in my life I hope Scotland lose both games tonget a new manager in. At least that way we may still have a pop at the Euros. 3-1 Albania

Hope your night isnt too bad. I've quite enjoyed Scotlands performance and I'm English

(albeit pretty pro Anglo Scot). Played very well tonight.

**ionahibby** · 17-11-2018 08:17 PM

Decent performance against a pretty Poor Albania. I genuinely think having all the call offs has allowed some players to shine a bit. Can anyone confirm so if we win group we go into a playoff to go into the Euro 2020 playoff? Or is it straight into euro 2020 playoff?

***danhibees1875*** · 17-11-2018 08:20 PM

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Decent performance against a pretty Poor Albania. I genuinely think having all the call offs has allowed some players to shine a bit. Can anyone confirm so if we win group we go into a playoff to go into the Euro 2020 playoff? Or is it straight into euro 2020 playoff?

It depends if we qualify from the normal qualification process. If we don't (which lets face it, we won't

) then us and the 3 other league C group winners would play in a semi final and then final for a place in Euro 2020.

**MWHIBBIES** · 17-11-2018 08:22 PM

It hadn't disrupted the season, same amount of breaks as last season and the one before.

***PatHead*** · 17-11-2018 10:38 PM

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It depends if we qualify from the normal qualification process. If we don't (which lets face it, we won't

) then us and the 3 other league C group winners would play in a semi final and then final for a place in Euro 2020.

Just now the three other league leaders are Finland, Serbia and Norway.

***Moulin Yarns*** · 18-11-2018 12:54 PM

The 3 team groups make for interesting possibilities. England win and they top the group, lose and they will be relegated.

Edit :winner takes all game, draw suits nobody.

C'mon Croatia 🇭🇷

***neil7908*** · 18-11-2018 01:22 PM

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Decent performance against a pretty Poor Albania. I genuinely think having all the call offs has allowed some players to shine a bit. Can anyone confirm so if we win group we go into a playoff to go into the Euro 2020 playoff? Or is it straight into euro 2020 playoff?

I think we're seeing the benefits of not shoehorning Tierney into the team. Yes he's a very good player but we're playing him out of position and it's a square peg in a round hole.

It feels like last night we had players that really want to play for Scotland and are generally in they're preferred positions. That can make a world of difference.

IMO anyone who pulled out of the squad for dubious reasons should not be getting let back in easily.

***Green Man*** · 18-11-2018 01:24 PM

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The 3 team groups make for interesting possibilities. England win and they top the group, lose and they will be relegated.

Edit :winner takes all game, draw suits nobody.

C'mon Croatia 🇭🇷

If I’ve worked it out correctly, a goalless draw relegates Croatia, a score draw relegates England.

***Moulin Yarns*** · 18-11-2018 01:30 PM

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If I’ve worked it out correctly, a goalless draw relegates Croatia, a score draw relegates England.

Think so. 😁

**Sir David Gray** · 18-11-2018 01:38 PM

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If I’ve worked it out correctly, a goalless draw relegates Croatia, a score draw relegates England.

Correct.

England win - They top the group and Croatia are relegated.
Croatia win - They top the group and England are relegated.
0-0 draw - Spain top, England 2nd and Croatia relegated.
Score draw - Spain top, Croatia 2nd and England relegated.

***PatHead*** · 18-11-2018 06:40 PM

I see Northern Ireland lost again today. 2 wins in their last 13 games.

Maybe we dodged a bullet with Michael O’Neill?

***bingo70*** · 18-11-2018 06:55 PM

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I see Northern Ireland lost again today. 2 wins in their last 13 games.

Maybe we dodged a bullet with Michael O’Neill?

Think that’s just a result of them punching above their weight under him. I’m sure if they’d been in a lower pool they’d have had a better record. Pool C is probably a fairer reflection of their abilities.

FWIW I also watched their home game against Bosnia on the tele a month or two back and they absolutely battered them, they somehow ended up getting beat but it was one of the most unfortunate losses I’ve ever seen.

**HUTCHYHIBBY** · 18-11-2018 07:18 PM

Good game on SKY just now, Switzerland 2 Spain 2 after half an hour.

**HUTCHYHIBBY** · 18-11-2018 07:30 PM

3-2 to The Swiss.

**~~Iggy Pope~~** · 18-11-2018 07:31 PM

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Good game on SKY just now, Switzerland 2 Spain 2 after half an hour.

Bloody Spain desperate to sneak into any old group! Belgium 3-2 down.

**~~The_Horde~~** · 18-11-2018 07:36 PM

Disrupting our season IMO but I do like it.

**HUTCHYHIBBY** · 18-11-2018 07:51 PM

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Bloody Spain desperate to sneak into any old group! Belgium 3-2 down.

Oops! 😄

**HUTCHYHIBBY** · 18-11-2018 08:03 PM

4-2

***Lancs Harp*** · 18-11-2018 08:15 PM

Great game between Switzerland and Belgium. To be fair a great initiative from UEFA, there have been some great and entertaining games, much better than next to meaningless friendlies. Scotland even won 4-0 away FFS

**HUTCHYHIBBY** · 18-11-2018 08:26 PM

5-2

**harpo** · 18-11-2018 08:27 PM

What a performance by the Swiss

**CMurdoch** · 18-11-2018 08:33 PM

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What a performance by the Swiss

Swiss Rolled them

**~~The 90+2~~** · 18-11-2018 08:40 PM

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Swiss Rolled them

Belgium left with Brussel sprout.

**~~G B Young~~** · 19-11-2018 01:27 PM

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It has been really good for the smaller nations to actually play competitive games which they have a chance of winning.

That would be fine if the smaller nations (including Scotland) were playing in an international equivalent of the Irn-Bru Cup which didn't involve the top nations. However, if I'm reading things right, the Nations League gives these teams a potential back door route to the European Championships by winning an easy group and then a play-off. Why reward that kind of mediocrity at the expense of better sides who would enhance, rather than reduce the quality of the main tournament? Rewarding mediocrity is surely not the way to improve the quality of football across the board.

***Diclonius*** · 19-11-2018 01:52 PM

I'm far more interested in (non-Scotland) Nations League games than I am the Euro/WC qualifiers. Something to play for in almost every game and between teams of similar stature so they're always competitive. A welcome addition to the calendar, as long as England don't ****ing win it.

***Sylar*** · 19-11-2018 03:08 PM

So what happens if we manage to win tomorrow night and win Group C1? Do we get promoted into Group B1, or does our landing spot get drawn out of some hat?

***Oscar T Grouch*** · 19-11-2018 03:15 PM

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So what happens if we manage to win tomorrow night and win Group C1? Do we get promoted into Group B1, or does our landing spot get drawn out of some hat?

From my understanding we get promoted to Group B, which will be drawn again in the next Nations Cup. We win and don't qualify through normal channels we go into a semi final against another Group C winner then subsequently into a final game against the winner of the other semi final, the winner of that qualifies for Euro 2020. I think this is how it works anyway

Edit, if we come 2nd and Israel qualify thru normal channels we go into the play off semi final but we stay in Group C for the next nations cup.

***CropleyWasGod*** · 19-11-2018 03:16 PM

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From my understanding we get promoted to Group B, which will be drawn again in the next Nations Cup. We win and don't qualify through normal channels we go into a semi final against another Group C winner then subsequently into a final game against the winner of the other semi final, the winner of that qualifies for Euro 2020. I think this is how it works anyway

Presumably, it will affect our seedings for the coming Euro draw, no?

Which means we would avoid Germany