OT(ish) U17 Qualified ?

[BramleyMiller58]

How ?
On what basis ?
On my reckoning we finished 3rd

[daveeed]

Thank god it's not just me , I asked this on another thread but not had a reply , our goal diff is +1 and the Swiss are +2 , so they have the better record and should finish second ? .

I'm sure the reason is obvious , but I can't see it !

[Silly-miller]

Thank god it's not just me , I asked this on another thread but not had a reply , our goal diff is +1 and the Swiss are +2 , so they have the better record and should finish second ? .

I'm sure the reason is obvious , but I can't see it !

Money

[millertop]

Attachment 9419

This might help if you can see it, it’s about tie breakers head to head

[PokerMillersSwinton]

Italy beat the Swiss 2.0
we beat Italy 2.1
we lost to the Swiss 0.1

goal diff between all the teams on 6 points =
Italy +1
Eng 0
Swiss -1 therefore Swiss needed a 2 goal margin to qualify giving then a 0 goal diff meaning the head to head comes into play.

Its a stupid way of doing things straight Goal difference should apply in all the games not just the 3 teams on 6 points . Sometimes i wish we would stick to the simplest way of doing things and not try to over complicate matters.

[millertop]

Italy beat the Swiss 2.0
we beat Italy 2.1
we lost to the Swiss 0.1

goal diff between all the teams on 6 points =
Italy +1
Eng 0
Swiss -1 therefore Swiss needed a 2 goal margin to qualify giving then a 0 goal diff meaning the head to head comes into play.

Its a stupid way of doing things straight Goal difference should apply in all the games not just the 3 teams on 6 points . Sometimes i wish we would stick to the simplest way of doing things and not try to over complicate matters.

Thank the Lord someone knows how to spell out it simple

I didn’t think England were that good tbh and will be surprised if the win tournament

[Pattylallacks2]

It's a Swizz!

[daveeed]

How rediculous , as PMS says what's up with straight forward goal diff and if equal at the end of the group matches, then bring in a head to head system or goals scored etc to decide, but to begin with straight goal diff has got to be simplest.

[BramleyMiller58]

'kinda makes sense of resolving "tie break" between the three tied teams but .............

................ goal difference should be goal difference IMO

[millertop]

Yes but they like to complicate things, common sense doesn’t apply