My spirit has been broken on this forum in recent weeks. I haven't the strength to argue.
You implied they play less well...
International Heritage XI did OK in my recollection. Lack of talent rather than tiredness was the limiting factor though.
Hah, that was only when we had 'scratch' teams...
I just got back from a long weekend betting college basketball 12 hours a day in Vegas. Maybe you should ask Tets or POSH to fly you out there so you can recharge your batteries with a nice massage. When was the last time you frolicked in the spring mist? Not since you went to Sweden last year I would bet.
No Somos muchos pero estamos locos.
Anyway, away from the surrealism, UEFA has approved the new tourney but details are still to be finalised.
I'd like to see similar thought given to European club competition, making it more inclusive of lesser nations.
I think at times Platini has done a good job as president of UEFA.
He has introduced the champions route to qualifying for the champions league which has seen a Cypriot team into the quarter finals and teams competing from countries like Belarus, Denmark and Scotland that otherwise may not have been able to qualify in the previous structure.
This week long festival of football is really going to be great for football fans when it comes to qualifiers. Personally I can't wait to be able to attend an Ireland match and maybe see Germany/Spain/Italy etc on the night we are not playing.
And now this league of nations tournament to replace some of the God awful friendlies we have to put up with currently, id scrap the idea of offering places at tournaments for the lower tiers - let the tournament stand on its own too feet, I think the carrott of playing at the highest level possible will be motivation enough for teams.
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Does anyone remember when the camera fixed in on hodgson when managing liverpool when he scratched his arse and then sniffed his hand?
I'm a bloke,I'm an ocker
And I really love your knockers,I'm a labourer by day,
I **** up all me pay,Watching footy on TV,
Just feed me more VB,Just pour my beer,And get my smokes, And go away
I'm a bloke,I'm an ocker
And I really love your knockers,I'm a labourer by day,
I **** up all me pay,Watching footy on TV,
Just feed me more VB,Just pour my beer,And get my smokes, And go away
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Are we not a bit of an extreme case? We get these 'glamour' games because of our diaspora more than anything else. It's a long time since we've brought a top team to Lansdowne for a friendly but I reckon we'll always have the opportunity to play these types of games in the States or wherever.
Yeah, fair enough. I just don't think there's much we're losing by the new format. I think there's a bit of nit-picking going on. An England friendly will always be a possibility due to geography and so on. If the occasional (and forgettable) friendly against Spain at 1am is all we have to sacrifice then I'm in!
Last edited by DeLorean; 27/03/2014 at 1:12 PM.
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I don't see how separating nations based on coefficients is doing anything to make international football more "inclusive"I'd like to see similar thought given to European club competition, making it more inclusive of lesser nations
At least in the club game there is a possibility of smaller clubs playing big clubs
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