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TheBigAristotle posted:'I am ashamed of him. I can't even bring myself to use his name' - Ryan Giggs' dad on Wales appointment tbf giggs was too ashamed to use his name too
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Eau de MacGowan posted:tbf giggs was too ashamed to use his name too Nice
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Jan 17, 2018 13:47
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Hold on to you are butts it's time for the uefa nations league draw!
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Jan 24, 2018 12:09
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I can't wait, so much excitement.
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I was going to post a helpful image to explain how it all works but I can't make imgur do what I want so you're on your own. Basically there's four leagues (or groups), each group (or league) has four leagues (or groups) in it with three (or four) teams each. They play each other home and away and the top team in each group (or league) wins something. There's a four-way final playoff for the four winners of the top group league groups, and also some poo poo about extra qualifying places for Euro 2020 but loving hell I really don't care. I don't think the groups (or leagues) are seeded so I expect England to lose hilariously in an "easy" group of Iceland and Switzerland or something. Oh, and at least one of the shittiest teams will go to the Euros so look forward to Kosovo being dunked on in two and a half years time.
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Pretty sure they're seeded.
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Got it!
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 League D has been drawn Group 1: Andorra, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Georgia. Group 2: San Marino, Moldova, Luxembourg, Belarus. Group 3: Kosovo, Malta, Faroe Islands, Azerbaijan Group 4: Gibraltar, Liechtenstein, Armenia, Macedonia. Look forward to seeing one of these teams gracing Euro 2020 with their part-time stylings.
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Jan 24, 2018 12:24
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sebzilla posted:
hell yeah league D
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Jan 24, 2018 12:29
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i've read three articles on this shite and I still have no clue what the gently caress is going on
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Jan 24, 2018 12:31
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No one cares is what the gently caress is going on.
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Jan 24, 2018 12:32
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This league bs is finally going to kill international football and I'm glad and cheering it on.
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Jan 24, 2018 12:33
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League C up in this bitch Group 1: Israel, Albania, Scotland. Group 2: Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary. Group 3: Cyprus, Bulgaria, Norway, Slovenia. Group 4: Lithuania, Montenegro, Serbia, Romania. Scotland get the small group. Is that good or bad or neutral? I like Group 2 being in alphabetical order. Montenegro is Serbia which seems unfair. Analysis!
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Jan 24, 2018 12:35
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so the poo poo teams are all in leagues so when they play friendlies they get points so if they don't qualify for the euros the top four teams of each poo poo tier - providing they haven't already qualified for the euros - get to go into a play off so they can qualify right
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Eau de MacGowan posted:i've read three articles on this shite and I still have no clue what the gently caress is going on I think my explanation was pretty clear mate. Although I forgot about relegation/promotion.
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Jan 24, 2018 12:37
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Eau de MacGowan posted:so the poo poo teams are all in leagues so when they play friendlies they get points so if they don't qualify for the euros the top four teams of each poo poo tier - providing they haven't already qualified for the euros - get to go into a play off so they can qualify I don't understand the sequence of words in your post but it seems about right. Also if they do good they'll move up to the next tier and then not be able to win games any more so won't qualify for poo poo and will be relegated again probably. It's an interesting but terrible system.
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Jan 24, 2018 12:39
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Bad teams get rewarded for winning their group (a spot at Euro 2XXX), but punished by being promoted to a better group, where they have no chance of winning. The top group doesn't really get anything because these teams should walk their qualifiers to begin with, so they'll just play those games like all other meaningless friendlies.
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Jan 24, 2018 12:43
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League B for "Blimey this is an exciting alternative to International Friendlies" drawn Group 1: Czech Republic, Ukraine, Slovakia. Group 2: Turkey, Sweden, Russia. Group 3: Northern Ireland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria. Group 4: Denmark, Republic of Ireland, Wales. Czech/Slovak derby is good. Wales/Ireland is good. Everything else is BORING
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Jan 24, 2018 12:45
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The Netherland are in Pot 3 of League A so get ready for a GROUP OF DEATH involving them and literally any two teams from the other pots except for Belgium, Switzerland and England who are poo poo.
