No easy games in International Football

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   I'd agree with much of what Het-field says, although I disagree that Kosovo are whipping boys. I know they conceeded 6 the other night but I wouldn't fancy playing them if we needed a win. Football has changed so much in the last seven or eight years with both tactics and physique that if you watch a game from the mid 90s it doesn't compare. However in 2016, I'd consider 'easy' games to be Andorra, Gib, Liechtenstein, Faroes, Malta, San Marino and maaaybe Moldova at a stretch. Anything else for us is tricky since most sides will be technically better than us so we're at a disadvantage from the start. Even teams like Finland, who used to play an old style Scandinavian game are now playing everything on the deck.
The problem I see is that we've done very little to evolve with football, while the other sides are more street-wise and tactically astute. I remember watching us beat Liechtenstein 4 nil at home in 94 and I think we were two goals up in the first couple of minutes, that wouldn't happen today for sure. The changing order in football means that we need to adapt or fall even further behind. 