Group E: Germany, Curaçao, Ivory Coast, Ecuador

[ramboacdc]

1 minute ago, PhillippaT said:

Don't be stupid.  If 32 teams come from Europe, it'd make sense to alter the qualifying to reflect that, which would make it similar to the Euros in lineup.

Terribly sorry. 

 

San marino vs Kosovo then.... 🫠

[Raj]

FIFA and infertile will still say this is s victory for World football introducing teams like this who have a population of slough getting f1cked by Germany.

 

Doesnt help them, we will never hear of them again and just sums up F$FA.

 

Next we will have India and Pakistan there next WC for the bantz!

[JonnyZeroFox]

Curacao qualified fairly, I understand that… but look at the opposition. This really does need to be looked into 

[spacemunky]

Curacao did as well as Brazil in 2014 against Germany.

[PhillippaT]

2 minutes ago, ramboacdc said:

Terribly sorry. 

 

San marino vs Kosovo then.... 🫠

The top 32 European teams in the Euros 2024:

 

Spain

England

France

Netherlands

Germany

Portugal

Switzerland

Turkey

Austria

Belgium

Denmark

Italy

Romania

Slovakia

Slovenia

Albania

Croatia

Czechia

Hungary

Poland

Scotland

Serbia

Ukraine

Greece

Iceland

Wales

Bosnia

Estonia

Finland

Luxembourg

Sweden

Norway

 

[ramboacdc]

If they expand this to 64 teams for the next one, 30% of all FIFA member countries will qualify and it will run 8-10 week. 

 

The claim 32 made it too closed off is because its meant to be closed off. Its meant to be the best 32 teams in the world. Having countries smaller than the isle of man qualify or ones in the hundreds on the national rankings because their path was easier than others helps no one. This isnt the FA cup where playing the match will earn the club money. This will be costing them thousands in logistics for a start and someone has to pay it. 

 

64 teams over 3 continents in 4 years would be insane. This isnt about being big headed or closing off, these arent the best teams in the world and shouldn't be on this stage. These arent your cupset teams, this is feeding to the lions.

[AKCJ]

9 minutes ago, Vacamion said:

 

Havertz gonna get the golden boot because of crap like this.

 

 

The big drawback of a bigger world cup is that the records are erased.

 

 

[ramboacdc]

1 minute ago, PhillippaT said:

The top 32 European teams in the Euros 2024:

 

Spain

England

France

Netherlands

Germany

Portugal

Switzerland

Turkey

Austria

Belgium

Denmark

Italy

Romania

Slovakia

Slovenia

Albania

Croatia

Czechia

Hungary

Poland

Scotland

Serbia

Ukraine

Greece

Iceland

Wales

Bosnia

Estonia

Finland

Luxembourg

Sweden

Norway

 

Sorry! 

 

Armenia vs Kosovo it is! 🤣

[RowlattsFox]

Curaçao deserve their chance, but it  shows the mockery of having 3 hosts who automatically qualify from the same region. 

 

Germany were pretty ruthless though. 

[ramboacdc]

11 minutes ago, Vacamion said:

 

Havertz gonna get the golden boot because of crap like this.

 

 

 

Just now, AKCJ said:

The big drawback of a bigger world cup is that the records are erased.

 

 

 

Didnt that happened before? 1994 I think someone got panned and one giy scored 4 or something and won the golden boot despite not making it out the group stage?

[when_you're_smiling]

2 minutes ago, ramboacdc said:

 

 

Didnt that happened before? 1994 I think someone got panned and one giy scored 4 or something and won the golden boot despite not making it out the group stage?

Oleg Salenko scored five for Russia against Cameroon. Scored another to win the Golden Boot.

[PhillippaT]

7 minutes ago, ramboacdc said:

If they expand this to 64 teams for the next one, 30% of all FIFA member countries will qualify and it will run 8-10 week. 

 

The claim 32 made it too closed off is because its meant to be closed off. Its meant to be the best 32 teams in the world. Having countries smaller than the isle of man qualify or ones in the hundreds on the national rankings because their path was easier than others helps no one. This isnt the FA cup where playing the match will earn the club money. This will be costing them thousands in logistics for a start and someone has to pay it. 

