Nations League

[rodney trotter]

Spain v Portugal has kicked off. Some talent on show.

[AustinPowers]

Spain v Portugal has kicked off. Some talent on show.

Some decent players  on the pitch too!

[skeog]

Glorified friendly games.

[weareros]

Ronaldo who was looking like a passenger makes it 2-2.

[Armagh18]

Ronaldo who was looking like a passenger makes it 2-2.

His goal scoring record is unreal. Surely is past being a starter at this level though?

[AustinPowers]

Ronaldo who was looking like a passenger makes it 2-2.

His goal scoring record is unreal. Surely is past being a starter at this level though?

Maybe , but  Roberto "I can't believe I keep getting  the big jobs" Martinez  obviously  doesn't have the guts to drop him

[quit yo jibbajabba]

Glorified friendly games.

Yeah I just don't get it. Seemed to be taken serious enough though.
Ronaldo crying tho you're never sure if for cameras or not

Didn't know Martinez had this gig. Seemed to underachieve with the belgians

[Milltown Row2]

This is a bigger tournament than the likes of the Euro and World Cup qualifiers, and obviously behind the two main tournaments

As teams in the main group are at the best level rather than being matched with San Marino

[rodney trotter]

When the top players are all involved and wanting to win it gives a competitive edge. It fills the void of a big tournament every 2 years.

[Blowitupref]

23 year age gap.

[Never beat the deeler]

33 year age gap.

you might want to change the batteries in that calculator!

[Blowitupref]

you might want to change the batteries in that calculator!

Done. Dealz batteries are worse than useless.

[Bogman]

Glorified friendly games.

To be fair there aren't many opportunities to win something playing for your country so in my opinion this is a good step above glorified friendly games.
I think it's a decent competition and the players are obviously up for it.
I actually think there should be semi finals/finals for all the Leagues.
Wouldn't it be better than say Ireland for example instead of playing a friendly v Luxembourg this week that they could possibly be playing in a Final to win something? Yeah I know we wouldn't have made it this year anyway but it would be something to aim for.
Just a thought.

[weareros]

While they might be glorified friendlies, North are basically guaranteed a WC playoff spot for winning their wee League C Nations league group, no matter how they do in WC group. While FAIreland have only one route to a playoff: come second in WC group.