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This is fine.
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sebzilla posted:The Netherland are in Pot 3 of League A so get ready for a GROUP OF DEATH involving them and literally any two teams from the other pots except for Belgium, Switzerland and England who are poo poo. You make it sound like you care about this competition. No one in Europe should care about this. They're literally trying to manufacture a pointless competition that makes no sense. We already have qualifiers.
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Jan 24, 2018 12:49
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sebzilla posted:The Netherland are in Pot 3 of League A so get ready for a GROUP OF DEATH involving them and literally any two teams from the other pots except for Belgium, Switzerland and England who are poo poo. Congrats. Netherlands now get to have their noses rubbed in how poo poo they are for 4 matches.
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Jan 24, 2018 12:51
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In theory this should make it harder for countries trying to "game" the FIFA rankings by picking their friendlies, right?
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ohmigosh it's only League A, the best league there is! Group 1: Netherlands, France, Germany. - Group of DEATH Group 2: Iceland, Switzerland, Belgium. - Group of MEDIOCRITY Group 3: Poland, Italy, Portugal. - Group of PIP Group 4: Croatia, England, Spain. - Group of ENGLAND PLAYING IN LEAGUE B NEXT TIME AROUND
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mackintosh posted:You make it sound like you care about this competition. No one in Europe should care about this. They're literally trying to manufacture a pointless competition that makes no sense. We already have qualifiers. This is the best and most exciting tournament since the Anglo-Italian Cup and I can't wait to watch *checks notes* Malta vs the Faroe Islands TWICE
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Jan 24, 2018 12:54
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sebzilla is having some sort of weird meltdown
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Manc Hill posted:In theory this should make it harder for countries trying to "game" the FIFA rankings by picking their friendlies, right? I think it's rubbish but since it winds up the plastic MY BEST TEAMS guys it's also good
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RideTheSpiral posted:sebzilla is having some sort of weird meltdown so it's not just a clever name
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RideTheSpiral posted:sebzilla is having some sort of weird meltdown I just really love the UEFA Nations League and am coincidentally bored at work.
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Jan 24, 2018 12:56
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Not as bored as I am. Proof: I read your posts.
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sebzilla posted:I just really love the UEFA Nations League and am coincidentally bored at work. Did you get a job at UEFA?
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quote:Group 2: Iceland, Switzerland, Belgium. - Group of MEDIOCRITY Nothing mediocre about those plucky and inspirational Icelanders imo.
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Jan 24, 2018 14:40
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Between this and Leeds' new crest I feel like I've rediscovered a TV show I've not seen in years, some of the characters are still there but I don't get any of the storylines
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sebzilla posted:Group 4: Denmark, Republic of Ireland, Wales. The fake countries derbies. Should be good.
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sebzilla posted:This is the best and most exciting tournament since the Anglo-Italian Cup and I can't wait to watch *checks notes* Malta vs the Faroe Islands TWICE The anglo-italian cup ruled though.
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sebzilla posted:Got it! is this real save for the intergalactic vase edit: I don't think it's real.
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The stuff in rectangles and pentagons is about right, apart from the league names and the Evo-Stik League. Octogon bits are hilarious comedy. Intergalactic vase is extremely legit.
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I hope we become a good team again!
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Gigi Galli posted:I hope we become a good team again! turns out that the best way to succeed in the uefa nations league with budweiser is to be really poo poo and bad until you can win so I have excellent news
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For real reals, though, in principle I almost like the idea of doing a Davis Cup style thing so that international breaks serve some purpose other than watching all your best mans getting hurt or a chance to give Grant Holt a token run-out. And you could sell me on just picking four random idiot teams to go to a big tournament since if you're going to let France go, you might as well let Estonia go too. But trying to do both at once is not a good idea at all, and is going to break very quickly
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