 

64 teams over 3 continents in 4 years would be insane. This isnt about being big headed or closing off, these arent the best teams in the world and shouldn't be on this stage. These arent your cupset teams, this is feeding to the lions.

STFU.  The changes of the World Cup over time ALREADY show that this IS NOT TRUE - it's only looked like being a closed shop because the number of good professional teams at the time were limited.  32 teams is now too limited for the scope of world football, just like 16, then 24 etc. were before.

 

Is 64 too much, too soon? Yes - that I will agree with.  48 teams right now feels about right to me given the teams that aren't making it, so I'd keep this format for now, until non-European confederations can show they've got enough depth to make it worthwhile increasing.

Edited Sunday at 19:10 by PhillippaT

[MrsJohnMurphy]

22 minutes ago, ramboacdc said:

 

That was a 1 off unfortunately I don't think this will be

[SK3Blue]

Tired of these hydration breaks already, just because the Americans can’t go beyond 25 minutes without a fast food advert stateside isn’t an excuse to stop a game. 

[ramboacdc]

7 minutes ago, PhillippaT said:

STFU.  The changes of the World Cup over time ALREADY show that this IS NOT TRUE - it's only looked like being a closed shop because the number of good professional teams at the time were limited.  32 teams is now too limited for the scope of world football, just like 16, then 24 etc. were before.

 

Is 64 too much, too soon? Yes - that I will agree with.  48 teams right now feels about right to me given the teams that aren't making it, so I'd keep this format for now, until non-European confederations can show they've got enough depth to make it worthwhile increasing.

 

You will be waiting a while on that. Africa is in dissaray and giving trophies in court rooms, south America will be the same for the rest of time, the USA and Canada will drop off now they have hosted and the qualifiers will suit the middle east teams so they can give the tournament them as many times as they can. Covered 3 regions for the next cup to be able to get it back to the middle east in 8 years, expect nothing else. 

 

This isnt evolution. This is ridiculous and just fleecing fans and harming nations who are paying out wedge to get walked over. 

 

Its the size it was because it was right. This is proving there arent 48 good teams in the world. There wasnt even 32, but the quality was so much better than watching drubbings

[ramboacdc]

3 minutes ago, SK3Blue said:

Tired of these hydration breaks already, just because the Americans can’t go beyond 25 minutes without a fast food advert stateside isn’t an excuse to stop a game. 

Apparently Fox Sports in the US went to an ad break during one of these hydration breaks and when they came back had missed the restart...

[purpleronnie]

10 minutes ago, SK3Blue said:

Tired of these hydration breaks already, just because the Americans can’t go beyond 25 minutes without a fast food advert stateside isn’t an excuse to stop a game. 

At least if we hosted we wouldn't need them...maybe a hot chocolate or hot bovril break.

[PhillippaT]

26 minutes ago, ramboacdc said:

 

You will be waiting a while on that. Africa is in dissaray and giving trophies in court rooms, south America will be the same for the rest of time, the USA and Canada will drop off now they have hosted and the qualifiers will suit the middle east teams so they can give the tournament them as many times as they can. Covered 3 regions for the next cup to be able to get it back to the middle east in 8 years, expect nothing else. 

 

This isnt evolution. This is ridiculous and just fleecing fans and harming nations who are paying out wedge to get walked over. 

 

Its the size it was because it was right. This is proving there arent 48 good teams in the world. There wasnt even 32, but the quality was so much better than watching drubbings

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA....

 

Again, the 'quality' of teams has had no real bearing on the quality of the matches being played.  The World Cup has had its fair share of bad and boring matches even between 'good' teams before they expanded it.  This isn't about 'quality' at all - just gatekeeping.

 

Note: If ALL you care about it quality, you would NEVER bother with international football EVER, AT ALL - because club football will alwawys be better in 'quality'.  (Being able to pick your own players will always have a benefit.)

 

And that's without mentioning that quality of teams != quality of refereeing etc..

