No luck o' the Irish in Monday's FIFA World Cup playoff draw
by Steve Davis on Oct 19, 2009 10:47 AM EDT
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As you scheme and schedule your next, uh, “sick day,” you might want to book Nov. 14. And then you might want to schedule a, uh, “follow up doctors visit” for Nov. 18.
Those are the playoff dates coming up for the remaining World Cup berths. And now we know the European matchups, which were drawn Monday in
Here’s how it shook out. (If you’re an
(The teams listed first will host the Nov. 14 leg.)
This is a huge blow for
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that decision to seed the playoffs was iffy.
it was so obviously made to try to ensure portugal(ronaldo) and france would make the finals. it’s fine to have such a seeding plan, but to not make the rule until just before the playoffs is outrageous.
capital letters suck.
Well I have a problem with the decision
but I’d be willing to let it slide had they decided prior to qualifying.
by Ryan Rosenblatt on Oct 19, 2009 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions
What would you have preferred?
Random draw? Teams are seeded for the first draw, why not for this one? Only other option that makes sense is to seed based on results within the WCQs (four highest finishers are seeded, next four get drawn against one of them, ninth is done), which would have been fine with me too (and might have made things more interesting for teams that had already guaranteed a trip to the playoffs on the last day).
FIFA's a joke
FIFA loves to seed first then come up with the formula second.
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