A World Cup Every Two Years? | Tifo Talks

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FIFA are proposing a World Cup every two years, rather than the current every four. FIFA, unlike UEFA, operates at a loss on non-World-cup-years, so are looking for a way to increase revenue. But is hosting a World Cup more frequently the answer?
As Joe Devine explains some small nations, like Scotland, are likely to favour this idea, but like Santa drinking all the whisky left out for him on Christmas day, could overindulgence lead to disaster?
Written by JJ Bull, Joe Devine and Seb Stafford-Bloor.
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[@rohansharma5519]

They went outside the studio. This really is TIFO IRL.

[@lonestarr1490]

Imagine, there might have been other people _seeing_ them. That's some serious IRL here.

[@AW-nolove]

Even scarier than skeletons is now possessing the knowledge that tifo employees are allowed to leave the office and roam around in public.

[@user-pq1ui7pl1j]

Except that one guy that stuck in the scattergram

[@lonestarr1490]

@@user-pq1ui7pl1j Nice. Now the intro is stuck in my head again. Thanks very much.

[@TheAthleticFC]

We were only briefly set free.

[@bebianobr]

@@TheAthleticFC It is too much time. Don't know if it is safe for society having you guys free at any time

[@steliosmouratidis3829]

Poor JJ, really felt bad for him

[@CMJames]

Nah, the way he slyly slags off England every chance he gets just because Scotland are crap makes me not feel bad for him

[@steliosmouratidis3829]

@@CMJames wow you must be fun at parties

[@CMJames]

@@steliosmouratidis3829 I’m an absolute riot

[@Jamie-bz5wd]

@@CMJames you remind me of the colour beige

[@fizz113]

@@CMJames you're a riot in the same way as the guy who calls the police for a party next door is a riot.

[@zagreus101]

Tifo IRL's slow descent into a dada-esque art piece is truly breath-taking

[@ramshacklealex7772]

It hasn't been that slow...

[@FootballDrawn]

The whole thing that makes winning the World Cup special is that you're the champion of an "era", rather than a champion of 2 years. It makes it more special that a player features very few times in their careers. ⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

[@moumenrezaei1330]

The rarity is what makes it special

[@wilfordcolbert1333]

spot on

[@7bucksnutrition303]

indeed

[@jeremybilliards712]

love your content mate

[@haraldkjrgensen2255]

Well in handball it's held every 2 years and it gives you a much better way to asert your dominance like we in Denmark have now won 2 times in a row. And the handball craze hits like that every time we play a turnament. And with Euroes every 2 years too it gives us much more content in the international game so basically we play a turnament every winter

[@adamfrancourt8631]

I had my doubts about Tifo IRL at first, but I am loving this new energy. Keep up the madness.

[@funt_ODD]

Same here

[@Sparkz147]

I saw JJ posting about filming outside on twitter, I didn't expect it to be for something like this. LMAO

[@noahwillett23]

There really isn't enough conversation around the spookiness of players these days.

[@karimd88]

Players’ skeletons*

[@AeolianMusica]

That distant honky-tonk is the perfect perturbing background music for Joe’s zany monologue about Santa. Is it a distorted Christmas Carol too? I don’t fully recognise it but the timing with ‘drunk’ etc. is perfection. 👍 👌 👏 for whoever found that. While we’re here, opening up the game to non-European markets is probably the most sensible progression for the long-term growth of football. Can’t help but feel there has to be a better way to do it….

[@TheAthleticFC]

Siiiiiiilent niiiiiiiiiiiiight~ 🎅🥃🍷🍺🍸

[@chaitanyaraj8700]

The beauty is in its rarity. FIFA world cup is the most prestigious tournament out of all sports only surpassed by the Olympics. Doing it every 2 years would be a massive disservice to all the legends of the game and the previous winners.

[@mariomanno1]

'Less is more' as they say

[@elingrome5853]

Hmm…. But then people will get used to it…

[@niranjanrajesh1058]

As someone else said,the UCL is there every season and people watch it

[@PaulGLarsson]

He didin’t say people aren’t gonna watch the world cup

[@lonestarr1490]

@@niranjanrajesh1058 Because the UCL has been held annually from the start and it makes perfect sense to be so. It is hard-wired into the seasons of the domestic leagues in terms of qualification and such, in a way the FIFA World Cup just isn't.

[@CallumRSU30]

TifoIRL Halloween Episode: "Justifying Why We Bought A Skeleton."

