World Cup 2018

[Arfa Fuxake]

I hope they lose to Poland.

[Delete Your Account]

They need to reduce the amount of teams qualifying from the Asian region. Only Japan look set to make it into the last 16. The quality of Asian football is garbage.

Only Senegal are close from Africa. Drop them too?

[MegaBonus]

also all the weaker European and Sth American teams.....what right do they have to participate in the FIFA World Cup

[Bomber]

Its another reason they don't need more teams in the WC (finals).

24 seemed about right, 32 (current) slightly superfluous but helps with the maths. 48 will be a joke.

That said, the spread is about right. People forget there are still a lot of shit teams in Europe.

[God is an Englishman]

also all the weaker European and Sth American teams.....what right do they have to participate in the FIFA World Cup

The obvious way for me is to take a percentage of teams that make the next round. That's the percentage of teams your confederation should have in the world cup.

At the moment, 10 teams have made it to the 2nd round. 8 of them are from Europe and 2 are from S America.

North America, Asia and Africa are guaranteed to fall below that 50% mark. Europe are guaranteed to be over it, South America is undecided. That, to me, says Europe is underrepresented and possibly South America as well. Asia, Africa and N America are over represented.

[Arfa Fuxake]

Throw everyone in one bowl, draw 31 random groups and have the winners in the final with the host nation.

[God is an Englishman]

Throw everyone in one bowl, draw 31 random groups and have the winners in the final with the host nation.

6 confederations, one team from each confederations or completely random?

[Arfa Fuxake]

Compltely random, no seeds.

[Arfa Fuxake]

Compltely random, no seeds.

[zzz]

They need to reduce the amount of teams qualifying from the Asian region. Only Japan look set to make it into the last 16. The quality of Asian football is garbage.

yep

at most 2 spots for Asia for diversity and the other 3 can playoff against lucky losers from stronger confederations

[Nice One Cyril]

Its another reason they don't need more teams in the WC (finals).

24 seemed about right, 32 (current) slightly superfluous but helps with the maths. 48 will be a joke.

That said, the spread is about right. People forget there are still a lot of shit teams in Europe.

It's not going to help to let the weaker European teams like San Marino, Italy and The Netherlands into the competition.

[predrag]

Team Australia are hit with a reality check,we outplayed Denmark 7 to a degree Peru,but we have not got in form strikers.We barley qualified then we are expected to just beat Peru who beat Brazil in the 2016 copa america.This is were we are now & we can defiantly improve in the next 4 years under coach Arnold.Craig Foster & Robbie Slater think that Van Marwijk was coaching a team with the talent of Croatia at least.In a 7 month period nobody would have pulled of a miracle with this squad. Juric should not have been in the team with his injury+ Cruse was a wast of space.As far as my comments on this years champions league games i suggest for Englishman to watch them & go to a local Italian club to discus the refereeing.

[GaylyColouredStumps]

Sunny Vanilla

Mega has got his wish. We've reverted back to the slow predictable passing laden build up. It's just like Ange is coaching again.

Players aren't running with the ball, running at players, attacking aggressively.

Get those pass stats up. Well trained average robots.

Ignorance is bliss......

You would have loved our game last night, no?

[zzz]

As far as quality on the ball goes, Australian players were by far the worst at this World Cup. You can't teach quality. Its learned in the streets growing up and Australia doesn't have this culture.
In its place you have a robotic system where players (sons of 'Soccer Moms') do only what they're told by under-qualified hacks drilling them about formations and predictable passing triangles.
Look at the finishing of nearly every other team that's scored a goal in this tournament and you can see, Australia has never had that type of quality.

[swannsong]

Well that was a surprise !!!!
Sweden and Mexico through.

[eagleboy]

At the end of the day Germany ended bottom of their group just as the Socceroos. That's how the game goes. So much for the negativity.

[eagleboy]

Throw everyone in one bowl, draw 31 random groups and have the winners in the final with the host nation.

6 confederations, one team from each confederations or completely random?

Brilliant plan but FIFA has already beaten you to this every 4 years.

[eagleboy]

Maybe Mer's can explain this but why do goalkeeper rundown into attack and try to score yet a defender still remains on the halfway line. Do they think they are a better attacking option than field players. Neuer will take a bit of time to get over this.

[Ofor Fuxake]

North America, Asia

The holders of the trophy were beaten by these two federations wheree as the other European team in that group failed to do so.

[God is an Englishman]

Throw everyone in one bowl, draw 31 random groups and have the winners in the final with the host nation.

6 confederations, one team from each confederations or completely random?

Brilliant plan but FIFA has already beaten you to this every 4 years.

When?

[eagleboy]

6 confederations, one team from each confederations or completely random?

Brilliant plan but FIFA has already beaten you to this every 4 years.

When?

Its actually 8 teams and called The Confederations Cup.

[God is an Englishman]

Its actually 8 teams and called The Confederations Cup.

I don't know this friendly tournament but pretty sure they don't put all the teams in FIFA in the hat and just draw them out randomly.

[zzz]

At the end of the day Germany ended bottom of their group just as the Socceroos. That's how the game goes. So much for the negativity.

So by your twisted logic Australia = Germany

[Arfa Fuxake]

Maybe Mer's can explain this but why do goalkeeper rundown into attack and try to score yet a defender still remains on the halfway line. Do they think they are a better attacking option than field players. Neuer will take a bit of time to get over this.

Goalkeepers should be taking throw ins and playing the offside trap.

[eagleboy]

At the end of the day Germany ended bottom of their group just as the Socceroos. That's how the game goes. So much for the negativity.

So by your twisted logic Australia = Germany

Fact. Both going home bottom of their group.

[zzz]

At the end of the day Germany ended bottom of their group just as the Socceroos. That's how the game goes. So much for the negativity.

So by your twisted logic Australia = Germany

Fact. Both going home bottom of their group.

Therefore Aussie football is doing fine?

[God is an Englishman]

No, both have failed.

[Facts and Stats]

No, both have failed.

Not sure Aus failed, they got what was expected. You always hope for better but they met expectations.

[God is an Englishman]

No, both have failed.

Not sure Aus failed, they got what was expected. You always hope for better but they met expectations.

The point of going to a world cup is to lift the trophy. It's just degrees of failure from there down.

[zzz]

No, both have failed.

Not sure Aus failed, they got what was expected. You always hope for better but they met expectations.

A downward performance trajectory over the past 12 years is what the FFA and Australia expected?