Comments for Beating the international minnows at http://www.wsc.co.uk , comment 0 to 6 out of 6 comments http://www.wsc.co.uk Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:42:26 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/3525/38/#pc_635 Sorry Duncan, my bad. I do hope no group ends up being decided on this basis. Am not sure whether this makes the Andorrans and their ilk more or less of an irrelevance than before. - dennis Sun, 14 Jun 2009 09:10:24 +0100 http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/3525/38/#pc_630 It's what makes international football such a turn off for me. There are so few competitive games. I can't help but feel sorry for some of the smaller teams, whilst it's undoubtably an honour to represent your country sometimes it must be a very long journey home. - enzee199 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:56:04 +0100 http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/3525/38/#pc_628 PS NI and Poland's wins were against San Marino. - Duncan Gardner Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:40:14 +0100 http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/3525/38/#pc_627 Dennis: results against the sixth-placed team are only disregarded in the countaback to eliminate the weakest runner-up, not to separate other teams in the same group with the same points. The criteria then are goal difference, goals scored, results against each other where two or more teams are still tied. This is relevant in the Czechia/ Northern Ireland group. NI ambled to two easy wins, aggregate 7-0. But we clearly won't beat Poland on goal difference as they managed 12-0. In qualifying for Euro 2008, Liechtenstein (population ca. 30,000) beat Iceland who beat Northern Ireland who beat Spain, the eventual tournament winners. Just a thought. Is Andorra really a sovereign country- as opposed to duty free hypermarket with ski slope attached? I thought the joint heads of state were still the French President and a local Spanish bishop? - Duncan Gardner Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:39:27 +0100 http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/3525/38/#pc_625 Results against the 6th-placed team are disregarded when separating teams that finsih level on points, and when determining which are the 8 highest-scoring runner-up across the nine groups. So a 1-0 victory last night, for all the wailing and gnashing of teeth it would doubtless have provoked, would ultimately have no less use than a 10-goal spanking. I'd have more sympathy for Andorra' merits if they themselves appeared to give a monkey's about being involved. Would their people really take to the streets in protest if they were spared this charade every two years? Their life expectancy is amongst the longest on Earth so if nothing else, they seem to handle the constant disappointment admirably well. - dennis Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:53:10 +0100 http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/3525/38/#pc_624 In qualification groups that are tight, goal difference often depends on how many teams can be "bothered" to put past the likes Andorra, rather than how many they managed against more challenging opposition. - The Exploding Vole Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:15:44 +0100