This proposal should be protested and shamed just as much as the ESL in my opinion. FIFA are no better, Greedy cnuts with no love of the game.
Fifa to consider holding men's and women's events every two years - BBC
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It’s this fecking lot that need an independent regulator never mind the Premier League.
20 years from now there'll be a manager describing his teams fixture schedule as ridiculous.
''It's ridiculous to expect my boys to play 9 times this week instead of the usual 7.
''It's ridiculous to expect my boys to play 9 times this week instead of the usual 7.
9 times in 4 different corners of the world as well.
I suspected as much when the Super League nonsense was going on. The other rumour was the money for the Super League was coming from Saudi Arabia.
And this proposal was put forward by the Saudi's too. Coincidence? I think not.
They just can't help but pull on the strings and see what money grabbing idea will hook the public. Feck off
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In the next 5 years there is going to be a monumental battle between FIFA, associations, clubs, players and individual leagues for who controls the money tree.
Players need a union. Or a better one.
World cups are fecking brilliant. 2 years is too frequent but I'd be on the fence about 3 year intervals.
Money grubbing twats.
Just like the ESL it's predicated on a stupid idea that it will bump up viewership when it clearly won't.
Nobody wants to see international football saturated by more countries, more shit teams, more dead rubber games, more qualifiers etc. It's bad enough as it is and has been declining in popularity as it is. People don't care about watching more Saudi Arabia vs Leichtensteins, even the people in these countries don't care and won't watch.
Just like the ESL it's predicated on a stupid idea that it will bump up viewership when it clearly won't.
Nobody wants to see international football saturated by more countries, more shit teams, more dead rubber games, more qualifiers etc. It's bad enough as it is and has been declining in popularity as it is. People don't care about watching more Saudi Arabia vs Leichtensteins, even the people in these countries don't care and won't watch.
Sounds like a terrible idea.
Yeah I think FIFA will absorb the likes of UEFA within a decade.
Maybe if they could do the group rounds during the season and have the knockout stage in the summer with 16 teams. I can imagine having qualifications in one season then group rounds in the next season, it would be possible but players need time to relax, party or travel with their families.
They could also somehow incorporate the continents’ competitions so they have a full tournament every two years. But we know they just want more games and more money, so they don’t want to do fewer games.
They could also somehow incorporate the continents’ competitions so they have a full tournament every two years. But we know they just want more games and more money, so they don’t want to do fewer games.
Will these people ever close their money-hungry maws? The quality of football is already quite poor nowadays due to all the games, this will be just a few steps too far.
The new CL format is already awful.
The new CL format is already awful.
Knowing them, they'll try and make those every 2 years on the alternate years to the world cup.
If there's anything still special about international football, it's these tournaments and the history of how infrequent they are.
Moving them more regularly just totally kills it for me.
Love the 'correct answer' flag
In a decade, one of Raiola's demand would be that his client play no more than 45 match in a season. These greedy bastards are trying to ensure that the top players put their wellbeing and long term careers ahead of money.
The proposal, by Saudi Arabia's football federation (SAFF)
Oh right.
Oh right.
One of the things the world (except UK, we know you hate international football but whatever) loves about the world cup is that when a tournament ends, we know it will be a while for another one to begin. When one is about to start, all this nostalgia has been building up for years before. Making them so close one to another will eliminate this romantic aspect from the cup
We love international football just not the pointless friendlies.
It wouldn't be bigger anywhere in the world the celebration if we ever won it again
Horrible idea. absolutely horrendous. Every 2 years??? Come on.
Needs to be every year. In fact i'd say it should be at the beginning of the major league start times, and then would even look into feasibility for it to be played over a midseason break for all. Or just scrap leagues altogether and just play the world cup nonstop for eternity
Needs to be every year. In fact i'd say it should be at the beginning of the major league start times, and then would even look into feasibility for it to be played over a midseason break for all. Or just scrap leagues altogether and just play the world cup nonstop for eternity
Sounds like change, I don't like it.
