Dave Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 FIFA president Gianni Infantino has proposed staging a new tournament, featuring eight international teams, every two years. The tournament, known as the 'Final 8', would be the climax of a global Nations League competition, which is part of an ambitious plan to reform international football which FIFA believes could be worth $25billion in a 12-year cycle. Infantino, according to Reuters, said an unidentified group of investors had proposed spending $25billion to secure the rights to the tournament, which would take place every October and/or November of every odd year starting from 2021. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cicero Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 They really want us to start hating football don't they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 They already have a mini World Cup. Its called the Copa America 2019. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bozziovai Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 FIFA believes could be worth $25billion in a 12-year cycle. making a proposal with the main driving engine being money. way to go FIFA, very good at hiding your true self ............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan Posted May 2, 2018 Administrator Share Posted May 2, 2018 i'm so confused about all these new international tournaments that keep getting proposed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
God is Haaland Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 The world cup itself and the European qualifiers are already too big, which leads to having a lot of garbage teams attending which then lose 7-1 against us in a borefest of a match. The same is even more true when it comes to the EUROs, where now teams are able to attend to, which lose to nations like Iceland. Moreover in aggregat the WC, the EUROs and their repective qualifiers are made up of too many matches. If players have to play ~100 games a year, they'll end up as cripples when they reach 32, especially nowerdays when pressing is more extreme than a decade ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiley Culture Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 If all this madness gets approved, it wouldn’t surprise me if Football went the way of Cricket, where players occasionally play for their club and spend 80-90% of their sporting calendar playing for their national side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Dan+ Posted May 2, 2018 Subscriber Share Posted May 2, 2018 Infantino out. He's fucking awful. No surprise though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 sukk my dick infantini ya nob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 9 minutes ago, Dan said: Infantino out. He's fucking awful. No surprise though. At least Blatter didn't actually go into any of the things he said he would do, Infantino is ruthless. Since the World Cup expansion I knew we were doomed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azeem Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 So they want to scrap Confederations Cup an eight team tournament and create another eight team tournament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Mel81x+ Posted May 2, 2018 Subscriber Share Posted May 2, 2018 5 minutes ago, Spike said: sukk my dick infantini ya nob Be careful asking for things like that from him. He did that quite a bit to get the job he finally got. What's with the need to have more games and more tournaments? Simply absurd. I agree with a comment above, pretty soon players will just start saying they have no time for everything out there and start to pick and choose and so will clubs. As it stands already international friendlies are a curse on clubs with injuries and time away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Just now, Mel81x said: Be careful asking for things like that from him. He did that quite a bit to get the job he finally got. What's with the need to have more games and more tournaments? Simply absurd. I agree with a comment above, pretty soon players will just start saying they have no time for everything out there and start to pick and choose and so will clubs. As it stands already international friendlies are a curse on clubs with injuries and time away. nah he is a gay cunt lucky I don't drop him with my staunch one two ouse ouse - the dickhead wanna walk in and see what happens peace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Just now, Cannabis said: u so nasti shutup fuckhead i wasn't talking to you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Mel81x+ Posted May 2, 2018 Subscriber Share Posted May 2, 2018 1 minute ago, Spike said: nah he is a gay cunt lucky I don't drop him with my staunch one two ouse ouse - the dickhead wanna walk in and see what happens peace My money is on you anyways. I'd love to see someone drop him for all the ridiculousness that's ensued since hes gotten where he's gotten to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Just now, Cannabis said: sory il go fukken walk home ya gronk - 30 islanders gonna bash your head in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Gonzo Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Saw the thread title, was hoping it would be an international tournament of midgets and dwarves. Read the thread... ended up severely disappointed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cicero Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Looks like Spike hasn't given up fightin round the world Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Just now, Cicero said: Looks like Spike hasn't given up fightin round the world i'll fight ya head in with a brick and jump all over it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Dan+ Posted May 2, 2018 Subscriber Share Posted May 2, 2018 18 minutes ago, Blue said: At least Blatter didn't actually go into any of the things he said he would do, Infantino is ruthless. Since the World Cup expansion I knew we were doomed. They're cut from similar cloth, they're happy to drain the output of football for their own benefit. Blatter introduced rules that guaranteed that the World Cup would go to Africa and Asia under his watch - it was an easy way to get all of these countries to vote for him as while he's seen as a cunt in Europe, he's seen totally differently elsewhere and that's how he kept getting in. Countries like Lesotho, Tajikistan and Zimbabwe all have the same power in this as England, Spain and Germany. Infantino is trying similar by trying to get ways to get the lesser countries on side - offering initiatives such as this crap as a reason to think that these lesser teams will benefit from them. He needs outing. Euro 2016 was cast-iron proof that quantity definitely doesn't equal quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 1 minute ago, Dan said: They're cut from similar cloth, they're happy to drain the output of football for their own benefit. Blatter introduced rules that guaranteed that the World Cup would go to Africa and Asia under his watch - it was an easy way to get all of these countries to vote for him as while he's seen as a cunt in Europe, he's seen totally differently elsewhere and that's how he kept getting in. Countries like Lesotho, Tajikistan and Zimbabwe all have the same power in this as England, Spain and Germany. Infantino is trying similar by trying to get ways to get the lesser countries on side - offering initiatives such as this crap as a reason to think that these lesser teams will benefit from them. He needs outing. Euro 2016 was cast-iron proof that quantity definitely doesn't equal quality. Excellent post and I agree with every word. I do think Asia is fit to take on hosting a World Cup as there are some countries who have more than enough resources - like Japan. Its very true though that he did it to keep winning in the votes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiley Culture Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 48 minutes ago, Blue said: Excellent post and I agree with every word. I do think Asia is fit to take on hosting a World Cup as there are some countries who have more than enough resources - like Japan. Its very true though that he did it to keep winning in the votes. You do know that Asia and specifically Japan have already hosted a tournament this century, don’t you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Gonzo Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 China's spent a lot of money improving their football infrastructure (to be honest, they've spent a lot of money just generally improving all of their infrastructure overall. I've never seen train stations like their high speed rail - seriously impressive). They'd be a good candidate as a host nation for a World Cup. The one sticking point is, despite their investment into new stadiums and throwing money into their league... China is not very good at football. Then again neither is Qatar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan Posted May 2, 2018 Administrator Share Posted May 2, 2018 2 hours ago, Smiley Culture said: You do know that Asia and specifically Japan have already hosted a tournament this century, don’t you? Don't think he Googled properly this time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honey Honey Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 It'll be absolute garbage when they use their rankings. Switzerland will play Wales or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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