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Topic Originator: widtink
Date: Sun 15 Jun 01:07
Live on channel 5 on council telly now.
Inter Miami Vs Al Ahly.
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Topic Originator: GG Riva
Date: Sun 15 Jun 07:09
Quote:
widtink, Sun 15 Jun 01:07
Live on channel 5 on council telly now.
Inter Miami Vs Al Ahly.
I don`t like to be negative, but this is a total irrelevance of a tournament. I know many of the players on show will be on eye-watering salaries, but they shouldn`t be asked to play virtually all year round.
How many days between the end of this tournament and the start of pre-season training?
Not your average Sunday League player.
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Topic Originator: DBP
Date: Sun 15 Jun 07:57
I agree, not only do i think the players need a break bit I think fans do to.
I know I like space to watch, get involved and just even think about other things, so i can then look forward to seeing football again when the season starts up again
Also theres the law of diminishing returns, the more competitions you have, the more you devalue the ones you already got
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Topic Originator: kozmasrightfoot
Date: Sun 15 Jun 13:34
Fitbaw is fitbaw, I`m sure the games will be fairly competitive due to the money involved.
Not tonight though, US Open final round baby yeah. Shagafreakindelic.
Pars fan.
Magpies fan.
Mens tennis fan.
Alternative rock fan.
Not a fan of much else.
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Topic Originator: MinnesotaAndy
Date: Sun 15 Jun 13:43
You can never usually get too much of a good thing, but I think there are too many competitions that make too many demands on players and fans. Will those who control the sport end up killing the golden goose?
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Topic Originator: The One Who Knocks
Date: Sun 15 Jun 16:35
Two points. Firstly when the European Cup first started I think only a handful of national champions participated. Reaction from media and supporters was lukewarm. Was it any better received in it`s second year? I don`t know but Real Madrid still count both successes in those years as major trophies. I`m sure a similar argument could be made regarding the World Cup. None of these tournaments begin as being successes. They grow into it. It may be the same with this competition in years to come.
Secondly, we have a very Eurocentric view on this. We`ve got the champions league and the other Euro competitions which bring in huge sums of money and allows European clubs to remain top of the tree. What about the South American clubs though and the others from the Americas and Africa and so on? Maybe they are ecstatic with the eye watering sums of money on offer in this tournament as well as the extra global media exposure on them.
And although my eyes were open
They just might as well be closed
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Topic Originator: saltonsgonagetu
Date: Sun 15 Jun 17:11
Bayern v Auckland on channel 5 just now
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Topic Originator: the saline hill puma
Date: Sun 15 Jun 17:22
Quote:
saltonsgonagetu, Sun 15 Jun 17:11
Bayern v Auckland on channel 5 just now
4-0 after 20 minutes
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Topic Originator: Dave_1885
Date: Sun 15 Jun 17:31
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the saline hill puma, Sun 15 Jun 17:22
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saltonsgonagetu, Sun 15 Jun 17:11
Bayern v Auckland on channel 5 just now
4-0 after 20 minutes
Not surprising - it’s effectively Bayern Vs Arbroath. Auckland left some players in NZ as they had work commitments so couldn’t travel. They are a part time side btw, in the competition due to winning the Oceana Champions League.
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Topic Originator: Andrew283
Date: Sun 15 Jun 17:31
Auckland have a depleted squad as many have part time jobs. Crazy
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Topic Originator: Parallel Lines
Date: Sun 15 Jun 19:21
Think it`s more Bonnyrigg Rose v Bayern.
Disappointed in Bayern they looked like they wanted more than 10. Because Juniors next for Auckland..🫣.
Still £3.5 million not to be sniffed at.
I looked for my pet in all the books on animals and birds and then I found it in the Book of Revelations.Marty Feldman
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Topic Originator: Connor560
Date: Sun 15 Jun 19:24
Think i seen something earlier than in club rankings they`d be c1000 places worse than Queen of the South
C'mon Ye Pars!
