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    World Cup 2026

    To be hosted by USA, Canada and Mexico.

    This World Cup will also have 48 teams. More pub teams and weird group stages where you don’t have to even win games to progress.

    Good work, FIFA.

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    Wow. Sounds crappy. I wonder how they're going to get past the wall?

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    Oh also, why have the US hosted this twice now despite not collectively giving a rat's ass about "soccer", and England only once when, as crap as we are, we actually care about it and have the BLitW ™

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    48 teams?

    Fuck knows what we do for the sweepstakes then.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Letters View Post
    Oh also, why have the US hosted this twice now despite not collectively giving a rat's ass about "soccer", and England only once when, as crap as we are, we actually care about it and have the BLitW ™
    I think it’s because they want to grow the game in parts of the world where football isn’t the be all and end all. Plus it’s probably all crooked as fuck anyway.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Marc Overmars View Post
    To be hosted by USA, Canada and Mexico.

    This World Cup will also have 48 teams. More pub teams and weird group stages where you don’t have to even win games to progress.

    Good work, FIFA.
    Didn't they do that at Euro '16? I'm sure that's why there were some boring matches. Not that I think England deserved much, but they drew with a team that they probably would have beaten if said team had had to win to progress. If teams can play for a draw to get out of the group stage it's meaningless and boring, it makes it dull.
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    Quote Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost... View Post
    48 teams?

    Fuck knows what we do for the sweepstakes then.
    24 teams each
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    Quote Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost... View Post
    48 teams?

    Fuck knows what we do for the sweepstakes then.
    It'll just be you, me and Cripps by then so 16 teams each I guess.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GP View Post
    24 teams each
    Dammit!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Marc Overmars View Post
    I think it’s because they want to grow the game in parts of the world where football isn’t the be all and end all. Plus it’s probably all crooked as fuck anyway.
    Yeah, they tried that in '94. Didn't really work. You can't force a sport on a population who mostly don't care about it. These things are ingrained culturally.

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