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    Euro Nations League

    anyone else slowly warming to this weird competition?

    It currently Spain 0 England 3 at half time - which is making me question everything

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    I'm loving the Nations League, it's the lower ranked teams that have been awesome to watch now they have competetive games. Gibraltar's first couple of wins were good fun to watch.

    Germany have been painful to watch

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    Germany against france were just woeful up front... should have been 3-4 up going into the second half....

    For its first time going I think its taking alot of people time to understand the setup..

    But If they keep doing it, long run I think its a good idea... to promote national football teams and for them to play better and in more meaningful games...

    the usual always having friendlies doest = pressure of a game with something riding on it...

    will make euro nations stronger I think
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    the main downside to it I think is a lack of rest time for top players as every weekend is a competitive fixture

    plus if Euro teams only ever play other Euro teams then they'll consolidate money and power but it may come at a cost of being a bit samey samey

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    i see your point.. but its up to every nation to choose which players play... i look at the swiss team and we had a changes between game against belgium and Iceland... it allows also to blood younger players in not just a friendly...

    Nations still play friendlies and can against other nations in the world... from as far as i know this wont be run every year but just between the 2 qualification rounds for EM and WM etc.

    With the promotion and relegation allows for different teams up and down.

    Do understand the samey samey but could also allow for innovation
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    Quote Originally Posted by goaliepersempre View Post
    i see your point.. but its up to every nation to choose which players play... i look at the swiss team and we had a changes between game against belgium and Iceland... it allows also to blood younger players in not just a friendly...

    Nations still play friendlies and can against other nations in the world... from as far as i know this wont be run every year but just between the 2 qualification rounds for EM and WM etc.

    With the promotion and relegation allows for different teams up and down.

    Do understand the samey samey but could also allow for innovation
    Thonk you may find it is a fore runner idea for something


    You will get more money out of a league involving NTs than club sides

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    Quote Originally Posted by MFKS View Post
    Thonk you may find it is a fore runner idea for something


    You will get more money out of a league involving NTs than club sides
    Thats the thing, yes national teams in some countries are loved to the be all and end all... but people have more of a connection to actual clubs.....

    but then again they dont care about the fans... albeit there is always a turning and over priced point...
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    Quote Originally Posted by goaliepersempre View Post
    Thats the thing, yes national teams in some countries are loved to the be all and end all... but people have more of a connection to actual clubs.....

    but then again they dont care about the fans... albeit there is always a turning and over priced point...
    Clubs dont encompass anything that NTs can do

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    this is turning out to be quite exciting after all

    I'd thought the three team leagues was a crap idea but as the England Croatia game showed it leads to high drama

    I'd actually like to see Asia do something similar (split between East Asia and West Asia preferably)

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    Quote Originally Posted by boz-monaut View Post
    this is turning out to be quite exciting after all

    I'd thought the three team leagues was a crap idea but as the England Croatia game showed it leads to high drama

    I'd actually like to see Asia do something similar (split between East Asia and West Asia preferably)
    There was a great deal riding on that game. Win and you go to the finals. Lose or Draw and you're relegated. Talk about pressure.
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    Within the space of 27 minutes it went from Croatia going through to Spain going through to England going through.
    Spain absolutely bottled it and Loven made a fool of himself, great scenes all round.

    How good was Ethan Ampadu dishing out his justice in the Welsh game.
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    Awesome come from behind win by the swiss last night against belgium.... needed to win by plus 2 goals... smashed 5-2
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