[@dhruvholla9090]

Dibs on Joe's flesh pyjamas when his skeleton escapes

[@Bella1899]

Aw man

[@alextipler4068]

I love that JJ essentially got paid to stand and look stoic. I usually get paid to sit and be stoic but to stand and stare across the horizon displaying my stoicism is one of my dreams

[@VileCAESARB]

You get paid to stand and be a meatball lad haha, if it was gonna be horizon inducing stoicism display, it would have to be to a Japanese backdrop surely.... I remember, like these blossom leaves, that we are all dying... that is Bushido

[@senseihello]

What about a FIFA Intercontinental Cup (An Europa League imitation)? This would give chances of glory to the smaller nations and would be great for countries that have one or two players who are world class but don't make it to World Cups like Egypt. It would also reveal whether FIFA just want more money or actually want to give smaller nations chances.

[@mukul863]

Honestly I doubt it would get much attention. The confederations cup has been happening for a long time, but It has been scrapped by fifa because it became irrelevant

[@mukul863]

Honestly just compare the popularity of Champions League to the Europa League. Hardly anyone watches the Europa, except if their team is playing. The problem is, as soon as you eliminate the top teams in the world from the tournament, it will get very little attention

[@lonestarr1490]

We need to fly less, not more.

[@vratikverma1380]

this would make the footballing calendar even more disorganized.

[@harrymullett4519]

It’s the money thing.

[@gluestix17]

that happy JJ Bull clip made my day

[@baggly]

Wait til he realises that 2 times 0 is still 0.

[@chrundlethegreat2251]

The sense of humour on this channel makes me think you guys are Mighty Boosh fans

[@lukewinchester3108]

Yep, it’s that unfunny.

[@otto_jk]

Having a World cup every two years is like Lizards and Skeletons playing football in a boat with a lemon stands as goals

[@thehappyloaf]

Lmao bruh

[@tarekp]

So, absolutely amazing? Why are we not watching those matches in ESPN

[@animevsirl]

Reason why Wenger was not able to convince everybody with the new FIFA plan: He did not hire the skeleton inside Joe's fleshy body

[@rager8273]

The Santa bit was just peak comedy🤣🤣🤣

[@sweettangoTIMMY]

This level of comedy and devoted seriousness needs to be kept in a solid black room. Thank you Tifo.

[@nimaxx]

the layout and content of this format looks just like the "last week tonight by ohn oliver".

[@karimd88]

Ah, great to hear from the Eric Andre of football again!

[@ParisianWeetabix]

I thought it was more John Oliver

[@hb3393]

I hope Joe will go full Eric by the end of the season and spend one episode destroying the set, naked and screaming

[@karimd88]

@@hb3393 isn’t that what will save humankind from it’s eventual destruction?

[@alanansara2190]

Considering Arsene's last "brilliant" idea was closing the Premier League transfer window before the rest of Europe, saying the rest of Europe would happily follow along and never, ever, ever just wait until after the PL window had closed before unsettling players into forcing cut rate transfers away from English clubs who couldn't be replaced, because the transfer window was closed...color me skeptical.

[@homosapien5156]

JJ's clips were amazing.

[@ipuya]

"Scotland have appeared eight times at the FIFA World Cup, including five consecutive tournaments from 1974 to 1990. "

[@HarcusCGTV]

He is an ignorant Englishmen.... dont let things like facts get in the way or his ignorant dribbling.

[@TheGreatKerro]

Had this idea been proposed to Arsene Wenger while he was still a manager he would have called this out for what it is, utterly stupid. However since he now has a cushy role at Fifa, he's all aboard the money train, just like a few of these other ex-pros he's accumulated. It really is amazing how money changes people. Platini during his spell at UEFA being a prime example.

[@thisIsFunnyLolz]

Yup and when managers like klopp and pep bash the idea they will call them babies (they do complain but make fair points a lot) and short sighted when they care wayyy more about their players than big bird ever would in his new job

[@Lunch_at_Marcos]

Every two years would be absurd from an actual sporting point of view, it lessens the prestige and it’ll wipe out clubs and players. The more things that go on in football at the moment I have to say I’m gradually being put off the sport (at least at a high level)

[@micayahritchie7158]

The champions League happens every year and is still very prestigious. Would the world cup be more prestigious if we waited 6 years then?

