| Euros or World Cup 19:02 - Jun 15 with 2482 views | gtsb1966 |
Still the Euros for me even though it now has 24 teams. The 16 team format imho was the best and made it the harder tournament to win. 48 teams in the next World Cup is a joke. |  | | |  |
| Euros or World Cup on 19:51 - Jun 15 with 2407 views | MK1 |
Obviously the World Cup comes with more prestige, but it's the Euros for me. No Mickey Mouse teams. (except Scotland obviously) Harder to get out of the group and the knock outs are tough games from the set off. Euros win for me. |  |
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| Euros or World Cup on 20:26 - Jun 15 with 2357 views | HighgateBlue |
| Euros or World Cup on 19:51 - Jun 15 by MK1 |
Obviously the World Cup comes with more prestige, but it's the Euros for me. No Mickey Mouse teams. (except Scotland obviously) Harder to get out of the group and the knock outs are tough games from the set off. Euros win for me. |
Harder to get out of the group? Even though (a) there are supposedly no Mickey Mouse teams, and (b) only 8 teams out of 24 fail to make it through?
No. The group stages are a time consuming joke for me, allowing two thirds of the teams through, and then it's just like a World Cup knockout stage except without fantastic teams like Brazil and Argentina.
Then you consider the history - I recall Euros with only 8 teams, which were just rubbish, and I also recall both Greece and Denmark winning the thing. Denmark won it having failed to even qualify, but were allowed to take part because Yugoslavia were banned for having a war. I don't think I've ever heard anything more Mickey Mouse.
I can't see how the Euros can possibly be preferred. I shall enjoy it, mind, and want England to win very much. But it ain't the World Cup. |  | | |
| Euros or World Cup on 20:58 - Jun 15 with 2318 views | Ftnfwest |
| Euros or World Cup on 19:51 - Jun 15 by MK1 |
Obviously the World Cup comes with more prestige, but it's the Euros for me. No Mickey Mouse teams. (except Scotland obviously) Harder to get out of the group and the knock outs are tough games from the set off. Euros win for me. |
I was going to say, what was last night then, Donald Duck!? |  | | |
| Euros or World Cup on 22:34 - Jun 15 with 2252 views | Europablue |
| Euros or World Cup on 20:26 - Jun 15 by HighgateBlue |
Harder to get out of the group? Even though (a) there are supposedly no Mickey Mouse teams, and (b) only 8 teams out of 24 fail to make it through?
No. The group stages are a time consuming joke for me, allowing two thirds of the teams through, and then it's just like a World Cup knockout stage except without fantastic teams like Brazil and Argentina.
Then you consider the history - I recall Euros with only 8 teams, which were just rubbish, and I also recall both Greece and Denmark winning the thing. Denmark won it having failed to even qualify, but were allowed to take part because Yugoslavia were banned for having a war. I don't think I've ever heard anything more Mickey Mouse.
I can't see how the Euros can possibly be preferred. I shall enjoy it, mind, and want England to win very much. But it ain't the World Cup. |
Greece and Denmark beat the best teams in Europe (who are most of the best teams in the world). Of course we want to win the world cup more, but the Euros was the better tournament when it had 16 teams, now the group stages are a joke. The World cup expansion is also going to make it a joke and rather than making a good thing bigger, it will sap any real interest in the tournament until the knockout stages. |  | | |
| Euros or World Cup on 22:35 - Jun 15 with 2247 views | Trequartista |
Always the World Cup for me. But 48 teams could change that. |  |
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| Euros or World Cup on 23:59 - Jun 15 with 2161 views | Stewart27 |
How the hell is it easier to beat 16 teams over 24? | | | |
| Euros or World Cup on 11:43 - Jun 16 with 1987 views | itfctilidie |
Euros for me. Can’t stand watching football in soulless stadiums such as Qatar and saudi. Much better watching football in proper football countries. Germans always put on a decent show |  | | |
| Euros or World Cup on 12:13 - Jun 16 with 1964 views | SE1blue |
Prefer the World Cup.
Growing up there was something magical about playing teams we had little to no knowledge of (due to no internet, less world coverage of football etc.) Add to that, the commentary often had the quality of a long distance call and match footage that looked like it was from another planet. As a kid that was something else.
Plus, at 15 I was so excited about Euro 88 and what happened at that tournament was crushing as an england fan. Two year later, Italia 90 was the absolute opposite and secured me as a World Cup fan. |  |
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| Euros or World Cup on 12:14 - Jun 16 with 1965 views | J2BLUE |
World cup.
I know it's not a common opinion but I love the group stages. A real carnival of football. I love seeing the stadiums packed out in different colours. The orange of the Netherlands, green of Ireland, yellow and blue of Brazil, the colourful African nations with their unique kits etc etc.
Just a fun global celebration of football. Love it. |  |
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| Euros or World Cup on 14:21 - Jun 16 with 1888 views | Sarge |
Either, and the more teams the better in my opinion. More group games (which are the best part) and more fun. You can’t beat these days when there are 3 games on. | | | |
| Euros or World Cup on 14:42 - Jun 16 with 1871 views | Jon_456 |
Definitely the World Cup for me. Always enjoy watching the South American and African teams attack games.
I find watching European games quite boring. Having said that, this year has got off to quite a good start. | | | |
| Euros or World Cup on 16:20 - Jun 16 with 1831 views | ElephantintheRoom |
Both are a bit of a snore fest until the competitive games start in the QFs - but the Euros are a far higher standard, as evidenced by England only winning 1 knock out outside of England in the competition’s history.
Strangely though, rather poor teams regularly win the Euros…. Greece, Portugal and Denmark spring to mind - and last time out Italy couldn’t even qualify for the World Cup. | |
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| Euros or World Cup on 16:48 - Jun 16 with 1802 views | MattinLondon |
| Euros or World Cup on 16:20 - Jun 16 by ElephantintheRoom |
Both are a bit of a snore fest until the competitive games start in the QFs - but the Euros are a far higher standard, as evidenced by England only winning 1 knock out outside of England in the competition’s history.
Strangely though, rather poor teams regularly win the Euros…. Greece, Portugal and Denmark spring to mind - and last time out Italy couldn’t even qualify for the World Cup. |
Poor teams don’t win tournaments- ridiculous to suggest that they do. |  | | |
| Euros or World Cup on 16:56 - Jun 16 with 1783 views | Radlett_blue |
All sports administrators extend the size of their tournaments & I guess the motivation is mainly greed (more games = more money) + corruption (the myriad of smaller nations like the chance of a tilt at a tournament, so they vote in the candidates who promise them more places). But yes, a 24 team Euros makes NO sense - we waste the group stages by using them to eliminate 8 teams who probably shouldn't be there. And the larger the number of countries, the more tedious the qualifiers become.
One could say exactly the same about the ICC & the cricket world cups, plus the ever expanding Olympics - at the last games, 340 gold medals were awarded, up from around 300 and it was only 240 as recently as 1988. |  |
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| Euros or World Cup on 16:57 - Jun 16 with 1779 views | gtsb1966 |
| Euros or World Cup on 14:21 - Jun 16 by Sarge |
Either, and the more teams the better in my opinion. More group games (which are the best part) and more fun. You can’t beat these days when there are 3 games on. |
When the 48 team competition comes in you might think differently. [Post edited 16 Jun 2024 16:58]
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