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Today’s Football 2021/22 Season

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Who are the second best team in Oceania right now?

Just wondering because from 2026 onward the 1st placed team in Oceania qualifies automatically whilst the 2nd placed team goes into a 6 team mini-tournament

I genuinely think we'll see a gradual improvement in that confederation now there'll be taking on opponents from outside more. New Zealand will get at least a couple of games at a major tournament every four years for a while, which will only help them improve

It also has to light a fire under the other sides you'd imagine? You know that if you can somehow put a run together and unseat New Zealand then you're straight on the plane to the tournament proper

I wonder what long time opponent of Oceanic football @Allezfan feels?
 

Mikey_Fitzgerald said:
Who are the second best team in Oceania right now?

Just wondering because from 2026 onward the 1st placed team in Oceania qualifies automatically whilst the 2nd placed team goes into a 6 team mini-tournament

I genuinely think we'll see a gradual improvement in that confederation now there'll be taking on opponents from outside more. New Zealand will get at least a couple of games at a major tournament every four years for a while, which will only help them improve

It also has to light a fire under the other sides you'd imagine? You know that if you can somehow put a run together and unseat New Zealand then you're straight on the plane to the tournament proper

I wonder what long time opponent of Oceanic football @Allezfan feels?
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Not even an achievement to qualify for the World cup at this point, utter farce.
 
MikelsGoat said:
Not even an achievement to qualify for the World cup at this point, utter farce.
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I always thought it was a bit rum that Oceania was the only confederation that didn't get an automatic place to be honest

How can you expect those teams to get better if you exclude them?

Having the Oceanic winner going through the inter-confederation play offs was never right IMO

I wish they hadn't increased the World Cup to 48 teams for it to happen like, but this change is overdue
 

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BFS would have gotten the same results.

Southgate got beat three times that World Cup and didn't play one established big name Football country and got knocked out by a country of 4 million in the semis setting up like he was San Marino against Spain.

And the Euros was his half of the draw where all the big guns drop like flies again to a easy route to a final after beating a awful stale past it German side and when he gets to the final scores after 3 minutes at home at Wembley and proceeded to park a bus instead of going for the jugular to win it.

He's gone after that blood stained Sportswash World Cup sham of a tournament, he'll scrap through the group and go out in the last 32.

Vamos Argentina!!!!
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Ffs you are boring, you want to get out a bit more and try and live a little ya kopite tit.
 
Just thinking about how bad England's central midfield is.

If you think of the top nations, all the previous world cup winners along with Portugal and Netherlands, would any of those countries pick Rice and Phillips ahead of their own options? I don't think so personally.

England have a lot of good options in attack but IMO the midfield is average and the defence is also a mixed bag.
 
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Just thinking about how bad England's central midfield is.

If you think of the top nations, all the previous world cup winners along with Portugal and Netherlands, would any of those countries pick Rice and Phillips ahead of their own options? I don't think so personally.

England have a lot of good options in attack but IMO the midfield is average and the defence is also a mixed bag.
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Rice is a very good player but the team definitely does not need them both in the same team.

I was saying this all through the Euros, yes we were getting through but having Rice behind Mount & Grealish (for example) with Sterling Foden Kane as a front 3 (for example) would have given the team a more dynamic and attacking look about it.

Maybe now there have been a few losses and abject performances it may show Southgate that only one is needed and that frees up more attacking options. If it doesn't then he should defo go as it is plain to see his first choice team is too defensive.
 

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