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Hello, it's the international football thread. It's exactly one season before euro 2016, the first European Championships to have 24 teams! Theres a few more rounds of qualifiers in September and October, with the playoffs in November. =========================== 2014-15 in International Football =========================== Germany, the world-masters, lost to Poland and drew with Ireland in qualifiers. It wont matter because its impossible for good teams not to qualify for the new expanded Euros. Wales are now the tenth best team in the world.  It all kicked off in Belgrade between Serbia and Albania.  Wayne Rooney is now only one goal behind Bobby Charlton's England record. San Marino ended a 61-game losing streak with a goalless draw against Estonia. It was their first ever point in Euro qualifiers. Vincent Kompany almost scored a worldie http://gfycat.com/EmbarrassedCoordinatedEasternnewt ============================= Euro 2016 qualifying group standings =============================    I love international football! 
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Just a few more wins and we'll be going to france boys!! Squad for Cyprus away and Israel home: Goalkeepers: Wayne Hennessey (Crystal Palace), Danny Ward (Liverpool, on loan with Aberdeen), Owain Fon Williams (Inverness Caledonian Thistle) Defenders: Ashley Williams (Swansea City), James Chester (West Bromwich Albion), James Collins (West Ham United), Ben Davies (Tottenham Hotspur), Chris Gunter (Reading), Neil Taylor (Swansea City), Adam Henley (Blackburn Rovers), Ashley Richards (Fulham) Midfielders: Andy King (Leicester City), Joe Ledley (Crystal Palace), Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal), Jordan Williams (Liverpool, on loan with Swindon Town), David Edwards (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Shaun MacDonald (AFC Bournemouth) Forwards: Gareth Bale (Real Madrid), Hal Robson-Kanu (Reading), Sam Vokes (Burnley), Simon Church (MK Dons), David Cotterill (Birmingham City), Tom Lawrence (Leicester City, on loan with Blackburn Rovers)
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Sep 2, 2015 18:09
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Wales is England
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Sep 2, 2015 19:19
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atomic gog posted:Wales are now the tenth best team in the world. Not at counting apparently
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Sep 2, 2015 19:39
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Blue Star Error posted:Not at counting apparently Doh!
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Sep 2, 2015 20:19
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sebzilla posted:Wales is England it is
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Sep 2, 2015 21:41
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atomic gog posted:Wales are now the tenth best team in the world. It's amazing that all it takes to be the best team in the world is to not win two finals in a row
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Sep 2, 2015 21:48
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We live in a world where the current World Cup holders are ranked lower than Belgium and the only two teams with a 100% record in Euro qualifying are England and Slovakia
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Sep 2, 2015 21:53
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I can't get enough of are Dan
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HJB posted:We live in a world where the current World Cup holders are ranked lower than Belgium and the only two teams with a 100% record in Euro qualifying are England and Slovakia Belgium are really good though
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Sep 2, 2015 21:57
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Yes but it's Belgium
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Sep 2, 2015 22:08
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HJB posted:Yes but it's Belgium Don't worry, Hazard will infect them with Chelsitus or sleep with someones girlfriend and they'll be poo poo again
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Sep 2, 2015 22:16
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I hope Iceland win their games
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Sep 2, 2015 22:40
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For fucks sake not this poo poo again. I was just starting to enjoy the football and all
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Sep 2, 2015 22:54
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You used my comment as the title  I know the expanded format makes it a poo poo load easier but it would be cool if Northern Island and Wales both qualify. Also the expanded format is loving retarded and I hate it.
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Sep 2, 2015 23:30
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Guam is actually a fun cool team and Gary White is a nice dude.
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Sep 3, 2015 03:37
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HJB posted:We live in a world where the current World Cup holders are ranked lower than Belgium and the only two teams with a 100% record in Euro qualifying are England and Slovakia England are really good
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Sep 3, 2015 08:34
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Hiddink is gone, the Netherlands are probably still poo poo. Hoping for a point against Iceland.
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Sep 3, 2015 09:11
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sebzilla posted:Wales is better than England Todays fifa rankings agree with you.
