People are absolutely tearing into the 24-team Euro 2016 format

John Delaney spoke and Uefa listened.

Euro 2016 saw 24 teams competing for the first time in the international competition's history, with the chief executive of the FAI one of the most prominent campaigners for an increase from the 16  teams that took part in the competition from 1996 to 2012. While the expansion of the competition helped countries like Ireland reach the finals, there are many who are less than enthralled by the format which sees just eight teams eliminated from the entire group stage. This system has been blamed for some of the frankly dull football that has been on display so far as the bigger teams know that they'll definitely qualify, while other sides are desperate not to lose as three points could be enough to reach the knockout stages. Also causing a lot of headaches is the system which sees the four-best third placed teams qualify for the last-16. It's led to a situation where Albania played their final group game on Sunday but must wait until Wednesday night to see if their campaign is over or not. Fans are complaining that it's changed the complexion of the competition. Well, that's the clean version. Basically everyone is moaning that it's turned it into a boring shower of shit. After England played out a 0-0 stalemate on Monday night against a resolute Slovakia, who had 11 men behind the ball for much of the game, the ire reached fever pitch... https://twitter.com/GaryLineker/status/744998456536735748 https://twitter.com/PaulInce/status/744999499207155713 https://twitter.com/danwaddell/status/744994811539763201 https://twitter.com/mattyyyevans/status/745007101534179328 https://twitter.com/lewis_parish/status/745004977341476864 https://twitter.com/JamesDallESPN/status/744998993378295808 https://twitter.com/samuelluckhurst/status/744993561947447296 https://twitter.com/JamesOlley/status/744999487270170624 https://twitter.com/A_W_Gordon/status/744997159158833152 https://twitter.com/KarlreMarks/status/744996945001779200 https://twitter.com/El_Seguidor_FCB/status/745006561597202432