Well now. Group A1 looks fun. And no hiding place for England either.
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Originally posted by Satchmo Distel View PostNetherlands relegated (how were they even still in this tier?); Italy in danger if they do not improve.
But a lot of countries will start with new bosses, which makes this even more of a lottery.
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Originally posted by Anorak Smith View PostSo, just to clarify, do the Netherlands, if they end up bottom of their group, then get relegated to League B, and if England/Italy were to finish bottom they would be in League A, Pot 3? Or is there more too it?
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Originally posted by Kevin S View PostIf England and Italy finish bottom of their groups, they are also relegated. (All four group losers are relegated, all four group winners are promoted.)
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"You can let Leigh see the SFA doctor or you can drop him for the Scottish Cup final. But if you continue to pretend he has a 'slight knock' which will rule him out of the Irn Bru Nations League relegation play-off, I will find you ..."
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Originally posted by Anorak Smith View PostThanks, I'm now wondering why it's four groups of three and not three groups. Relegating/promoting a third of the teams from each league seems like a hefty turn around.
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Originally posted by Alex Anderson View Post"You can let Leigh see the SFA doctor or you can drop him for the Scottish Cup final. But if you continue to pretend he has a 'slight knock' which will rule him out of the Irn Bru Nations League relegation play-off, I will find you ..."
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Yeah, but reaching the semi-final stage of a major tournament changes your perspective a little...I mean, I realise there's no way you could possibly know that.Last edited by Ray de Galles; 24-01-2018, 13:07.
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I know I was angry at the time but that's what happens in the heat of the moment. I'd made my peace with it by the next morning - it wasn't like Joe Jordan's handball or a juiced-up Russian denying us a place. We didn't create any chances, Ireland had a couple and took one.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yegor_Titov is the guy. Seemingly an early adopter of Russian sport's "drugs for everyone" programme.
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OK, so there will still be an EC2020 qualifying tournament run along the usual lines in 2019. It'll be drawn from pots into ten groups, and the 20 winners and runners-up qualify directly to EC2020. So 20 out of the 24 places at EC2020 are nothing to do with the Nations League.
But there will be four places left for playoffs. And here's where the fun starts...Last edited by Kevin S; 24-01-2018, 16:30.
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... what they then do is arrange playoffs, but not in the usual 'qualification group third-placed teams' kind of way. They go back to the Nations League to determine the teams who will be in the playoffs.
So you have four playoff brackets, played as semi finals and a final, for each of the four remaining places. Needs 16 teams to be involved.
The theory goes that you set it up as the four group winners within each league against each other, so you have four League A winners playing off, four League B winners playing off, four League C winners playing off and four League D winners playing off.
However, you of course have to exclude teams who have made it as one of the 20 already-qualified teams. Which will account for all or nearly all of League A as well as some teams from the other Leagues.
So teams who didn't win their group can be shunted up these playoff brackets to be given a shot at qualification. And we are guaranteed at least one League D team will qualify via this route.
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