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Sep 3, 2015 09:40
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I hope Germany smash Germany B and Ireland sweep up some serious points and GD assist Gibraltar and Georgia. Sadly Germany will probably draw with Germany B and Ireland will scrape two 1-0s
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Sep 3, 2015 10:59
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In an hour and a half you can watch Australia play Bangladesh in a World Cup qualifier http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/article/2015/08/30/watch-socceroos-road-russia-sbs-september
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Sep 3, 2015 11:04
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I'm finding the continued resurgence of Tom Rogic extremely cool, I hope his legs don't explode again.
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Sep 3, 2015 12:17
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Slight one way traffic for Australia (3-0 after 20).
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Sep 3, 2015 12:22
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This isn't a match, this is a cat toying with a mouse.
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Sep 3, 2015 12:33
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Goddamn poverty induced delayed SBS broadcast I hate you so much
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Sep 3, 2015 12:37
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Tongues posted:Goddamn poverty induced delayed SBS broadcast I hate you so much I'm here with ya, up the roos
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Sep 3, 2015 13:01
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Leckie has neymar hair but it's nothing compared to Davidson's hair lmao its au bad
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Sep 3, 2015 13:08
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This feeling of watching the Socceroos and not immediately getting their poo poo pushed in every couple of minutes is loving bizarre I'm also enjoying the You Fat Bastard for a keeper who looks like he have never eaten anything other than celery before
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Sep 3, 2015 13:24
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Tongues posted:This feeling of watching the Socceroos and not immediately getting their poo poo pushed in every couple of minutes is loving bizarre It's Oceania all over again
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Sep 3, 2015 13:26
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Bogan Krkic posted:It's Oceania all over again Just put us in UEFA already - we can play our home games in Shepherds Bush in London
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Sep 3, 2015 13:31
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I feel real bad for this Bangladesh keeper, he's real bad but so is everyone else, playing for your country shouldn't involve just having to pick the ball out of the net
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Sep 3, 2015 13:32
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Bogan Krkic posted:I feel real bad for this Bangladesh keeper, he's real bad but so is everyone else, playing for your country shouldn't involve just having to pick the ball out of the net I don't know if it possible to get per-player possession stats, but he surely has had the ball the most by far. The heat map is gonna look like the sun rose in the Bangladeshi goalsquare
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Sep 3, 2015 13:38
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There ya go, Milligan and Mooy together have had more possession than the entire Bangladesh team.
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Sep 3, 2015 13:39
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There's not a single player on the Bangladesh team with the physique of a semi pro athlete, which I guess is why they aren't even chasing after the ball at any point
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Sep 3, 2015 13:48
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The 6-4-0 formation has really worked for them.
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Sep 3, 2015 14:00
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Believe it or not each of those players is a professional soccer player, in the sense that they are paid to play the sport. The entire team plays in the Bangladeshi Premier League, and has a Transfer Markt total value of 25,000 euros. For comparison, that is half the amount that Ballarat FC in the NPL is worth.
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Sep 3, 2015 14:06
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Tongues posted:Believe it or not each of those players is a professional soccer player, in the sense that they are paid to play the sport. The entire team plays in the Bangladeshi Premier League, and has a Transfer Markt total value of 25,000 euros. For comparison, that is half the amount that Ballarat FC in the NPL is worth. Paid full time? I'm surprised if the Bangladeshi Premier League is a full time professional affair. e. dude coming on has sick frosted tips as well as his awesome rat tail ftw
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Sep 3, 2015 14:09
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Bangladesh is cricket mad and has a test match record of W7 L71. I don't know if there's a less successful sporting nation.
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Sep 3, 2015 14:10
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Bogan Krkic posted:Paid full time? I'm surprised if the Bangladeshi Premier League is a full time professional affair. Honestly couldn't tell you, there is bugger all info out there at all on Bangladeshi soccer. Bangladesh might need a Ballotelli-esque haircut restriction clause
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Sep 3, 2015 14:16
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thassa decent hit
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Sep 3, 2015 14:18
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Monday Bandele posted:Bangladesh is cricket mad and has a test match record of W7 L71. I don't know if there's a less successful sporting nation. That's awesome, we all love underdogs- I know gently caress all about cricket except that all the teams seem to play each other like 50 times a year for weeks on end. Yesss Moooooooy
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Sep 3, 2015 14:19
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