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Ramsay Hunt Experience
Footballguy
Even a stunner from Benzema could not outshine former NY Red Bull legend Andreas Cornelius.
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
This is interesting because I think they are in the same group in the WC and teams usually avoid playing each other in the run up but with Nations League they could not avoid it.
That being said, look at the quality of competition they are getting and then look at what the US will get in our two nations league games which will be of almost no use in preparing for the WC.
Dinsy Ejotuz
Footballguy
Grenada, fair enough.
But I'm pretty happy with the Morocco, Uruguay, @El Salvador pre-WC lineup so far.
titusbramble
Footballguy
Nobody in the UK thinks that, he's ****ing terrible, that said it's never discussed because we're more concerned about just how bad the colour guy is which is McCoist >>>>>>>> vuvuzelas >>>>>>>>>>>>> all pundits not mentioned >>>>>>>> Carragher > McManaman
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
I was thinking the other day if the schedule (and rules) would have allowed that we could have sent our U20 qualifying team to play Grenada and ELS, which would have been a solid test for them in prep for qualifying and then we could have scheduled two more friendlies against WC participants.
I am very eager to see the Uruguay game. They torched Mexico so they should be a very tough game for us.
El Floppo
Footballguy
ok, a couple what's FIFA gonna FIFA wonderings...
Mex vs Ecuador game was stopped last night... I understand because of the usual Mex fan BS. it's the umpteenth time they've done this, so I further assume the MEX women's team will punished accordingly. seriously... FIFA obviously doesn't care. Mex fans obviously don't care. either let them shout their BS or actually do something. maybe no Mex fans for the WC. that would be something. would suck, because Mex fans are usually pretty great at the WC, but #### them if they don't give a ####.
Hungary was forced to play England behind "closed doors" because of racist crap from a previous game(s). they were allowed to bring kids in, every 10 kids allowed an adult chaperone. supposedly close to 34k spectators for the "closed door" match. AND the kids booed England players taking a knee against racism. Booed for taking a stand against racism, by kids, in a country already "punished" (only 34k spectators) for racism.
I guess the Mex women's team will take another hit for that one too.
Mex vs Ecuador game was stopped last night... I understand because of the usual Mex fan BS. it's the umpteenth time they've done this, so I further assume the MEX women's team will punished accordingly. seriously... FIFA obviously doesn't care. Mex fans obviously don't care. either let them shout their BS or actually do something. maybe no Mex fans for the WC. that would be something. would suck, because Mex fans are usually pretty great at the WC, but #### them if they don't give a ####.
Hungary was forced to play England behind "closed doors" because of racist crap from a previous game(s). they were allowed to bring kids in, every 10 kids allowed an adult chaperone. supposedly close to 34k spectators for the "closed door" match. AND the kids booed England players taking a knee against racism. Booed for taking a stand against racism, by kids, in a country already "punished" (only 34k spectators) for racism.
I guess the Mex women's team will take another hit for that one too.
DJackson10
Footballguy
Moe. said:
Pique is an idiot. He apparently cheated on her. There was a rumor I won't even repeat as it was fake news and it sounds like the journalists who tweeted it knew it and could be facing legal action from Both Pique and Shakira as well as Gavi.
Anyway apparently he cheated on her with a 2O yrs old waitress or something. The hell is this guy doing cheating on Shakira?
DJackson10
Footballguy
If Fifa was serious they'd just start banning teams from international competitions. Mexican Men's team fans have done this constantly and neither their Federation or fans care. Fifa loves to virtue signal a ton on these issues though. Qatar was already warned if they didn't allow women into matches the next time they'd face disciplinary including possible a WC ban. Qatar broke the rule again and still nothing. Fifa only Virtue Signals these things. They only care about where their money is unfortunately.
I've already repeated numerious times what I'd do about the Mexican situation. Basically TTLTR Version is next time Mexico has the chants 3 closed door matches. After that it happens again they are bared from the WC/Gold Cup and any other tournament that is played next. Mexican officials would be heavily fined with possible fan bannings.
