If we're going to Euro 2016 then we're going to have to do it the hard way. So now Irish fans up and down the country will be paying very close attention to the UEFA coefficient to see who can Ireland get in the play-offs..
With Albania's 3-0 win over Armenia tonight in Group I means that they have taken the second automatic qualification place and Denmark will have to contest the play-offs, alongside us.
Here is the list of play-off teams and their position in the race for the top third placed team spot, as things stand. Keep in mind that results against the bottom teams in respective groups don't county. Hence Ireland are only on 12 points.
The seeding all comes down to the Uefa coefficient and this is why the presence of Denmark is not good for Ireland. The top four teams according to the coefficient will be seeds. At the moment only Slovenia and Turkey are behind Ireland.
However the good news is that they haven't been updated since June and given that we've beaten Germany in the mean time it should hopefully give us a huge boost.
The bad news is that judging by this unofficial update we still wouldn't be seeded.
