The Football Thread - 17/18 Season

[Wyrdness]

poklane said:

Wyrdness said:
48 teams is one thing but I'm not sure about groups of 3 with 2 going through.

It's really gonna fuck things up

 

1. Countries such as Croatia will be the best in their group. Now I have all due respect for Croatia, but there's something wrong if a country of their level gets to head a group.
2. It's simply unfair when going into the knock-out stages. One team might get a full week of rest while their opponents might only get 3 days.
3. Teams might be able to determine what kinda result they need and play it safe. You'll probably see countries draw on purpose just so they can't fuck themselves on accident.

 

I can understand the tournament getting bigger as more countries dedicate resources to football me personally I don't mind 48 teams but the grouping is stupid, 8 groups of 6 is more logical as you could have 3 games a day from each group with maybe 2 groups playing their matches per day ( two matches around Noon, two in the afternoon and two in the evening), top 2 progress into a round of 16. The tournament retains some solid structure this way and makes things more challenging for teams to get out.

This is clearly rigged for minnows to get whipped to make other teams look better early on.