This is just another reason why I laugh at UEFA pusnihging a Milan or Inter for FFP where you have numerious clubs like PSG and Barca who especially can barely sign new players is allowed loop holes but you punish other teams when theres obvious violations. I really don't get it honestly. However I've said for years, the only thing more corrupt then US Congress is UEFA and FIFA.
DJackson10
Footballguy
titusbramble said:
I'm just adding my 2 cents but Martin Tyler and Derrick Rea are the best Commentators for English version. DR on the Bundisliga is amazing and he knows Germany and the league well.
Andre Cordero and Matteo Bonetti are however on of the top duos in football commentary today in terms of younger commentators.
B Maverick
Footballguy
wherever, whenever, they wont be together.....Moe. said:
Her hips don't lie. Stupid Pique
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
Good thing this is happening in Holland and not in the USL else everyone would be #####ing about the dumb yanks trying to change the sport.
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[KNVB] The KNVB aims to test new rules in the Dutch Second Division from 2023/24 onwards. Throw-ins become kick-ins, allowing players to dribble from free-kicks, 5 minute penalties after a yellow, infinite subs and clear playing time (2x30 min).
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[KNVB] The KNVB aims to test new rules in the Dutch Second Division from 2023/24 onwards. Throw-ins become kick-ins, allowing players to dribble from free-kicks, 5 minute penalties after a yellow, infinite subs and clear playing time (2x30 min).
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
My Revs got a nice $10m for selling Buska to Lens in France today.
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
I hate the unlimited subs. The rest I would be curious about to see the effects..
I think kickins would ever so slightly raise goals per game, which the sport needs. Dribble from free kicks though seems almost meaningless since one quick short pass does the same thing today.
One thing I did learn is that this is not a pro league (this is not the second tier in Holland, which has a different name), this is an amateur league in Holland.
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Poke_4_Life
Footballguy
Good grief. They are really trying everything all at once. I don't hate all of these changes, but damn if they will know what changes were positive or negative.NewlyRetired said:
Poke_4_Life
Footballguy
I assume the unlimited subs cannot be used on someone serving a 5-min penalty. I'd be curious how this plan will work (if they didn't make so many other changes all at once...).
El Floppo
Footballguy
I think it could...but the sub would serve the remainder of the penalty.
The question for me is- is the 5 minutes clock time or kept by the ref? Teams are going to stall, concacaf style, to burn that 5 minutes.
Poke_4_Life
Footballguy
El Floppo
Footballguy
right.
I'm on the fence with the 30 minute clock. it means somebody is now an official time-keeper, correct? we had that in college... counted down from 45 and somebody start/stop it at stoppages... but it felt a bit- cheaterish. I assume it will have very strict rules regarding what constitutes a stoppage and what constitutes game play to eliminate that.
I suppose, in theory at least, it would eliminate the need for rolling around histrionics time-wasting. a good thing.
El Floppo
Footballguy
thanks to GregR in his and Fred's thread o' silly images/gifs.
Umtiti and Griezeman... bff for ever and ever.
Umtiti and Griezeman... bff for ever and ever.
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
as opposed to the ref who adds or subtracts time at will based on arbitrary rules that appear to change game to game and ref to ref, or on how many prostitutes' each team has supplied him???????????????
A time keeper with exact rules that every fan knows removes a MASSIVE level of corruption in the game that has gone on for years all over the world.
El Floppo
Footballguy
lol... for sure... I wasn't making that comment relative the current setup- just pointing out what I remember (home student turning the clock on and off in any way that helped their team).as opposed to the ref who adds or subtracts time at will based on arbitrary rules that appear to change game to game and ref to ref, or on how many prostitutes' each team has supplied him???????????????
A time keeper with exact rules that every fan knows removes a MASSIVE level of corruption in the game that has gone on for years all over the world.
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
It has long been suspected, but never confirmed, that it was the Kraft family that was the loudest voice in the room convincing many other owners that MLS could never be a selling league or be a part of the world market.
In the last 10 months, the Revs have:
Sold Tajon Buchanan for $10.45m (all profit)
Sold Matt Turner for $10.12m (all profit)
Sold Adam Buska for $10m ($6m profit)
Times, they are a changing.....
