[piazza]

This is why there's a strong movement to get rid of world cup qualifiers, people get hurt and that costs the clubs who pay them their own money.

Honestly, does England improve from playing teams like Andorra? There's no such thing as "winning" against Andorra. Anything less than 6 and you should have beat them much worse, but even if you do win by 6+, its only because you're playing Andorra.

The reasons above are why I concur with that movement.

[Jazz 16]

Originally Posted by piazza

This is why there's a strong movement to get rid of world cup qualifiers, people get hurt and that costs the clubs who pay them their own money.

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You cant get just get rid of the qualifiers. That would be insane.
I agree that maybe they should cut back on them and play less games.
Let the crap teams play eachother and the best of them get through to play
the big guns.

[reddwarf]

I think it would be more sensible to reduce the number of friendlies and have teams like Andorra, San Marino etc play in a mini qualifying tournament. Then the winner can play in the proper qualifiers.

[manutd004]

Originally Posted by reddwarf

I think it would be more sensible to reduce the number of friendlies and have teams like Andorra, San Marino etc play in a mini qualifying tournament. Then the winner can play in the proper qualifiers.

Originally Posted by Jazz 16

Let the crap teams play eachother and the best of them get through to play the big guns

I absolutely agree with both points.

Theres really no point in all the teams like Andorra, San Marino, Faroe Islands etc being in the proper qualifiers. They have no chance of qualifying, and its really just adding unnecessary games to the calendar.

They find getting a point a success. And if there was a mini tournament, and they get through to the main qualifiers, they can say they've won something!

[Sownak27]

Big blow to Chelski. On the bright(er) side,no him for the United game