Spain qualified with ease unbeaten but they looked a shambles tonight.
World Cup
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Rumpokid
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Great game after first 10 15 mins..Will take some beating..Holland were great to watch.
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My mistake they changed the rule for the 2006 World Cup
Prior to that the previous winners didn't have to qualify.
I stand corrected
Rumpokid
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Was a great goal,as were most of Holland's..Torres's miss was unbelievable!!..Then again Hmm.
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My mistake they changed the rule for the 2006 World Cup
Prior to that the previous winners didn't have to qualify.
I stand corrected
Not sure why they changed it tbh
Think the winners should go straight into the finals
But what I don't agree is having joint hosts going straight in ?
Wales Scotland and Ireland all bid ( Euros )and if they won would have gone straight in ?!
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Yeah FIFA changed it so co hosts could be used. Ridiculous, although you'd expect holders to qualify easy enough. Holders should always be in it.
My mistake they changed the rule for the 2006 World Cup
Prior to that the previous winners didn't have to qualify.
I stand corrected
Yeah FIFA changed it so co hosts could be used. Ridiculous, although you'd expect holders to qualify easy enough. Holders should always be in it.
Yer kidding me right?
Hold a tourney in a country but the hosts are not there? That would work well as a spectacle.....not.
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What should happen is only have one host go into the tournament - no joint hosts
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Yeah, but 3 countries hosting it? Don't think that's quite right if 3 places have to go to what in effect is 3 footballing backwaters at the expense of better teams. Hardly good for the tournament as a spectacle. Don't agree with the co host thing.
So only one country should hold it and no co-hosting?
Really disagree.Having that would mean smaller countries like Austria,Poland,Belgium,Holland,Wales,Scotland,Norway,Sweden etc would never get to host a Euros and it would be reserved for only England,Germany,Spain etc.............pretty boring merry go round.
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Yep only one country to host
If countries can't hold it on their own then they don't get to host it
Sorry but believe places in tournaments get taken up by teams whose performances mean they shouldn't be there.
Thankfully you are not in charge of UEFA.
The co-hosted ones have been superb but they are moving away from this all though to a format that is an utter joke IMO.
Shafting the fans whom follow their countries.
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Simple answer really. If there are co-hosts, they can play each other to decide who gets the automatic place, good for the fans too.
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Shouldn't the finals have all the best teams in Europe or the World in the comp ?
There is nothing stopping Holland or Portugal etc hosting the comp on their own - they have the stadiums
As do most countries
Having joint hosts means that a team in qualifying misses out. That's not right.
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Whilst i agree, if Scotland/ROI/Wales were joint host's, at least 1 of those 3 should have to qualify or it would be unfair to the 1 team losing out just because it was a 3 way bid.
Co hosts may put on a great show. But the whole reason they changed the rule is ridiculous, having a tournament without a host is bad. Without holders is just as bad.
I wonder how far down the route are you willing to go though, say Italy want to host the euros and San Marino try and get in on the act. Do we let them join too?
And if Portugal were to host a tournament back in mid/late 70's to 1982 or again in 10 years time when they possibly may not be 'a best team'?
Belgium,Sweden or Denmark should never be allowed to co-host then? They do not have the infrastructure to host it alone now we have gone beyond the old 7 teams to qualify.
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No offence, but it is good to see them Sheila's getting a football lesson...Early days though
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Didn't Portugal qualify back in 86 ? Have qualified for most tournaments so they are good enough
No one should co host - one host and that's it - if they haven't got the infrastructure then they either build it or don't host it.
