HibeeJibee Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 (edited) 22 hours ago, lubo_blaha said: Let’s go full white elephant and host the whole thing in Scotland: Murrayfield 67k Celtic Park 60k Hampden 51k Ibrox 50k Aberdeen Beach Arena 40k Easter Road with the corners filled in 35.1k Tynecastle with Romanov’s main stand 35k Waterfront DundeeDome 32k Estadio Inverness 30k Stade de Stirling 30k Edited February 8, 2022 by HibeeJibee 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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HibeeJibee Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 Group A Hampden & Falkirk Group B Parkhead & East Kilbride Group C Ibrox & Motherwell Group D Kilmarnock & Ayr Group E Murrayfield & Perth Group F Tynecastle & Dens Group G Easter Road & Tannadice Group H Aberdeen & Inverness 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 3 hours ago, Donathan said: I’ve long favoured a 40 team World Cup, but 24 qualifying directly to the group stage and 16 qualifying to a final qualifying round held in the host country a few days before the tournament. That would be shit for fans, desperately trying to get tickets and ridiculously inflated price hotels at a week's notice. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 2 hours ago, HibeeJibee said: Some excellent 3D modelling work there but... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 1 hour ago, Bully Wee Villa said: That would be shit for fans, desperately trying to get tickets and ridiculously inflated price hotels at a week's notice. How is it any different to the current structure? They'd be in the host country for the group stage and then have to work out if they wanted to hang around for the next round. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 Yeah but you at least get three games now. Admittedly only two when they bring in the shite three team groups in 2026. Travelling thousands of miles for potentially one game is rubbish. 40 teams would be rubbish anyway. Either odd groups so not everyone plays at the same time and you get uneven gaps between matches (as often complained about at Rugby World Cups) or you'd have ten groups of four with the same waiting around for best runners-up/third place that spoils the Euros. If they're going to expand it should be 64 teams. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlandmagar Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 4 hours ago, HibeeJibee said: Why not Colline de Marie de Firhill? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 (edited) If Scotland is gonna host the World Cup on its own, may as well bid for Olympics while they're at it. Add an extra ground for the Olympics to the World Cup bid. Would obviously need a tenant so call it Clyde Stadium. Edited February 8, 2022 by Bully Wee Villa 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop Briggs Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 14 minutes ago, Highlandmagyar Tier 3 said: Why not Colline de Marie de Firhill? Are you referring this old fantasy? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop Briggs Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 12 minutes ago, Bully Wee Villa said: If Scotland is gonna host the World Cup on its own, may as well bid for Olympics while they're at it. Add an extra ground for the Olympics to the World Cup bid. Would obviously need a tenant so call it Clyde Stadium. Would obviously need a tenant that would pay the rent so that rules out Clyde. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 4 minutes ago, Bully Wee Villa said: If Scotland is gonna host the World Cup on its own, may as well bid for Olympics while they're at it. Add an extra ground for the Olympics to the World Cup bid. Would obviously need a tenant so call it Clyde Stadium. Group I Clyde Olympic & Dumfries Group J Dunfermline & Alloa 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayr23 Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 That would be a class redevelopment of Hampden! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 2 hours ago, Ayr23 said: That would be a class redevelopment of Hampden! Absolutely. Not sure of the feasibility of it but definitely one of the best efforts I've seen 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayr23 Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 Absolutely. Not sure of the feasibility of it but definitely one of the best efforts I've seen [emoji106]I don't think there'd be a second tier behind the goals, but I'm sure they are actively making plans to bring the East and West stands closer to the pitch. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlandmagar Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 11 hours ago, Bishop Briggs said: Are you referring this old fantasy? And we could run a special regatta on the canal basin before the match. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingRocketman II Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 14 hours ago, Bishop Briggs said: Are you referring this old fantasy? They have kicked off with the canal work behind the ground. Presumably work on the stadium now imminent : ) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 14 hours ago, Ayr23 said: I don't think there'd be a second tier behind the goals, but I'm sure they are actively making plans to bring the East and West stands closer to the pitch. The stands would definitely need more than one tier if the capacity was to be maintained. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VincentGuerin Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 (edited) 32 teams for the Euros could actually be quite good. Use the Nations League as the basis for the everything and eliminate the need for separate qualifying altogether. Teams in League A qualify automatically except the bottom sides, for example, along with the 4 League B winners. League A group winners and runners-up are top seeds for the Euros, League A third-placed sides and League B group winners are all second seeds. League B runners-up and League C winners qualify as third seeds. All remaining sides into a play-off system to qualify as fourth seeds. Hosts need to qualify like anyone else. This would give the Nations League real teeth, as being in League A teams would want to guarantee a good seeding and to avoid a play-off. For example, England's third-place in their group last time would see them punished with a Pot 2 draw rather than Pot 1, making it harder to win their group and get an easier last 16 game. Leagues B and C would be really competitive to qualify as second or third seeds, and teams in lower leagues would have a real incentive to move up. We'd also eliminate loads of boring qualifier mismatches. Fewer games, but more competitive games feeding into a prestigious final tournament. From the last NL, Iceland, Sweden, Bosnia, and Ukraine would have been the bottom-placed League A sides missing out on a good seeding and having to play-off to scramble in as fourth seeds. These League A sides would either miss out altogether in the play-off, or maybe add a bit more jeopardy to the Pot 4 draw for the final tournament. Play-offs are easy. Top 2 from each League D group plus the remaining sides from B and C gives a first round of 24 teams playing a knock-out. 12 winners added to the bottom-placed League A sides, winners of the second round games qualify. Those 8 teams are Pot 4. In terms of games played, it's the same as a 24-team tournament for the finalists but you give a wider range of teams the chance to play and maybe one of those extra teams causes a surprise along the way. 16 was perfect, but the outlook has changed and 32 is better than 24. Qualifying is shite these days anyway. Loads of pointless boring games. Go with 32 and change the focus a bit. UEFA, give me a call. Edited February 9, 2022 by VincentGuerin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 On 08/02/2022 at 13:24, HibeeJibee said: Fuck all that. No St. Mirren Park no party. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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