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Today is the draw for the 2010 world cup qualifiers. 53 European countries will compete for 13 spaces at the finals in South Africa.
Scotland is in the second seeded pot so I thought I would try and predict who we will play against. Unfortunately both Sweden and England are in the same pot as us so we can’t play them. Thats a shame ‘cos we’d whip both of them easily…
Pot 1
Italy, Spain, Germany, Czech Republic, France, Portugal, Netherlands, Croatia, Greece.
Pot 2
England, Romania, SCOTLAND, Turkey, Bulgaria, Russia, Poland, Sweden, Israel.
Pot 3
Norway, Ukraine, Serbia, Denmark, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Finland, Switzerland, Belgium.
Pot 4
Slovakia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Hungary, Moldova, Wales, FYR Macedonia, Belarus, Lithuania, Cyprus.
Pot 5
Georgia, Albania, Slovenia, Latvia, Iceland, Armenia, Austria, Kazakhastan, Azerbaijan.
Pot 6
Liechenstein, Estonia, Malta, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Andorra, Faroe Islands, San Marino.
My Prediction for Scotlands group is…
Spain
Scotland
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
San Morino
I’m not sure why I think these teams will be drawn together, it just feels right somehow. If this is the group, I think that we would win it quite easily 
Well done, you got none right,
did think you might be onto something though when Slovakia, Slovenia and San Marino were drawn together!
You are not allowed to go to Holland though, remember what happened last time you went there!
Haha,
What happens in Amsterdam, stays in Amsterdam.
I think it’s a hard draw, especially as we are drawn in the 5 team group. It means that we don’t get a dodgy minnow to play against.
Holland, SCOTLAND, Norway, FYR Macedonia, Iceland.
When the groups are finished, the results against the bottom teams in the other eight groups are discounted and the best eight runners-up will face two legged play-offs to qualify. Clear as mud.
Anyway, is it not a good thing if Scotland DON”T get a dodgy minnow to play against. Think Faroes, Puerto Rico, Georgia, Iran…….