Stuart87 Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 Since the turn of the century 32 European teams have qualified for major tournaments. There are 55 member nations in UEFA so we are one of the 23 that haven’t. This is a sad indictment of our national game. What do folk think are the main reasons for this complete failure, who is at fault and what can be done to turn this around? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romanticscot Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 I've said this before, I believe the fans need to do something official with some demands and a petition with decent amount of support. So, lets get this started - what can we legitimately propose to improve the game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Russell's Lovechild Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 See how many times our younger squads have qualified for tournaments since 2000, the reading isn't much prettier. It all relates with producing decent players Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runningtings Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 We'll need to wait a few years before the youngsters come through. They can actually control the ball with one touch unlike the current crop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonny78 Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 Latvia?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich NATA Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 17 minutes ago, bonny78 said: Latvia?? Pretty sure Latvia have qualified for a Euro's since we last qualified (for France '98) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotlad Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 2 minutes ago, Rich NATA said: Pretty sure Latvia have qualified for a Euro's since we last qualified (for France '98) Aye, they qualified for Euro 2004. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infamous Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 2 minutes ago, scotlad said: Aye, they qualified for Euro 2004. Yep from memory drew with Germany. We also drew with Germany in the qualifying campaign one year earlier. Cool post/thread. Love looking at stats such as this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart87 Posted September 10, 2019 Author Share Posted September 10, 2019 13 hours ago, infamous said: Yep from memory drew with Germany. We also drew with Germany in the qualifying campaign one year earlier. Cool post/thread. Love looking at stats such as this one. Cheers. I also find it interesting that Norway haven’t qualified since euro 2000 so they’re basically in the same situation as us. I wonder what they’re saying about it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daviebee Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 8 minutes ago, Stuart87 said: Cheers. I also find it interesting that Norway haven’t qualified since euro 2000 so they’re basically in the same situation as us. I wonder what they’re saying about it? "Put a wee drop of this massive oil fund into grass roots fitba?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clyde1998 Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 10 minutes ago, Stuart87 said: Cheers. I also find it interesting that Norway haven’t qualified since euro 2000 so they’re basically in the same situation as us. I wonder what they’re saying about it? I think the big difference with Norway is that they've never really had a sustained period of qualifying for tournaments. Their best period was in the 90s, when they qualified for the World Cup in 1994 and 1998 and Euro 2000. That's all they've ever qualified for. So being in the situation they're in now is normal in their footballing history, whereas it's not for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 On 9/9/2019 at 6:02 PM, runningtings said: We'll need to wait a few years before the youngsters come through. They can actually control the ball with one touch unlike the current crop. That's one step closer to being half decent players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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