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On 05/10/2016 at 6:38 AM, Batzek-osemba said:

One would think the Euro 2016 fiasco would have made the big bosses to rethink about the direction football is heading to? I think football in europe is at its peak and people could feel oversarturated soon. Maybe wise to break european dominance and give others a chance..who knows. I am just bored by matches everyday (round the clock) and this blown up "product". The old championsleague and uefa cup with one televised match every other week and tough WC with Highlights from day one were much more appealing to me in the past. 

In what way was Euro 2016 a fiasco?

It may not go down in history as an all-time classic tournament (unless you're Welsh or Icelandic maybe) but it was a long way from being a fiasco.

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The penalty shoot out to avoid team stitching up results won't always work. Some games the last last two teams playing will only need a draw to both go through and they will be happy with that. Or with only 2 games one team could lose and go though as long as they aren't hammered in the last game. 

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Well 48 teams is clearly better for us than 32....although its 16 instead of 13 as just pointed  out...think  there are too many in UEFA to have 8 qualifying groups of 6 so maybe  it will be 9 groups, winners qualify...then maybe best 5 runners-up too with other 4 runners-up playing off for final two spots...as it stands though we are struggling to get to 4th place in groups!!

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I do find the curent UEFA federations a bit out dated....it would make more sense to combine north africa and the middle east for example into a new grouping...and Mexico and USA do completely dwarf all the carribean teams...also why are surinam, french Guyana and British Guyana and trinidad not in south America groups? Or even on it all in 2 of those cases i think?

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1 hour ago, iainmac1 said:

The penalty shoot out to avoid team stitching up results won't always work. Some games the last last two teams playing will only need a draw to both go through and they will be happy with that. 

You can't play for a draw if it's going to penalties though.

Goal difference is going to be massively important with no draws and I guess it's do or die from the off so no more cagey opening games...

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Surely the North and South American countries now have to be grouped together.

Mexico and USA already effectively have a bye to qualify for each tournament.

New Zealand also together with every other country in Oceania should also by lumped into the Asian qualifying section.

World qualifying groups would resolve the issue although that would be extremely difficult and would mean the entire football calendar would have to be synchronized.

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As this decision means knockout rounds of 32 onwards...they might as well go to 64 teams and have 16 groups of 4...maybe it could be held in 2 or 4 countries....even the 48 team format is going to be hard for all but a few countries to stage...

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On Tue Jan 10 2017 at 10:12 PM, Toepoke said:

You can't play for a draw if it's going to penalties though.

Goal difference is going to be massively important with no draws and I guess it's do or die from the off so no more cagey opening games...

So it's 3 points or 0 points? Thought the draw would still give you a point and the penalty shoot out was for a bonus point or 2.

It could still leave the scenario that a team could still lose by a goal or 2 and both would progress still.

One team could have the 1-0 lead that they are both happy with that would see both progress then play out 85 mins of keep ball. 

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1 hour ago, buckielugger said:

As this decision means knockout rounds of 32 onwards...they might as well go to 64 teams and have 16 groups of 4...maybe it could be held in 2 or 4 countries....even the 48 team format is going to be hard for all but a few countries to stage...

Would have preferred 12 groups of 4 with top 2 and best 8 3rd place teams progressing to a round of 32. Would have only meant 1 extra game for some teams.

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By the time this come's round,  International football will be finished as we know it , with the integration of players into various countries becoming easier  [basically some guy takes a shite at Prestwick]  then being chosen to play for Scotland as he stayed longer than 5 minutes, you lose the identity of a Scottish player

You now have the Chinese spending the millions of Dollars they have acquired over the years and various world players getting paid millions , it will not be in the Chinese mentality to release the players they "own"  to international games.

The standard and quality of football has declined over the years,  especially at international level , due to changing of the rules and the amount of money pumped into it , the passion and commitment has gone.

   

 

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On 10/01/2017 at 1:37 PM, DaveyDenoon said:

In what way was Euro 2016 a fiasco?

It may not go down in history as an all-time classic tournament (unless you're Welsh or Icelandic maybe) but it was a long way from being a fiasco.

The group stages were a complete borefest. All those games to get rid of 8 teams was just daft.

Teams playing their final game not knowing if they're through or not is ridculous also.

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3 hours ago, Reevesy said:

Teams playing their final game not knowing if they're through or not is ridculous also.

First round, 2 x draws, 2nd round, 2 x draws, why is that ridiculous?

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