Should Australia stay in the AFC?

[ramingeles2000]

I fully agree with you. IFF should start the paperwork to join UEFA right away. Iran will never progress in Asia, and won't be treated fairly either.

we would never qualify to the WC again. i don't want that.

[Oz1]

12 is probably a little bit too much, yes, but 4.5 asia + of 0.5 = 5 and i think with of all that nation i meantioned and the arabs still staying, we should at least double the number of spots...

Asia needs to improve its football and they ONLY way to do that is to improve their governments, get investment in and be a decent part of the world community. Anything else is just excuses and bullshit and the world doesn't want to see 12 countries where half of them cant even organise a raffle.

Some look at the forest and others just at the trees.

[Oz1]

Before everyone starts bashing me, please read the thread before commenting.

There has been a recent movement (mostly from Arabian federations) to kick Australia out of the AFC.

Their reasoning? Well, they claim that Australia hasn't brought anything to the table in terms of benefits for the AFC, i.e it has not been mutually beneficial for AFC and Australia. Australia has taken up 1 of the very few four spots that AFC is allocated for the World Cup, and their clubs have performed well in the ACL(Wanderers winning it this year).

Australia leaving could also be beneficial for Iran as we have better chances of making the world cup.

Personally, I'm against throwing Australia out, only because they are a solid team that raises the profile of AFC. Sure they take up one spot that potentially could be ours, but I'd rather TM improve and deserve to go through than to play a bunch of Arab teams to go through.

What do you guys think?

How about you post a link to this so-called "movement"?

[Paradigm]

I say:

AUSTRALIA IN

IRAN OUT

I fully agree with you. IFF should start the paperwork to join UEFA right away. Iran will never progress in Asia, and won't be treated fairly either.

[arasradio]

I say:

AUSTRALIA IN

IRAN OUT

[Damavand]

I voted No by mistake, so subtract one from NOs.

I agree with Nader. The best solution is to have Oceania join AFC so that both continents have a total of 5 full spots for the WC without the headache of intercontinental playoffs.

[babak_australia]

Why should they not remain. Australia has been awesome for Asia and as the number 1 team in Asia we should not be worried about anyone.

In that case bring back Turkey and Israel and our qualification gets harder.

[Keano]

I would take Australia over any other Asian teams, including Japan and S. Korea. Those countries uniting to kick Australia out, better improve their own football and start being a wuss.

It's unfortunate and bizarre that we never get the chance to play them, They have been in Asia since I believe 2007, yet we have never been grouped with them, nor have had even one friendly match. So weird!

[shahname]

Australia should definitely stay. Why should they leave?!

On the other hand Benjamin Williams should be deported to the Buku Haram controlled region in Nigeria

[caligula]

How about a Eurasian Football Cup?
Hell, Europe and Asia are made up anyways...

[PSGman#19]

i was against australia from the first moment, because of World Cup Spots is Asia. and to be honest, it is really right, they just come to Asia, to qualify for World Cup and even take asian cup of us and also seems to win it now, despite not being a true or strong football country in my eyes.
All in all i can understand arabs, even a logical iranian look to this:
We did not qualify for 2010 World Cup, also because of Australia, as they were in the other group and not us.....
I think we should kick them out. We have no benefit, never played australian League side, and even if we play, what will bring us this???
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Exactly! nothing to add.
Oh except, Australia bring us their sh1tty referees.

[saeed_noro]

12 is probably a little bit too much, yes, but 4.5 asia + ofc 0.5 = 5 and i think with of all that nation i meantioned and the arabs still staying, we should at least double the number of spots...

[KC McElroy]

i was against australia from the first moment, because of World Cup Spots is Asia. and to be honest, it is really right, they just come to Asia, to qualify for World Cup and even take asian cup of us and also seems to win it now, despite not being a true or strong football country in my eyes.

All in all i can understand arabs, even a logical iranian look to this:

We did not qualify for 2010 World Cup, also because of Australia, as they were in the other group and not us.....

I think we should kick them out. We have no benefit, never played australian League side, and even if we play, what will bring us this???


1) Kick them out
2) Collect Russia, Turkey, Armenia, Georgia, Cyprus, Azerbaidschan, Kaschastan (probably also Moldavia, Ukraine, Greece) and creat East Europe and Central Asian Confederation with Bangladesch the most eastern-side of this Confederation. And East Asia should merge with Ocenia. Give each Confederation 5 fix spots for the World Cup and 11 in total with an inter-continental playoff between east vs. west...i think 11 out of 32 WC spots for all this countries is fair, probably even 12 spots...

12 World Cup spots for the goozi countries you have mentioned?????

[Kiarash]

This is what needs to happen in my opinion:

1.Let all Arab teams separate from AFC,
2.Create a new Qualifying Zone for them,
3.Give them the minimum spots (0.5) and let them face a South-American team in the play-offs,
4.Be done with.

[Paradigm]

Can Iran please join UEFA? I want us to play with England, Italy, and Holland on a regular basis.