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Playing minnows- an opportunty to get into records books


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this is just total records chori... it lowers the standards of game, most player have their best performances against minnows..... i hope this is the last time we seeing minnows in world cup... a world cup of 10 teams, 3 weeks, one host country----way forward :icflove:

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Minnows should be allowed in the world cup, but they should have their own group with a kind of asymmetric structure. For e.g. 6 minnows could have their own group with 2 qualifiying to the next round. Other groups could be of 4 teams each with three qualification slots. Minnow matches should not be one per day but on a day when some other interesting match is there. This will make the tournament more engaging and shorter.

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Minnows should be allowed in the world cup' date=' [b']but they should have their own group with a kind of asymmetric structure. For e.g. 6 minnows could have their own group with 2 qualifiying to the next round. Other groups could be of 4 teams each with three qualification slots. Minnow matches should not be one per day but on a day when some other interesting match is there. This will make the tournament more engaging and shorter.
but the minnows already have their own qualifying tournament to get to the World Cup - so what would be the point of having another qualifying round for them during the World Cup?
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but the minnows already have their own qualifying tournament to get to the World Cup - so what would be the point of having another qualifying round for them during the World Cup?
So atleast a couple of the better ones have a chance of going into super 8s or quarter finals. where they can play against the stronger teams. Some minnows have a characteristic of picking up their game of crunch days, so there could be some upsets.
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Of the 14 teams in the world cup, just 4 are certifiable minnows. But because of their inclusion, 22 out of the 42 group stage matches, that is to say 52% of them, became unwatchable. What a drag this world cup is. Shame, really.

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