[Europe] 2010 World Cup qualifying thread (18 Viewers)
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Or put some of the teams, that aren't European, in the Asian qualies.
My suggestion is to put Israel in the Asian groups where they can play against Iran, Syria or Jordan. That way there will be less competition in Europe and no fighting in Asia.
Also, countries that have most, or all, of their territory outside Europe shouldn't play in Europe.
Goodbye Russia, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Israel and Cyprus.
My suggestion is to put Israel in the Asian groups where they can play against Iran, Syria or Jordan. That way there will be less competition in Europe and no fighting in Asia.
Also, countries that have most, or all, of their territory outside Europe shouldn't play in Europe.
Goodbye Russia, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Israel and Cyprus.
Or put some of the teams, that aren't European, in the Asian qualies.
My suggestion is to put Israel in the Asian groups where they can play against Iran, Syria or Jordan. That way there will be less competition in Europe and no fighting in Asia.
Also, countries that have most, or all, of their territory outside Europe shouldn't play in Europe.
Goodbye Russia, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Israel and Cyprus.
My suggestion is to put Israel in the Asian groups where they can play against Iran, Syria or Jordan. That way there will be less competition in Europe and no fighting in Asia.
Also, countries that have most, or all, of their territory outside Europe shouldn't play in Europe.
Goodbye Russia, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Israel and Cyprus.
Seriously, it would solve some problems. Maybe create one big one, but I don't care about that.
but that would mean less moneys 
another solution imo, would be to balkanize, no pun intended, europe into 3-4 smaller groups
another solution imo, would be to balkanize, no pun intended, europe into 3-4 smaller groups
there are 4 directions to go by
You'll get Germany, Netherlands and France in the western group and Italy, Spain, Portugal and the Balkans in the southern group.
The easterners will have Russia as the main favorite.
The European qualifying system is of course flawed, changing may help in some ways but would of course lead to further flaws, I think the best option would be to first do what Alen said and move several countries into a different continental federation and out of European qualifying, then and this part should be done regardless of whatever else find a new better method for the FIFA world rankings. So much depends upon those being fair and accurate and they clearly are neither.
I was joking actually
It's impossible to move Israel to the Asian groups.
The Russians and the Turks will never accept to play in Asia. Actually, they might accept their NTs to play in the Asian qualifications because that way their chances to play at the world cup will be bigger, but on the other hand their clubs won't be able to play in the Champions league and their NTs won't play at the EURO.
Also, UEFA would certainly like to keep a 150 million and a 75 million country (two countries where lots of money are being invested in football) in her ranks.
It's impossible to move Israel to the Asian groups.
The Russians and the Turks will never accept to play in Asia. Actually, they might accept their NTs to play in the Asian qualifications because that way their chances to play at the world cup will be bigger, but on the other hand their clubs won't be able to play in the Champions league and their NTs won't play at the EURO.
Also, UEFA would certainly like to keep a 150 million and a 75 million country (two countries where lots of money are being invested in football) in her ranks.
I was joking actually
It's impossible to move Israel to the Asian groups.
The Russians and the Turks will never accept to play in Asia. Actually, they might accept their NTs to play in the Asian qualifications because that way their chances to play at the world cup will be bigger, but on the other hand their clubs won't be able to play in the Champions league and their NTs won't play at the EURO.
Also, UEFA would certainly like to keep a 150 million and a 75 million country (two countries where lots of money are being invested in football) in her ranks.
It's impossible to move Israel to the Asian groups.
The Russians and the Turks will never accept to play in Asia. Actually, they might accept their NTs to play in the Asian qualifications because that way their chances to play at the world cup will be bigger, but on the other hand their clubs won't be able to play in the Champions league and their NTs won't play at the EURO.
Also, UEFA would certainly like to keep a 150 million and a 75 million country (two countries where lots of money are being invested in football) in her ranks.
Or put some of the teams, that aren't European, in the Asian qualies.
My suggestion is to put Israel in the Asian groups where they can play against Iran, Syria or Jordan. That way there will be less competition in Europe and no fighting in Asia.
Also, countries that have most, or all, of their territory outside Europe shouldn't play in Europe.
Goodbye Russia, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Israel and Cyprus.
My suggestion is to put Israel in the Asian groups where they can play against Iran, Syria or Jordan. That way there will be less competition in Europe and no fighting in Asia.
Also, countries that have most, or all, of their territory outside Europe shouldn't play in Europe.
Goodbye Russia, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Israel and Cyprus.
And it is for many countries outside of Europe, actually for many of those countries it is a chance that doesn't repeat itself for a very long time. Europeans get multiple chances because of the several spots they have. Europe produces the better teams and that is fair enough, but when you try to get them more spots just because some teams are on the wrong end of the cycle then its just unfair.
This is the world cup and should include the best teams from every region and that is how simple it should be. The beauty of the world cup is give those smaller teams the chance to show themselves and to give their country a huge amount of pride. It won't produce the best football but at least it will give us something global. Your Trinidads , Slovakias, Kuwaits, UAEs etc is what makes the World Cup different. You want to see the best teams from a region, what the Euro, African cup or whatever , thats why they are there. The aim is to develop the game worldwide, swag mentioned the economic aspect to the country and the players and that is important.
I wonder how much the smaller countries in Europe would have developed if there were lesser seats for Europe.
The system in Europe isn't the best and needs to be changed. The teams in the groups aren't very well distributed but many have already mentioned that its not entirely a problem with the system but rather those teams failed to step up ( even Portugal, Denmark were 23rd on the world in 2007 while portugal was in the top 10 and Sweden were 15 or something).
This is the world cup and should include the best teams from every region and that is how simple it should be. The beauty of the world cup is give those smaller teams the chance to show themselves and to give their country a huge amount of pride. It won't produce the best football but at least it will give us something global. Your Trinidads , Slovakias, Kuwaits, UAEs etc is what makes the World Cup different. You want to see the best teams from a region, what the Euro, African cup or whatever , thats why they are there. The aim is to develop the game worldwide, swag mentioned the economic aspect to the country and the players and that is important.
I wonder how much the smaller countries in Europe would have developed if there were lesser seats for Europe.
The system in Europe isn't the best and needs to be changed. The teams in the groups aren't very well distributed but many have already mentioned that its not entirely a problem with the system but rather those teams failed to step up ( even Portugal, Denmark were 23rd on the world in 2007 while portugal was in the top 10 and Sweden were 15 or something).
Can somebody pelase tell me when football stopped being about merit???
The seeding of the European spots for a second time is fucking ridiculous, it's a travesty against fair play and chance. UEFA and FIFA are a bag of arsebandits.
No offence to anyoen in Russia or France etc. but you have no right to get an 'easier' draw just becuase of your viewership numbers if you fail to qualify.
The seeding of the European spots for a second time is fucking ridiculous, it's a travesty against fair play and chance. UEFA and FIFA are a bag of arsebandits.
No offence to anyoen in Russia or France etc. but you have no right to get an 'easier' draw just becuase of your viewership numbers if you fail to qualify.
Oh no of course not, I was just saying that if it did happen it would be the death of club football- Status