[FOOTBALL] UEFA Nations League [Archive]

Reg

21-09-2016, 09:52 PM

Yeah we a had a thread or two about this on the old board. It's intending to make internationals more appealing with more at stake.

I'm looking forward to it because currently international breaks are unwelcome every time.

Jimmy Floyd

21-09-2016, 10:03 PM

As far as my cynical brain can see, it's a mechanism to ensure that the biggest countries never fail to qualify for tournaments.

Pleb

31-08-2018, 03:39 PM

So this is starting on Thursday 6th...

https://youtu.be/Vn3pWjave3A

CONCACAF following suit (https://youtu.be/UZo9DyHh1Zk)

Giggles

31-08-2018, 03:54 PM

Our squad is horrendous. 3rd.

Giggles

02-09-2018, 11:58 AM

Another one pulls out and, even though he's shit now in the domestic game, he's still a big loss.

All this surely has to put some pressure on the FAI to review the place of the management.

https://m.independent.ie/sport/soccer/international-soccer/harry-arter-not-expected-to-link-up-with-ireland-squad-as-doubts-emerge-over-shortterm-international-future-37274574.html

Giggles

03-09-2018, 11:19 AM

Shit seems to be going down in Denmark.

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Giggles

04-09-2018, 03:49 PM

Looking like Denmark sending out the futsal team vs Wales unless something very late is agreed. The domestic pro players refused call ups too.

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Pepe

04-09-2018, 04:54 PM

2-0 Denmark

SincereTheRebel

04-09-2018, 06:37 PM

Just brought up to speed on this tournament. This is like the Emirates Cup for internationals except its across a year instead of two days.

Giggles

04-09-2018, 07:09 PM

John Jensen is managing Denmark.

Baz

04-09-2018, 08:12 PM

Who the hell is Sean McDermott?

Giggles

04-09-2018, 08:18 PM

Who the hell is Sean McDermott?

In our squad? Some Norwegian with a Da from Donegal.

Baz

04-09-2018, 08:19 PM

In our squad? Some Norwegian with a Da from Donegal.Aye. Barrel scraped.

Giggles

04-09-2018, 08:26 PM

Aye. Barrel scraped.

Big time. With Westwood, Forde, and Elliott basically out of action there's fuck all else. The young Utd keeper is gone to the 21's and I presume the lad at Liverpool is playing underage too.

Jonathan Walters (Ipswich Town*), Graham Burke, Callum Robinson (Preston North End), Aiden O’Brien (Millwall)
And these are the options up front. Fucking hell.

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niko_cee

04-09-2018, 08:28 PM

Someone called Sean McDermott by rights ought to play for Ireland not Norway, regardless of birth/heritage/whatever. Like that Thomas Delaney joker turning out for Denmark.

This chap can't be any less Irish than Matt 'Matty' Holland, or Tony Cascarino.

Giggles

04-09-2018, 08:31 PM

Pen

05-09-2018, 04:44 AM

That Denmark thing is pretty ridiculous. If it really is only about money they should’ve sold the 23 places to fans. I’d pay to get a game for Finland.

Giggles

05-09-2018, 08:09 PM

They're not doing too bad, 65 minutes gone and 2-0 down.

Giggles

05-09-2018, 08:12 PM

Jimmy Floyd

05-09-2018, 08:21 PM

Would the best possible Ireland team stay up in the Premier League?

Giggles

05-09-2018, 08:26 PM

Would the best possible Ireland team stay up in the Premier League?

If we can go back to 1980 to pick maybe.

SincereTheRebel

06-09-2018, 09:05 AM

They have announced this tournament but we still can't get Pro Evo Style All-Star games or FIFA Ultimate Team.

Giggles

06-09-2018, 10:50 AM

Just copped that 9 of these are on free television here. Germany France, England Spain, and Portugal Italy will be worth a watch anyway.

Giggles

06-09-2018, 05:32 PM

With the pull outs and injuries, our team is looking likely to be:

Randolph

Coleman
Duffy
Clark
Ward

Horgan
Hendrick
Meyler
Hourihane
O'Dowda

Walters

That wouldn't even make the championship playoffs.

Close enough.

