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UEFA Nations League
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paxtonwolf
Tony Marchi
Good lord 5-2
paxtonwolf
Tony Marchi
Well done Uefa. far better than friendlies
Danishfurniturelover
the prettiest spice girl
Can not believe anyone on here is backing this waste of time.
More matches for England and less friendlies mean more matches in which our players can get injured. I tolerate (which is good of me) the euros and the world cup but now this as well, fcuk it.
More matches for England and less friendlies mean more matches in which our players can get injured. I tolerate (which is good of me) the euros and the world cup but now this as well, fcuk it.
Bedfordspurs
Mark Falco
Or more matches that aren’t friendlies so our players learn more in competitive conditions
parklane1
Tony Galvin
Its all about the money mate.
Legohamster
Ian Walker
More likely to get injured in a friendly I reckon.
johnola
Jermaine Jenas
It’s like the midweek five a side league. Somehow competitive and enjoyable but without the emotional focus of proper Saturday afternoon football.
I guess it does the players some good in terms of mental freshness to occupy different roles in a different strategy.
And the England setup has been detoxified - for the momentat least.
I guess it does the players some good in terms of mental freshness to occupy different roles in a different strategy.
And the England setup has been detoxified - for the momentat least.
SteveAWOL
Chris Jones
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/news/newsid=2581785.html
Is this linked to UEFA EURO 2020 qualifying?
Not really. The last four UEFA EURO 2020 places go to the winners of mini-tournament between the top four-ranked teams in each of the four UEFA Nations League groupings (A–D), but this is separate to the UEFA Nations League Finals. The only bearing these Finals have on qualifying is that the four contenders will be placed in five-team groups rather than six.
Gazza Dazzla
Chris Perry
They’ve basically brought more competitive games in to the footballing calendar, so more workload for the already tired players who play 2/3 games a week already.
I’ve enjoyed the competition so far because I love football, but I can’t help thinking this is the opposite of what Uefa should have been doing to protect tired players.
Instead of replacing friendly kickabouts with competitive matches they should have just scrapped those international dates altogether.
I know the reason is money, but it doesn’t make it right.
Edit: by the way, why is it changing b-r-ought in my first sentence to bought?
I’ve enjoyed the competition so far because I love football, but I can’t help thinking this is the opposite of what Uefa should have been doing to protect tired players.
Instead of replacing friendly kickabouts with competitive matches they should have just scrapped those international dates altogether.
I know the reason is money, but it doesn’t make it right.
Edit: by the way, why is it changing b-r-ought in my first sentence to bought?
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Seedy Ron
Jimmy Neighbour
It was a success at the top level, good teams playing off to see who'd go to the finals and who'd go to the 2nd tier etc, but was it quite so interesting in the tiers below that?
Better than friendlies though, I'll give you that, and prevents Italy fixing the world rankings by playing countless no marks.
Still don't quite understand how it fits into Euro 2020 qualifying though.
markysimmo
Johnny nice-tits
The brick manager merry go round goes on and on
Mick McCarthy confirmed as Republic of Ireland manager with Robbie Keane as coach
Mick McCarthy confirmed as Republic of Ireland manager with Robbie Keane as coach
Lemonade Money
Les Medley
Good luck Keano with your boyhood nation.
Kandi1977
Garth Crooks
Has he changed nationality since he became an adult?
England squad to face Iceland and Denmark:
Tammy Abraham (Chelsea), Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Eric Dier (Tottenham Hotspur), Phil Foden (Emirates Marketing Project), Joe Gomez (Liverpool), Mason Greenwood (Manchester United), Dean Henderson (Manchester United), Danny Ings (Southampton), Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur), Michael Keane (Everton), Harry Maguire (Manchester United), Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa), Mason Mount (Chelsea), Kalvin Phillips (Leeds United), Jordan Pickford (Everton), Nick Pope (Burnley), Marcus Rashford (Manchester United), Declan Rice (West Ham United), Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund), Raheem Sterling (Emirates Marketing Project), Kieran Trippier (Atletico Madrid), Kyle Walker (Emirates Marketing Project), James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), Harry Winks (Tottenham Hotspur)
Seems Maguire is needed badly to take on Iceland and Denmark .. regardless the PR fallout?
Tammy Abraham (Chelsea), Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Eric Dier (Tottenham Hotspur), Phil Foden (Emirates Marketing Project), Joe Gomez (Liverpool), Mason Greenwood (Manchester United), Dean Henderson (Manchester United), Danny Ings (Southampton), Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur), Michael Keane (Everton), Harry Maguire (Manchester United), Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa), Mason Mount (Chelsea), Kalvin Phillips (Leeds United), Jordan Pickford (Everton), Nick Pope (Burnley), Marcus Rashford (Manchester United), Declan Rice (West Ham United), Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund), Raheem Sterling (Emirates Marketing Project), Kieran Trippier (Atletico Madrid), Kyle Walker (Emirates Marketing Project), James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), Harry Winks (Tottenham Hotspur)
Seems Maguire is needed badly to take on Iceland and Denmark .. regardless the PR fallout?
Lemonade Money
Les Medley
That looks a pretty good squad.
What the hell has happened to English midfielders. If the best we can come up with to play alongside Winks is Ward-Prowse, Mount, Rice, Phillips and Foden we have serious problems.