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World Cup - Russia 2018 qualifying draw - El Car - 25-07-2015
The UEFA section draw will be kicking off soon.
Pots as follows:
Pot 1: Germany (holders), Belgium, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, England, Wales, Spain, Croatia
Pot 2: Slovakia, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Czech Republic, France, Iceland, Denmark, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Pot 3: Ukraine, Scotland, Poland, Hungary, Sweden, Albania, Northern Ireland, Serbia, Greece
Pot 4: Turkey, Slovenia, Israel, Republic of Ireland, Norway, Bulgaria, Faroe Islands, Montenegro, Estonia
Pot 5: Cyprus, Latvia, Armenia, Finland, Belarus, FYR Macedonia, Azerbaijan, Lithuania, Moldova
Pot 6: Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Georgia, Malta, San Marino, Andorra (and possibly Gibraltar depending on CAS ruling?)
Tough to say who I'd want to see in Scotland's group, but maybe something like:
Romania
Austria
Scotland
Estonia
Moldova
Malta
Not too exotic and no real fear-inducing side in there. Hopefully it'll fall better than the practise draw that gave us Netherlands, France and Republic of Ireland in our group.
RE: World Cup - Russia 2018 qualifying draw - 0762 - 25-07-2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33665467
Scotland drawn v England for the first time ever in a World Cup quali group!! Both confrontations at Hampden and Wembley will be mouthwatering!! Could it be a good time for us to play the Auld Enemy? I'm certainly looking forward to both these high security matches like thousands of other fans of the Tartan Army!
RE: World Cup - Russia 2018 qualifying draw - El Car - 25-07-2015
Definitely a couple of tasty matches to look forward to. I'd expect England to win the group but I don't think we have anything to fear from the other sides, and it could be pretty tight between us, Slovakia, Slovenia and maybe Lithuania.
RE: World Cup - Russia 2018 qualifying draw - 0762 - 25-07-2015
Scotland's improvement may well be enhanced further by the time that these World Cup quali ties take place. We could well be much closer to England's level compared with when we played the last couple of friendly international matches against them. Here's hoping!
RE: World Cup - Russia 2018 qualifying draw - spireitematt - 17-02-2017
Probably a good idea that England doesn't qualify for this tournament.