Zatman Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Montenegro are only down so low as this is their 3rd tournament in 10 years they will be Pot2/3 team and Poland are ranked bad as tehy hadnt played a competitive game between 2009-2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 England = Aston Villa Bad choices by the idiots in charge, who have awful control on finances, throw money at the wrong managers and are clueless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Montenegro are only down so low as this is their 3rd tournament in 10 years they will be Pot2/3 team and Poland are ranked bad as tehy hadnt played a competitive game between 2009-2012 The ranking system is terrible anyway, basically just guarantees that all/most the money making teams qualify every time.. Woul be much fairer to scrap all seedings for qualifiers. Could end up with a group of the likes of Scotland, Wales, Ireland etc together then a "group of death" of the likes of Spain Germany Italy... Would give smaller nations a lot more opportunity to qualify Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 England = Aston Villa Bad choices by the idiots in charge, who have awful control on finances, throw money at the wrong managers and are clueless. Hahaha you forgot to add, once great but haven't won anything of note for yrs. currently looking to rebuild a new team with players who aren't quite ready for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwpzxjor1 Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 The ranking system is terrible anyway, basically just guarantees that all/most the money making teams qualify every time.. Woul be much fairer to scrap all seedings for qualifiers. Could end up with a group of the likes of Scotland, Wales, Ireland etc together then a "group of death" of the likes of Spain Germany Italy... Would give smaller nations a lot more opportunity to qualify I would like that too, but they want the rich countries with the most fans (who tend to be the better football nations) in it for as long as possible. You can sell a Brazil vs Spain final for much more money than Spain vs Ireland. A country like Brazil going out in the group stages because they were in a group with Spain, Argentina and Germany would be a disaster financially for FIFA. Look at the year England failed to qualify - so much revenue lost because English fans and English TV stations lost interest and wouldn't pay top dollar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 I would like that too, but they want the rich countries with the most fans (who tend to be the better football nations) in it for as long as possible. You can sell a Brazil vs Spain final for much more money than Spain vs Ireland. A country like Brazil going out in the group stages because they were in a group with Spain, Argentina and Germany would be a disaster financially for FIFA. Look at the year England failed to qualify - so much revenue lost because English fans and English TV stations lost interest and wouldn't pay top dollar. Agreed completely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voinjama Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Completely disagree with you guys. Seedings is the best way to do it because I want to see the best teams, and the best players at the world cup. A qualifying group with Germany, Italy, Spain and France, turkey and then another group with Cyprus, Moldova, Georgia, finland, latvia. So you would have a scenario where Italy are not at the world cup, but finland are. No thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 well its the world cup. its the luck of the draw and to win it you should have to beat the best whether in qualifying or at tournament. will never happen though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voinjama Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 I think that if Rooney starts at San Marino, he could get a hat trick. San Marino are the worst side in Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted March 19, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted March 19, 2013 If I started against San Marino I'd fancy a hat trick. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Save our best players for Montenegro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voinjama Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Yeah when Serbia and Montenegro split in 2007, all but one one of the 2006 serbia and montenegro squad chose to play for serbia instead of montenegro. Yet looking at how montenegro performed in the euro qualifiers when they were englands group, and again in this qualification process, I would argue they have come out better then Serbia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 (edited) Vučinić and Jovetić are the going to cause the most problems, which is cause for concern who we play at CB. Edited March 19, 2013 by AVFCforever1991 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRS-T Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Don't know how Montenegro are so good with a smaller population than Birmingham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Don't know how Montenegro are so good with a smaller population than Birmingham. dont know how China and India are so bad when have bigger population than Europe? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRS-T Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Don't know how Montenegro are so good with a smaller population than Birmingham. dont know how China and India are so bad when have bigger population than Europe? Touché but can be explained by the sport not being that popular in those countries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Montenegro aren't that good and San Marino frankly do not deserve to have a 'national' side that plays at this level, they are a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 UEFA minnows make CONCACAF minnows look like....herring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Montenegro are a solid team. That is all you need to be to be relatively successful at international level - a team. San Marino really should be there but unless they introduce pre-qualifying rounds for smaller nations then it would be unfair to rule a country out just because they're shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRS-T Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 New England away shirt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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