Hammer
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13 nil, im starting to think what Arsene Wenger said was true, the poor quality of some of these nations, especially since the disbanding of all the Eastern block countries, is alienating fans from international football slowly but surely.
When teams are destroying countries by 13 goals you can hardly call it a contest!
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Nath
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They should be made to pre-qualify like in the Champions League. It's becoming a joke, teams like the Faroe's, Andorra, San Marino....... are doing the game no good at all. Where's the competition at!?
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Hammer
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Yeah there's got to be something done, these nations have less population than stadiums like Parkhead or Old Trafford, how are they supposed to compete with nations a thousand times their size and more!
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Nath
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Exactly, I remember them saying that the entire population of Andorra could fill Old Trafford with seats to spare. Seriously, what is the likelyhood of them ever beating a team like England? Or San Marino, which is a pissy little prinicipality, beating a team as big as Germany? San Marino should be made to play Andorra and them lot first, then the, well least worst team if you like, could then enter a proper group stage.
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Russ
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least worst team
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Nath
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quote: Originally posted by Russ
least worst team
I was trying to be polite
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Robbo
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Agreed re. pre-quals BUT fair play to Germany, to beat any team by more than 6 or 7 is mighty impressive!
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mav
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Still impressive by Germany bit agree..
Should be some sort of pre qualifing before the group stage for these nations...
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Nath
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Hell yeah, 13-0 is amazing! 31 shots, 23 on target
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Sooty
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San Marino's population is something like 20,000
5000 turned up to watch the match
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Marc
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