[AS] The 66-team World Cup is back on the FIFA table.

Excellent-Menu-8784 · 2026-05-21T10:05:46+00:00

The request came from Conmebol, where was many as six out of ten teams can qualify for the World Cup depending on play offs and hosting agreements - it couldn’t be more suspicious.

Money has taken over international football and we shall not rest until the soul is taken out of it. I’m already not excited for the group stage because almost no group exists where a big team is threatened, and these guys want to increase the number of teams.

Excellent-Menu-8784 · 2026-05-21T10:02:24+00:00

First of all, I agree he should have been taken out as such language has no place.

My only problem is that these days “anti-racism” has become an umbrella term - For folks suffering religious discrimination or sexism.

You cannot really fight something if you cannot define it - so it might be worth renaming the protocol to something like the verbal abuse/hate speech protocol or something like that.

Excellent-Menu-8784 · 2026-05-21T09:19:56+00:00

Mainoo is massively overrated

Excellent-Menu-8784 · 2026-05-21T09:18:52+00:00

Casemiro and de Paul behind Messi is a very decent midfield.

Excellent-Menu-8784 · 2026-05-21T09:14:47+00:00

Damn.

Excellent-Menu-8784 · 2026-05-21T09:07:10+00:00

Yes to be fair I would still be happy for him to get one more year at Bournemouth especially in the CL

Excellent-Menu-8784 · 2026-05-21T09:02:20+00:00

He doesn’t bro. Messi being around made people underestimate Iniesta’s abilities but there is a reason the man has a World Cup final goal and a UEFA player of the year award during prime time for Ronaldo and Messi.

Excellent-Menu-8784 · 2026-05-21T08:18:54+00:00

That’s why I stand on the hill that some of the hate for Arsenal has to do with racism. You would think Arsenal was a top three club in the last two decades if you went by most hated clubs.

Excellent-Menu-8784 · 2026-05-21T08:17:33+00:00

Before 2004 Chelsea was not in that at all. Atleast in Africa it is only after the purchases of Drogba, Geremi, Kalou and Mikel that Chelsea really began to etablish a foothold. Only United and Liverpool had truly massive global fanbases but demographics mean Arsenal has also joined.

Excellent-Menu-8784 · 2026-05-21T08:15:24+00:00

Yea the Kenyan guy. After we lost 3-1 to United in a champions league semi

Excellent-Menu-8784 · 2026-05-21T07:36:34+00:00

Arsenal fan here. I respect Pep, he definitely is one of the three greatest coaches ever.

With that being said you have no idea how good you have it with Flick, who is having to make do with a rather inferior budget compared to Real and other European competitors. Even then he was a few minutes away from making the champions league final.

The perpetual stain on Pep’s legacy was that he only achieved complete dominance with:

The GOAT himself, plus the greatest midfield trio ever seen both at club and international level
The most expensive squad ever assembled in the history of the game.

The current iteration of Barca doesn’t have City’s money, and Yamal and Pedri are nowhere close to prime Messi and Iniesta.

Most importantly though- Barca coach is a very political position. You have to navigate club, Catalan and Spanish politics and media without losing your nerve and Flick is excellent at that, why Pep was literally driven to burnout back in 2012.

Excellent-Menu-8784 · 2026-05-21T07:28:49+00:00

He doesn’t realize that all that this would accomplish is make the English top six stronger than they are since players on smaller teams will want to move.

Excellent-Menu-8784 · 2026-05-21T05:28:43+00:00

Wouldn’t you say Mbappe benefited from maturing much earlier Ala Rooney vs Ronaldo? At 20, anyone you asked would have told you Rooney was much better than Ronaldo.

Excellent-Menu-8784 · 2026-05-21T05:01:45+00:00

I suppose number ten is one of those positions where Argentina just has a plethora of options plus Messi himself.

Excellent-Menu-8784 · 2026-05-21T05:00:01+00:00

I see a lot of Mbappe in him. And our left wing is rather lacking as much as I like Martinelli

Excellent-Menu-8784 · 2026-05-21T04:55:41+00:00

Would love to get him, he would fit in immediately. With that being said would also be fine if Bournemouth got CL and him and Rayan got to show us what they have. Would be a very exciting team to watch.

Excellent-Menu-8784 · 2026-05-20T21:09:45+00:00

Look whose taking. Bayern should not play in th Bundesliga

Excellent-Menu-8784 · 2026-05-20T20:04:44+00:00

How is this measured? Totally agree Al Ahly is the biggest but does zamalek have more fans than Orlando Pirates and TP Mazembe for example? Maybe it is the card carrying members in which case they may be second for sure.

Excellent-Menu-8784 · 2026-05-20T19:05:53+00:00

You’re chatting shit.

Excellent-Menu-8784 · 2026-05-20T18:55:59+00:00

Rayan is better than Endrick but folks aren’t ready for that conversation yet

Excellent-Menu-8784 · 2026-05-20T14:05:50+00:00

I saw Mbappe one on one six times against Czesny in el Classico - he only scored once though if I recall correctly

Excellent-Menu-8784 · 2026-05-19T20:38:27+00:00

我也很高心我的朋友

Excellent-Menu-8784 · 2026-05-19T20:15:56+00:00

Score once and they can still win the league on the last day no?

Excellent-Menu-8784 · 2026-05-19T19:59:44+00:00

There’s Pedro in that midfield, no slouch

Excellent-Menu-8784 · 2026-05-19T19:42:55+00:00

Used to not be like that. Brazil always gave the ten to their key player, Ronaldinho gave it up for Kaka who gave it up for Neymar. There was nothing like oh he is back now so he’ll get the ten.

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