In the last 10 months, the Revs have:
Sold Tajon Buchanan for $10.45m (all profit)
Sold Matt Turner for $10.12m (all profit)
Sold Adam Buska for $10m ($6m profit)
Times, they are a changing.....
B Maverick
Footballguy
I hate all those changes. Just makes it indoor style without the walls.
B Maverick
Footballguy
we did too and I hated it
I love added time. And not just because its universally known as Fergie Time.as opposed to the ref who adds or subtracts time at will based on arbitrary rules that appear to change game to game and ref to ref, or on how many prostitutes' each team has supplied him???????????????
A time keeper with exact rules that every fan knows removes a MASSIVE level of corruption in the game that has gone on for years all over the world.
WHY DO YOU ALL WANT TO DESTROY THE GAME WE LOVE?!?!?!?
roadkill1292
Footballguy
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
They did not fully understand the model of the world soccer market and really wanted to model MLS after the NFL in which they never would have to deal with buying or selling.
Everything changed though when the league as whole decided they had to enter the world market to stay competative and made the very good decision that if they were going to do that they had to invest in academies.
Many of the large sales today are a result of money that was invested a decade ago. Once owners saw that Dallas was producing players that foreign teams were willing to pay money for it open many eyes. And then when Fonzi was sold for $16m to Bayern, even the biggest doubters like the Kraft's woke up. It was after this that they went all in and spent $35m on a development facility, which was more money than they had spent in the entire history of the team up to that point.
And now they are starting to enter the world market themselves and can see how just a few players selling for big money can fuel the whole system to repeat itself over and over again.
B Maverick
Footballguy
So much to take in with this story, oneof which is the actual team names. Match fixing by the teams and refs?
South African clubs banned for life after two games see 41 own goals scored with results of 33-1 and 59-1
South African fourth-tier sides Matiyasi FC, Shivulani Dangerous Tigers, Kotoko Happy Boys and Nsami Mighty Birds have been banned for life after being found guilty of fixing matches.
Tigers and Matiyasi were fighting for the top position to gain promotion; the former claimed a 33-1 win over Happy Boys as Matiyasi defeated Mighty Birds 59-1.
This obviously caught the attention of administrators and investigations were done, with the clubs found guilty.
What happened in the South African fourth division?
"Our investigation found Matiyasi and Nsami wanted to stop Shivulani, who at the time were leading with a three-point gap and a goal difference of 16, from topping the league so they agreed on fixing the match to prevent this from happening," Vincent Ramphago, who is the president of the Mopani region, told BBC Sport Africa.
"After hearing Matiyasi were leading 22-0 at half-time, Shivulani colluded to have Kotoko Happy Boys remove players from the field. The players who came off said they were tired, leaving their team with only seven players.
"In the Matiyasi game meanwhile, the referee gave players red cards so that ended up with seven players.
"When the teams had previously met in March, the scorelines were considerably more sober, with Matiyasi beating Mighty Birds 2-1 while Dangerous Tigers drew 2-2 with Happy Boys."
The administrator further said that many of the goals had not even been properly registered by match officials.
"We found the referee was just writing - 'player number 2 scored 10 goals, player number 5 scored 20 goals' and so on - but there were 41 own goals so how were they recording these?", he said.
'No respect for football'
Apart from the clubs being banned, the officials from the involved teams have also been suspended for five to eight seasons.
"These people don't have respect for football, and we cannot allow it to happen again," Ramphago added.
"What is sad is there are young players involved because the competition rules stipulate that each team has to field at least five players under 21.
"Our main aim in organising leagues is to make sure we groom the young footballers into potential future Bafana Bafana players."
What have club officials said about the incidents?
Mighty Birds coach Neil Thwala says he was helpless to stop the bizarre series of events.
"In the previous match we played, we were told the referee is part of Shivulane Dangerous Tigers," he said.
"We scored four goals but all of them were disallowed by the referee but then they hit the side netting and the referee said it's a goal. When we reported the matter, but we were told that the referee's decision is final.
