Nobody Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 21 hours ago, Wullie said: Me, any other time: expanding the World Cup to 48 teams is absolutely ridiculous. More shite teams, more dull games, just to make a few more quid. Me today: is there still time for them to expand THIS World Cup? This empty 10am slot is unpalatable. 100% this Absolutely ridiculous that the 4 slots a day glory lasted barely a week. Sod fairness of the final group games all being played at the same time, just give me more World Cup football to watch! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 4 slots a day was immense. I'm up for more teams and 4 games a day. It's quite mental but I like it. I want to see more minnows as they often bring the madness, and it's been class for the skiving community. Scotland might even qualify. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 Only thing I don't like about the carnage is the format they've decided, groups of three with the top two going through is going to be a bit shit, I kind of wish they'd just done a straight 48 team knockout tournament, that carnage would have been unreal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderson Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 3 hours ago, 54 said: Only thing I don't like about the carnage is the format they've decided, groups of three with the top two going through is going to be a bit shit, I kind of wish they'd just done a straight 48 team knockout tournament, that carnage would have been unreal Nowhere near enough games Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 On 29/11/2022 at 05:06, Wullie said: Me, any other time: expanding the World Cup to 48 teams is absolutely ridiculous. More shite teams, more dull games, just to make a few more quid. Me today: is there still time for them to expand THIS World Cup? This empty 10am slot is unpalatable. Sat here like Pablo Escobar. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 4 hours ago, TaylorJ_01 said: 4 slots a day was immense. I'm up for more teams and 4 games a day. It's quite mental but I like it. I want to see more minnows as they often bring the madness, and it's been class for the skiving community. Scotland might even qualify. Careful now. Europe only gets three extra slots anyway. Africa and Asia are the main beneficiaries along with NZ. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Zaius Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 https://twitter.com/TheAthleticFC/status/1597940005464408065?s=20&t=pY2CI5CMYgYgqQkgDvxuoQ Fuck off FIFA Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 23 minutes ago, Doctor Zaius said: https://twitter.com/TheAthleticFC/status/1597940005464408065?s=20&t=pY2CI5CMYgYgqQkgDvxuoQ Fuck off FIFA Need a European Super League style exodus of all the big teams from Fifa after this world cup. Start fresh with a new organisation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 Why not just have a penalty shoot out and miss out on the game, FIFA? What a ridiculous idea Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 Tbf if the groups are groups of three then I can understand the merit of some kind of bonus point system to keep it interesting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Zaius Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 Where's decent to watch the game on Sunday in Newcastle? Watched the last two at Salt Market in North Shields but fancy town for this one. Preferably with nobody chucking beer about. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 1 hour ago, Doctor Zaius said: https://twitter.com/TheAthleticFC/status/1597940005464408065?s=20&t=pY2CI5CMYgYgqQkgDvxuoQ Fuck off FIFA I’d rather they just did this tbh: https://youtu.be/wz-PtEJEaqY Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 Think its been proven that the World Cup is always going to be the best thing in football (sport really) by a mile regardless of where it's played Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 13 hours ago, 54 said: Only thing I don't like about the carnage is the format they've decided, groups of three with the top two going through is going to be a bit shit, I kind of wish they'd just done a straight 48 team knockout tournament, that carnage would have been unreal I am hoping that FIFA follow their example of realising a summer World Cup in Qatar was impossible, and fix this idiotic format. Three team groups make absolutely no sense. Instead of the drama, excitement, and permutations we have seen the past two nights with simultaneous matches, there will be dead rubbers, allegations of collusion, and teams that are essentially eliminated after playing one match. 48 is a workable number if you just double the current format of the AFCON and EUROs. Even just having 64 teams would make much more sense. FIFA have attempted to expand the number of teams without increasing the number of matches, it is just foolishness. One aspect of 2026, I am very excited by is a World Cup with unique stadiums and a different "look". Since in 2010, 14, 18, and 22 the majority of the stadiums were either built or renovated in a way that was purpose-built to hold World Cup matches and they all look quite similar as a result, tbh. Specifically, the last two look identical to me, the only visual cue that a match was in Qatar rather than Russia is the empty VIP seating and number of people in Arab dress. Matches in NFL stadiums and Azteca will be an improvement in that regard. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfcastle Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 It makes sense only because of the original stupid idea not being workable, in the same way a world cup in winter made sense after awarding the hosting of it to a desert. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pata Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 They really should just make the Euros 32 teams and WC 64 teams and dump the fancy group stages that have anything other than 4 teams with 2 qualifying from each group. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Pata said: They really should just make the Euros 32 teams and WC 64 teams and dump the fancy group stages that have anything other than 4 teams with 2 qualifying from each group. Single elimination WC bracket baby Edited December 1, 2022 by Tomato Deuce Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 9 minutes ago, Pata said: They really should just make the Euros 32 teams and WC 64 teams and dump the fancy group stages that have anything other than 4 teams with 2 qualifying from each group. Finnish bloke wants everyone to qualify for major tournaments whilst his team are half decent is it? Qualification would atrocious. WC at 32 is perfect albeit Europe has too many places and get Euros back down to 16. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pata Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Disco said: Finnish bloke wants everyone to qualify for major tournaments whilst his team are half decent is it? Qualification would atrocious. WC at 32 is perfect albeit Europe has too many places and get Euros back down to 16. Entirely possible. I do agree that 32 and 16 are perfect but FIFA and UEFA clearly want more teams so I would just skip these 24 and 48 formats and go all in to keep the group stage structure as it was. Edited December 1, 2022 by Pata Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astroblack Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 Had no idea the WC only expanded to 32 teams in 1998. Before that, it was 24 teams. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 (edited) The Euros went from 8 to 24 in 24 years which is kind of mad. Edited December 1, 2022 by Optimistic Nut Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 On 30/11/2022 at 07:47, TaylorJ_01 said: 4 slots a day was immense. I'm up for more teams and 4 games a day. It's quite mental but I like it. I want to see more minnows as they often bring the madness, and it's been class for the skiving community. Scotland might even qualify. "skiving community" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samptime29 Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 Been missing the 10am games tbf. What a glorious week that was. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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