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Group F: Hungary vs Portugal - (22/6/16) KO 5pm, BBC1/HD
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Tourista
22-06-2016
Originally Posted by Jamesp84:
“My word”

Yep, not a dull moment this evening....
ritchie2yk
22-06-2016
So albania win a game, Portugal don't, and Albania go out, wheres the justice in that

No side drawing all their games should be going through
LostFool
22-06-2016
The only downside of this is that it would be more embarrassing to lose to Iceland than Portugal.
Banana Rama
22-06-2016
i thought it was first plays against second, why are we playing iceland instead of hungary?
MR_Pitkin
22-06-2016
Originally Posted by ritchie2yk:
“So albania win a game, Portugal don't, and Albania go out, wheres the justice in that

No side drawing all their games should be going through”

Can you explain why this is? Surely the first criterion after number of points should be number of wins.
Casper Gomez
22-06-2016
Originally Posted by ritchie2yk:
“So albania win a game, Portugal don't, and Albania go out, wheres the justice in that

No side drawing all their games should be going through”

Was just about to write that. So unfair considering Albania had the hard group too.
MR_Pitkin
22-06-2016
Originally Posted by Banana Rama:
“i thought it was first plays against second, why are we playing iceland instead of hungary?”

We didn't finish first
Ænima
22-06-2016
Originally Posted by Banana Rama:
“i thought it was first plays against second, why are we playing iceland instead of hungary?”

Because in those cases, those who finish top play third placed teams, so it's still an advantage to top.
Banana Rama
22-06-2016
Originally Posted by MR_Pitkin:
“We didn't finish first”

england finished second, hungary finished first
Bosox
22-06-2016
Originally Posted by MR_Pitkin:
“Can you explain why this is? Surely the first criterion after number of points should be number of wins.”

It goes Goal Difference, Goals Scored, Fair Play, UEFA Coefficient Ranking. Wins not a factor.
Highest Grade
22-06-2016
Originally Posted by ritchie2yk:
“So albania win a game, Portugal don't, and Albania go out, wheres the justice in that

No side drawing all their games should be going through”

Absolutely ridiculous isn't it?
Dandem
22-06-2016
Originally Posted by ritchie2yk:
“So albania win a game, Portugal don't, and Albania go out, wheres the justice in that

No side drawing all their games should be going through”

That's really ****ed up when you think about it. The way this tournament works is nonsensical.
MR_Pitkin
22-06-2016
Originally Posted by Bosox:
“It goes Goal Difference, Goals Scored, Fair Play, UEFA Coefficient Ranking. Wins not a factor.”

That's bollocks, not your explanation but the logic
LostFool
22-06-2016
Originally Posted by Banana Rama:
“i thought it was first plays against second, why are we playing iceland instead of hungary?”

Because there are only 6 groups so there are only 6 first places, 6 seconds and 4 thirds who go through. If all of the first places play a 3rd then that means some of the seconds have to play each other.

It's a lot easier when there are 16 or 32 teams. Having 24 makes it more complex.
celesti
22-06-2016
Originally Posted by Nova21:
“Plenty of people like to be contrarian like that.

I can't stand the bloke, and his wink never crosses my mind.”

He's done nothing to offend me. There's no devil's advocacy at play or anything.
Jason C
22-06-2016
Can't help but feel slightly aggrieved that the only group conclusion I've missed turns out to be the most thrilling one of the lot.

Can't help but feel slightly aggrieved that one of the few matches I've missed in the whole tournament turns out to be the match of the tournament.

You owe me, football gods.
Bosox
22-06-2016
Originally Posted by MR_Pitkin:
“That's bollocks, not your explanation but the logic”

I think whenever you get into this sort of ranking of teams in different groups it always tends to bollocks. That's why having a tournament with 24 teams is so wrong, as discussed in other threads it should be 16/32/64 only numbers that give clear divisions down to a final two.
Nova21
22-06-2016
Originally Posted by MR_Pitkin:
“Can you explain why this is? Surely the first criterion after number of points should be number of wins.”

In no football league in Europe or anywhere else as far as I know, is that the rule.
edy10
22-06-2016
Happy For Cris.
Happy for Nani.
Happy for Portugal.
Banana Rama
22-06-2016
Originally Posted by LostFool:
“Because there are only 6 groups so there are only 6 first places, 6 seconds and 4 thirds. If all of the first places play a 3rd then that means some of the seconds have to play each other.

It's a lot easier when there are 16 or 32 teams. Having 24 makes it more complex.”

ah ok, thanks for that...
Nova21
22-06-2016
Originally Posted by edy10:
“Happy For Cris.
Happy for Nani.
Happy for Portugal.”

Happy for you
Bhaveshgor
22-06-2016
Originally Posted by Bosox:
“I think whenever you get into this sort of ranking of teams in different groups it always tends to bollocks. That's why having a tournament with 24 teams is so wrong, as discussed in other threads it should be 16/32/64 only numbers that give clear divisions down to a final two.”

doesn't have to be 16/32/64
since 4 groups of 5 works the same way or 8 groups of 5 etc.
f_196
22-06-2016
Originally Posted by Bhaveshgor:
“doesn't have to be 16/32/64
since 4 groups of 5 works the same way or 8 groups of 5 etc.”

Except you can't have concurrent final group games in that format and they'll be an unfair advantage to those who play last.
Bosox
22-06-2016
No no no, groups of 5 (or any odd number) is a terrible solution. Massively unfair on the team that misses the final round of games. Not to mention the way you get teams playing on different numbers of days rest.

It's really simple there is no fair way of running a tournament that isn't based on a multiple of 16.
Bhaveshgor
22-06-2016
could have 4 group of 6 then.
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