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Curacao ffs. I do think 6 is a decent number for Conmebol. We want to at least keep the qualifiers somewhat competitive. There's basically only 8 teams there since Bolivia and Venezuela are horrendous. Maybe make it 7 to give one of them a slight chance of making it. That would also make it near impossible for Brazil to ever not qualify for a World Cup.

He probably has been this year tbf. Only see one team where Kante doesn't walk straight in and makes it a better team and that's Barcelona. He has seriously been excellent these past 12 months and definitely deserved to be in that team. IMO

Would've been so much better if they just had that knockout thingy that was being discussed for the WC. Basically 24 teams make the World Cup and 16 teams have a sort of knockout to make the groupstages with 8 winners going to a group they've been drawn into. Would increase it to 8 more games and wouldn't mess with the perfect 8 groups of 4 teams.

Or they'll just have to build new ones like most countries bidding for the World Cup outside Europe do.

Hope I'm dead by 2022. World Cup is the best thing, I basically spend four years waiting for the World Cup (not really), and they're ripping the soul out of it. RIP Myself

No Kante in the Fifa FIFPro XI? Shameful. Neueur Alves Ramos Pique Marcelo Iniesta Kroos Modric Ronaldo Suarez Messi Didn't think Suarez would get a look in after being snubbed last year. Think Bonucci and Kante definitley deserved to be in there.

World Cup draw this year already. Please pass by fast 2017.

How is that disallowed? What has football come too?

For me its the bad defense from our side that makes him guilty. Their accounts seems to say different things as well.

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Does the rule actually state two feet of the ground is an automatic red? Genuine question, don't know. Either way it's an absolute embarrassment. Agreed. Re-watched it another 5 times, and there's no way that is a red card I'm a softie and think most things are red, but that's not even a dangerous play.

Lovren going to get sent off as well soon.

Barkley so so lucky.

Yup or passed to Mané so I could get some fantasy points.

Need to play each other twice in a season and got scheduled to play today.

True, but also people tend to forget that his team misses sitters every single game. De Bruyne v Chelsea, Sterling today. It's ridiculous. But completely agree regarding the defenders. Picking Otamendi ahead of Stones is kind of weird since both are shit, but at least one is younger and might develop into a good player.

Great goal!

Is though lunging ✓ two footed ✓ studs up ✓ Sorry, but did you see the foul? Or are you just posting images that doesn't tell the true story? I have seen the foul properly (not by screenshots) and its definitely correct, at one point he as both feet off floor he is therefore no longer in control of the tackle, that then becomes excessive force and therefore is a red card. It's a red card. He got the ball and didn't touch the player, but I'm not sure how many times it has to be pointed out to people that it's them being two footed and/or with force that are the reasons they're red cards, nothing else is relevant. Players still aren't really catching on either, there's never any reason for players to go in two footed, so they're idiots if they do. I just don't agree it's a two footed tacke that. He gets the ball and his legs come into it later. If you take into account he's in a duel with Johnson at the time as well it's all just a very weird. It's a very harsh red imo.

I really can't see it. But I guess it's one of those 50/50 where no one is 100% sure, which I thought I was It looked so not like a red to me.

Absolutely, it's extremely harsh. I really don't see how you could argue for a red there unless you want to remove tackles from the sport.

Ffs

Class goal by Negredo.

sbnufc. I can't agree at all, and glad I've seen other say the same as I did. It's like the ref compensated for missing to send of Rojo earlier in the week. That was never a stud-up lunge. He got the ball sideways from Dioufs shin, he didn't throw himself straight at him.