Darren Randolph
Seamus Coleman (C)
Cyrus Christie
Shane Duffy
Ciaran Clark
Callum O'Dowda
Jeff Hendrick
Callum Robinson
Stephen Ward
Jon Walters
Conor Hourihane

Giggles

06-09-2018, 06:17 PM

Is this the first time Ryan Giggs has ever shown up for a friendly?

Giggles

06-09-2018, 07:07 PM

Lovely finish from Bale. This could be an absolute slaughter, which will hopefully usher Martin and Roy out the door before the qualifiers.

Pleb

06-09-2018, 09:20 PM

Of course Germany-France ended goalless.

How long before teams realise that it's a backdoor qualification to the Euros/World Cup?

John Arne

07-09-2018, 02:39 AM

It's a back door to the Euro's, but it has no qualification shortcuts to the World Cup (as far as I can tell).

Giggles

07-09-2018, 04:53 AM

Kwame Ampadus young lad looks the part.

Giggles

07-09-2018, 03:54 PM

Did O'Neill leave him a bit of a slow burner or what?

https://i.imgur.com/kgXZWEd.gif

Jimmy Floyd

07-09-2018, 04:39 PM

Probably just shook hands and said 'pervert'.

It looks like Littlefinger's face when he realises he's about to get done in.

Giggles

07-09-2018, 04:40 PM

Probably just shook hands and said 'pervert'.

"We know where you live".

Baz

07-09-2018, 05:48 PM

“Good game Scholesy lad.”

Shindig

07-09-2018, 07:25 PM

It just gets more intense the more I watch it. Like he's just realised who Keyser Soze is.

niko_cee

07-09-2018, 08:09 PM

:D

That's a great shout.

-james-

08-09-2018, 01:23 PM

Northern Ireland playing like Classic XI here.

Giggles

10-09-2018, 01:10 PM

Sounds like a good setup. Hopefully see the end of Keane now.

https://youtu.be/00STt2qwpiE

phonics

10-09-2018, 01:23 PM

The amount of Irish Sports news that comes 'leaked from WhatsApp' is just weird. Like who is in a group with Stephen Ward just lifting the voice recordings :D

Giggles

10-09-2018, 01:27 PM

The amount of Irish Sports news that comes 'leaked from WhatsApp' is just weird. Like who is in a group with Stephen Ward just lifting the voice recordings :D

That's the first time ever seen anything leaked through WhatsApp, here or elsewhere.

I'd say the recordings are something to with an Irish Sun journalist as they carried the same story this morning before these came out.

Giggles

10-09-2018, 06:34 PM

That Italian keeper is a strange looking cunt.

phonics

11-09-2018, 02:16 PM

Sanchez wasn't picked for the Chile national squad because 'the trip would be too tiring' so what did he do with his time off?

Fly to Chile.

http://sportwitness.co.uk/alexis-doesnt-figure-controversy-man-united-players-squad-exclusion-flight-back-chile/

Giggles

11-09-2018, 05:35 PM

Matt Doherty must have shagged Keane's Mrs or something. Madness that him Burke aren't starting.

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Giggles

11-09-2018, 06:47 PM

I've never seen Aiden O'Brien kick a ball.

phonics

11-09-2018, 06:49 PM

Giggles

11-09-2018, 06:51 PM

I've heard of Jeff Hendrick and Darren Randolph total. What the fuck happened? I swear 2 years ago you had a team of mostly/former PL players. Like 95% played for Stoke but now it looks like a shittier version of Scotland.

You should pitch for reunification just to get the decent O'Neill in.

They all got old. We won't be seeing a major tournament for a long long time. There's a few PL lads not playing tonight for numerous reasons (injury, fighting with Roy Keane, jumping ship to England, the usuals :D) but it's still not good. We need to either pile on the domestic league to try develop our own or start pushing youngsters to mainland Europe instead of the UK systems (brexit might help that).

I wouldn't even entertain the latter part of your post. I'd take losing everything single tie for the next 20 years ahead of it.

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phonics

11-09-2018, 07:02 PM

They all got old. We won't be seeing a major tournament for a long long time. There's a few PL lads not playing tonight for numerous reasons (injury, fighting with Roy Keane, jumping ship to England, the usuals :D) but it's still not good. We need to either pile on the domestic league to try develop our own or start pushing youngsters to mainland Europe instead of the UK systems (brexit might help that).

I wouldn't even entertain the latter part of your post. I'd take losing everything single tie for the next 20 years ahead of it.

