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Competition World Cup 2026

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dudu said:
The format, the qualification, the values behind it - it's just another cash cow in an industry bloated with money and a reflection of everything wrong with society.

Maybe it's because I'm older but I remember being a kid and the int competitions being just incredible - football in the park with mates every day, playing out the games - even 94 when England weren't in it we were engrossed. Not seeing the same vibe for kids nowadays.

I guess with streaming services, internet etc - there is plenty to keep people entertained now.
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I have the same feeling. For me, and my friends as kids it was the world cups of 98 and 2002. The goals, celebrations and the whole feeling of daily seeing the best players in the world.

But i think the biggest issue is how we are overexposed to football these days. With longer seasons and more and larger competitions there are periods where there is a match every day. There is little, if nothing, special about the world cups these days.
 
dudu said:
Maybe it's because I'm older but I remember being a kid and the int competitions being just incredible - football in the park with mates every day, playing out the games - even 94 when England weren't in it we were engrossed. Not seeing the same vibe for kids nowadays.
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I am younger than most here and I think the first final I clearly remember was Zidane being sent off in extra time. I am sure I was watching in 2002 or before but I remember being absorbed in the whole tournament in Germany / 2006.

William Burroughs said:
I have the same feeling. For me, and my friends as kids it was the world cups of 98 and 2002. The goals, celebrations and the whole feeling of daily seeing the best players in the world.

But i think the biggest issue is how we are overexposed to football these days. With longer seasons and more and larger competitions there are periods where there is a match every day. There is little, if nothing, special about the world cups these days.
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I think this touches on the real issue which is that now we can see so much football, and the level of competition in the Champion's League being higher than that of the World Cup makes the latter less interesting.

Even the World Cup itself is overexposed in my opinion, with the expansion adding a lot of really unserious games.

Everything related to football has been diluted to extract the maximum amount of cash and force you to pay attention longer and more intensely and there's only so much excitement a person can muster
 
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