Sounds a bit pointless
like Charles21 said, it renders the group stage meaningless.
With four groups of six the competition would be far more aggressive and you would see teams going all out to get wins because a load of draws would be useless in a five game group table.
More teams will play for draws in a format that allows the third place teams to qualify (not all, obviously) because s**t teams will know that scraping a couple of draws and a victory against the next s**ttest team will get them through.
Also you would get more games overall, sixty in the group stages and the same seven in the knockouts.
Posted By: Common Sense Police on June 20th 2012 at 19:03:17
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- I'm getting Euro 2012 withdrawal symptoms (Other Football) - Charles21, Jun 20, 18:30:47
- How will the Euro 2016 group stages be set up? (Other Football) - Common Sense Police, Jun 20, 18:46:51
- I'd assume six groups of four (Other Football) - KentonCanary, Jun 20, 18:53:55
- It is (Other Football) - Pragmatist, Jun 20, 20:06:39
- lol (n/m) (Other Football) - Charles21, Jun 20, 20:08:41
- Surprised UEFA (Other Football) - Pragmatist, Jun 20, 20:21:43
- lol (n/m) (Other Football) - Charles21, Jun 20, 20:08:41
- Sounds a bit pointless (Other Football) - Common Sense Police, Jun 20, 19:03:17
- Surely 36 group and 15 knockout (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jun 20, 19:07:42
- Oh you're saying the groups of 6 (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jun 20, 19:09:35
- Yeah, kind of jumbled up what I was saying (Other Football) - Common Sense Police, Jun 20, 19:20:04
- Think 60 group games way too much (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jun 20, 19:30:56
- It would only be three games more than the current world cup format (Other Football) - Common Sense Police, Jun 20, 19:39:11
- Way too many games! (Other Football) - mr carra, Jun 20, 19:53:43
- Yeah, you're right (Other Football) - Common Sense Police, Jun 20, 19:59:24
- 24 teams is crap (Other Football) - mr carra, Jun 20, 20:18:45
- Already covered those points but yes you're correct! (Other Football) - Common Sense Police, Jun 20, 20:21:58
- Probably a stepping stone (Other Football) - mr carra, Jun 20, 20:28:33
- Eurgh! (Other Football) - Common Sense Police, Jun 20, 20:38:57
- I don`t like the idea (Other Football) - emmaroyds, Jun 20, 20:38:22
- Spot on (n/m) (Other Football) - Common Sense Police, Jun 20, 20:46:42
- Probably a stepping stone (Other Football) - mr carra, Jun 20, 20:28:33
- Already covered those points but yes you're correct! (Other Football) - Common Sense Police, Jun 20, 20:21:58
- 24 teams is crap (Other Football) - mr carra, Jun 20, 20:18:45
- Yeah, you're right (Other Football) - Common Sense Police, Jun 20, 19:59:24
- Way too many games! (Other Football) - mr carra, Jun 20, 19:53:43
- It would only be three games more than the current world cup format (Other Football) - Common Sense Police, Jun 20, 19:39:11
- Think 60 group games way too much (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jun 20, 19:30:56
- Yeah, kind of jumbled up what I was saying (Other Football) - Common Sense Police, Jun 20, 19:20:04
- Oh you're saying the groups of 6 (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jun 20, 19:09:35
- I was told yesterday that it's as Kenton says (Other Football) - Charles21, Jun 20, 19:05:00
- Surely 36 group and 15 knockout (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jun 20, 19:07:42
- A better knockout event at least (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jun 20, 18:58:21
- It is (Other Football) - Pragmatist, Jun 20, 20:06:39
- I'd assume six groups of four (Other Football) - KentonCanary, Jun 20, 18:53:55
- How will the Euro 2016 group stages be set up? (Other Football) - Common Sense Police, Jun 20, 18:46:51
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