kennyrester on 04 October 2009
| CaptainPrefrences said: Even if teams like New Zealand and Bahrain qualify and get their asses whipped, it wouldn't be fair to deny them an oppurtunity to play and allow more European teams to enter. It wouldn't be a world cup if that happened. 13 teams from europe (i think) is already enough from one region. Besies, what great European teams with "potential" are missing out? Latvia, Isreal, Poland Finland, Wales Beligum, Estonia, Belarus Romania Cyprus and Maceonia are average teams, some have even ha chances in the world cup or European competitions but fail miserably.. |
Portugal, Sweden, Greece, Czech Republic, Turkey, Croatia, Russia, Ukraine, France, Ireland and Bulgaria. Only four of those countries can qualify. They all have great footballing traditions (even Ireland. Kind of) but they're being forced out to allow other areas more qualification spots. When the other continents prove they deserve the spots they should have them.
Asia and Australasia have already started to do that but they aren't there yet. They need more intense competition to improve. Why would the USA even try to improve in the qualifiers when they know they're more or less guaranteed a place? America of all places should know that stiff competition breeds success