"The players' minds were not on the game because even if they won, they knew it wasn't going to help them in any way. I tried as a coach to push them but it was difficult - there was nothing I could do."
South African clubs banned for life after two games see 41 own goals scored with results of 33-1 and 59-1
South African fourth-tier sides Matiyasi FC, Shivulani Dangerous Tigers, Kotoko Happy Boys and Nsami Mighty Birds have been banned for life after being found guilty of fixing matches.
Tigers and Matiyasi were fighting for the top position to gain promotion; the former claimed a 33-1 win over Happy Boys as Matiyasi defeated Mighty Birds 59-1.
This obviously caught the attention of administrators and investigations were done, with the clubs found guilty.
What happened in the South African fourth division?
"Our investigation found Matiyasi and Nsami wanted to stop Shivulani, who at the time were leading with a three-point gap and a goal difference of 16, from topping the league so they agreed on fixing the match to prevent this from happening," Vincent Ramphago, who is the president of the Mopani region, told BBC Sport Africa.
"After hearing Matiyasi were leading 22-0 at half-time, Shivulani colluded to have Kotoko Happy Boys remove players from the field. The players who came off said they were tired, leaving their team with only seven players.
"In the Matiyasi game meanwhile, the referee gave players red cards so that ended up with seven players.
"When the teams had previously met in March, the scorelines were considerably more sober, with Matiyasi beating Mighty Birds 2-1 while Dangerous Tigers drew 2-2 with Happy Boys."
The administrator further said that many of the goals had not even been properly registered by match officials.
"We found the referee was just writing - 'player number 2 scored 10 goals, player number 5 scored 20 goals' and so on - but there were 41 own goals so how were they recording these?", he said.
'No respect for football'
Apart from the clubs being banned, the officials from the involved teams have also been suspended for five to eight seasons.
"These people don't have respect for football, and we cannot allow it to happen again," Ramphago added.
"What is sad is there are young players involved because the competition rules stipulate that each team has to field at least five players under 21.
"Our main aim in organising leagues is to make sure we groom the young footballers into potential future Bafana Bafana players."
What have club officials said about the incidents?
Mighty Birds coach Neil Thwala says he was helpless to stop the bizarre series of events.
"In the previous match we played, we were told the referee is part of Shivulane Dangerous Tigers," he said.
"We scored four goals but all of them were disallowed by the referee but then they hit the side netting and the referee said it's a goal. When we reported the matter, but we were told that the referee's decision is final.
"The players' minds were not on the game because even if they won, they knew it wasn't going to help them in any way. I tried as a coach to push them but it was difficult - there was nothing I could do."
DJackson10
Footballguy
Concacafe says no-one can be as corrupt as we are. South African league says hold our beers
DJackson10
Footballguy
Really loving this new Italian side Mancini put together. I only wanted him to stay because a lot of the other options weren't better. Plus I don't think not qualifying for the WC can solely fall on him as FIGC has a lot to answer for. Really loving the younger guys in the squad They're hungry and competitive too. We just need to get Donnarumma more playing time at club level.
AAABatteries
Footballguy
NewlyRetired said:
Just want to make sure I understand.
- Throw-ins becoming kick-ins. This essentially becomes like a corner kick (essentially) but just anywhere the ball goes out. On the offensive end it seems like it will really slow the game down if they take as long to kick it in as they do on corners. On the defensive end, it will not allow teams to press throw-ins as most minnows will just hoof it forward. I hate this one and see no reason for it.
- Dribble from free kicks. They essentially already do this with short passes to a teammate. Not sure why they need this - I don't hate it, just don't get it.
- 5 minute penalty for a yellow - we've talked about this before and this is something I'm interested to see how it plays out. This could really up scoring with more 11 v 10 or even 11 v 9 and 11 v 8 scenarios. Teams will have to be very cautious about vigorous objections to the refs (yellow for a foul quickly followed by one for dissent) can drastically change the game. I like trying this out to see how it works
- Infinite subs - I have no issue with this, even allowing players to come back (think hockey lines) but it has to be seamless - if we have to wait for the 4th official for every sub then I'm not in favor of it.
