Uefa Nations League

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  1. Spuggy

    Spuggy Well-Known Member

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    Portugal, Poland and Italy have all launched bids to hold the finals next summer.

    Any reason why the FA haven't gone in for this?
     
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    Maybe because Wembley had the euro 2020 semis and final So they thought we wouldn't get it.
     
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    What are people's thoughts on this? Personally I think it's an excellent idea. Reasonably competitive football against top nations. Far better than friendlies against Ecuador with ten subs.
     
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    In theory yes it's a good idea , but with Croatia / Spain in our group I'm expecting an early relegation . Could throw up some interesting games over time , next time round if Scotland get promoted we could be in the same league ......
     
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    so looking at the fixture this means an international break in Sept,Oct and Nov.

    kinda happy to be in L1 a little now.
     
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    not only that but if you look at groups A,B,C.... it is possible that all the four home nations and Eire coul be in the group B together.... now that WOULD be interesting
     
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    If any 3 of our internationals get called up, we will be having the break and rescheduling our fixtures for a Tuesday night!
     
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    but I was under the impression that it was only the Premiership and the championship shut down.... and not the lower leagues.
     
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    So I'm going to guess here euro championship qualies continue as normal with top 2 qualifying as normal . The last four places go to the 4 leagues ( one each ) . Let's say for example Holland finish 3 rd and fail to qualify from their euro group it goes to L1 . If everyone else has qualified in L1 Holland qualify as the best runner up . If Poland fail to qualify then it's a play off between both ( but up to four teams ) . So L2 , 3 and 4 could get really competitive . That's the way I see it anyway.....
     
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    Should be much better than dreary friendlies. International breaks might be something to look forward to for a change.
     
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    Well I'm personally looking forward to it. Especially with England doing so well in the world cup, gives us another chance of silverware. It will be a tough ask to get through to the final 4 tournament for us, but at least it gets rid of some of the pointless friendlies.
     
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    Wonder if we will arrange a few friendlies to get the team up to speed for each round of the Nations Cup or to try out new players.
     
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    We have friendlies booked in for September v Switzerland and November v USA. If we get to the final 4 of the nations league, then there's a good chance there will be no international friendlies in 2019 for England.
     

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