The Premier League currently has 196 injuries recorded in just over three months, with Newcastle and Manchester United suffering more than most - so why this many?
I’m sure when the Nations League was first announced UEFA said that it would eventually replace Euros qualifiers. Probably changed their minds in favour of more cash.
As an aside I hate how big the Euros has become. When I was a kid it was 16 teams representing most of the top 20 international teams in the world. Short tournament, high quality, good fun. Now it’s too diluted.
16 team euros was brutal, 1 bad game in he group and you could be out
now it just has a ton of filler, which on one hand is nice for the smaller nations that wouldn’t get to compete otherwise, but it always means some low stakes games
Technically you could make them different, let’s say one in a classic format and one closer to current Champions’ League with League A being the main qualification route - it would still keep the challenge between low-rated teams while keeping the tournament finals in the other
I mean do you really need both Nations league and Euro’s?
I’m sure when the Nations League was first announced UEFA said that it would eventually replace Euros qualifiers. Probably changed their minds in favour of more cash.
As an aside I hate how big the Euros has become. When I was a kid it was 16 teams representing most of the top 20 international teams in the world. Short tournament, high quality, good fun. Now it’s too diluted.
The euros was peak at 16. Almost no dead rubbers even in the groups, just a quality tournament all round.
16 team euros was brutal, 1 bad game in he group and you could be out
now it just has a ton of filler, which on one hand is nice for the smaller nations that wouldn’t get to compete otherwise, but it always means some low stakes games
Technically you could make them different, let’s say one in a classic format and one closer to current Champions’ League with League A being the main qualification route - it would still keep the challenge between low-rated teams while keeping the tournament finals in the other
Right now they are redundant, yeah