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Crazy Ted posted:All I can really muster in reaction is loving called it. At least the format they're proposing is less poo poo than how the Euros did it. A one match playoff leading into a 32-team group stage at least wouldn't dilute the matches afterwards by letting third place teams qualify or expanding the groups. I have to ask though, don't a lot of qualification systems already have playoffs at the end of their qualification campaigns? So isn't this basically just taking the final round of qualification, putting it in the host country, and calling it part of the World Cup?
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From what I can work out there would still be playoffs in qualification in the regional confeds but this would be a free for all playoff stage that you would think would favour the Euro and South American teams that wouldn't be tied into regions. The sponsors and tv companies would hate it. Plus in general it would prove an absolute logistical nightmare for teams and police alike.
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Skinty McEdger posted:Plus in general it would prove an absolute logistical nightmare for teams and police alike. Would it?
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jyrka posted:Would it? As the fixtures for the world cup are normally set up months in advance it in theory gives time for the police and local authorities to allocate resources as necessary to what could be trouble hotspots. Throwing in another round with all the variables in fixtures that could throw up and then in turn you're causing more problems for the authorities to have to deal with with a shorter time span to do so in.
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Skinty McEdger posted:As the fixtures for the world cup are normally set up months in advance it in theory gives time for the police and local authorities to allocate resources as necessary to what could be trouble hotspots. Throwing in another round with all the variables in fixtures that could throw up and then in turn you're causing more problems for the authorities to have to deal with with a shorter time span to do so in. Ok cool. I'm sure they could figure it out.
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Looking forward to seeing how Scotland fail to qualify for a 48 team world cup
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http://www.espnfc.us/blog/uefa/258/post/2966692/fifa-president-gianni-infantino-may-face-new-ethics-committee-investigationESPN FC posted:FIFA president Gianni Infantino could find himself under investigation by the organisation's Ethics Committee for the second time during his eight-month tenure over his role in a loan to the Slovenian Football Association (NZS) made during his previous position as UEFA general secretary, sources have told ESPN FC.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/us-sport-leaders-concacaf-idUSKCN12512Mquote:CONCACAF could change its name to create a new brand image and distance itself from a "toxic" past, the president of the body that governs soccer in North and Central America and the Caribbean said on Wednesday.
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Oct 7, 2016 00:12
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Tell the Carribean to gently caress off and join Oceania, problem solved
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Jermaine Dildoe posted:Tell the Carribean to gently caress off and join Oceania, problem solved It would solve a lot of issues. Except then we'd be like 6 countries.
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Jermaine Dildoe posted:Tell the Carribean to gently caress off and join Oceania, problem solved Chuck out all of the teams that have never qualified for a World Cup, keep the rest. USA Canada Mexico Jamaica Trinidad and Tobago Honduras Costa Rica Haiti Cuba El Salvador 10 teams, 2.5, maybe 3 World Cup spots.
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Shrapnig posted:Chuck out all of the teams that have never qualified for a World Cup, keep the rest. Make it happen Uncle Vic
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Shrapnig posted:Chuck out all of the teams that have never qualified for a World Cup, keep the rest. Usa and mexico need to gently caress off like australia did so some other countries have a legitimate chance Haha who am i kidding even then Canada wouldn't qualify 
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stab posted:Usa and mexico need to gently caress off like australia did so some other countries have a legitimate chance Australia hosed off out of Oceania so we could qualify for the World Cup, not the other way around
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Wait. Canada has qualified for a World Cup? Do they know?
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Shrapnig posted:Chuck out all of the teams that have never qualified for a World Cup, keep the rest. A single spot would suffice.
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B.B. Rodriguez posted:Wait. Canada has qualified for a World Cup? Do they know? 1986. They have an Olympic gold too.
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All the carribbean islands should come together and make a west indies national team, then merge north and south america concacafmebol
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Bobby Digital posted:1986. They have an Olympic gold too. And a gold cup! Heh Hehehehe 
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B.B. Rodriguez posted:Wait. Canada has qualified for a World Cup? Do they know? Only too well
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CONCACAF is toxic. UEFA supremacy
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Mean Bean Machine posted:CONCACAF is toxic. UEFA supremacy Still salty about that US/Portugal game I see.
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B.B. Rodriguez posted:Still salty about that US/Portugal game I see. How many Euros have the US won?
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Mean Bean Machine posted:How many Euros have the US won? '18 and '45
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ephex posted:'18 and '45 Beating Germany doesn't make you a Euros winner, it just makes you France.
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Also those were World Wars.
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Mean Bean Machine posted:How many Euros have the US won? drat. You would have been the richest person in Rome sitting on that mountain of salt.
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he looked back at Sodom
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Mean Bean Machine posted:How many Euros have the US won? Same number as England
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ephex posted:'18 and '45 Nah, they weren't allowed onto the pitch as they'd missed the kickoff by a few years.
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Mean Bean Machine posted:CONCACAF is toxic. UEFA supremacy this! UEFA supremacy!!!!
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It really is the best conference
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FIFA charged with complicity in human rights violations Qatar The world football association FIFA is being charged with complicity in human rights violations in Qatar. The plaintiffs, a duped migrant worker from Bangladesh and the Dutch union FNV, say that FIFA made a mistake by granting the World Cup 2022 to a country that structurally exploits workers. They demand that FIFA uses its influence to have Qatar amend the law and also want compensation for the worker in question. http://www.volkskrant.nl/sport/fifa-charged-with-complicity-in-human-rights-violations-qatar~a4392409/
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B.B. Rodriguez posted:Wait. Canada has qualified for a World Cup? Do they know? Canada has one of the worst World Cup records of any country to ever qualify. Three games played, three games lost, five goals conceded, zero goals scored.
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Breaking news: it's not a good idea to hold a sport competition in the desert https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/oct/10/doha-road-world-championships-heat-anouska-koster
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One of the riders passed out during the event and crashed into the barriers. Also they didn't have enough medical support at the end so you had people collapsed on the ground waiting 20+ minutes for ambulances.
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Don't worry! Qatar is building artificial clouds that will shelter the players and fans from the heat. They've got it all figured out!
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Weaponized Cum posted:Don't worry! Qatar is building artificial clouds that will shelter the players and fans from the heat. They've got it all figured out! Don't forget the special air conditioning technology.
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Qatar 2022 is gonna be a lot of fun  quote:Alcohol will only be allowed in “far-away places,” said the secretary-general of the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy Al-Thawadi in an interview with Arabic language newspaper Al-Sharq, without clarifying further. http://time.com/4563570/qatar-fifa-2022-alcohol-ban/
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Fans will also be in far-away places, ie. at home.
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