Nations League

[cyril evans awaydays]

The Dutch ripping Belgium apart and the boy Cornelius comes good.

[cyril evans awaydays]

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Make that the boy Cornelius comes good x 2!

Cornelius? Must be the Monkey Pox!

[MacAdder]

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Make that the boy Cornelius comes good x 2!

... off the bench! France 1-2 Denmark full time

[2b2bdoo]

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I don’t know why people judged him so quickly, Malky said he was a long term project which obviously we needed having just been promoted. 8 years on and he’s showing he’s not far off what we paid for him.

[cyril evans awaydays]

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I don’t know why people judged him so quickly, Malky said he was a long term project which obviously we needed having just been promoted. 8 years on and he’s showing he’s not far off what we paid for him.

If only we had Bacuna's agent around then we would have been quids in!

[Canton Kev]

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I’ll admit I’m still not quite 100% on the Nations League. Is there any disadvantage to us purposefully getting relegated so we have a much better chance of winning our League B group and getting an automatic play off spot?

[Eric the Half a Bee]

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I’ll admit I’m still not quite 100% on the Nations League. Is there any disadvantage to us purposefully getting relegated so we have a much better chance of winning our League B group and getting an automatic play off spot?

None at all. We're probably best off being relegated.

[fugsyphil]

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I’ll admit I’m still not quite 100% on the Nations League. Is there any disadvantage to us purposefully getting relegated so we have a much better chance of winning our League B group and getting an automatic play off spot?

Easier to get a play off spot in the a league as most a league teams qualify automatically

[Eric the Half a Bee]

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Easier to get a play off spot in the a league as most a league teams qualify automatically

In which case my previous comment was bollocks.

[cyril evans awaydays]

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In which case my previous comment was bollocks.

Not so sure. My reading of it is that being in the top league this time guarantees at least a play off slot for 2024 if we are not in the top 2 of our group unless the other top teams woefully underperform. Basically the 12 best ranked Nations League teams that don't qualify automatically go into a play off for three remaining spots.

If we get relegated then we will be in an inferior position for a play off place for the 2026 World Cup (ie we are currently ranked 13th and the best that we could get if we were relegated was 17th).

[Father Dougal]

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As a league a nations league side it guarantees you a play off for the next tournament i believe?

[Taunton Blue Genie]

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One can't help thinking that the confusion about how the Nations League doesn't help.

[NYCBlue]

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It's also bullshit that we had to play a Nations League game in the same week as a World Cup game. I didn't even realise the Poland game wasn't a friendly until yesterday.

[NYCBlue]

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The Dutch ripping Belgium apart and the boy Cornelius comes good.

I'm actually surprised that Cornelius doesn't have his own thread.

[Taunton Blue Genie]

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One can't help thinking that the confusion about how the Nations League doesn't help.

I think I missed out a word there but it was early morning :-)