Isa Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 (edited) I'm not sure what sort of system you want? Nations with the biggest name players should get a free pass into the tournaments? Edited October 22, 2013 by Isa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted October 22, 2013 Moderator Share Posted October 22, 2013 And besides, technically they were all a part of the world cup. They just haven't reached the finals section because THEY WEREN'T GOOD ENOUGH. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voinjama Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 Valid points have been made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vandaq Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 So talks of being 40 nations from 2016 and forward. I am all for it. More african and asian teams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG_Villa_Fan Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 (edited) Don't like the 40 nations thing. Probably will mean 10 groups and 4 second place teams not advancing. Meh. Or maybe 8 groups with 5 teams? Edited October 28, 2013 by BG_Villa_Fan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 More teams = more matches = more TV money for FIFA. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 And more matches for us to watch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 im sorry even if more chance of Ireland qualifying I think its a shit idea. tournament is diluted as it is, I think 24 was a better number for a World Cup. tv viewings really are not going to increase for games like Panama vs Slovenia or Norway vs Jordan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 I agree Zatman, there will just be even more weak games that people aren't really interested in watching. Bit like the early group games of the CL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Fans of those countries will be interested though. What is the harm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted October 28, 2013 Moderator Share Posted October 28, 2013 Fans of those countries will be interested though. What is the harm?It harms the competitive nature of the early games. The tournament will have more crap teams so the group stage will be far more routine and far less interesting. Similar to what they're doing to the euros, it'll be a glorified qualifying campaign with some good games at the very end. If you're concerned about fans of lesser footballing nations then why stop at 40 teams? Why not 60? What's the harm? Eventually you make 90% of the tournament rubbish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRS-T Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 On the other hand if you're concerned about the quality of the tournament why not only 16 teams and 8 teams at the Euros? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 16 teams is perfect number for Euros but 24 will be a nightmare. except their own fans I cant see many neutrals caring whether Ireland, Scotland or Romania qualify or are playing each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avfc96 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 The World Cup is already diluted as it is. Some of the group games are utter shit and by adding more teams it is just going to increase these sort of games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted October 28, 2013 Moderator Share Posted October 28, 2013 On the other hand if you're concerned about the quality of the tournament why not only 16 teams and 8 teams at the Euros?There are more than 8 good teams in Europe. As Zatman says, 16 is fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted October 28, 2013 Moderator Share Posted October 28, 2013 The World Cup is already diluted as it is. Some of the group games are utter shit and by adding more teams it is just going to increase these sort of games.The balance is right though. You have to have all parts of the world represented in a world cup. But certain areas only have one or two competitive sides. No point taking any more than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 yeah the Euros usually have 4 evenly matched teams in a group and I think all the groups in last 2 tournaments had something on the line in last round of fixtures, except for the Ireland games most of the games were close contests in Euro 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRS-T Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 They had to make the Euros bigger because it's supposed to be easier to qualify for your continental competition than it is to qualify for the World Cup. More example Africa has 5 places at the World Cup and 16 at the Africa Cup of Nations. So if you're aren't good enough to qualify for the World Cup you can still play at the Africa Cup of Nations. At present 13 European teams qualify for the World Cup and 16 for the European Championship which is too similar so the same nations just qualify for both. So if Scotland aren't good enough to qualify for the World Cup they could still harbour ambitions of getting to the Euros. Plus the Euros is too short after the group stage so I think 24 teams is about right since we'll also get a Last 16 round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 On the other hand if you're concerned about the quality of the tournament why not only 16 teams and 8 teams at the Euros? That's a great idea, also let's cut the champions league down so that, well, only Champions participate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 You and your crazy ideas! What would they call it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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