[@micayahritchie7158]

I completely understand your perspective but developed European countries always get the best players with dual nationalities because many times playing for the place they actually feel more a part of makes no economic sense and provides no opportunity to actually make the tournament. If the Irish complain so much about the English poaching Irish talent imagine me as a Jamaican when sterling plays for England despite constantly being in and around Jamaicans and when Leon Bailey didn't declare for us at first because he was seeing if he was eligible for English citizenship. This is just the reality that with low funding compared to the European giants and a migrating population pool. Already small already poor countries simply can't compete when most of the revenue in football as a whole goes to Europe and the scarcity of the tournament means that people don't want to play for a country with low probability of ever making it and are far more willing to back themselves to get into a squad that will make it.

[@micayahritchie7158]

I don't think the tournament should be expanded that's just greed. That's solely to get more games and it does drop the quality of the competition but. Making it more frequent is a good compromise that allows opportunity for smaller nations and doesn't jeopardize the quality of the event. From my perspective it's not the worst thing in the world

[@konradvonschnitzeldorf6506]

@@micayahritchie7158 most european immigrant players just play for the european team because they grew up there.

[@konradvonschnitzeldorf6506]

@@micayahritchie7158 also players like sterling would have never become so good in 99% of cases if he stayed in jamaica because the football infrastructure in england is just much better.

[@TheGreeners78]

"... and a ham that has come to life". Didn't realise Alan Brazil was also on board with the bi-annual world cup plan.

[@juanperret7044]

Methodically this would make conmebol so difficult. There are already 18 games per team. This within two years is actually somewhat difficult and travel to South America is always difficult

[@thisIsFunnyLolz]

Yup but this isn’t about the players getting burn out or it diluting the fun and prestige of the World Cup, it’s about people just wanting more more more until it they get spoiled lol I don’t even bother watching the CL until the later stages at this point, they can try to rationalize it but it would be insanity for some people

[@juanperret7044]

@@thisIsFunnyLolz 4 years are fine specially since we get the continental tournaments in between meaning we get a high level international tournament every other year

[@arpanm71]

The highlight of my week, now with JJ! Can't get any better!!!

[@jgoody592]

Please bring this series back

[@philipthomas8928]

There's a Reason why the likes of Christopher Nolan or Quentin Terrantino release fewer movies than others, it's more special and importance is given to quality...the World Cup is so special because it only comes twice a decade and that's why people shouldn't mess with football and change it....heck most modern changes they brought have been so bad which is a factor to football's decline

[@danpreston564]

Technically it’s 3 times a decade. It’s always 3 x in any 8 year period.

[@Robbins996]

Didn’t expect to have spooky scary skeletons stuck in my head after watching a video about FIFA.

[@Zeratul187]

4:10 I knew it the green power ranger was up to no good at FIFA of all places

[@firas_13]

Joe and JJ are the gift that we don't deserve 🖤

[@ramonbesseling1169]

4:58 an euphoric JJ Bull

[@leroyokwiri]

Scotland was just chilling 😂😂

[@harvinmarison6161]

I lost it when the green ranger appeared; great video, Tifo.

[@chiss22]

Tifo creating this IRL channel is literally the greatest thing to happen this year.

[@jackeedee1002]

JJ Bull. The gift that keeps on giving.

[@PBGamer03]

ive been on youtube since 2007 and this is probably one of my favorite videos ive seen. long live Jaques du Bones

[@haydenrodgers6728]

They'd have to play the euros, Acon, Copa tournament and Asia cup one year, the WC the other and have to qualify in the year. That sounds good but then it takes the magic away from the tourneys imo

[@tamagonbagel6569]

Imagine never seeing a Tifo IRL video before, and coming here from Tifo and being utterly baffled by the comments while you wait for the ad to finish

[@azfar333]

I do not want Joe Devine narrating an audiobook on spooky skeletons. I repeat, I DO NOT want Joe Devine narrating an audiobook on spooky skeletons.

[@ZoGhost]

This remains absolute peak Tifo and I hope they return to these vibes

[@BOABModels]

Get Jacques de Bones on the FIFA committee - he'll know what to do!

[@philth89]

The only way this can make any sense to me, and that's being generous, is if all continental national tournaments (euros, Asian cup etc) are scrapped all together in addition to friendlies. However what does make sense is having an international season as it were, as opposed to the current system of breaks.

[@HHUK]

If it happened every 2 years it would drop the prestige so much. Arsene is right about the rest needed, there should be a mandatory summer break, mandatory winter break and X weeks devoted to international competition. If they want more revenue they should run one-off invitational tournaments with varying formats. A FIFA [Insert City Here] Trophy would still sell, still boost local tourism and the rotation of teams could see fresh match ups.

