Why can't they play as Britain or the UK instead? How is it fair they can field potentially 4 teams?
We invented it, we can do what we like
>>155587139fair
>>155587047All 4 became teams before FIFA existed newfag.
>>155587047football nations are decided by having a club league, not the geographical map.and a Great Britian team would just be England anyway, the other 3 nations are shite and we hate them all
>>155587139fairs
>>155587139Except win it
>>155587047What I find amusing is that they would have better chances as a single team.
that's how international football startedwhen the summer olympics added a football event, we took part as Britain because that was our NOC. FIFA smelled the dollarydoos and created its own cup and by the time we took part in that it was back to our separate FAs.
>>155587331nah
>>155587130My genius idea would work well in the UK's case, imagine England having a bad day and getting knocked out the play off by Wales or Northern Ireland, it would be peak soul and those guys would have bragging rights for 4 years
>>155587332how is it amusing that 4 countries combining their resources would result in something stronger? surely that's the expected resultand who from wales, n.i or scotland would get in? mctominay would be the only one i could think offor a long time it was just bale + 10 english players.
>>155587047the first two international football teams were England and Scotland, the third was Wales. They were grandfathered in because it's a British sport
>>155587385this. McTominay would make the bench of the England team, thats it.if we were forced to play 6 players from each home nation for the Great Britain squad we'd be much worse.
>>155587385But you're one country.
>>155587416no we're not, we're 1 sovereign state that is the united kingdom, we're 4 countries.
>>155587285Wales doesn't have a club league thoughbeit
>>155587480yes they do
Why don’t you play as North America with Mexico and Canada?
>>155587480we do
>>155587480they do but the best club is english
>>155587047They tried that in 2012 and failed.
>>155587497no you don't
>>155587373>No international rivalry matches in tournamentsAounds terrible. Imagine no Brazil vs Argentina, Japan vs Korea, Engalnd vs Scotland matches.>But they'd play in qualifiersNobody watches qualifiers lmao
>>155587513https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymru_Premier
>>155587524>Engalnd vs Scotland matches.you don't get that anyway as scotlel never qualify and if they do they lose in the groups.
>>155587385Before then it was Giggs+ 10 English players. We had no one good to play left wing for like 20 years.
>>155587533no
>>155587496That'll be great. Mexico and Canada are essentially American anyways
>>155587047Because they have their individual football associations. They compete as one in ice hockey for example
>>155587524AHA! this where your small brain falls short. my ingenious idea guarantees that the qualifiers would be good, in the UK's case you've got 4 teams so it would be like the championship playoffs. the North African playoff would be fucking insane, these games would mean something because the stakes would be too high
>>155587577Why not just conquer the other three shitholes and make one giant England?
>>155587385England probably would have won a trophy if Bale and Ramsey had played for them
>>155587566fairs
>>155587614They tried that in the 1800's
>>155587566based retard making the stupidest thread of the week
>>155587553would be interesting to see if giggs would actually put in a shift for england, considering how little he cared when playing for wales.
>>155587615Ramsey? lmao that sheep shagger is dog shit. Yeah I'm sure we would have won a world cup if we had Ramsey in midfield rather than Gerrard, Scholes, Lampard, Beckham
>>155587685they were long retired by then from international football.and looking at the squads from 2014-2018, i could see ramsey in there, none of the midfield really leaps at you.
>>155587047How many non-english lads would even make the united team? Similarly people keep fantasizing about a united scandinavia ice hockey team but that would still pretty much be team Sweden with maybe 2 or 3 finnish players making an appearance.
>>155587685>Yeah I'm sure we would have won a world cup if we had Ramsey in midfield rather than Gerrard, Scholes, Lampard, BeckhamRamsey went further in an international competition than of these shitters btw, had better stats too
>>155587781think it'd be all norwegian actually certainly no swedoids
>>155587818>Ramsey went further in an international competition than of these shitters btwso did steve stone
>>155587755They werent long retired. I'd also have Carrick, Henderson and Rice over Ramsey
>>155587399flag
>>155587933I'm scared of a team full of 6'5 haalands. One day Norway will field giants.
>>155587963I know, but international football is different to club football and Beckham was the only one of those bunch who really tried in an England jersey.
>>155588031scholes was long retired at least, beckham retired in 2012lampard and gerrard both retired in 2014 though, didn't realise they lasted that long.
>>155587933love'd you effort on this years bronze I hope you guys keep making better appearances in ice hockey
>>155588079to be fair to them it wasn't trying so much as sheer tactical ineptness - when you put scholes on the left wing what do you expect him to do? and gerrard and lampard were forced to play in midfield together when they didn't mix.
>>155587480This post has greatly upset the people of Total Network Solutions
>>155588320Lampard and especially Gerrard were always overrated imo, yes they scored a lot of goals for midfielders but were lacking in other areas
>>155588654Lmao Gerrard was as close to a complete midfielder as you'll ever get. Lampards goal output was incredible for a midfielder.
>>155588758>Lmao Gerrard was as close to a complete midfielder as you'll ever get.Yeah if you ignore his shit ball retention, the most important skill for a midfielder
>>155587332Maybe in the past, but probably not right now.
>>155587385Realistically it's just England isn't it?
>>155587047>Aragon, Lombardy, Naples, and all those HRE micro states existed as countries longer than Wales.
>>155587047UK is made up of four different countries with their own FA’s
>>155587615I feel like the England team were pretty shit when Bale was world class
