Talksport

I heard that. He was babbling fucking nonsense - firstly the idea that there should be some sort of pre-qualification for the minnows. It would just constant group qualifying matches for them. What he / they want is just the favourites in each tournament to play each other over and over again ( and in domestic and European club comps too ). He was citing sports like golf and tennis where the same to players just rock up and play each other week after week. His raison d'etre for this was that that is what the punters all want ffs.

That logic flies in the face of things like the success of Denmark and Greece in the Euro's - if he had his way this would never happen. And of course that logic neatly sidesteps the truth that Steve Davis, Eric Bristow, Jimmy Connors, Ian Woosnam and many many others whilst fitting his stereotype about what the punters want to watch do inevitably wane BUT get replaced by other new talent. To follow the Parry Method would mean that however dire England or say Italy get they would be safe in all tournaments never likely to drop out and be replaced by Ivory Coast or the USA - mental. However it is the sort of mentality of someone who despite his age probably now doesn't accept there was football before the PL and nothing worthwhile happens outside the PL....... I wonder how he rationalises promotion and relegation to and from the PL in his little world ?
I agree with Porky. His plan wouldn't stop a Denmark or Greece in the Euros as it is aimed at getting rid of the likes of Gibraltar, Andorra, Faroes and The Isle of Man. Their presence is a mockery. Put them all in a league / tournament of their own and every two years the winner gets to join the big boys in the world cup / euro rounds. At least this way they will get to develop and grow as they will actually be in with a chance of winning a game....
 
To be fair how happy were people with the thought of Sterling having to play on that pitch at San marino the other day? it was a state. If there is a way to protect MCFC's mulitimillion pound trophy winning(hopefully) asset, then I am all ears, fuck England and every other national team at the end of the day it's all about City.
 
To be fair how happy were people with the thought of Sterling having to play on that pitch at San marino the other day? it was a state. If there is a way to protect MCFC's mulitimillion pound trophy winning(hopefully) asset, then I am all ears, fuck England and every other national team at the end of the day it's all about City.

always has and always will be for me, england is just an enjoyable diversion every now and then
 
There seems to be a mind set these days of 'quantity over quality' as if bringing in a host of new teams will widen the appeal of the tournament and therefore result in increased TV revenues. All it does is produce lots of meaningless matches which are only of any interest to San Marino, Andorra or Gibraltar.
 
I agree with Porky. His plan wouldn't stop a Denmark or Greece in the Euros as it is aimed at getting rid of the likes of Gibraltar, Andorra, Faroes and The Isle of Man. Their presence is a mockery. Put them all in a league / tournament of their own and every two years the winner gets to join the big boys in the world cup / euro rounds. At least this way they will get to develop and grow as they will actually be in with a chance of winning a game....
Iceland seem to have grown alright without the need for "pre-qualifying". 20 years ago they finished bottom of their qualifying group for Euro 96 and now they're top of a group containing Turkey, Netherlands and Czech Rep.
 
Iceland seem to have grown alright without the need for "pre-qualifying". 20 years ago they finished bottom of their qualifying group for Euro 96 and now they're top of a group containing Turkey, Netherlands and Czech Rep.
Iceland wouldn't be on my list of teams to axe.... do you think Gibraltar, San Marino, Andorra, Liechenstein, San Marino, even Malta will do anything of any note in the next 20 years?
 
Iceland wouldn't be on my list of teams to axe.... do you think Gibraltar, San Marino, Andorra, Liechenstein, San Marino, even Malta will do anything of any note in the next 20 years?
I've no idea but 20 years ago if you'd asked me I wouldn't have seen Iceland topping their qualifying group. Teams tend to improve over the longer term by playing against better opposition and learning from the experience. I doubt that a string of, say, San Marino vs Andorra matches would teach either side very much at all.

Edit: Incidentally Malta has a larger population than Iceland so who knows.
 
I've no idea but 20 years ago if you'd asked me I wouldn't have seen Iceland topping their qualifying group. Teams tend to improve over the longer term by playing against better opposition and learning from the experience. I doubt that a string of, say, San Marino vs Andorra matches would teach either side very much at all.

You could say the same thing about Wales...all it takes is one or two special players
 

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