I dont think the types of games like last wed night does any good for Andorra other than Im sure their players were happy to play at wembley.
I think the following would be worthwhile as an experiment:
If the bottom seeds were all placed in one group and this group was run parallell to the qualifying process (say for Euro 2012). The winner(s) of this group would then enter qualifying proper for the following tournament (WC 2014). The worst performing team(s) in the proper qualifying for 2012 would then be relegated to the 'minnows' qualifying group for the next campaign.
This would increase the number of genuine competitive games for these countries and may help them to progress.
There would be some anomalies in this system though, for example if my proposal was adopted for this campaign. Montenegro would be in the 'minnow' qualifying group and would more than likely very easily beat the likes of San M, F I's, Andorra, Lux etc. However, Montenegro would join the qualifying system proper for 2012 taking the place of the worst performing team in the qualifying groups for 2010. The smaller countries would also lose out financially in a big way if their most attractive competitive game would be against the best of the lowest seeds.
It is easy for the likes of us, fans of countries in the third/fourth seeds to support proposals like the above, because bar a complete disaster and terrible downturn in fortunes, the above proposal would never have any impact on us.
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