World Cup Qualifiers Thread

[The Emirates Gallactico]

[Munchies]

What a fucking Boss !

Bosscielny

[Master Splinter]

Koscielny .

Keeping himself fresh for the Southampton game.

What madman starts Old Man Abidal at CB and Debuchy over Sagna though? Debuchy has played decently for Newcastle recently but Sagna should be the first name in their backline. Dids .

[Munchies]

Nasri headlining . My shit non-existant French tells me they wanted Valbuena playing instead of him.

Everyone else

[Syn]

They have a very good bunch of players there. Certainly better than England. Yet there's no chance we would've lost to Ukraine in such an important match.

[Marc Overmars]

France.

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

Hope France don't get to the world cup

The last thing we need is the likes of Giroud jetting to some run-down shit hole in Brazil after an exhausting season helping us win the title.

[milla]

They have a very good bunch of players there. Certainly better than England. Yet there's no chance we would've lost to Ukraine in such an important match.

France has a lot of talented players but stuck with awful manager IMO.

[milla]

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/4961/...e?ICID=HP_BN_8

The former Real Madrid playmaker had been struck by illness but made a 30-minute cameo in Germany's 1-1 draw with Italy, and Jogi Low has now decided to trial other personnel

Arsenal playmaker Mesut Ozil will not take part in Germany's friendly clash with England at Wembley Stadium on Tuesday night.

The 25-year-old, who made an appearance off the bench against Italy on Friday, has been withdrawn from the squad, along with Philipp Lahm and Manuel Neuer, as Joachim Low plans to test different personnel at Wembley.

"The game against England is the last chance to test tactics and personnel before the World Cup," Low said in a statement.

"Lahm, Neuer and Ozil are the absolute core, for me it's important to give other players in key positions a chance to prove themselves against a great team like England."

Ozil has recorded the joint-most assists in the Premier League since moving to the Emirates Stadium, helping Arsenal climb to top spot, but was struck by illness this week.

Meanwhile, Arsenal defender Per Mertesacker joins the squad after recovering from a virus suffered prior to the 1-0 defeat to Manchester United last weekend.

Good for us IMO, hopefully they will be fit for Soton games.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Tuesday, 19th November 2013
Romania v Greece, 19:00 (1-3 Agg)
Croatia v Iceland, 19:15 (0-0 Agg)
Sweden v Portugal, 19:45 (0-1 Agg)
France v Ukraine, 20:00 (0-2 Agg)