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2024-25 UEFA Nations League

stackitsteve
stackitsteve Posts: 12,133
in Other Football and Sports
England down in League B, after relegation in the 22/23 campaign.

draw will take place in a couple of hours.

The 6 group stage matches will take place in the international breaks at the start of next season. (Sep-Nov).

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  • CAFCTrev
    CAFCTrev Posts: 6,080
    Drawn with Ireland! Im half Irish so always an interesting one for me. 
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 96,193
    Finland - Ireland - Greece are our opponents 
  • BR7_addick
    BR7_addick Posts: 10,229
    We owe Ireland one!  
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 27,096
    CAFCTrev said:
    Drawn with Ireland! Im half Irish so always an interesting one for me. 
    @KBslittlesis @guinnessaddick @seth plum you are all dead to me until after these games 
  • KBslittlesis
    KBslittlesis Posts: 8,758
    edited February 2024
    MrOneLung said:
    CAFCTrev said:
    Drawn with Ireland! Im half Irish so always an interesting one for me. 
    @KBslittlesis @guinnessaddick @seth plum you are all dead to me until after these games 
    Eh?
    I support England in the football and Ireland in the rugby.
    It has always been thus.
    Especially since the Irish insist on calling it soccer ffs……..even though football is back on the kit 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🤣🤣🤣
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 70,460
    No excuse not for England to win this group easily, though motivation may be a problem.
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,979
    Seriously does anyone care about the nations league? 
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 64,430
    Bedsaddick said:
    Seriously does anyone care about the nations league? 
    It's more interesting than the friendlies we used to get!
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,979
    Callumcafc said:
    Bedsaddick said:
    Seriously does anyone care about the nations league? 
    It's more interesting than the friendlies we used to get!
    Barely. 
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,958
    Bedsaddick said:
    Seriously does anyone care about the nations league? 
    Doesn’t it contribute to you qualifying seeding for World Cup and Euros?

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  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 27,096
    KBslittlesis said:
    MrOneLung said:
    CAFCTrev said:
    Drawn with Ireland! Im half Irish so always an interesting one for me. 
    @KBslittlesis @guinnessaddick @seth plum you are all dead to me until after these games 
    Eh?
    I support England in the football and Ireland in the rugby.
    It has always been thus.
    Especially since the Irish insist on calling it soccer ffs……..even though football is back on the kit 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🤣🤣🤣
    Oops, sorry KBLS 
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,358
    Bedsaddick said:
    Callumcafc said:
    Bedsaddick said:
    Seriously does anyone care about the nations league? 
    It's more interesting than the friendlies we used to get!
    Barely. 
    Do you advocate that national teams only ever play EC and WC qualifiers and finals then Beds?   
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 96,193
    AddicksAddict said:
    Bedsaddick said:
    Seriously does anyone care about the nations league? 
    Doesn’t it contribute to you qualifying seeding for World Cup and Euros?
    Yes... We'll be in Pot 2 for World Cup Qualification, so could end up being in a Group with France if we want to get to the 2026 World Cup
  • Chunes
    Chunes Posts: 17,599
    Bedsaddick said:
    Seriously does anyone care about the nations league? 
    Less than proper tournaments, more than friendlies. 
  • KBslittlesis
    KBslittlesis Posts: 8,758
    MrOneLung said:
    KBslittlesis said:
    MrOneLung said:
    CAFCTrev said:
    Drawn with Ireland! Im half Irish so always an interesting one for me. 
    @KBslittlesis @guinnessaddick @seth plum you are all dead to me until after these games 
    Eh?
    I support England in the football and Ireland in the rugby.
    It has always been thus.
    Especially since the Irish insist on calling it soccer ffs……..even though football is back on the kit 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🤣🤣🤣
    Oops, sorry KBLS 
    Just seen the first Ireland v England match is on my anniversary.
    Cheap night for him so.
    Come on England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🤣🤣🤣
  • follett
    follett Posts: 1,093
    I find them interesting, it's great for smaller nations especially as an extra path towards qualification. San Marino drawn with Liechtenstein meaning a tasty tie which could see them get their first ever competitive international win
  • stackitsteve
    stackitsteve Posts: 12,133
    Better than friendlies, important for seeding, the players clearly care about it, some smaller nations have seen real improvement because of it.

    plenty of reasons to appreciate it.
  • SpicedAddick
    SpicedAddick Posts: 737
    BR7_addick said:
    We owe Ireland one!  
    In the football?
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,285
    ForeverAddickted said:
    AddicksAddict said:
    Bedsaddick said:
    Seriously does anyone care about the nations league? 
    Doesn’t it contribute to you qualifying seeding for World Cup and Euros?
    Yes... We'll be in Pot 2 for World Cup Qualification, so could end up being in a Group with France if we want to get to the 2026 World Cup
    16 teams qualify from Europe now, so it'll almost be harder for us not to qualify.

    Even if we were in a group with say France or Spain and came 2nd we'd surely still be good enough to get through the play offs.
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,285
    Callumcafc said:
    Bedsaddick said:
    Seriously does anyone care about the nations league? 
    It's more interesting than the friendlies we used to get!
    Not entirely sure about that. What's more interesting, next months friendly with Brazil or a nations league game with Finland?

    Nations league group B is pretty uninspiring let's be honest.

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  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 13,204
    stackitsteve said:
    Better than friendlies, important for seeding, the players clearly care about it, some smaller nations have seen real improvement because of it.

    plenty of reasons to appreciate it.
    I'm not particularly interested in the nations league but I think as what you have stated it has some strong positives. 
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 38,193
    First Nations league was awesome, Kanes winner against Croatia and then the finals in Porto. 

    The last one was shit cos some of the games were in the summer when none of the players wanted to play after a long season.
  • cafctom
    cafctom Posts: 11,397
    Nations League is a very welcome replacement to meaningless friendlies.

    Have booked hotels for Dublin, Athens and Helsinki. 
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 64,430
    Scotland beaten 2-3 at home by Poland
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 64,430
    And San Marino record their first ever competitive win with a 1-0 victory over Lichtenstein.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 96,193
    Callumcafc said:
    And San Marino record their first ever competitive win with a 1-0 victory over Lichtenstein.
    Best example of how the Nations League works
  • stoneroses19
    stoneroses19 Posts: 7,354
    Callumcafc said:
    And San Marino record their first ever competitive win with a 1-0 victory over Lichtenstein.
    Imagine being a fan who had been going to games for years, and decided to miss last nights game! That would hurt after waiting decades for a win. 
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,285
    Callumcafc said:
    And San Marino record their first ever competitive win with a 1-0 victory over Lichtenstein.
    First win for just over 20 years and 140 games!!
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 29,109

  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 34,346
    Would be much better imo to scrap the whole thing so the EPL & EFL didnt have blank weekends which then leads to more midweek games.......which then leads to scrapping of cup replays. 

    The slow decline goes on. The Champions League ended the 2 leg knockout European Cup and has now denigrated to clubs having  home & away games versus completely different teams. 

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