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Brilliant! Every single shit team, which there will be loads of, will play 11 in defense, never venture past the halfway line and still have a chance to win the group games on penalties. Can't wait for this!

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Everyone is doing their best to make me hate football. What a s*** idea! What's next? So many stadiums required it's never allocated to a country anymore and it's about 20 stadiums spread across the world making it virtually impossible for a decent atmosphere?

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Guest firetotheworks

There desperately needs to be a legitimate alternative to FIFA, heavily funded by those looking to breakaway to an alternative organisation that makes money without it being saturated with corruption, slavery, and ridiculous changes to the game.

 

I can't see it happening, but I can't see any other way. No one's going to protest or riot over it, unfortunately.

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Expansion of the World Cup was always likely and probably necessary. The game is growing and I don't really think there will be a significant drop in the quality of the sides. There seems to be a good amount of competition in each federation and decent sides that will not qualify for 2018. Considering this with the money to be made from more matches and it makes too much sense to ignore.

 

The format, however, is complete rubbish. It is possible to expand without bastardising the whole process. Why not have a 40 team tournament with 8 groups of 5 (two advancing from each group)? This only adds one match and creates and interesting dynamic with the group permutations. If we must have 48 teams, why not 12 groups of 4 (two advancing), with either the sides with the 8 best group records being rewarded with a "bye" (to the knockout round of 16) or the 8 best third placed teams qualifying for a round of 32, like in the Euro? All of these formats only add one match, while maintaining the symmetry of a tournament. FIFA hve somehow managed to select the single worst format available to them. :lol:

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