[@thisIsFunnyLolz]

I would prefer one of fifa’s ideas of whacking the confederations cup and doing a proper club World Cup (not too many teams maybe just the winners of each continental like CL and Europa league winners would go) in that free summer which can be compelling and have the full squads (brings in more money for fifa and keeps the World Cup as is), players need breaks Alexis Sanchez basically had no break for several straight years and not so shockingly his form dropped off a cliff, gotta give them at least one free summer and you don’t want to draw attention away from the Women’s World Cup who might also then want more too then what do you do? Also Conmebol qualifying takes forever due to playing everyone twice so I just don’t see this working without giant shifts that result in some mess that will have players burning out

[@freddiejo16]

the santa tangent was by far my favourite Joe moment since the sandwich shop incident

[@Iennda]

I am hundred percent behind the argument that it would make the World Cup less interesting and appealing. So in the long run, it might end up costing FIFA money, because less people would watch it. Yes, it is unfortunate that some players might have their best years in between World Cups and will never win this trophy - but if they do, they will definitely consider it way more valuable, if there is only one every four years.

[@jamezmcc]

Tifo IRL is honestly the best thing that could have happened to Tifo. We are now seeing Joe's comedic genius (or is it Madness?) Being unleashed to its fullest lol

[@vemvir01]

They should have the world cup every year, the Champions League twice a year, 2 Euros each year and the Europa League 5 times a year. Everyone's a winner! Even Spurs... well maybe not them

[@ninab.4540]

I had hope the Super League would replace the CL once every 3 years, with only league champions from all over Europe competiting against each other, with foreign football champs filling the roster with invitations like the Copa America does sometimes. But you know how that went.

[@vemvir01]

@@ninab.4540 I agreed with some aspects of the Super League but the way they constructed that was wrong. Not the Super League I had hoped. That Super League would mean teams like Spurs and Arsenal would be in every season regardless of their competitiveness lol. That means they could get relegated from the premier League and still make it to the super League. Not exactly the system I was hoping for

[@baggly]

Before everyone automatically starts panning the idea of a WC every two years, i really think you should all take a step back and remember that the ham knows what its talking about. And Mikaël Silvestre.

[@RobertoVillegas-vincent404]

Ham for FIFA president!

[@reborngamers2k10]

Thank god for that 2nd camera angle

[@MegaJDOG1995]

I have had a tough few days and weeks and today was no different, I saw this, I giggled and smiled, thanks guys!

[@chrisfraser5088]

As soon as Scotland was mentioned…you knew JJ would be in the video

[@micayahritchie7158]

To be honest I'm Jamaican and this would massively help I the revenue is actually distributed. The game would get better in CONCACAF and maybe with double the chances of getting to the world cup Jamaicans in England would actually want to play for Jamaica rather than wait until they're 32 and have given up hope of playing for England because 1 there would be more money in it for them and 2 there would be more chances to actually qualify and make a name for themselves. But also I understand that this will have a massive fatigue toll on players in European competitions as well and it's difficult to see this being possible without some ease there

[@thedominator96]

I'm now intrigued. So do we in ourselves have two consciousnesses. One for the skeleton trapped within the flesh PJ's and another for the flesh PJ's? Therefore, is the skeleton which haunts Joe oh so Devine looking to obtain another flesh PJ?

[@euanmackintosh4844]

"Ou est le piscine" -little flight of the concord reference from Joe there??

[@jasey5502]

Watching these videos stoned is a whole different beast

[@TheSnkrPimp]

The JJ Montage deserves an award 🏆 👏

[@timothysmith138]

What kind of monster leaves whisky for Santa? The man drinks brandy!

[@sizwe.amabaso732]

I love how British people can take a dig on their neighbors and make it funny, Mr Bean on the French is the best 😅

[@HarcusCGTV]

Except we find English humor as funny as cancer and dont consider ourself "British".

[@TheCrazyReviewGuy]

2 tier world tournament perhaps? With top tier being THE world Cup every 4 years and the second tournament happening 2 years before?

[@RobertoVillegas-vincent404]

2:18 because sometimes we just need timestamps for CONCACAF.

[@steffoeidem3323]

U are a blessing to humankind! thanks

[@AodhanBeag]

The green power ranger was always a fan favourite…well played Wenger

[@robertmatthews2932]

I still can't quite believe how good these are. Joe at his finest

[@ramadeaadrindrata5128]

Im pretty sure the recording of JJ's brooding and looking into the far distance is taken right after his loss in the FM tournament

[@julien_lemur2302]

jj bull is a gift that keeps on giving 😁❤️

[@blainetoms]

when do we get the super cut of bloopers from these that we all clearly deserve?