- Clear playing time (2x30 min) - no clue what this means, can somebody help me out?
AAABatteries
Footballguy
Nevermind - I had only skimmed those others posts - I get it now and hate it. Clear playing time is crap although I would like to see some tweaks to added time.
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
UEFA continues to embarrass itself even more, even when most thought it was impossible to do so
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Ben Jacobs
@JacobsBen
Astonishingly, Erwan Le Prevost (FFF Director of International Competitions) says surveillance footage from the UCL Final has been deleted. It's automatically erased unless expressly requested. UEFA confirmed an investigation within seven days but no one asked for the videos
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Ben Jacobs
@JacobsBen
Astonishingly, Erwan Le Prevost (FFF Director of International Competitions) says surveillance footage from the UCL Final has been deleted. It's automatically erased unless expressly requested. UEFA confirmed an investigation within seven days but no one asked for the videos
encaitar
Footballguy
"We knew you were investigating, but didn't think you'd want to see videos of the incident." -- corrupt UEFA officials who don't want ANYONE to see videos of the incident.
CletiusMaximus
Footballguy
I haven't read the rule, but for this one I imagined a futsal-style kick in where they have to take it quickly - within 5 seconds or so I think - and there's no run up.
Dinsy Ejotuz
Footballguy
Least astonishing thing in the history of not astonishing things.
They've been lying since before the UCL final even started, and the video would prove it. Ergo, the video had to go.
DJackson10
Footballguy
The Philly Wold Cup committee is going wild with promoting a watch party at LOVE Park next Thursday for the World Cup 2O26 host cities. Telemundo is broadcasting the Spanish feed which is owned by Comcast which HQ's are in Philly and are a big soccer coverage body in the US. Also one of the Philly Writers who covers the Union his source who gave him the Covid UNION debacle with MLS plus the Julian Carranza news said he's certain Philly would be a host city. Don't think the committee would be promoting like crazy for next Thursday if they didn't think there was a legit shot of us hosting some matches. Going to see if any of Calcio guys from the Cafe are setting anything up for next Thursday as well.
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
El Floppo
Footballguy
CletiusMaximus
Footballguy
Arlo White is taking a ton of heat for joining LIV golf as its lead announcer. LIV Is generally considered the SuperLeague of golf, with the added burden of being funded by the Saudis. The guys on the WorldSoccerTalk podcast suggested the only people defending White and LIV are Newcastle supporters!
I don't follow golf, but have read a bit about LIV and there are some similarities with SuperLeague particularly regarding the difficulty they are having finding broadcast and commentator partners. The common wisdom is that any commentator who associates with LIV will be blackballed for life from any PGA involvement. I don't think Arlo has any golf experience so we can maybe assume LIV was similarly having difficulty finding an experienced voice in the golf world to cover its league. I certainly don't blame him for taking whatever pot of gold the Saudis are paying him to do LIV. But, I won't miss him on weekends this season. He was good, but had gotten stale after so many years and I have begun to dislike his style more and more in recent years. Looking forward to Drury.
I don't follow golf, but have read a bit about LIV and there are some similarities with SuperLeague particularly regarding the difficulty they are having finding broadcast and commentator partners. The common wisdom is that any commentator who associates with LIV will be blackballed for life from any PGA involvement. I don't think Arlo has any golf experience so we can maybe assume LIV was similarly having difficulty finding an experienced voice in the golf world to cover its league. I certainly don't blame him for taking whatever pot of gold the Saudis are paying him to do LIV. But, I won't miss him on weekends this season. He was good, but had gotten stale after so many years and I have begun to dislike his style more and more in recent years. Looking forward to Drury.
El Floppo
Footballguy
CletiusMaximus
Footballguy
McBokonon
Footballguy
Please. We don’t even know what this is. We’re too busy writing love songs to Amanda and wearing Joelinton Hawaiian shirts to weigh in on this nonsense.
AAABatteries
Footballguy
Normally I don’t chime in on these type of discussions but like I said in the golf thread, the Saudis are pretty horrible and I definitely think less of Arlo and these golfers for taking their money.
El Floppo
Footballguy
