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8 minutes ago, Strontium Dog™ said:

 

This is the third time they've been in the same qualifying group from eight possible. 

I'd hazard a guess that's more than any other country. 

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Not sure if Italy can get paired with Sweden again but if they are, they are going to be nervous as fuck as the Swedes beat them in a play-off to qualify for the last World Cup.

 

There really is no point in the likes of San Marino being put in these qualifying groups. Not their fault they have such a small talent pool, but their sole intent is to avoid a double-figures hiding and the strikers they face can just pad out their stats. The smaller European nations should have a tournament of their own that takes place around the same time as the actual major tournaments, and the best 2 for example get into the draw for the subsequent qualifiers for the next major tournament. Playing teams closer to their level might get them to offer more in the final third, get them to score a few goals and maybe rack up some wins for once.

 

They do this in the all the other qualifying zones bar South America, who have their own convoluted process.

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10 minutes ago, MegadriveMan said:

 

Nine potentially missing.  Robertson, Gomez,  Henderson, Keita, Milner, Jones and Mane will be doubtful for the weekend with Firmino and Elliott definitely out.

Alisson; Trent, Matip, Van Dijk, Tsimikas; Fabinho, Ox, Thiago; Salah, Jota, Origi

 

Not horrendous

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