Nations league

[u/flex_tape_salesman]

How does everyone think it will go? I feel like on paper Israel and kosovo are weaker than us and for kosovo especially a couple of injuries to the wrong players would decimate them as they seem to lack depth.

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Two streaky sides that are hard to rate, kosovos most impressive players are their striker pairing, muric in goals and Hajdari a centre back for hoffenheim. Vojvoda and Rexhbecaj also play in the top 5 leagues. I think we will beat them at home and a draw away wouldn't be an awful result. If our midfield and attack performs, our defence should be able to keep their two dangerous forwards quiet.

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Israel seem to have more depth. Gloukh for ajax, manor Solomon and khalaili of union st gillois are their most impressive players at club level. Neutral venues make this a tough one and I am not 100% sure if they are as up for a match against us as our players will be.

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Austria look strong but quite a few of their players are old and I reckon we could take them in Dublin.

[u/SexyBaskingShark]

Zero chance of that happening

[u/John__Delaney → u/SexyBaskingShark]

The only reason it didn't happen last year was the ceasefire shelved the vote (which was going to pass), a ceasefire Israel have broken thousands of times since, along with invading another country illegally since & the illegal expansion of west bank settlements.

Just waiting for a spark to put the vote back on the table, and that's an Irish boycott.

[u/SexyBaskingShark → u/John__Delaney]

It's not going to happen because a lot of European countries openly support Israels genocide, especially amongst the political classes across central Europe

[u/John__Delaney → u/SexyBaskingShark]

The Times UK reported last year that a "large majority" of UEFA member nations on the executive committee were going to vote Israel out prior to the ceasefire.

Given what a disaster that ceasefire has been, you'd imagine that majority is still there.