Thread: FIFA Plan for 48 team world cup

World Cup: Fifa's Gianni Infantino says he has support for expanded tournament - BBC Sport


Absolute fucking madness. 16 mini leagues of 3 ?? My interest in football has dwindled last few years, I know many people of my age group feel the same. The powers that be just care about one thing.

Money and appeasing those that will give them more of it. You are right that is all FIFA care about. Quatar and Russia confirms it. A country with absolutely Zero footballing heritage and a country in which state sponsored doping is the norm in sport. You could not make it up.

I guarantee you that Russia and Quater paid their way to get the world cup in their countries.

48 teams is madness.

Still believe England will win it one day.

Originally Posted by Master

I guarantee you that Russia and Quater paid their way to get the world cup in their countries.

48 teams is madness.

Still believe England will win it one day.

Probably when we are about 90 and the team is made up of droids.

Originally Posted by Mark TKO

World Cup: Fifa's Gianni Infantino says he has support for expanded tournament - BBC Sport


Absolute fucking madness. 16 mini leagues of 3 ?? My interest in football has dwindled last few years, I know many people of my age group feel the same. The powers that be just care about one thing.

Just wondering what age group you are in? I feel exactly the same, I can barely muster up the energy to watch the Villa when they are on telly these days and can't remember the last time I watched a live game on a Sunday afternoon and I haven't watched MOTD once this season.

I'm 31 and I know a fair few people who feel the same as me about football these days

Originally Posted by Batman

Originally Posted by Mark TKO

World Cup: Fifa's Gianni Infantino says he has support for expanded tournament - BBC Sport


Absolute fucking madness. 16 mini leagues of 3 ?? My interest in football has dwindled last few years, I know many people of my age group feel the same. The powers that be just care about one thing.

Just wondering what age group you are in? I feel exactly the same, I can barely muster up the energy to watch the Villa when they are on telly these days and can't remember the last time I watched a live game on a Sunday afternoon and I haven't watched MOTD once this season.

I'm 31 and I know a fair few people who feel the same as me about football these days

44 - been losing interest for some time. Cancelled Sky Sports in 2016 too as not contributing to football's income in any small way - on the whole I hate the modern day pro.

I record MOTD and watch it and will watch it on fast forward on a Sunday morning if there's a particularly good game or goal worth seeing

Apparently it'll still be the same duration tournament wise and there are some good points i think.
More games for the fans, a chance to see players from countries that we'd never have seen before and with only 3 teams per group there will be more straight Knockout games on offer.
What they need to do though is bring back the Golden Goal rule to stop what happened in the Euros this year where both teams seem happy to settle it on penalties so take no risks in going forward during the latter stages of the second half and then again during extra time.

Anyway whatever happens England will probably struggle to go through even in a 3 team group that features countries like Nauru and the Democratic republic of Congo

Qualification would become even easier - more of a joke than it is now.

3 team groups were dropped after 82 because of tactical play in final group games. And a bad start would mean you're fucked !

And surely the chances of everyone being level at the end increases somewhat. - how would they split them then ?

Never a fan of golden goal (I can't stand Liverpool and remember the, winning the UEFA cup I think by an 'own' golden goal). I hate pens too - so basically no idea what the solution is

Penalties work and have no problem with it.

Germany won on the golden goal 1996 and I hate them but it does not lead to more attacking play.

Footballers are total pricks who get too much money. China have offered Tevez £650,000 per week!

Pulis got £2 million bonus payment early and left Palace - he now has to pay them back.

Fat Sam gets sacked and walks into another job with no repercussions.