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Weak international teams - remove from qualifiers?

Should teams like San Marino, Lichtenstein and Andorra be culled from international qualifiers?

  • Yes

    Votes: 47 53.4%
  • No

    Votes: 36 40.9%
  • International goal scoring records on toast

    Votes: 5 5.7%

  • Total voters
    88
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Definitely needs something doing, some of the teams that were seen as whipping boys have shown some improvement like Luxembourg, Albania and North Macedonia, the latter of which are a playoff away from a second successive tournament, then you have San Marino, Lichtenstein and, to a lesser extent, Gibraltar who are there to merely exist and not make any effort whatsoever
Reckon they they make a huge effort but they only have the population of St. Helens to chose from.
 

Removing the weaker footballing nation's team is just the same principle that the euro scabs league was trying to implement to let the established big teams not have to risk losing out on their cash cow.
 
England Women smacking Latvia 20-0 shows that we need some perspective on this issue when it comes to the men's game I think

Not only would Latvia never get slaughtered like that at men's level, they've even managed to qualify for a tournament in the past 20 years (Euro 2004 I believe)

Outside of a about 2-4 teams, the general standard in UEFA at men's level is better than ever before and has every chance of improving. Now is not the time to start talking about sequestering the "lesser" teams in their own little division so that they don't bother the "real" teams
 
England Women smacking Latvia 20-0 shows that we need some perspective on this issue when it comes to the men's game I think

Not only would Latvia never get slaughtered like that at men's level, they've even managed to qualify for a tournament in the past 20 years (Euro 2004 I believe)

Outside of a about 2-4 teams, the general standard in UEFA at men's level is better than ever before and has every chance of improving. Now is not the time to start talking about sequestering the "lesser" teams in their own little division so that they don't bother the "real" teams


I mean the women’s game is a completely different ballgame.

In a time when they’re pushing so hard for relevance and actual respect, sticking a 20-0 on the box and seeing some of the Latvian “efforts”, can only damage the game, as opposed to taking it seriously.

Personally for me on the men’s game, my opinion hasn’t changed, and I’d be asking the nations what they’d prefer, a “competitive” league with structure and guarantees (like the Nations League) or carry on as normal. If they want to carry on, why stop them?
 

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