The Footie Thread

[Rlburnside]

I don't really see any better options out there though. Who were you thinking to get in? And if you say Harry Redknapp or Tim Sherwood I'm disowning you.

That’s the problem now very few would want to come in for 7-8 games and the ones that would are not the answer.
Dyche probably would have been more suited for the relegation battle than De Zerbie.
But to get Tudor in when De Zerbie was available is strange.

Unless De Zerbie didn’t want to come till next season but Spurs could have forced his hand the same way Man Utd did with Amorim.

I’m not sure they really wanted De Zerbie but their out of options now.

The big problem now as I see it is that when De Zerbie goes to a new club he looses a lot of his first 5/6 games before he can bed his style of play in.

Only bright spot is we might win the league next season but the wrong one

 

[Swango1980]

sorry confused at what the issue is ?

Just stated that I think World Cup should be hosted by a single country and that Mexico were able to host it before on their own

They had to put on 52 games last time they had the world cup. The next world cup will have 104 games

The sheer volume of games, logistics and more strict standards that need to be met, means you can't really say they did it once, so they can do it again.

I wonder if Uruguay could host an entire World Cup on its own?

 

[Arthur Wedge]

But of a loose point using Mexico as previous host so should have the ability to again. They hosted in what 1970 & 1982 at which time football was a standing spectator sport , health and safety was much less of an issue so stadiums don’t have to meet the same criteria they do these days. There’s also been a large shift in global capital , I’m sure if they could have afforded to do it alone they’d have tried to.

Realistically there are going to be fewer single country world cups being hosted based on costs, Infrastructure etc. To expect it to remain that way in future is unrealistic unless we’re going to the Middle East again and get the complaints about human rights again. FIFA is no longer just a governing body overseeing the game it’s now a multi billion dollar corporation and as such will go where the highest bidders are so more and more it will become a multi country hosted event.

It’s very much greed - getting as many game as possible , extending the tournament, getting as much money in as possible , something will break soon enough

Love a summer tournament but this might be the first where it will pass many by

They won’t do it but reduce it back to how it was in Germany , Brazil etc

 

[Lucifer MorningStar]

It’s very much greed - getting as many game as possible , extending the tournament, getting as much money in as possible , something will break soon enough

Love a summer tournament but this might be the first where it will pass many by

They won’t do it but reduce it back to how it was in Germany , Brazil etc

People are not passing this tournament by based on extending the tournament or number of teams though, they're avoiding it because its in USA and the ongoing global issues surrounding it.

 

[Neilds]

People are not passing this tournament by based on extending the tournament or number of teams though, they're avoiding it because its in USA and the ongoing global issues surrounding it.

I think the time that a lot of the matches are being shown in this country is a bigger factor as to why the TV audiences will probably be down. Not sure many will be watching England v Panama which starts at 10:00 at night, especially as it should be a dead rubber.

 

[Lucifer MorningStar]

I think the time that a lot of the matches are being shown in this country is a bigger factor as to why the TV audiences will probably be down. Not sure many will be watching England v Panama which starts at 10:00 at night, especially as it should be a dead rubber.

Possibly right but avid fans will always watch the more casuals have even more reasons now not to watch

 

[nickjdavis]

They had to put on 52 games last time they had the world cup. The next world cup will have 104 games

The sheer volume of games, logistics and more strict standards that need to be met, means you can't really say they did it once, so they can do it again.

I wonder if Uruguay could host an entire World Cup on its own?

Almost certainly not....and the more it expands, the fewer countries will have the ability to host, unless they get clever with building "kit" stadiums that can then be torn down and sold to developing nations after the event.

2030 is being held across 6 countries....Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay, Spain, Portugal, Morocco.

OK the true hosts are the latter three countries and there will only be 3 actual fixtures played in South America as part of the Centenary Celebrations.

Maybe in 2066 England will get to host a ceremonial match to celebrate their only win?

 

[HampshireHog]

Are we anti England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales hosting the Euro’s in 2028?

I think it’s fine for smaller countries to pair up rather than never be able to host a tournament. Whist England probably has the stadia to accommodate an expanded World Cup. I doubt it our infrastructure could handle 48 sets of fans coming into the country, travelling and being accommodated.

 

[Hobbit]

Are we anti England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales hosting the Euro’s in 2028?

I think it’s fine for smaller countries to pair up rather than never be able to host a tournament. Whist England probably has the stadia to accommodate an expanded World Cup. I doubt it our infrastructure could handle 48 sets of fans coming into the country, travelling and being accommodated.

I’m not anti the GB&I hosting but I certainly do question the increase in the number of games. We’ve seen an increase in CL games and the addition of Europa League etc. We’ve seen the (whatever) International/european league.

At what cost?

The League Cup has long since been relegated to a Mickey Mouse Cup, and the FA Cup is heading the same way. And once upon a time the old first division, now the Premiership had 22 teams, not 20. All whilst the match going fans have seen phenomenal price increases. And I wonder what damage there’s been to other domestic leagues.

