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Africa getting more spots is fine, gently caress Asia and the Non-South Americas though.
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Jan 10, 2017 20:20
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Some might think it's curious that the Middle East and the Caribbean, which are the regions most routinely accused of football related corruption, seem to be profiting the most from this.
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Jan 10, 2017 20:27
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blue footed boobie posted:Some might think it's curious that the Middle East and the Caribbean, which are the regions most routinely accused of football related corruption, seem to be profiting the most from this. But but but the head of CONCACAF is from Canada so there must be no corruption there!!!!
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Jan 10, 2017 20:29
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Weaponized Cum posted:they need more teams because asia and africa are somwhat 'untapped' markets for the FIFA mafia Correct.
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Jan 10, 2017 20:47
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suriname, guyana and french guiana are never getting in the world cup so lol whoever in conmebol doesn't go
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Jose posted:suriname, guyana and french guiana are never getting in the world cup so lol whoever in conmebol doesn't go I would put forward Argentina so we could laugh at Messi having another sulk, but he'll be retired by then.
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stab posted:But but but the head of CONCACAF is from Canada so there must be no corruption there!!!! this, also please do not google "canadian soccer league matchfixing"
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Jan 10, 2017 20:54
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This is going to make the qualification process even more dire, isn't it? Looking forward to watching Dominica and Nicaragua scrapping for that last qualification spot while every nation with a half-decent team (both of them) had qualified with five matches to spare
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Jan 10, 2017 21:13
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vyelkin posted:loving unanimous, ahahaha even the Europeans voted for it Why would Europe agree to this trainwreck? Oh right, corruption
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Jose posted:suriname, guyana and french guiana are never getting in the world cup so lol whoever in conmebol doesn't go Those are CONCACAF countries, and French Guiana isn't a FIFA country.
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Jan 10, 2017 22:02
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Sky Shadowing posted:Those are CONCACAF countries, and French Guiana isn't a FIFA country. i can't blame them considering everyone else
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Jan 10, 2017 22:05
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Jose posted:i can't blame them considering everyone else Yeah, they're in the Caribbean block of CONCACAF because otherwise it's 'lose to everyone forever'. Although technically French Guiana qualifies for World Cups as part of France.
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Jan 10, 2017 22:10
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poty posted:Why would Europe agree to this trainwreck? Apparently the expansion will bring in somewhere in the neighbourhood of an extra $1B for FIFA per tournament. No football execs can vote against that kind of money even if it means ruining the best sporting competition in the world.
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Jan 10, 2017 23:04
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vyelkin posted:Apparently the expansion will bring in somewhere in the neighbourhood of an extra $1B for FIFA per tournament. No football execs can vote against that kind of money even if it means ruining the best sporting competition in the world. Wait how is it going to ruin the Ashes
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Jan 10, 2017 23:08
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Strawman posted:Nothing better than loads of games with teams playing 10 men behind the ball and putting in 'spirited defensive performances'. That's how Portugal won the Euros, so...
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Jan 10, 2017 23:18
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vyelkin posted:Apparently the expansion will bring in somewhere in the neighbourhood of an extra $1B for FIFA per tournament. No football execs can vote against that kind of money even if it means ruining the best sporting competition in the world. Even the Women's World Cup?
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Jan 10, 2017 23:28
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It'll be fine. With so many matches you can just pick the one that you wanna watch.
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Jan 11, 2017 01:31
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lol at nerds using the stupid rankings to predict who would qualify
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Simone Poodoin posted:lol at nerds using the stupid rankings to predict who would qualify I was more flabbergasted that Curacao was somehow higher than Jamaica.
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Jan 11, 2017 02:56
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The big winner here is China imo, they're the only country big enough to matter that doesn't qualify regularly anyway. Well, them and India, but India's national team is such a joke that they still won't qualify even with Asia's 9,001 spots
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Jan 11, 2017 03:03
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Big winner? They either won't qualify or will go bottom of the group
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B.B. Rodriguez posted:I was more flabbergasted that Curacao was somehow higher than Jamaica. The rankings can be exploited using meaningless friendlies, that's how Belgium were first for a long time.
