Regarding the Nations League teams:

Hungary - very credible draw with France and could survive the group of death
Slovakia - currently 2nd best in their group with one game to go
Scotland - credible draw with England and possibility of going through as second place if results go their way
North Macedonia - have added to the competition though outclassed by Netherlands

They all got through on merit whereas Republic of Ireland and Serbia had equal chance and fluffed their lines.

It's 7 games to win a tournament folks. Are we honestly saying 7 games is too much? Only thing you should be considering to change that is drop the third-place qualification route into tournament knock-out.