Comments on: Should UEFA put weaker nations out of their misery? http://worldsport.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/06/should-uefa-put-weaker-nations-out-of-their-misery/ Wed, 22 May 2013 10:36:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: lionel http://worldsport.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/06/should-uefa-put-weaker-nations-out-of-their-misery/#comment-22682 Mon, 19 Sep 2011 05:45:17 +0000 http://worldsport.blogs.cnn.com/?p=6589#comment-22682 don't forget, if Africans have pre-qualifications rounds is because their continental championships is every two years ... and is the reason why they fail in world cup ! The best way to prevent theses micro-nations from growing is preventing them from playing top European teams.

]]> By: oneworld2 http://worldsport.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/06/should-uefa-put-weaker-nations-out-of-their-misery/#comment-22678 Sun, 18 Sep 2011 10:57:26 +0000 http://worldsport.blogs.cnn.com/?p=6589#comment-22678 There is no point in making 2 cups, because no one is going to watch the second cup.
Its all about money and tv ratings, and lets face it no one is going to watch a san marino – malta game.

]]> By: KB FOOTBALL CONCEPTS,IBADAN-NIGERIA http://worldsport.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/06/should-uefa-put-weaker-nations-out-of-their-misery/#comment-22663 Sat, 17 Sep 2011 14:27:07 +0000 http://worldsport.blogs.cnn.com/?p=6589#comment-22663 THE WORLD FOOTBALL/SOCCER NEED TO BE FOCUSED FROM THE GRASSROOTS LEVEL AMONG THE WORLD YOUTH.TO HAVE IMPROVEMENT IN THE WORLD SOCCER.

]]> By: Sao Xavier Natha http://worldsport.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/06/should-uefa-put-weaker-nations-out-of-their-misery/#comment-22646 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 09:15:57 +0000 http://worldsport.blogs.cnn.com/?p=6589#comment-22646 I think there is no problem with that..let the current system stay in place,it has to be known that even the so called small nations still have the chance to improve..take an example Greece was just an ordinary team and before 2004 we could talk little about them,in that year 2004 they made their name winning the European cup something a football nation like England has never done to this present day.
Dar es salaam -Tanzania

]]> By: M Fahy http://worldsport.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/06/should-uefa-put-weaker-nations-out-of-their-misery/#comment-22332 Sun, 11 Sep 2011 05:49:42 +0000 http://worldsport.blogs.cnn.com/?p=6589#comment-22332 Luxembourg, Faroe Islands and Leichtenstein have all had a win and a draw each in this qualifying campaign.

"Seven" and "five" goal defeats are largely a thing of the past. Only Andorra (who only lost 1-0 to a late Macedonia goal on Wednesday) and San Marino have failed to score points. In fact San Marino are the last man standing who are likely to concede a hatful of goals. It does not happen anymore.

Would you also like to see Wales (bottom of table and no wins) and Cyprus (bottom of table but who had a very good World Cup qualifying campaign 2 years ago) also kicked out of UEFA.

These so called football minnows have players who play with passion and integrity, unlike the pumped up arrogant money obsessed football millionaires from the superpowers.

Each nation has its own culture, pride and footballing tradition, and is perfectly entitled to play.

]]> By: Toninho http://worldsport.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/06/should-uefa-put-weaker-nations-out-of-their-misery/#comment-22303 Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:18:27 +0000 http://worldsport.blogs.cnn.com/?p=6589#comment-22303 Pedro,
This is a really bad idea.

When i think of your idea i think of what World Cup History would have missed out on when the USA beat England in 1950, Italy being ousted by N. Korea in '66 and Cameroon beating Argentina in 1990.

I say if Holland is better than San Marino, let them play the game on the field: not in the history books.

]]> By: Amanuel Babu http://worldsport.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/06/should-uefa-put-weaker-nations-out-of-their-misery/#comment-22296 Fri, 09 Sep 2011 12:27:39 +0000 http://worldsport.blogs.cnn.com/?p=6589#comment-22296 PEDRO, 1,000,000 % I DISAGREE WITH YOU! DO you Know exactly the defination of NATION (COUNTRY)? ?

]]> By: Steve H http://worldsport.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/06/should-uefa-put-weaker-nations-out-of-their-misery/#comment-22295 Fri, 09 Sep 2011 12:07:05 +0000 http://worldsport.blogs.cnn.com/?p=6589#comment-22295 I really disagree with this stance.
Where do you draw the line with weak teams? What if these teams improve.
Sport is all about giving everyone a chance.
My wee Northern Ireland aren't a big nation and regularly suffer defeats but in the last 5 years we have also beaten England and Spain.
Who are you to take this opportunity away from us?

]]> By: Orlando http://worldsport.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/06/should-uefa-put-weaker-nations-out-of-their-misery/#comment-22294 Fri, 09 Sep 2011 11:27:15 +0000 http://worldsport.blogs.cnn.com/?p=6589#comment-22294 That exact same system is used for CONCACAF world cup qualifiers and it doesn´t work, bad teams will be bad teams and a few of those will be less bad. At least San Marino gets the chance to up themselves against a team like Holland, learn and improve. In CONCACAF teams are stuck playing the same old Trinidad & Tobago, Haiti, Suriname, Barbados and St. Kittis & Nevis, whereas having Germany or Netherlands visit your country is a HUGE event in the country (and fires the passion for football), playing vs bad teams will make people disregard the whole thing and sit out until some years from now they qualify and play an actual team.

]]> By: Branko http://worldsport.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/06/should-uefa-put-weaker-nations-out-of-their-misery/#comment-22292 Fri, 09 Sep 2011 08:15:39 +0000 http://worldsport.blogs.cnn.com/?p=6589#comment-22292 I strongly disagree. These micronations have amateur teams, and are capable from time to time to achieve a surprising win against the stronger opponents. It was not long ago when Lichtenstein made some quite remarkable results (finishing with 8 points while drawing against Portugal and Slovakia) in their qualifying group. Andorra too made some fine results in the WC 2006 qualification. Faroe Islands are not the team to underestimate (they have constantly been able to make their much more prominent opponents work very hard for the points). Malta is no exception either. In these qualifications Luxembourg took the point against Belarus (who defeated France in Paris) and defeated Albania. San Marino is the only exception and yet to make a sounding result in official games. Anyway I think games which include national foootball teams are the only games we do not have plenty of, making most of us eager to watch them. With CL, Europa League, Domestic Leagues etc. daily on our TV, this is about the only competition I'm eager to watch every time it is available, and can't get enough of...even if it's San Marino VS the Netherlands...

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