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Originally Posted by FireGilbert
The Russians are better than I thought they would be. I was expecting a boring 0-0 draw. I guess playing at home helps.
Regarding the expanded tournament I like the idea in theory, and it pretty much guarantees Australia a spot, however I do not like how Europe is being pretty much ignored in the expansion. I'd much rather see Italy, Netherlands, and Austria over New Zealand, Syria, and Uganda.
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Heres an issue though:
When major countries fail they tend to stop and re-evaluate their programs.
Germany totally revamped their development process.
Brazil after 2014 took a radical shift in their approach realizing that just sheer raw talent wasnt enough.
And maybe Italy and Holland will do the same, but if you make 'just getting in' so easy then doesnt the overall health of the game suffer?
We want to see the big teams because they're the ones with the best players, but at some point you dont get the best until they're challenged, if its all just given then it seems to cheapen things.