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Topic Originator: Parallel Lines
Date: Sun 15 Jun 19:29
Boca not because...
I looked for my pet in all the books on animals and birds and then I found it in the Book of Revelations.Marty Feldman
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Topic Originator: saltonsgonagetu
Date: Sun 15 Jun 23:32
Auckland`s amateur players reportedly have a salary cap of 150 New Zealand dollars (around £66) per week, while Harry Kane is reported to be earning £400,000 per week at Bayern. On that basis, it would take Auckland`s best-paid player about 117 years to earn Kane`s weekly salary.
Auckland`s squad is valued at 4.58m euros (around £3.9m) by Transfermarkt, while Bayern`s is valued at 903.5m euros (around £769m).
Oceania`s sole representatives at the tournament, Auckland are getting £2.6m in prize money for taking part, while European clubs – including Bayern – stand to earn between £9.9m and £29.6m.
Bayern are currently ranked sixth in Opta`s Power Rankings – a global team ranking system – but Auckland are down in 5,074th, over 2,500 places below English National League side York City
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Topic Originator: P
Date: Wed 18 Jun 18:25
I see FIFA has decided not to display any anti-racism or anti-discrimination messaging during games at the ongoing Club World Cup. Whether you see any value at all that stuff it should be embarrassing for FIFA to throw away their core principles to cosey up to the local dictator. Course FIFA have no shame so will remain unbothered.
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Topic Originator: bigdonnie
Date: Wed 18 Jun 18:34
this is just a joke making mega bucks for f.i.f.a and the so called club champions lot of them couldnt even win scottish championahip only some are taking it seriously like bayern psg chelsea and few others some arent bothering two dire games were inter miami and ah aly and borussia dortmund and fluminese nearly fell asleep that auckland mob couldnt beat ayr utd there so bad
donald mcneil
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Topic Originator: Never10yairds
Date: Wed 18 Jun 18:39
I only watch Scottish football or the odd European game a Scottish club are involved in. Don’t really have the time or inclination to watch much else.
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Topic Originator: Jock Par36
Date: Wed 18 Jun 21:15
This tournament is one load of crap
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Topic Originator: kozmasrightfoot
Date: Thu 19 Jun 15:23
It`s been varied in quality so far due to how poor some of the lesser clubs have been.
It`ll get much better come the knock out stages.
What has been annoying is the game delays due to thunderstorms.
Pars fan.
Magpies fan.
Mens tennis fan.
Alternative rock fan.
Not a fan of much else.
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Topic Originator: kozmasrightfoot
Date: Thu 19 Jun 22:45
A bit of Messi magic in the last game. Pin perfect free kick.
Pars fan.
Magpies fan.
Mens tennis fan.
Alternative rock fan.
Not a fan of much else.
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Topic Originator: stevemac
Date: Fri 20 Jun 18:59
Another game affected by "adverse weather" (Benfica v Auckland)
Heard that if there is one lightning strike within a certain radius then players go off for 30 minutes. They can only return if no further strikes in 30 minutes. Even if there is a strike on 29:59 then they have to stay off another 30 minutes.Theyve already been off over an hour tonight.
Really can`t see people putting up with that at the World cup next year both in the stadium and the viewers.
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Topic Originator: Johan_Cruyff
Date: Fri 20 Jun 19:07
stevemac = that is the rule across all sports and age groups (right down to youth footie)
If there is a lightning strike within 6 miles there is a 30 min delay from the last strike so yep, you can sit for 29 mins and then the clock resets if there is another one. I coached a footie match where we kicked off at 7pm and the game finished at 11.45pm due to the storms.
I found it totally baffling until a tragic incident with a guy I knew who sadly didnt clear the area during a storm and passed away after he was struck :(
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Topic Originator: widtink
Date: Fri 20 Jun 19:07
Maybe they should just play on and call it a lightning round .... First team not to lose a player to a lightning strike wins.
