Marten Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 20 hours ago, true_rover said: Assume they were obliged to do so but there will have been a limited number of teams that were available given that most would have had their friendly fixed up before the playoff semi finals. England have only become available because New Zealand dropped out of a game with them.I'm sure Italy and the Netherlands did themselves out a top seed in recent qualifiers (maybe even finals?) by playing lowly ranked teams in friendlies. Italy played San Marino and it cost them points due to the way the ranking points were averaged. The Netherlands toured South-East Asia and played Indonesia & Thailand. It was more of a commercially motivated trip as Dutch football is followed a lot over there (Indonesia is a former colony). Despite winning both games, the ranking dropped and it cost the Dutch a top seeded position. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulloch Gorum Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 On 22/10/2020 at 21:30, Stan Hope said: maybe he's an aussie Ugh, more Harry Souttar pish on every thread. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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