Tryhard Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 groups of three sounds like shit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrhesia Posted January 10, 2017 Author Share Posted January 10, 2017 (edited) I hate the stock argument, too, of 'oh, look at Costa Rica! They did well!' Yeah and they qualified as one of the best couple of teams in CONCACAF. Because they were and are. Any new CONCACAF teams would be worse than Honduras. Any new AFC teams would be worse than Uzbekistan/Saudi Arabia. Any new CAF team would be worse than the interchangeable one or two that implode in the group stages over bonuses every year. And the OFC spot... well, congratulations, New Zealand. Don't get me wrong, it's not all about pure quality, but a structure of 48 does not function. Edited January 10, 2017 by Parrhesia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Masters Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Wow. They actually did it. I can't speak for other continents, but I can tell you one thing: now that Soutyh America will most likely receive 1 extra spot (maybe 2?) competition on the qualifiers will go to shit. One of the cool things of South American qualifiers is that there are many good teams fighting over few spots. Uruguay, Colombia and Ecuador and Chile have been battling over the 4th and 5th spot since the last 2 decades, and that has helped them to improve and get good results internationally. Now they can all get in, it's not like Bolivia and Venezuela are going to put much of a fight. Way to kill the competitive enviroment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrhesia Posted January 10, 2017 Author Share Posted January 10, 2017 As compiled by some guy on SA, the current X best teams in each continent;Europe, cut off rank: 25Germany, Belgium, France, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Wales, England, Croatia, Poland, Italy, Iceland, Netherlands, Ireland, Turkey, SlovakiaAfrica, cut off rank: 53Senegal, Ivory Coast, Tunisia, Egypt, Algeria, Congo, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, GhanaAsia, cut off rank: 87Iran, South Korea, Japan, Australia, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, UAE, China, QatarSouth America, cut off rank: 19Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Uruguay, PeruNorth America, cut off rank: 75Costa Rica, Mexico, USA, Panama, Haiti, Honduras, CuracaoOceania, cut off rank: 109New Zealand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNLEASH IT Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Wow. They actually did it. I can't speak for other continents, but I can tell you one thing: now that Soutyh America will most likely receive 1 extra spot (maybe 2?) competition on the qualifiers will go to shit. One of the cool things of South American qualifiers is that there are many good teams fighting over few spots. Uruguay, Colombia and Ecuador and Chile have been battling over the 4th and 5th spot since the last 2 decades, and that has helped them to improve and get good results internationally. Now they can all get in, it's not like Bolivia and Venezuela are going to put much of a fight. Way to kill the competitive enviroment. Honestly, COMNEBOL world cup qualifying could be a league by itself and I'd watch the shit out of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TapdancingCrabdemon Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Curacao, hah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrhesia Posted January 24, 2017 Author Share Posted January 24, 2017 After professional bad opinion haver and inexplicable FIFA employee Marco van Basten suggested the removal of the offside law, a German sport magazine decided to give it a shot and guess what; it fucking sucked. Video's here - do be mindful that there's English subtitles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tryhard Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 (edited) http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39045017 literally walked into the room, looked at the TV to see BBC news dedicate 10 seconds to this story Edited February 21, 2017 by Tryhard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrhesia Posted February 25, 2017 Author Share Posted February 25, 2017 (edited) I'm so happy that Sutton of all clubs got this run and it ended in this fashion, with their manager vaping on the touchline in one of the matches along the way. I'm very unhappy that your buddy Claudio was sacked and now instead of fervently hoping Leicester stay up I'm rather pettily fervently hoping Leicester go down. Edited February 25, 2017 by Parrhesia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullwine85 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 On 2/25/2017 at 6:49 AM, Parrhesia said: I'm so happy that Sutton of all clubs got this run and it ended in this fashion, with their manager vaping on the touchline in one of the matches along the way. I'm very unhappy that your buddy Claudio was sacked and now instead of fervently hoping Leicester stay up I'm rather pettily fervently hoping Leicester go down. Still keeping their "Get relegated, still win Champions League" hopes up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rei Rei Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 wenger would've been out of arsenal at least a decade ago not surprising the g00ners are a joke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrhesia Posted March 25, 2017 Author Share Posted March 25, 2017 international football is now officially bad and not good, i suspect that kelsper will share this opinion the americans on the other hand will be fine and dandy, related note i don't suppose you could lend us dempsey for a couple days? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullwine85 Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 (edited) 20 hours ago, Parrhesia said: international football is now officially bad and not good, i suspect that kelsper will share this opinion the americans on the other hand will be fine and dandy, related note i don't suppose you could lend us dempsey for a couple days? Thing is, after our first two matches in the final round, we were definitely hitting the panic button (especially after the Costa Rica match, the one that cost Klinsmann his job) Things were VERY nervy among US supporters, particularly due to key injures (Yedlin, F. Johnson, and Wood were all ruled out due to injury), thankfully the US made a statement. 6-0 is one thing, but against Honduras? (an opponent which usually gives us fits), Gave the US and their supporters a boost in confidence. Pulisic is the real deal. And Dempsey? Funnily enough, this was his first match for the US since being out six months with an irregular heartbeat. Arena was even reluctant to call him up, but due to key injuries he didn't have much of a choice. Thankfully, it paid off. A draw Tuesday at Panama would be acceptable, a win at Panama would get our qualifying campaign back on track. On a side note, got tickets to the US U20 World Cup match vs. Senegal! Edited March 26, 2017 by Bullwine85 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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