They could call it sudden death , with the emphasis on it really will be a sudden death.
Ye ken .... 🤔
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Topic Originator: stevemac
Date: Fri 20 Jun 19:10
Originator: Johan_Cruyff like
Date: Fri 20 Jun 19:07
stevemac = that is the rule across all sports and age groups (right down to youth footie)
If there is a lightning strike within 6 miles there is a 30 min delay from the last strike so yep, you can sit for 29 mins and then the clock resets if there is another one. I coached a footie match where we kicked off at 7pm and the game finished at 11.45pm due to the storms.
I found it totally baffling until a tragic incident with a guy I knew who sadly didnt clear the area during a storm and passed away after he was struck :(
Obviously wasn`t aware of that rule. Cheers
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Topic Originator: RhinoPars
Date: Fri 20 Jun 20:27
A couple of years back my local club (Maritzburg United - before they relocated to Durban) had a player die after being struck by lightening while training. A footballer was killed in Peru and somewhere I read a whole team was killed by lightening during a game while their opponents all survived. Thus major lightening storms are not a joke. Locally I have only been to one match with a long lightening storm delay.
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Topic Originator: P
Date: Fri 20 Jun 21:06
Quote:
Johan_Cruyff, Fri 20 Jun 19:07
stevemac = that is the rule across all sports and age groups (right down to youth footie)
If there is a lightning strike within 6 miles there is a 30 min delay from the last strike so yep, you can sit for 29 mins and then the clock resets if there is another one. I coached a footie match where we kicked off at 7pm and the game finished at 11.45pm due to the storms.
I found it totally baffling until a tragic incident with a guy I knew who sadly didnt clear the area during a storm and passed away after he was struck :(
Interesting since my 8yo was playing a football festival at Kildrum last weekend and they refused to stop anything despite the lightening and the coaches chose to pull the team.
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Topic Originator: stevemac
Date: Fri 20 Jun 21:43
Originator: RhinoPars
Date: Fri 20 Jun 20:27
A couple of years back my local club (Maritzburg United - before they relocated to Durban) had a player die after being struck by lightening while training. A footballer was killed in Peru and somewhere I read a whole team was killed by lightening during a game while their opponents all survived. Thus major lightening storms are not a joke. Locally I have only been to one match with a long lightening storm delay.
I was basing my observation on here in Scotland as it is extremely rare that lightning could be an issue.However can appreciate now how different it can be elsewhere..... although I stand by my comments about how fans/TV companies could react to it wh n it comes to delays.
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Topic Originator: The One Who Knocks
Date: Wed 9 Jul 22:05
Just watched PSG destroy Real Madrid 4-0. Xabi Alonso will be gone before the start of next season.
Chelsea V PSG in the final, both clubs have already made over 60m in prize money with the winner topping 100m.
This thing is here to stay, and you know what , I`ve not been disappointed in what I`ve seen.
And although my eyes were open
They just might as well be closed
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Topic Originator: kozmasrightfoot
Date: Wed 9 Jul 22:08
What I`ve watched has been enjoyable and competitive. 100 million is a big incentive to play well.
Pars fan.
Magpies fan.
Mens tennis fan.
Alternative rock fan.
Not a fan of much else.
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Topic Originator: The One Who Knocks
Date: Thu 10 Jul 00:14
Just a disappointment that the Brazil clubs are so devoid of the personality that so defined their football from the past seventy odd years. Vinny Jnr at Real Madrid must be one of the most overrated players ever. Not saying he isn`t a good player but he`s not in the same bracket as Ronaldo,Ronaldinho or Romario. Not even a Kaka or Rivaldo. Don`t think Brazilian football has ever recovered from being humiliated by the Germans in 2014. Worse still for them is that they took all the wrong lessons from that humbling.
And although my eyes were open
They just might as well be closed
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