Edited Sunday at 19:48 by PhillippaT

[SouthStandUpperTier]

CONCACAF minnows getting smashed at the World Cup is nothing new. Hungary 10-1 El Salvador from 1982...

 

 

[CrispinLA in Texas]

1 hour ago, JonnyZeroFox said:

I hasn’t heard of Curacao until now

Same here.... only ever heard it as a cocktail. Never knew it was an island ....why 🤷🏽....hmm maybe because it's just off the Caribbean islands that everyone knows 

Edited Sunday at 19:52 by CrispinLA in Texas

[PhillippaT]

Just now, CrispinLA in Texas said:

Same here.... only ever heard it as a cocktail. Never new it was a island ....why 🤷🏽

I see some people have never played pirate games set in the Caribbean   

[ramboacdc]

3 minutes ago, PhillippaT said:

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA....

 

Again, the 'quality' of teams has had no real bearing on the quality of the matches being played.  The World Cup has had its fair share of bad and boring matches even between 'good' teams before they expanded it.  This isn't about 'quality' at all - just gatekeeping.

 

And that's without mentioning that quality of teams != quality of refereeing etc..

It does have its fair share of bad and boring matches. Expanding it gives more and it wasnt expanded for any other reason than more games = more tickets = more pockets lined. 

 

This isnt an expansion for anything other than money. Claiming its gatekeeping is ludicrous. Meant to be the best teams in the world and have 10th vs 82nd. A team worse than Syria, who are currently in the middle of massive i stability and civil war, have no place at a tournament to find the best team in the world. 

 

All for an underdog, but this is filling the groups with fodder to add more games. You aint going to see Uzbekistan make a run to the quarters. 

 

Golden boot will be won by the group stage as some one will just ping 4 past a team who are made up of part timers losing money because FIFA want to make more money. 

 

This isnt gatekeeping, its folks gaslit into thinking this helps football. It doesnt. It hurts football and dilutes what is meant to be the biggest tournament in the world. 

 

That said, buzzing for Iran(20) V NZ(85) in 2 days. I am sure this will help both teams and isnt just to sell a couple more powerades. 

[PhillippaT]

16 minutes ago, ramboacdc said:

It does have its fair share of bad and boring matches. Expanding it gives more and it wasnt expanded for any other reason than more games = more tickets = more pockets lined. 

 

This isnt an expansion for anything other than money. Claiming its gatekeeping is ludicrous. Meant to be the best teams in the world and have 10th vs 82nd. A team worse than Syria, who are currently in the middle of massive i stability and civil war, have no place at a tournament to find the best team in the world. 

 

All for an underdog, but this is filling the groups with fodder to add more games. You aint going to see Uzbekistan make a run to the quarters. 

 

Golden boot will be won by the group stage as some one will just ping 4 past a team who are made up of part timers losing money because FIFA want to make more money. 

 

This isnt gatekeeping, its folks gaslit into thinking this helps football. It doesnt. It hurts football and dilutes what is meant to be the biggest tournament in the world. 

 

That said, buzzing for Iran(20) V NZ(85) in 2 days. I am sure this will help both teams and isnt just to sell a couple more powerades. 

The Football World Cup ethos centres on global unity, cross-cultural celebration, and athletic excellence, uniting nations through a shared passion for the sport. It is designed to transcend political, cultural, and socioeconomic boundaries, promoting core values of solidarity, fair play, and community.

 

Core Pillars of the World Cup

 

Global Unity: The tournament brings together people from diverse backgrounds who normally would have no reason to interact, turning the host nation into a massive congregation of global culture.

 

Sporting Merit: Rooted in the Corinthian spirit, it provides an equal playing field where smaller or less-resourced nations can compete against global powerhouses.

 

National Pride: Players representing their national flags, emblems, and anthems act as cultural ambassadors, reinforcing identity and brotherhood.

 

The philosophy you TRULY WANT - is intentionally found in the OLYMPIC football tournament, not the World Cup.

Edited Sunday at 20:15 by PhillippaT

[Wymsey]

It's a shame this still happens..

 

 

[OntarioFox]

25 minutes ago, Wymsey said:

It's a shame this still happens..

 

 

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