Minor rant coming... Why cannot EUFA coordinate a midwinter break of (say 3 weeks) and play all of the qualifier in one fell swoop ? Some leagues do have midwinter breaks at present, so what's the problem? Fed up with these 'International breaks' 3 games into the season, total disruption. Not to mention meaningless frendlies. Not for the first time the FA should take a leaf from the RFU's book. That's it and apologies for the cliches.
Nowt wrong with that idea Nick, but when did the FA ever do common sense? These week-end breaks are certainly frustrating for the majority of club fans.
personally i would just scrap international football altogether as nobody gives 2 ****s about it and its just a dead week of football