Quinta-Feira Question Time: Gettin’ Outta The Group?

July 31st, 2008 | By: Greg | 6 Comments »

Right now, as it stands, Group A of the European World Cup Qualifiers for 2010 is as follows:

1) Portugal – 0 pts
2) Sweden – 0 pts
3) Denmark – 0 pts
4) Hungary – 0 pts
5) Albania – 0 pts
6) Malta – 0 pts

The bottom teams aside, this group is no cakewalk. We tried our hardest NOT to make the 2008 Euro by dropping points to awful ex-Eastern Bloc countries. Therefore, why should we be filled with confidence with this draw? In the end, first place is obviously an automatic berth with second place earning a home and away playoff, as long as the second place team is one of the “eight best” second place finishers.

I expect to qualify but I also expect the team to scare the shit out of me. Anyone NOT expect to make it? I know it’s hard to predict almost two years in advance what the team will be and the results, but it’s still a fair question at this point.

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By GD | July 31st, 2008 at 2:43 pm

they will be upset once or twice like they usually are but in the end they will get an automatic berth

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By Nelson from nyc | August 2nd, 2008 at 12:16 pm

Well Greg,
Who should we lose to here, Sweden once in sweden, maybe a tie with Denmark away. I expect barring injuries which we always seem to have that we should still qualify. But our club always makes it interesting

By Michael Lima | August 2nd, 2008 at 5:22 pm

G:Hilario(Chelsea)
D:Bosingwa
D:Carvalho
D:Pepe
D:DaCosta
M:Meira
M:Veloso
M:Fernades
M:Quaresma
M:Nani
F:Ronaldo

By Michael Lima | August 2nd, 2008 at 5:24 pm

PORTUGAL WILL WIN 2010 WORLD CUP

By nsd | August 4th, 2008 at 10:23 am

Not sure about your lineup Michael…

I doubt Hilario will get a look unless he leaves Chelsea and gets solid first team football somewhere else. The formation could be right, if Queiroz sticks to a Man U type thing with our 3 wingers in a free role.

I hope he at least TRIES a 4-4-2 and introduces some new strikers into the mix. Perhapes Ricardo Vaz Te and Yannick Djalo while continuing to use Almeida & Postiga. Deco will probably be phased out, unless he starts to tear it up in the Premeirship but I dont really see that happening. I like the inclusion of M. Fernandes, but unless he gets over his injury problem who knows…

Any other thoughts on players? Hopefully Antunes can step it up over the next 2 years and get a look in the leftback position.

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By nsd | August 4th, 2008 at 10:24 am

Oh, and does anyone have more information on Pele? It seems that he might actually stay with Inter this season instead of getting loaned out and play a role in Mourinho’s title campaign.

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