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I wasn't trying to "lurch" at anything, just to understand what you meant. I agree, domestic football in the summer (beyond friendlies) is rubbish.

44 teams in qualifying over 11 groups is actually a pretty good idea. If you just pick the top 44 you only miss off (based on the rankings used for the qualifying group seeding) Georgia, Cyprus, Luxembourg, Kazakhstan, Liechtenstein, the Faroe Islands, Malta, Andorra (where I found out they're...

Well if you want to bring it down to 4 teams per group you need 32 in. How many of those 32 have to pre-qualify? And I know we discussed this on Friday, and I'm not looking to have a fight about it, just to discuss.

I was initially against UEFA's "Week of Football" proposal, but I actually think it's worked rather well.

Wait so you don't want summer football played and you don't want international breaks? Do you just want more space between international breaks? I imagine the reason international breaks are scheduled now are due to fixture congestion after Christmas. For example there's another one in November...