Donathan Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 9 hours ago, ClydeTon said: I think we've employed friendlies fairly well. England is a special case, but in the last year we've played the similarly-matched Austria, Turkey and we'll be playing France soon, of course. Austria and Turkey were just games to keep the squad's "pals" structure going, and France will be SC's chance to really test our strength as a squad, probably leaning towards NL League A & Euro 2024. Compare that to a few years ago when we played sides like Costa Rica, Peru and Mexico - nothing games against teams we're unlikely to play otherwise, no real competitive value. Then again, we were probably around CR/Peru's level around that period. I think the Austria game was because we were both the semi final losers from the playoff path. UEFA force teams to play 10 games per year IIRC. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClydeTon Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 24 minutes ago, Donathan said: I think the Austria game was because we were both the semi final losers from the playoff path. UEFA force teams to play 10 games per year IIRC. That's also a possibility. I didn't know UEFA force teams to play 10 times a year. Surely we've broken that (at least) a couple of times? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donathan Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 15 hours ago, ClydeTon said: That's also a possibility. I didn't know UEFA force teams to play 10 times a year. Surely we've broken that (at least) a couple of times? It’s a fairly new rule I think and was probably relaxed through covid but certainly last year we played ten games last year (Nations League x6, the Ukraine playoff and then three friendlies against Poland, Austria and Türkiye) The year before last we played 10 qualifiers alone, hitting the target before you even consider the two pre-Euros friendlies and three games at the tournament proper. 2020 was covid hit but we managed 8 games IIRC (Entire UNL group with Czech/Israel/Slovakia, plus the playoff games with Israel and Serbia) 2019 had the entire Euro qualifying group (10 games) Basically you need to play two matches in each of March, June, September, October and November of each year. More often than not, UEFA will arrange matches for each you (either UNL or a qualifier) in each window but you have to play friendlies if you’re idle for whatever reason. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernLights Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 Both Irish sides losing tonight and both looking to consolidate second bottom spots in their groups ahead of Gibraltar and San Marino respectively. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Am Featha Taigh Nan Clach Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 Delighted to see the failed statelet back to being a pub team 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted September 8, 2023 Author Share Posted September 8, 2023 Some hit in BIH vs Lichtenstein ssstwitter.com_1694201703482.mp4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernLights Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 Luxembourg 1-0 up against Iceland at half time and keeping up the pace in the race for second spot on their group. Would be great to see them in Germany next year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNU_Linux Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 2 hours ago, jagfox said: Some hit in BIH vs Lichtenstein ssstwitter.com_1694201703482.mp4 178.04 kB · 0 downloads Not bad for a player plying his trade in the 4th tier of Switzerland. Sandro Wofinger for those curious. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 On 23/06/2023 at 21:46, Donathan said: I think the Austria game was because we were both the semi final losers from the playoff path. UEFA force teams to play 10 games per year IIRC. The Austria game was before the play-offs - it was rescheduled because both of our play-off schedules were disrupted due to the Ukraine situation. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venti Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 Mon eh Ukraine 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biscuits Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 England are so fuckin dull to watch 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biscuits Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 Just got better tho 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiviLion Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 nice 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 Lol. Mon Ukraine 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ford prefect Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 Well worked goal for Ukraine 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlandmagar Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 England defence was all over the place. Ran right through their midfield. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 WHAT A FUCKING BRILLIANT GOAL 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkoRaj Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 Bellingham is a greeting faced wee w**k 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlandmagar Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 4 minutes ago, MarkoRaj said: Bellingham is a greeting faced wee w**k A bloody expensive one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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