RIPPA Posted October 13, 2015 Author Share Posted October 13, 2015 Qualified France Hosts England Group E winner Czech Republic Group A winner Iceland Group A runner-up Austria Group G winner Northern Ireland Group F winner Portugal Group I winner Spain Group C winner Switzerland Group E runner-up Italy Group H winner Belgium Group B winner Wales Group B runner-up Romania Group F runner-up Albania Group I runner-up Germany Group D winner Poland Group D runner-up Russia4 Group G runner-up Slovakia Group C runner-up Croatia Group H runner-up Turkey Best third-placed team Play-Offs Seeded (projected) Bosnia and Herzegovina Ukraine Sweden Hungary Unseeded (projected) Denmark Republic of Ireland Norway Slovenia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReiseReise Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Sweden vs Denmark or Norway are both a pretty big thing in Northern Europe. Sweden has been pretty woeful in this campaign, I´d say though. Sweden v Ireland could also bee a nice match up atmosphere-wise, don´t know about the footie. It´s really tough to see the Dutch getting eliminated the way they did. You can´t argue about it not being deserved, though. They only collected ONE point against the top 3, in their home game against Turkey, with a late, late equalizer. Israel got some early hype aswell but couldn´t really get anything from the groups top three. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted October 16, 2015 Author Share Posted October 16, 2015 Play-Offs Seeded (projected) Bosnia and Herzegovina Ukraine Sweden Hungary Unseeded (projected) Denmark Republic of Ireland Norway Slovenia These seedings have been confirmed Draw is Sunday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirFozzie Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 Playoffs: Ireland-Bosnia/Herzegovina Slovenia-Ukraine Sweden-Denmark Norway-Hungary My predictions? Ireland, Ukraine, Sweden, Hungary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChesterCopperpot Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 This Ireland game is fucking dire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 This is the soccer version of the famous Fog Bowl at Soldier Field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 And Ireland scores with less than 10 minutes left to take the lead! Come on Ireland!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Fuck. Just hold on for the draw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 And Ireland hold on for the draw! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReiseReise Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 France won 2-0 against Germany. Your typical boring friendly with a few interesting things and two exceptionally well set up goals for France.Frightening stuff however which is not directly related to football. Posting this here because it´s a prep game for France 2016 and France is going to be the host nation. So I guess it has some relevance.Two very audible explosions occured during the first half of the game, apparantly taking place very close by, somewhere outside the Stade de France. German announcer mentioned eighteen people killed, shootings in Paris aswell as an ongoing hostage crisis late in the second half. Not knowledge yet if it was in any direct relation to the match. German team had to leave the hotel earlier today after a bomb threat. That match seems even less meaningful right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 From The Guardian's live blog: French police: At least 26 people are dead in a spree of violence around Paris. There is also a hostage-taking underway in a theatre. Three different attacks throughout the city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 I watched the first half, it was kind of dull, took a walk during the second and missed realizing the seriousness of what was going on until I got back. Heard the big bangs on the broadcast, wasn't sure what the hell they were, it sounded like a cannon going off or something. It must have been just outside the stadium. Biggest immediate issue as far as the stadium goes is what to do with people inside the stadium, I imagine. You can't exactly ask for everyone to go home in an orderly fashion with bombs going off outside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 https://vine.co/v/iBb2x00UVlv Footage of the sound from within the stadium. Jeez. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Fans obviously being kept inside for their own protection https://twitter.com/andpscott/status/665290651437764609 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Holy shit, the theatre hostage situation sounds awful. "About 35 killed" in the theatre and this is where about 100 hostages were held. What a nightmare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReiseReise Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 I guess it will take a while since the actual numbers make their way to the media. Figures seem to chance by the minute. Apparently more and more shootings are being reported. Hostage situation seems to be growing into a shooting aswell. Explosions near Stade de France rumoured to be suicide bombers. RUMOURED as of now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChesterCopperpot Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 that was never a penalty for Ireland - but we'll take it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonidas Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 The England / France friendly tomorrow at Wembley is going to be very emotional. Rumour is both sets of fans will be singing La Marseillaise. What these extremists don't understand is it makes the bond between allies stronger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 that was never a penalty for Ireland - but we'll take it Soccer Gods making amends for the Henry handball incident? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChesterCopperpot Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 It's actually pronounced Jean Waltèrs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChesterCopperpot Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 Time to book the flights - yeeeeoooowwww Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted November 16, 2015 Author Share Posted November 16, 2015 IRELAND BITCHES~! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 A school in Stoke-on-Trent had a Superhero day on Friday (for Children in Need), where the kids could dress up as their favourite Superhero. One of them wore this: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubbymark Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 England and Wales in the same group! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Not a good draw for either side of Ireland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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