Euro 2020 qualifiers

[Bobfoc]

It's all looking tight for Scotland, Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland. It's looking as though Scotland will have their first ever penalty shootout, and the other two will probably face shootouts too.

[gunnar hendershow]

All are currently in penalty shootouts on that note.

[Colly]

I want to watch all 3! All winning but Ireland at the moment, Northern Ireland looking very good.

2 out of 3 ain't bad.

[Bobfoc]

Scotland are through, but the Republic are out.

Northern Ireland are through as well.

There's still the possibility of all four home nations appearing in the tournament.

[METALMAN]

Easy win for Scotland in the sectarianism derby. Never in doubt. And now WE ARE FINALISTS IN A MAJOR INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT

[Bobfoc]

If they beat Serbia, that is.

EDIT: I missed the joke. Silly me.

[Lineker]

So have we missed out on a potential winner-takes-all playoff between the two Ireland's? Probably for the best that.

[Kaney]

It would be peak Scotland to finally qualify for a tournament that gets cancelled.

[GA!]

46 minutes ago, Kaney said:

It would be peak Scotland to finally qualify for a tournament that gets cancelled.

It won't get cancelled this time. I don't see it taking place in 12 countries as scheduled though - I can see Germany or England (and Scotland?) hosting the whole thing.

[Naitch]

My first thought was that there's no way Germany get it ahead of England, purely based on their hosting of the 2006 World Cup. Then I remembered how badly we're bungling our COVID-19 response when compared to the Germans and douche canoeing our way over the Brexit waterfall at the end of the year.

[GA!]

2 hours ago, Naitch said:

My first thought was that there's no way Germany get it ahead of England, purely based on their hosting of the 2006 World Cup. Then I remembered how badly we're bungling our COVID-19 response when compared to the Germans and douche canoeing our way over the Brexit waterfall at the end of the year.

It wouldn't surprise me. Germany are much further on in terms of getting people back in stadiums too. And the difference between tournaments doesn't really matter either - Mexico held two World Cups in 16 years due to Colombia cancelling in 1986.

[gunnar hendershow]

I would almost expect there to be a bubble set-up next summer. Doesn't mean just one country is the host though. The knockouts would likely occur similar to how the Champions League did in August, in a city with multiple stadiums. The groups could occur in a city with one stadium since teams need days off.

[METALMAN]

If Glasgow doesn’t get the Czech Republic v Sweden match we were promised I’m gonna riot.

[Lineker]

Scotland are actually in danger of pulling this off...

[Kaney]

don't fuckin jinx it mate

[Lineker]

1 minute ago, Kaney said:

don't fuckin jinx it mate

I'm trying to  

[Lineker]

soz.

[gunnar hendershow]

Ugh heartbreaking for Iceland.

[Lineker]

Northern Ireland also go to extra time versus Slovakia.

[Kaney]

7 minutes ago, Lineker said:

soz.

Actually the worst.