They will still get to the knock out stages. 2 teams to qualify in a group of 3 is a joke
-
Welcome to Smogon! Take a moment to read the Introduction to Smogon for a run-down on everything Smogon, and make sure you take some time to read the global rules.
-
Congrats to the winners of the 2023 Smog Awards!
2016/17 Soccer/Football Thread
- Thread starter Aurious
- Start date
- Status
give 11 of the 16 extra spots to UEFA, the rest can get 1 each since none of the other confederations have good enough national sides to warrant any more than that. Some of them don't even deserve any extra spots, even UEFA doesn't deserve that many, but that would probably still be the best option lmao
Because Ukraine, Northern Ireland and Albania are football powerhouses.
I don't mind 48 teams at the world cup if they used the continental championships as the qualifiers. So say the top teams at the previous Euros or Afcon qualify for the world cup. That way there's less international qualifiers, less pressure on clubs and players, and a whole summer of football every 4 years. But of course that would mean less money for FIFA so...
If the group games that ended in tie didn't go into penalties and the winner of every group moved through then I would be optimistic about the 48 team structure, but this gives me no hope
Why do people even bother putting in such teams lol
destinyunknown
Banned deucer.
Cant wait to see Fiji in the World Cup
*Host the world cup
I mean really even a 32 team world cup has national sides that are far from "powerhouses"
The last world cup didn't have anyone that didn't belong. Sure there were a few number of teams that weren't powerhouses but more or less proved they should be there
Correct. But you also had South Africa's world cup which had an influx of underpowered sides that could only launch an attack once every 23 minutes. Brazil 2014 also showed that Asian football is still weak and African football keeps disagreeing with player bonuses and whatever which ruins most of the tournament for at least three of their teams.
1-1 at Old Trafford wasn't a bad result when we're missing 4 starters. Wish the chantings from both sides stop though. Banter is OK unless it talks about non-footballing stuff
32 still seems prestigious enough for a tournament. I would think maybe asia and africa could lose a qualification to europe and south america but the tournament seems in a good place. But that would assume fifa isn't in charge which...
Second post because completely different post,
Van Gaal retired
Van Gaal retired
Literally one of the most important coaches of the late 20th and 21st century and United fans still can't get over the fact that Ferguson left with a terrible squad to fuck over the managers for the next couple of years
destinyunknown
Banned deucer.
There's too many issues with football that FIFA doesnt want to address because they're only concerned about money. The rules for one need a big update because currently the game rewards playing for a 0-0 instead of trying to win. 30 years ago, rules had to be changed to make wins more appealing than draws, and the 3-point system was introduced. I feel like football needs a bigger overhaul than that right now, but at least something should be attempted.
As for Africa and the other 'smaller' football regions, the problem is obviously corruption. The money that should go towards improving academies and leagues is instead stolen by FIFA/CAF/etc officials. However, FIFA is completely corrupted right now because all the president wants is make the officials of either regions or nations happy so that they will vote for him. Which is the main reason why the World Cup is being expanded, just to please and secure the vote of the smaller regions / nations.
more to do with the terrible football we played that stifled our creative players, and all the duffers he bought.
Herrera, Shaw, Blind, Darmian, Martial, Lingard, Borthwick-Jackson, Rashford, McNair, Blackett etc, Van Gaal seemed to be bringing up new talent to replace the crap left by ferguson and not really dealt with by Moyes. Considering the youth players Van Gaal has brought up, Kluivert, Seedorf, Davids, Xavi, Iniesta, Puyol, Muller, Schweinsteiger, Badstuber, Alaba etc, could have probably made you guys solid for a while. But you guys went with the anti youth lol have fun with that
Just when you thought things couldn't get more retarded.
awful
- Status