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Hi big Australian football fan here. Judging by what normally happens with the Asian confederation China still wouldn't qualify. Iraq, Iran, Qatar and UAE really aren't that bad. A few of them would probably make it out of the current system for concacaf even. That said havingh more than even 5.5 sports is absurd for a confederation like Asia where there are 3 actually good teams, a few ok but not great ones and a whole lot of terrible. There is a good chance somewhere like Oman would make it to the WC who have a poo poo team but play all their home qualifiers in summer and nobody can survive except them. My picks for the 8.5 would be Definite Australia, Japan, South Korea, Uzbekistan, Iran Playing for the other 3.5 Iraq, Qatar, UAE, Oman, Jordan, North Korea Scotland Tier China, India
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Jan 11, 2017 04:43
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Anyone heard if the expansion will pave the way for Australia to move back to OFC? The lovely Middle East countries have been begging for that to happen even since Australia moved to Asia. I wonder how they'll seed the pots to create the groups of 3. My guess is that they'll throw Europe and S. America in one pot to maximize as many quality teams advancing as possible. I imagine that was probably part of the deal of getting UEFA and S. America to sign off on this foolishness.
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Jan 11, 2017 07:19
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This is a stupid decision and I will still watch every world cup
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big crush on Chad OMG posted:Big winner? They either won't qualify or will go bottom of the group The important thing is: if they qualify, you can sell them TV coverage of that whole World Cup for $$$$$$
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Jan 11, 2017 08:07
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Redczar posted:This is a stupid decision and I will still watch every world cup This!!! I'm hype as hell for the World Cup no matter how dumb and gay the format is, its a global festival of football and I love it
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Jan 11, 2017 09:26
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I for one am pleased that FIFA was able to just consider the sporting interest of an expanded format, and left the bean counters out of this. After all, now that football is played more widely than ever and at such a good level, who wouldn't want to watch Honduras face Benin, or Jordan challenge Romania ? Imagine the thrill of the draw when only the UAE and New Zealand are left in the pot to complete groups O and P, with fans of Mexico, Slovenia, Argentina and Ghana anxious to know just how difficult the road to the first knockout round will be!
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Simone Poodoin posted:lol at nerds using the stupid rankings to predict who would qualify What made you think it was a prediction? Its just a way of getting an idea of the level of team that would qualify.
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Pook Good Mook posted:I wonder how they'll seed the pots to create the groups of 3. My guess is that they'll throw Europe and S. America in one pot to maximize as many quality teams advancing as possible. I imagine that was probably part of the deal of getting UEFA and S. America to sign off on this foolishness. I imagine the entirety of the deal of getting UEFA and South America to sign off on this foolishness was pointing out how much more money FIFA would make and pointing out how many new opportunities for graft there would be selling TV rights to to sixteen new entrants, especially if most of them are coming from relatively corrupt regions like the Middle East.
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Jan 11, 2017 14:57
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Lol at the guardian's takequote:What has happened to the World Cup? They then outline the format, which we know about so we'll skip... quote:OK … sounds a bit weird? More jokes about parking the bus etc and then... quote:Anyway, enough of all that, let’s get to the heart of the matter. Does it mean Scotland will qualify? https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/jan/10/48-team-world-cup-fifa-plan-2026
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the future of football
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I hope they enjoy seeing 5,000 people at a World Cup match. Even if they give tickets away I doubt anyone would really want to see Qatar vs Honduras.
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Now the Caribbean Union is thinking about breaking away from CONCACAF to form their own thing. It would reduce us from 41 nations to 10. It would also lower our corruption rating 99% and make it so the US and Mexico can actually have a seat at the table when discussing just about anything. This would be the best news to come out of this 48 team business.
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B.B. Rodriguez posted:Now the Caribbean Union is thinking about breaking away from CONCACAF to form their own thing. It would reduce us from 41 nations to 10. It would also lower our corruption rating 99% and make it so the US and Mexico can actually have a seat at the table when discussing just about anything. I can't wait for the Caribbean Union to break away and then have FIFA immediately approve all Caribbean countries for automatic qualification to the world cup.
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Blue Star Error posted:What made you think it was a prediction? Its just a way of getting an idea of the level of team that would qualify. It still doesn't work for that because the ranking is bad
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advanced statsman posted:the future of football Tbf this is good.
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B.B. Rodriguez posted:Now the Caribbean Union is thinking about breaking away from CONCACAF to form their own thing. It would reduce us from 41 nations to 10. It would also lower our corruption rating 99% and make it so the US and Mexico can actually have a seat at the table when discussing just about anything. who would be the ten and give them 3 spots so its always usa mexico and a battle from the other 7
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B.B. Rodriguez posted:Now the Caribbean Union is thinking about breaking away from CONCACAF to form their own thing. It would reduce us from 41 nations to 10. It would also lower our corruption rating 99% and make it so the US and Mexico can actually have a seat at the table when discussing just about anything. So if this happens does CONCACAF still get 6.5 spots? Cause that'd be really awesome.
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