The people’s game… aye, right…

 

[Orikoru]

That’s the problem now very few would want to come in for 7-8 games and the ones that would are not the answer.
Dyche probably would have been more suited for the relegation battle than De Zerbie.
But to get Tudor in when De Zerbie was available is strange.

Unless De Zerbie didn’t want to come till next season but Spurs could have forced his hand the same way Man Utd did with Amorim.

I’m not sure they really wanted De Zerbie but their out of options now.

The big problem now as I see it is that when De Zerbie goes to a new club he looses a lot of his first 5/6 games before he can bed his style of play in.

Only bright spot is we might win the league next season but the wrong one

On the contrary, I think they probably did want De Zerbi but he initially said he wanted to start afresh next season, which would be why they got an interim manager in. Now they've gone back to DZ and said "The interim manager didn't bloody work, PLEASE can you take over now??" If he fails to keep us up, I think we'll see his contract terminated.

 

[PaulMdj]

Are we anti England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales hosting the Euro’s in 2028?

I think it’s fine for smaller countries to pair up rather than never be able to host a tournament. Whist England probably has the stadia to accommodate an expanded World Cup. I doubt it our infrastructure could handle 48 sets of fans coming into the country, travelling and being accommodated.

I’m not anti Countries sharing the event for the right reasons, ie, gives smaller Nations the chance to host these events.

I just prefer, like the Olympics, for one Country to host it all, I think being in one Country adds to the occassion.

 

[PaulMdj]

I think the time that a lot of the matches are being shown in this country is a bigger factor as to why the TV audiences will probably be down. Not sure many will be watching England v Panama which starts at 10:00 at night, especially as it should be a dead rubber.

I think the kick off times are irrelevant, in fact in some ways it’s added to previous World Cups.

Either being allowed to stay up late or being woke up in the night to go down stairs and watch the match, or, as an adult trying to sort my days out, coming in early or going home late to watch the games etc.

This agsin is part of the magic of the WC when growing up.

 

[Neilds]

I think the kick off times are irrelevant, in fact in some ways it’s added to previous World Cups.

Either being allowed to stay up late or being woke up in the night to go down stairs and watch the match, or, as an adult trying to sort my days out, coming in early or going home late to watch the games etc.

This agsin is part of the magic of the WC when growing up.

Maybe if you are a big fan, but it is another reason for the not so keen to give it a miss.

 

[PaulMdj]

Maybe if you are a big fan, but it is another reason for the not so keen to give it a miss.

But the not so keen have always had that reason, just like the big fans sorting their life out.

My reasons for losing interest this time round is nothing to do with kick off times, it’s all about, sadly, it being held in the USA and POTUS.

 

[Hobbit]

I’m not anti Countries sharing the event for the right reasons, ie, gives smaller Nations the chance to host these events.

I just prefer, like the Olympics, for one Country to host it all, I think being in one Country adds to the occassion.

I don’t disagree but if the intention is to go for more teams in the finals…

As for the Olympics, it’s far easier to give that to one country as it’s spread across a number of sports…

 

[Hobbit]

But the not so keen have always had that reason, just like the big fans sorting their life out.

My reasons for losing interest this time round is nothing to do with kick off times, it’s all about, sadly, it being held in the USA and POTUS.

I don’t know why, or won’t just come out and say it, but I doubt I’ll watch many matches at at all unless they’re in Canada or Mexico.

 

[Lucifer MorningStar]

But the not so keen have always had that reason, just like the big fans sorting their life out.

My reasons for losing interest this time round is nothing to do with kick off times, it’s all about, sadly, it being held in the USA and POTUS.

That's literally my main reasons, nothing to do with kick off times as I can work around those. But the USA and Orange man issues I can't reconcile so will watch very little if any of the event itself.

 

[Arthur Wedge]

Are we anti England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales hosting the Euro’s in 2028?

I think it’s fine for smaller countries to pair up rather than never be able to host a tournament. Whist England probably has the stadia to accommodate an expanded World Cup. I doubt it our infrastructure could handle 48 sets of fans coming into the country, travelling and being accommodated.

Very much was against the extending the number of teams in the Euros

It was also a consequence of multiple hosts because they all gain direct entry ( think they may have changed it for Euros 2028 )

 

[Neilds]

I find it really bizarre that so called football fans are saying they aren't going to be watching the World Cup because of a certain individual. He will not be shown at the vast majority of the games, won't even be mentioned. Strange behaviour.

 

[Hobbit]

I find it really bizarre that so called football fans are saying they aren't going to be watching the World Cup because of a certain individual. He will not be shown at the vast majority of the games, won't even be mentioned. Strange behaviour.

I find it very strange men in anoraks sit on railway platforms copying down train I.D. numbers, but it’s their choice.