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Date: 3/1/2010 4:57:14 PM
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in european socer, there a lot of small nations who can not compete, even if they have soccer as sport number 1 and the big nations where a lot of people play soccer usually are on top.

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in european socer, there a lot of small nations who can not compete, even if they have soccer as sport number 1 and the big nations where a lot of people play soccer usually are on top.


Of course there are always 'exceptions that disprove the rule' but this doesn't invalidate my point. Especially if you consider the compound effect of 5,000 draft picks season upon season vs a country with 50 season to season.

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Date: 3/2/2010 4:46:28 AM
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i don't think that those are the exceptions, i believe they are the rule, i believe the exception wha lettland who made it one time to the european championship and don't loose with 6 goals +

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Date: 3/2/2010 7:49:21 AM
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i beleive they could make the consolation tournament more attractive, in using the "schweizer system"(i know just the german name) which is used in chess tournament a lot. In this system the first round got drawn, and after this the matchup depends on the standing so that team play against each other who had one win in round two or teams who lose their first game. In the third round their was to bracket(2-1-0 win etc.).

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Date: 3/11/2010 6:59:49 PM
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Maybe something should be done here to match up countries in different league levels, from which they can promote or demote, similar to your own private league system.


I think that's a really good idea - because then it would really be a competition even for the small countries and you'd have a chance to achieve something with the NT as a coach. For example - last week was a game U21 Germany vs Jamaican NT - a blowout for sure. I can understand that the Jamaican coach probably is not very motivated to invest much time in tactics etc. before the game because he just doesn't have any chance of winning this game, whereas if he was playing in a league - as you suggested - would compete against maybe Barbados, Viet Nam, Luxembourg etc. There it would really be a challenge to find the right lineup and best tactic to win because those teams are almost on equal footing. And I guess, if you have that sort of competition, then probably the NT will improve more or faster than with the current situation and a demotivated manager.

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Maybe something should be done here to match up countries in different league levels, from which they can promote or demote, similar to your own private league system.


I think that's a really good idea - because then it would really be a competition even for the small countries and you'd have a chance to achieve something with the NT as a coach. For example - last week was a game U21 Germany vs Jamaican NT - a blowout for sure. I can understand that the Jamaican coach probably is not very motivated to invest much time in tactics etc. before the game because he just doesn't have any chance of winning this game, whereas if he was playing in a league - as you suggested - would compete against maybe Barbados, Viet Nam, Luxembourg etc. There it would really be a challenge to find the right lineup and best tactic to win because those teams are almost on equal footing. And I guess, if you have that sort of competition, then probably the NT will improve more or faster than with the current situation and a demotivated manager.


Very intersting for NT level! Something like Davis Cup in tenis?


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Date: 3/11/2010 7:12:33 PM
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Very intersting for NT level! Something like Davis Cup in tenis?


Didn't think about Davis Cup (as I don't follow Tennis with that much interest) but I think that's the general idea :-)

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Date: 3/12/2010 4:03:14 AM
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mmh thats rigth in the middle is it really not excellent, even if i don't understand the tactic to screw a game to get in a lower seed because if you win them and the winner of the first game loose you are back in the same pot - and the winner of the first match is in any case better or as good as the looser.

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