Lurkst Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 On 20/12/2021 at 01:01, Gordopolis said: The notion of playing Peru etc does - at first glance - sound appealing. But if they have no stake in those games other than pride then it seems a bit like added on pish. Adding CONMEBOL teams will be almost entirely aimed at having Argentina and Brazil competing with the European big boys. For League B'ers it would take us back to the halcyon days of playing Chile in the Rous Cup (attendance 9000). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd_is_God Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 I don't know how I feel about this tbh. It would feel a bit cheap getting promoted to League A by finishing 2nd on our group to Paraguay, for example. I really like the Nations League, i'm slightly worried this will change that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiviLion Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 (edited) 10 hours ago, Todd_is_God said: I don't know how I feel about this tbh. It would feel a bit cheap getting promoted to League A by finishing 2nd on our group to Paraguay, for example. I really like the Nations League, i'm slightly worried this will change that. At the same time, you'd be raging if we got relegated or missed out on promotion because Peru decided to give the kids a run out against Russia Israel. A big no from me. Edited December 23, 2021 by LiviLion 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 European teams, famously, never field weakened teams in competitive matches. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordopolis Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 European teams, famously, never field weakened teams in competitive matches.Not sure what your point is. European teams do field weakened teams if/when they have a dead rubber at the end of a group, but especially in these small groups it's not likely to be too common.The South American teams would be in a perfect position to do that in every single NL game. The final round group games could be nightmarish to plan for if you need an SA team to do you a favour. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eez-eh Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 Wouldn’t the South American teams be able to get promoted and relegated once they’re in? I’m not keen on the idea but I don’t think dead rubbers is the main issue. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordopolis Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 Wouldn’t the South American teams be able to get promoted and relegated once they’re in? I’m not keen on the idea but I don’t think dead rubbers is the main issue.I suppose it's easy to look at the NL as nothing but a major tournament qualifying route. The SA teams might well be motivated by the prospect of showing their mettle vs euro teams, and winning the NL in its own right (or forging up through the divisions) might be a big enough carrot for them to take it seriously. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clown Job Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 With European teams becoming less available for friendly games and with most South American player being based in Europe it does for them kinda make sense wanting to participate in the nations league 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.