A few thougs off the bat:
1) We'll have Euros and World Cup every other year. With the professional schedule as tight as it is, something has got to give. Most likely domstic competitions and/or European Championships. Leaving us with one competition for the national team. I assume FIFA has no ambition to scrap Nations League.
2) The World Cup is traditionally a grand national event and contributed to building sports infrastructure. The World Cup in 1994 and 1998 in particular are for me tournaments full of happy memories. The World Cup is special because it's so far apart, not because it's just a cup. Having it more frequently removes a lot of the traditional allure.
3) The World Cup nearly shares status with the Olympic Games as the biggest sport spectacle in the world. Hosting it bi-anually removes that status as something special.
4) I'm old and I don't like change.
Clearly more money to be wrung out of the sport yet, into FIFA and other governing body pockets.
How about every 3 years.
A 32-team, 3 group game, KOs from the Last 16. Every 4 years was the format
They‘re changing to 48 teams, 2 group games, KOs from the Last 32. And now they want to change it to every 2 years.
The World Cup is in danger of losing its allure, mystic, and what makes it special. Leave it fecking alone
They‘re changing to 48 teams, 2 group games, KOs from the Last 32. And now they want to change it to every 2 years.
The World Cup is in danger of losing its allure, mystic, and what makes it special. Leave it fecking alone
Gianni Infantino is a tw@t
Yeah the 32-team format was perfect. Just as the group games start to drag on the knockouts start.
Difficult enough to qualify, but plausible for most teams on an upward trajectory.
Only comes around once every 4 years, so it really matters.
Pretty much always a few underdog teams to cheer for.
I'm not one for national team football usually, but the World Cup is usually magical.
The balance felt about right.
I remember the 16 team format and it was too few teams. The 24 team format worked really well but it didnt ruin things when we went to 32 teams. 48 teams will for me be too many teams.
As you say, leave it alone. They are going to dilute it and ruin, it would be like letting every Euro country have 8 Champions league spots
Aye. The World Cup is special because it’s infrequent. The stakes are as high as they can get because often it’s the only opportunity a generation of players gets to shine. Bloating the tournament to 48 will have the same negative impact that the expanded Euros had in 2016, which was the worst tournament in its history. And increased frequency will end up with the public appeal of something between the World Cup and the Confederations Cup. In the same way nobody gets their juices flowing for qualifiers, the over saturation will similarly deflate interest.
Christ, the amount of fixtures is already a shit show.
Clearly just in it for the money these cnuts.
Clearly just in it for the money these cnuts.
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Why the flying feck are we even playing entire euros over the summer this year. We have this nations league bullshit and international friendlies which shouldn’t even be played.
The group stages for the euros should have been held during international breaks this season and only the knockouts during the off season so that the players can have an actual break
The group stages for the euros should have been held during international breaks this season and only the knockouts during the off season so that the players can have an actual break
fecking hell. Are they trying to kill Harry Maguire? He can’t possibly play any more football.
I can foresee myself not watching football in about 10-15 years. Legacy fan or something like that.
Also, why are the Saudis even taken seriously? What have they've contributed to football?
Also, why are the Saudis even taken seriously? What have they've contributed to football?
Football would improve for the better if we do away with both FIFA and UEFA.
feck no. Stop trying to change everything! The fact that it's every four years mean players only get a few shots, and means the build-up is immense. Stop diluting our sport!
No thanks, we already have the WC/Euros every other year, to have it every year would make it way less special.
Why the feck are Saudi Arabia a key player behind this? They are footballing nobodies... Oh, let's guess. Is it because they are rich and corrupt?
I'm very quickly falling out of love with this sport. I'm in my thirties now and genuinely wonder if I will have any affection left fort he sport by the time I'm in my forties.
From the players, to the clubs, to the authorities at all levels - the greed and level of money involved has grown into a monster.
I'm very quickly falling out of love with this sport. I'm in my thirties now and genuinely wonder if I will have any affection left fort he sport by the time I'm in my forties.
From the players, to the clubs, to the authorities at all levels - the greed and level of money involved has grown into a monster.