world cup 26 (2 Viewers)

[Robinshio]

they were going to make 16 groups of 3 with the top 2 going through
been changed to 12 groups of 4 with the top 2 + 8 best 3rd places going through

adds 24 games to the proposed schedule

thank god i will be retired by then

 

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[Terry Gibson's perm]

You can have too much of a good thing

 

[Nuskyblue]

Week longer too by all accounts

 

[Robinshio]

Week longer too by all accounts

I heard 6 weeks

 

[CJ_covblaze]

It’s a much better way of doing it than the stupid three team plan. Would’ve meant that there was a 50/50 chance your first group game was the other team’s last one. They were also going to have penalties after a draw in the group stage to eliminate the issue of all three games ending 0-0, 1-1, etc.

 

[Frank Sidebottom]

Not a fan of tournaments where finishing 3rd in a group of 4 gives you a 66% chance of progressing. It subdues the drama of the last group games. It's better than the stupid 3 team group idea though.
If they're adamant on having a 48 team tournament I would prefer an initial 'qualifying round' between say the 32 lowest ranked teams. The 16 winners then go through to the group stage to join the other 16 teams in 8 groups of 4.

 

[CJ_covblaze]

Not a fan of tournaments where finishing 3rd in a group of 4 gives you a 66% chance of progressing. It subdues the drama of the last group games. It's better than the stupid 3 team group idea though.
If they're adamant on having a 48 team tournament I would prefer an initial 'qualifying round' between say the 32 lowest ranked teams. The 16 winners then go through to the group stage to join the other 16 teams in 8 groups of 4.

Agree. Would’ve preferred them to go with 40 teams and 8 groups of 5 than either of the two options to date. Only issue with that though is you don’t have all the teams in the group playing at the same time like with the three team plan.

 

[covcity4life]

You can have too much of a good thing

Shown in this world cup with 4 games a day

3 was perfect

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

Shown in this world cup with 4 games a day

3 was perfect

I lost interest after the first day it was hard work watching it

 

[napolimp]

FIFA Really ignored the "if it ain't broke" saying.

 

[Frank Sidebottom]

I think they should just get straight to the inevitable conclusion whereby all 200 odd nations play each other home and away twice in a league structure before the top 128 teams go through to the knockout stages.

 

[CJ_covblaze]

I think they should just get straight to the inevitable conclusion whereby all 200 odd nations play each other home and away twice in a league structure before the top 128 teams go through to the knockout stages.

I’m looking forward to them having 210 of the 211 nations at the tournament with Scotland losing to San Marino in the Play Offs.

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

It’s obviously because they are worried some of the big boys won’t qualify like Italy this time.

Solution they have a selected group that auto qualify and the rest like Scotland and Wales play to qualify, so the leagues can carry on and we don’t have to have these awful international breaks.