Comments on: Beginning of the End for International Friendlies? http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/beginning-of-the-end-for-international-friendlies.html League Football, Soccer News and Views from Around the World Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:57:06 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: -nickt.- http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/beginning-of-the-end-for-international-friendlies.html/comment-page-1#comment-117410 -nickt.- Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:31:28 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/beginning-of-the-end-for-international-friendlies.html#comment-117410 right on ceberus. i haven't heard much complaining from places other than the epl. i don't like the weighted lottery idea. i like it random. seeing the same teams over and over again due to seedings would get boring. right on ceberus. i haven’t heard much complaining from places other than the epl.
i don’t like the weighted lottery idea. i like it random. seeing the same teams over and over again due to seedings would get boring.

]]> By: nige http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/beginning-of-the-end-for-international-friendlies.html/comment-page-1#comment-117352 nige Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:22:26 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/beginning-of-the-end-for-international-friendlies.html#comment-117352 Well. This Was all about Beckham anyway Well. This Was all about Beckham anyway

]]> By: Jan http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/beginning-of-the-end-for-international-friendlies.html/comment-page-1#comment-117308 Jan Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:23:59 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/beginning-of-the-end-for-international-friendlies.html#comment-117308 Like the FIFA World Ranking? ;-) Like the FIFA World Ranking? ;-)

]]> By: matt http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/beginning-of-the-end-for-international-friendlies.html/comment-page-1#comment-117261 matt Fri, 28 Mar 2008 04:19:11 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/beginning-of-the-end-for-international-friendlies.html#comment-117261 i'd like to see them make the games count towards some form of rankings that count more and/or take away from the chances you get of being drawn in an easier or harder group in international competitions, like the nba lottery but the better you play the better chance you have of being the top seed in an easy group. i’d like to see them make the games count towards some form of rankings that count more and/or take away from the chances you get of being drawn in an easier or harder group in international competitions, like the nba lottery but the better you play the better chance you have of being the top seed in an easy group.

]]> By: Cerberus http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/beginning-of-the-end-for-international-friendlies.html/comment-page-1#comment-117257 Cerberus Fri, 28 Mar 2008 03:49:49 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/beginning-of-the-end-for-international-friendlies.html#comment-117257 Okay. I'm honestly getting tired of this "We're the Premier League, we're too big for country competition" crap that's been going on this year. EURO qualifiers, Africa Cup of Nations, friendlies. Every time, the rest of the world is excited and the battles of club vs country are minimal, but this year the EPL has been pretending like any international game is a personal plot against the clubs to prevent them from playing their players 24/7. Country is important and the clubs should do well to look at the rage and disappointment felt by England fans not reaching the Euros for a taste of how willing the people are to the idea of doing away with country or blocking it's ability to be a meaningful, planned out competition. People care, a lot, and in greater numbers than which interchangable top 4 team tops the EPL. That's not to say fans don't care about the other as well, but trying to paint the least of the international matches as an example of club triumphing over country is like saying the EPL is hurting because the Wigan-Derby matchup was disappointing. Let us not forget, that besides the EPL teams blocking their players and refusing to send certain people, most clubs did choose country, grumbling, for the hope that it will translate into country-wide glory this summer or next year in the WCQ. This crap is just getting annoying as the EPL "all-star" squads of nothing but bought internationals tries to pretend that they didn't well know the cost of that squad in country obligations. My advice to them: Get over it, you whiny little babies! Okay. I’m honestly getting tired of this “We’re the Premier League, we’re too big for country competition” crap that’s been going on this year. EURO qualifiers, Africa Cup of Nations, friendlies. Every time, the rest of the world is excited and the battles of club vs country are minimal, but this year the EPL has been pretending like any international game is a personal plot against the clubs to prevent them from playing their players 24/7.

Country is important and the clubs should do well to look at the rage and disappointment felt by England fans not reaching the Euros for a taste of how willing the people are to the idea of doing away with country or blocking it’s ability to be a meaningful, planned out competition. People care, a lot, and in greater numbers than which interchangable top 4 team tops the EPL.

That’s not to say fans don’t care about the other as well, but trying to paint the least of the international matches as an example of club triumphing over country is like saying the EPL is hurting because the Wigan-Derby matchup was disappointing. Let us not forget, that besides the EPL teams blocking their players and refusing to send certain people, most clubs did choose country, grumbling, for the hope that it will translate into country-wide glory this summer or next year in the WCQ.

This crap is just getting annoying as the EPL “all-star” squads of nothing but bought internationals tries to pretend that they didn’t well know the cost of that squad in country obligations. My advice to them: Get over it, you whiny little babies!

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