General Football Thread - Any other business

Discussion in 'England' started by Marcho Gamgee, Apr 12, 2018.

  1. M

    M Member+

    Feb 18, 2000
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    Steve McClaren’s Jamaica fall to much lower ranked Guatemala in the CONCACAF Gold Cup. I only saw the second half but thry looked poor and disjointed.
     
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  2. lanman

    lanman BigSoccer Supporter

    Aug 30, 2002
    "Weird" doesn't do it justice. It's flat out bonkers.

    UEFA only sending two teams per country max, yet there's 4 Brazilian teams.
    Salzburg having only once qualified for the CL knockout phase.
    Chelsea by winning the CL 4 years ago, despite not qualifying for it the last two seasons.
    Juventus haven't got past the last 16 in the CL since 2019
     
  3. Fireburn47

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    West Ham United
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    Nov 5, 2021
  4. Fireburn47

    Fireburn47 Member+

    West Ham United
    England
    Nov 5, 2021
    1934915830355013695 is not a valid tweet id

    Thats a pretty good figure for the Chelsea match on Channel 5.
     
  5. BarryfromEastenders

    Staff Member

    Jul 6, 2008
    It depends what it is in comparison with. Hard to measure considering this type of tournament. I would probably expect more on free to air TV for an English club senior team in a competitive tournament when there is literally nothing else on TV.

    Considering the whole thing has been pretty much gifted to Channel 5 through Saudi money I am sure they are happy.

    England U21’s beat Harry Kane’s Bayern Munich when both games were on at the same time.

    https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/chelsea-lafc-club-world-cup-35402879
     
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  6. Fireburn47

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    West Ham United
    England
    Nov 5, 2021
    It’s above average for what Channel 5 normally show.
     
  7. BarryfromEastenders

    Staff Member

    Jul 6, 2008
    Not a surprise. Look at what they normally show at the same time. Things like cheaply made shows gossiping about the Royal Family.
     
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  8. Fireburn47

    Fireburn47 Member+

    West Ham United
    England
    Nov 5, 2021
    True and also the demographics are probably a lot better commercially for C5.

    If the final wasn’t directly clashing with England v Wales at the Women’s Euros as well as potentially the end of the Men’s final at Wimbledon the final could have got 2 million plus.
     
  9. M

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    Feb 18, 2000
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    Three MLS teams with one of them being there so Messi plays in the tournament…
     
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  10. Fireburn47

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  11. KHSAFC

    KHSAFC Member

    Sunderland
    England
    Feb 12, 2023
    I’d be astonished if this club World Cup makes it to 2029. Farcical competition.
     
  12. Gaz811

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    Everton FC
    England
    Oct 15, 2018
    Whats happened now?
     
  13. roverman

    roverman Member+

    Dec 22, 2001
    And stupid rubbish dump shows. Channel 5 has always been a joke Channel. Remember their first ever England game against Poland with the 'ready steady Teddy ' quote. Though he's come a long way that commentator. Forgot his name
     
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  14. lanman

    lanman BigSoccer Supporter

    Aug 30, 2002
    3,400 official attendance for the Ulsan Vs Mamelodi match, and I'm guessing that's based on tickets sold rather than people who actually turned up based on the photos I've seen
     
  15. Fireburn47

    Fireburn47 Member+

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    England
    Nov 5, 2021
    Fenway Sports Group, the owner of Liverpool, has turned its attention to the LaLiga side Getafe as it looks to develop a multi-club model. (The Times)
     
  16. Fireburn47

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    West Ham United
    England
    Nov 5, 2021
    Only 40k for Monterey v Inter which was played at 6pm in LA which has a very large Mexican community. Ticket prices must be to blame.

    Be interesting to see what next year’s World Cup manages for the lesser attractive group stage fixtures. The talk is majority of European team fixtures will be played in the daytime local hours so they not the middle of the night in Europe.
     
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  17. horrisengleton

    horrisengleton Member+

    Arsenal
    England
    Jul 18, 2023
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    I doubt the World Cup will struggle. It's an event of historic global prestige. Why would the average American care about the Club World Cup when fans in Europe's most football-mad countries don't?
     
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  18. Fireburn47

    Fireburn47 Member+

    West Ham United
    England
    Nov 5, 2021
    Ticket Prices could put people off as well as possible lower levels of travelling fans than expected. Still they did get incredible turnouts in 1994 and are using some smaller venues this time so non sells outs would be bad.
     
  19. MrSnrub

    MrSnrub Member+

    Oct 7, 2018
    #2719 MrSnrub, Jun 18, 2025
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    The world cup will be fine, its like the Olympics, even people who aren't interested in the sport will become interested for a world cup. With the expansion to 48 teams some of the games will invariably struggle to fill stadiums, but that would be the case anywhere.

    I'd still expect plenty of people to travel too, maybe not as many as would have done previously but certainly European fans will likely be there in force. It'll be way higher tourist numbers than some of the more recent world cups, especially South Africa. You need to put numbers in perspective, tourism to the US has declined, but its still very high in the most visited countries on the planet.
     
  20. Fireburn47

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    Nov 5, 2021
  21. andals

    andals Member

    Jun 13, 2015
    Nick Cox moving to Everton
     
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  22. roverman

    roverman Member+

    Dec 22, 2001
    Trent and Bellingham start for real
     
  23. Fireburn47

    Fireburn47 Member+

    West Ham United
    England
    Nov 5, 2021
     
  24. Fireburn47

    Fireburn47 Member+

    West Ham United
    England
    Nov 5, 2021
     
  25. horrisengleton

    horrisengleton Member+

    Arsenal
    England
    Jul 18, 2023
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    What's the role of a "Phase Leader"?
     

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