Liverpool are awful

As always with FIFA (and UEFA) too much of a good thing.

32 teams was plenty and worked well, 16 teams in the Euros was plenty and worked well.

There's going to be 4 games a day repeatedly, and it goes on from 11 June to 19 July. Not even in the height of my most World Soccer reading, global football geek, edit every single team on PES, even Thailand's away goalkeeper kit, days would I want that. It's too much!

But anyway, we'll go up to 64 teams soon.

1 minute ago, Zico said:

I like the nations League but that can fuck off 

I wouldn't mind if they'd won it

Or got to the semis

But there were in group c 

Along with Slovakia, Estonia and Azerbaijan 

So for winning that shit group they get a play off place 

FFS 

It's just daft, there will be 48 teams at the next World Cup......only 206 enter the qualification process, so that's near enough 1 in 4 getting there.

Even when the tournament starts, 48 teams doesn't really work properly, to be divided by 2 each time. So I've had a look.....12 groups of 4.....top 2 of each group qualify, then the 8 best third placed teams, which takes 32 teams though which works (32-16-8-4-2-1) 

8 out of 12 third best placed teams?!?! -  fucking ridiculous. It's possible that 1pt could see you qualify, whilst that's not likely, it is likely that a team will qualify with just 2pts. Which just seems daft, that you can manage not win any of your first 3 games, and still go through to the next round.

 

 

1 hour ago, Zico said:

how the fuck did Sweden get in?  they came bottom of their group with 2 points

edit

and I've just seen the Sweden manager is Graham Potter

WTF is going on

He made so much from his sackings he gave them a bung to get in the play offs

19 minutes ago, Sweep said:

It's just daft, there will be 48 teams at the next World Cup......only 206 enter the qualification process, so that's near enough 1 in 4 getting there.

Even when the tournament starts, 48 teams doesn't really work properly, to be divided by 2 each time. So I've had a look.....12 groups of 4.....top 2 of each group qualify, then the 8 best third placed teams, which takes 32 teams though which works (32-16-8-4-2-1) 

8 out of 12 third best placed teams?!?! -  fucking ridiculous. It's possible that 1pt could see you qualify, whilst that's not likely, it is likely that a team will qualify with just 2pts. Which just seems daft, that you can manage not win any of your first 3 games, and still go through to the next round.

 

 

Italy will still miss out.

It's going to be great watching minnows like Curacao, Cape Verde & Scotland.

26 minutes ago, frank_spencer said:

Italy will still miss out.

I do hope so

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c2059jqgj66o

Brownie still going, might not be doing co-comms on our games for a bit

Birmingham's new stadium reveal, first thing I thought of was Fred.

 

Edited November 20, 2025Nov 20 by Didledee

Just now, Didledee said:

Birmingham's new stadium reveal, first thing I thought of was Fred.

 

Sorry Chelsea, Birmingham got into Battersea Power Station before you after all.

50 minutes ago, Didledee said:

Birmingham's new stadium reveal, first thing I thought of was Fred.

 

just need to put some peaky blinders hats on top of the chimneys

55 minutes ago, Didledee said:

Birmingham's new stadium reveal, first thing I thought of was Fred.

 

62k seats.

Fuck me

Those chimneys look god-awful

3 minutes ago, jmjhb said:

Those chimneys look god-awful

They do, but I'd be surprised if the ground looks anything like that when it eventually gets built. It'll be another identikit ground, like all the rest

35 minutes ago, L/H White said:

62k seats.

Fuck me

Are they suddenly going to find 35k fans from somewhere, or is it going to be half full most games?

1 hour ago, Didledee said:

Birmingham's new stadium reveal, first thing I thought of was Fred.

 

Fred Dibnah 

will be creaming him self

TNT have lost the rights from 2027 for the CL

Off to Paramount+, another subscription platform 

Edited November 20, 2025Nov 20 by L/H White

4 hours ago, Sweep said:

It's just daft, there will be 48 teams at the next World Cup......only 206 enter the qualification process, so that's near enough 1 in 4 getting there.

Even when the tournament starts, 48 teams doesn't really work properly, to be divided by 2 each time. So I've had a look.....12 groups of 4.....top 2 of each group qualify, then the 8 best third placed teams, which takes 32 teams though which works (32-16-8-4-2-1) 

8 out of 12 third best placed teams?!?! -  fucking ridiculous. It's possible that 1pt could see you qualify, whilst that's not likely, it is likely that a team will qualify with just 2pts. Which just seems daft, that you can manage not win any of your first 3 games, and still go through to the next round.

 

 

Italy did that in 1982, ended up Champions.....

Ireland did it in 1990, got to the quarters.... 

18 minutes ago, jeep said:

Italy did that in 1982, ended up Champions.....

Ireland did it in 1990, got to the quarters.... 

They beat Cameroon in the 1st group stage didn't they? (according to AI, which may be wrong) 

 

Edit: yep, AI talking bollocks. They drew all three group games

Edited November 20, 2025Nov 20 by Sweep

1 hour ago, little whitt said:

Fred Dibnah 

will be creaming him self

Beat be to it 😄

36 minutes ago, L/H White said:

TNT have lost the rights from 2027

Off to Paramount+, another subscription platform 

Hope they sign Fletch and Ally up 🙏 

6 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Hope they sign Fletch and Ally up 🙏 

I'm a Sky only bod, not TNT, so its a mix of that MOTD highlights show, the Tuesday game on Amazon Prime and walks down to the Dickens for me, won't change much with this move 

13 minutes ago, ianofcleveleys said:

I'm a Sky only bod, not TNT, so its a mix of that MOTD highlights show, the Tuesday game on Amazon Prime and walks down to the Dickens for me, won't change much with this move 

I'm not allowed in there

 

Fancy Posh to do Stockport tonight

18 minutes ago, Eddie said:

Fancy Posh to do Stockport tonight

🎉

Come on Peterborough!