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Euro expansion to 24 teams!?!??
- Thread starter thetrooper37
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thetrooper37
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bjmenge;2544245 said:
why the hell not? How have people not learned that anything is possible in this sport? Let me remind you again, Greece were EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS.
More teams = more football is great and does look very attractive. But as pointed out earlier, this would mean that half the teams in europe would make it. Just making it to the EURO for teams is like a huge celebration and big priviledge because of how hard it is to finish in top 2. But with an extra spot in each qualifying group its gonna be easier to make it to the final and i feel that that feeling won't be as satisfying.
You want more football? We already get only a 1 month break from football in a whole year, if you are really desperate watch some Intertoto Cup for god's sake. Even though i should be supporting this because that would mean that Belarus might actually end up making it, i just don't see a reason in this apart from UEFA making more money and countries like Scotland actually finally making it to the competition. And how will the format go again? Don't complain that there is not enough football to watch, in 3-4 weeks the pre season friendlies will be underway in full swing.
You want more football? We already get only a 1 month break from football in a whole year, if you are really desperate watch some Intertoto Cup for god's sake. Even though i should be supporting this because that would mean that Belarus might actually end up making it, i just don't see a reason in this apart from UEFA making more money and countries like Scotland actually finally making it to the competition. And how will the format go again? Don't complain that there is not enough football to watch, in 3-4 weeks the pre season friendlies will be underway in full swing.
More games = more revenue, so there's a huge plus point. Eight teams that came close to qualifying:
Scotland
Northern Ireland
Denmark
England
Norway
Bulgaria
Republic of Ireland(I think)
Ukraine(I think)
Malta who? If it does reduce the level of play, it will STILL be significantly higher than that of the World Cup. Personally, I'd like to see this tournament play out over an extra week so I don't have a problem with expansion.
Scotland
Northern Ireland
Denmark
England
Norway
Bulgaria
Republic of Ireland(I think)
Ukraine(I think)
Malta who? If it does reduce the level of play, it will STILL be significantly higher than that of the World Cup. Personally, I'd like to see this tournament play out over an extra week so I don't have a problem with expansion.
Jaboldinho
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Finland got close too. 
Hmm, as much as more football would be great, i can't help but think of the pointlessness of qualifying with half the confederation qualifying for a Finals of 24 teams.... Having teams like Ukraine in the fourth spot of a qualifying group would really screw around with teams who get there. Essentially it'd be the top three from each group (going on the format used for this EURO) (3x7=21) plus one or two very lucky fourth placers.
EDIT: Why doesn't UEFA admit some more members? Three that instantly spring to mind are Monaco, the Aland Islands, and maybe Greenland as well.
Also, the other 4 remaining stan countries that are in the AFC would make the total member assoc's = 60. I think that'd increase the competitive scope over more than just half of UEFA.
EDIT: Why doesn't UEFA admit some more members? Three that instantly spring to mind are Monaco, the Aland Islands, and maybe Greenland as well.
Also, the other 4 remaining stan countries that are in the AFC would make the total member assoc's = 60. I think that'd increase the competitive scope over more than just half of UEFA.
EternalRed
Club Supporter
pede54;2543949 said:The more the merrier. Quality won't be an issue if more teams participate. If a team is that bad they will go out during the group stages anyway.
Yeh like England. Then again the gap isnt that wide. Its just getting highly played players with egos to play together. Cant be that hard for Capello. 24 teams will be good. But I didnt really pay attention. I'm only interested in the world cup etc.
Apart from Spain and Italy and Holland many of the teams were playing poor anyway.
Jaboldinho
Fan Favourite
EternalRed;2545653 said:
You think Italy was playing good?
EternalRed;2545653 said:
Actually England have never failed to go through from the group stages. I think you must be getting confused between the "Group stages" and "Qualifying stages".
Well it can't be hard for any decent coach to get the best out of them. Unfortunately McClaren was a particularly bad one, which was the reason we failed to qualify for Euro '08 and not the tabloid reason. Which is strangely enough, identical to your own reason.
Ah at last, a relevant comment for the thread.
Yeah I noticed mate.
etc?
Have you ever seen an International football tournament, where ALL the teams perform wonderfully? I never have. I do see teams that are beaten along the way, but that's rarely because they play "poor". It's usually because they play a better team.