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TBH I don't think the league systems your problem. It's more than likely the woeful coaching and the awful system your league has with the way counties manage themselves and the like.

For example, than Ethan Apamdu lad or whatever that rinsed Ireland the other night was rejected by England because he 'didn't take enough touches' as a centre back. "He controlled that ball too well for me, Clive". Insanity. He was negatively reviewed because he was too good, and that's a top level scout hired by the English FA, I can't imagine what morons John Delaney has looking after the system.

Giggles

11-09-2018, 07:07 PM

TBH I don't think the league systems your problem. It's more than likely the woeful coaching and the awful system your league has with the way counties manage themselves and the like.

For example, than Ethan Apamdu lad or whatever that rinsed Ireland the other night was rejected by England because he 'didn't take enough touches' as a centre back. "He controlled that ball too well for me, Clive". Insanity. He was negatively reviewed because he was too good, and that's a top level scout hired by the English FA, I can't imagine what morons John Delaney has looking after the system.

His old man played for Arsenal and our U21's.

Delaney does absolutely fuck all. He's now embedded enough in yes men that he doesn't need to ever worry and just collect the big cheque every year. You're probably right on the league here, it's too big an undertaking at this stage, but if players are going to go at 17 I'd love to see more in Portugal, Holland, Belgium, etc.

Bam

11-09-2018, 07:57 PM

Who that fuck is this rocket they have on Sky Sports? Yeah I would of course, but she has no idea about football.

phonics

11-09-2018, 07:59 PM

Who that fuck is this rocket they have on Sky Sports? Yeah I would of course, but she has no idea about football.

Alex Scott, 5 league titles, 10 FA Cups and Champions League winner? Yeah not sure what she's done to get on here. I'm sure you could teach her a few things about the offside rule though.

Lewis

11-09-2018, 08:07 PM

Yeah in ladies football. They give those medals out when you spend a certain amount in Asda.

Sir Andy Mahowry

11-09-2018, 08:10 PM

Rashford :wub:

Bam

11-09-2018, 08:18 PM

Alex Scott, 5 league titles, 10 FA Cups and Champions League winner? Yeah not sure what she's done to get on here. I'm sure you could teach her a few things about the offside rule though.

In what is probably lower than Sunday league standard.

Giggles

11-09-2018, 08:19 PM

In what is probably lower than Sunday league standard.

Still though :wub:

John

11-09-2018, 08:20 PM

She was decent during the world cup. Orders of magnitude better than some of the Proper Football Men who keep getting pundit jobs.

Bam

11-09-2018, 08:23 PM

Still though :wub:

Oh yeah, don't get me wrong. Top notch.

Giggles

11-09-2018, 08:23 PM

Spain are giving Croatia some horseing.

Sir Andy Mahowry

11-09-2018, 08:45 PM

Do the England band only know how to play The Great Escape and You Can Make it Whole Again?

Jesus fuck, learn a new song.

Giggles

11-09-2018, 08:46 PM

I don't think I watched enough to see Aiden O'Brien kick a ball but he took that header well.

Jimmy Floyd

11-09-2018, 09:54 PM

Are these friendlies also prescribed by the nations league? We'd never play anyone as boring as Switzerland given the usual FA star-fucking policy.

Giggles

11-09-2018, 09:55 PM

Are these friendlies also prescribed by the nations league? We'd never play anyone as boring as Switzerland given the usual FA star-fucking policy.

There is some tie-in with the European based friendlies and they use the same TV deals, etc as the nation's league games.

phonics

11-09-2018, 09:59 PM

Are these friendlies also prescribed by the nations league? We'd never play anyone as boring as Switzerland given the usual FA star-fucking policy.

Yeah you can't create a competition saying 'We've done all this so we can get rid of friendlies' and then host one in the same week.

I guess maybe it's because the South Americans take so long to get there and back that the break has to be 2 weeks long?

Jimmy Floyd

11-09-2018, 10:05 PM

You could always not have three team groups, but they seem inexplicably have to come back into vogue, like hair curtains.

phonics

11-09-2018, 10:15 PM

You could always not have three team groups, but they seem inexplicably have to come back into vogue, like hair curtains.

Not from football but I know they do this in South Korean ESPORTS because it makes it harder to fix matches with 3 then 4 or 6. SO I guess when you're introducing an entire league of shit teams to play each other it counts as a precaution.