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This 48 team nonsense really does **** it up imo, doubt we'll ever get a single host of a WC again :(
 
Libby said:
This 48 team nonsense really does **** it up imo, doubt we'll ever get a single host of a WC again :(
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Without me doing a google check, that’s about a 1/6th of the worlds countries making it.
I know Uruguay wanted to celebrate the 100th year, but they only have one major city, so were putting in a bid with Argentina.

Guess it gives places like Ireland, who could never host it on their own, a chance to get involved.
Notice no stadiums south of London on the list. Thank goodness for the Rose bowl or we would have hardly any national sporting events in this region
 
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saintlyhero said:
Without me doing a google check, that’s about a 1/6th of the worlds countries making it.
I know Uruguay wanted to celebrate the 100th year, but they only have one major city, so were putting in a bid with Argentina.

Guess it gives places like Ireland, who could never host it on their own, a chance to get involved.
Notice no stadiums south of London on the list. Thank goodness for the Rose bowl or we would have hardly any national sporting events in this region
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I think it would be quite a nice touch it going back to Uruguay in some form personally but obviously couldn't do it alone. Isn't there a 3rd nation in that bid too, Paraguay maybe?

I get what you're saying about it giving a chance for smaller nations to host and I don't mind dual hosting like Japan/South Korea and Poland/Ukraine but think it gets a bit silly after that. Re the home nation one it's also a bit too many qualification places to give away imo.

And don't get me started on US/Mexico/Canada <doh>
 
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Libby said:
I think it would be quite a nice touch it going back to Uruguay in some form personally but obviously couldn't do it alone. Isn't there a 3rd nation in that bid too, Paraguay maybe?

I get what you're saying about it giving a chance for smaller nations to host and I don't mind dual hosting like Japan/South Korea and Poland/Ukraine but think it gets a bit silly after that. Re the home nation one it's also a bit too many qualification places to give away imo.

And don't get me started on US/Mexico/Canada <doh>
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Kind of want to get you started :emoticon-0102-bigsm
As you say a collection of small nations is fine, I went to Germany in 2006 & was in France for 2016, these are by no means small nations, but when you’re in the city of a game you get to meet people from across the globe and not just those from teams playing, but ppl from previous games or if you’re in the later rounds, those who hoped their team might be there.
Those three nations span half the length of the world. You could live in one those countries and not even know the tournament is going on
 
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saintlyhero said:
Kind of want to get you started :emoticon-0102-bigsm
As you say a collection of small nations is fine, I went to Germany in 2006 & was in France for 2016, these are by no means small nations, but when you’re in the city of a game you get to meet people from across the globe and not just those from teams playing, but ppl from previous games or if you’re in the later rounds, those who hoped their team might be there.
Those three nations span half the length of the world. You could live in one those countries and not even know the tournament is going on
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Not to mention the fact that there could teams who play their group games in the cold climate of Canada and then if progress might have to go to Mexico City ffs <doh>

The US is one of the few nations that could host a 48 team WC on their own too, and have also hosted one relatively recently.
 
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Oh, I don't really disagree. It would be one thing if we had proper facilities for such an event, but we don't; BMO Field in Toronto, sure, but Olympic Stadium in Montreal is an absolute dump even if they add a retractable roof (which is an awful idea, because the last thing anyone should do is spend more money on that thing).

2026 also kinda corresponds with the only time we might actually make the World Cup on merit, as we have some actual talent that could be fairly good by then, and it'd kinda suck to just be handed a spot (given that what we do in the World Cup will never rate as an achievement, but qualifying for one would).

Will say that the last thing anyone needs to worry about is the cold in Toronto in July though, heh. Average temps would be about 5 degrees warmer than your neck of the woods, and generally quite humid. Edmonton's temperatures would be fairly comparable to southern England. The altitude changes would probably be a bigger problem.
 
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Pity our St Mary's wasnt a 45000 capacity we might have been included then. Mind you if memory serves, the Maximum Capacity will only get to 42000 anyway.
 
Instead of giving a yellow card, maybe its head could spin really fast while smoke comes out of its 'ears'. That would raise a few laughs among the crowd.

Think I'm onto something here.
 
Libby said:
Not to mention the fact that there could teams who play their group games in the cold climate of Canada and then if progress might have to go to Mexico City ffs <doh>

The US is one of the few nations that could host a 48 team WC on their own too, and have also hosted one relatively recently.
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Canada isn't cool in the summer. Temperature can get as high as 35.
 
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