[@Asasnol21]

listen to me -some international friendlies, but 3 breaks one each season -spring, winter, fall- -no changes to the wc -no nations league

[@lausymaus9856]

Thank you for the indepth description of spooky skeletons, though it was spooky.

[@danpreston564]

Jacques du Bones is still more animated than Alex Stewart.

[@Hyndergogen9]

I don't know why but when Joe said there's no way of knowing how spooky his skeleton is, my first thought was "There definitely is, but you wouldn't like it"

[@choncha23]

Idk how I would feel about this. I don’t have a problem waiting every 4 years. Qualification makes things interesting. Plus Europe would probably monopolize the World Cup.

[@markmatthews7202]

The issue isn't the frequency, the issue is too many European teams and not enough African/Asian/Carribean teams.

[@konradvonschnitzeldorf6506]

But european teams are the best ones. There are like 3 decent asian teams and maybe 1 carribean one. It would make no sense.

[@kevinmccabe7263]

I was extremely skeptical about Wenger's plan before this video but I'm oddly in favor of it now. Thank you TIFO!

[@Bobby_sprinkles]

I know that the biggest concern with a World Cup every two years is that it would become boring but I'm pretty sure that if Tifo released a video every two hours that I'd still be super excited to watch it

[@lunasmokezim1718]

A ham that has come to life... What's does he/her hope to gain in this endeavor?

[@jackadams5902]

That was cold 😂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@AriffLukman]

The appeal of the World Cup is it's hardship to get there. It is not about being inclusive and getting more teams to the World Cup.

[@seanmackenzie1449]

Thanks Joe

[@tusharacharya1416]

it would also mean that they would have to conduct all the continental competitions (Gold Cup, Copa America, Euros, Asian Cup, Africa Cup of Nations) all in one year. That is going to mean tv revenue for those competitions takes a hit and I doubt any of the confederations want that to happen.

[@KT-ki6gz]

Better Help specifically asked for anyone other than Joe to read their adverts on the podcast

[@omnishambles4477]

Wasted my time studying biology at university, all I needed was this video

[@SirAmnesia]

i imagined "like scotland" half a second before you said it

[@VxmikeyxV]

This is some incredibly surrealist football analysis

[@georgeadams3214]

Another classic from Mr Devine

[@jonpon0182]

My biggest concern, is that it would make it less special. The wk always have the greatest atmosphere. A big part of that is the fact it only happens once every Four years

[@SPQSpartacus]

A better idea would be a contender’s tournament for those best teams that did not make it through qualifying. Maybe 16 teams, Four-team groups and best eight into quarterfinals and so on. No new qualifying games, this tournament maybe Next year from world cup. A chance for the almost-rans to show their quality.

[@berri2692]

People leave whiskey out for Santa?

[@asliceofpi5933]

Loving this

[@Genlocks]

remember that cartoon galatik football they had spooky ghouls who played football in it they also have a playmaker who was called 'micro-ice' and i think more footballers should have names like that rather than the current trend, having double-barrelled surnames. thank u for reading

[@Zeratul187]

OMG the skeleton from Joe's garden came from Joe himself!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ninab.4540]

Wait if the international friendlies and TNL gets removed, how will footballers inflate their international goals records?

[@noblemasterchief2287]

He is genuinely so funny I love him 😂😂😂

[@martincvikl5321]

This video is a comedic masterpiece

[@shabaanmarijani8447]

Any terrible football idea; Literally any terrible football idea.... CAF is in full support of the brib... I mean idea

[@konradvonschnitzeldorf6506]

This

[@jamesruscheinski8602]

If have World Cup and continental cups (Concacaf, Copa America, Euro and others) every two years; then could also make club league and international, like Champions and Europa League, championships every two years. For instance, could have leagues and continental cups one year, international club leagues and World Cup the following year; so that there would be one club championship and one national team championship each year. For international club competitions every other year, every team could be placed with same place teams from the league standings of each nation the year before. In this players, club teams would play league games one year and international club leagues the following year, instead of playing both the same year; while there would be a major tournament for national teams every year, World Cup one year with Continental Cup the following year, to keep the top quality in soccer competition every year. Player load for club games would be more manageable; with audiences being treated to major national team tournament every year