Bizza Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 (edited) Get it back to 32 teams Edited March 14, 2023 by Bizza Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie Ahmed Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 4 hours ago, Ben said: Loads of people tweeting how bad this is, I thinks it's a cracking idea Don't like the idea of teams finishing 3rd in their group and still going through Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 35 minutes ago, Geordie Ahmed said: Don't like the idea of teams finishing 3rd in their group and still going through I'd sooner have 64 countries and top 2 going through. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaizero Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 27 minutes ago, Optimistic Nut said: I'd sooner have 64 countries and top 2 going through. This. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPL Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 The teams who play last in the groups will know what will be required for 3rd place to get through so there could well be some dodgy matches playing out for a bore draw. This was experienced in the 1994 world cup before it changed to 32 teams. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 My idea was better like 12 groups of 4, top performing 8 group winners get a bye to last 16, remaining 16 1-2 placed teams have to play a last 16 qualifier. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pata Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 15 hours ago, CPL said: The teams who play last in the groups will know what will be required for 3rd place to get through so there could well be some dodgy matches playing out for a bore draw. This was experienced in the 1994 world cup before it changed to 32 teams. Yeah, and it encourages scared and boring football. Finland won their first game in 2020 Euros and the coach admitted that they didn't want to be too aggressive against Russia in the second game as draw would have been fantastic and even a small loss alright. Then he was complaining after the last game how the results in other groups hadn't been good for us when we got knocked out. If teams are ready to defend a 1-0 loss in the second group game to protect their goal difference, football will be boring as fuck. IP's way of having 48 teams would be so much better and every game would be meaningful to the end as that bye is so valuable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 (edited) The logo for the new World Cup is an abomination. Edited May 18, 2023 by Segun Oluwaniyi Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 someone got paid loads to design that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 That honestly looks like someone knocked it up in 10 minutes, 9 of which was probably deciding on the font for the 26 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12976751/world-cup-2030-tournament-matches-set-for-spain-portugal-morocco-uruguay-argentina-and-paraguay Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisMcQuillan Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 Just now, Nobody said: https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12976751/world-cup-2030-tournament-matches-set-for-spain-portugal-morocco-uruguay-argentina-and-paraguay Oh fuck off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 Absolutely fucking ridiculous. Absolute farce. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timeEd32 Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 This is so dumb. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groundhog63 Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 Moneyballs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizza Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 Urgh, what an utterly shit plan. No thought at all given to how much all that travelling between countries is going to cost the average fan of course. Wankers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 WTF, ridiculous idea, looks like the World Cup is fucked now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 It's like making dumb decisions is a hobby for them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leffe186 Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 1 minute ago, Mike said: It's like making dumb decisions is a hobby for them. Hobby? It’s their actual job. At least, it’s what pays them the money. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timeEd32 Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 A single host country is better, but I think it's become very hard to many single countries to host the World Cup (or Olympics) so I'm fine with Morocco, Portugal, and Spain as co-hosts. It's only a few games but so needless to add the South America part. If you want it there for the 100th anniversary then just put it there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 4 minutes ago, timeEd32 said: A single host country is better, but I think it's become very hard to many single countries to host the World Cup (or Olympics) so I'm fine with Morocco, Portugal, and Spain as co-hosts. It's only a few games but so needless to add the South America part. If you want it there for the 100th anniversary then just put it there. Yeah there are very few countries who could pull off hosting the tournament single-handedly (I’d think Spain would be one of them, logistically/infrastructure-wise). I do like regional co-hosts provided it makes sense, which of course this one doesn’t. I’m not sure USA-Mexico-Canada makes sense either tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 Quote Saudi Arabia overwhelming favourites for 2034 World Cup Well of course they are. What’s the point of all this sportwashing and greasing all these FIFA wheels otherwise? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Prontonise Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 2 minutes ago, Deuce said: Yeah there are very few countries who could pull off hosting the tournament single-handedly (I’d think Spain would be one of them, logistically/infrastructure-wise). I do like regional co-hosts provided it makes sense, which of course this one doesn’t. I’m not sure USA-Mexico-Canada makes sense either tbh. Spain definitely does, has the high speed rail and airports for it etc. The issue is the 48 team expansion means it has to have Portugal and Morocco. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bally21 Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 Its almost as if somebody blurted out 6 random countries, and someone else went "cracking idea son". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 It's like something that would only have happened on The Hurricanes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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