Yorkie Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 See Rennes have been awarded victory for the Spurs game, so that's them out of the Conference League, which I'm sure they're gutted about. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdm Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 On 19/12/2021 at 16:31, Anon said: It boils my piss that some players are only referred to using their full name every time by commentators. Current example is Naby Keita. Demba Ba Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCormick Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 8 minutes ago, gdm said: Demba Ba Troy Deeney/ Troidini Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Harry Arter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
number37 Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Conversely: Trent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Linton Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 1 minute ago, number37 said: Conversely: Trent. Virgil Very much a McManaman thing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 You people are obsessed with what other people call other people. i remember when you all got up in arms about Ayoze Peres being called by his proper name. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raconteur Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 16 hours ago, Happinesstan said: You people are obsessed with what other people call other people. i remember when you all got up in arms about Ayoze Peres being called by his proper name. I remember a period of a few weeks where it seemed commentators had been briefed to call him “Ayothee” and then it went back to Ayozee or Perez. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRaspberryJam Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Dunno which thread it was in, but remember Batty being discussed the other day. This popped up on my FB TL when a Leeds mate commented on it. Some canny tackles in there: https://www.facebook.com/LeedsUnited/videos/1809782945886806 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 24 minutes ago, Raconteur said: I remember a period of a few weeks where it seemed commentators had been briefed to call him “Ayothee” and then it went back to Ayozee or Perez. My point is, if you introduced yourself to Ayoze he would introduce himself as Ay-oh-they, what more do you need? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raconteur Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Just now, Happinesstan said: My point is, if you introduced yourself to Ayoze he would introduce himself as Ay-oh-they, what more do you need? I guess I was commentating on the absurdity of it. My daughter has my Perez top now I’ve got an ASM, and she still pronounces it as Ayothee. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Just now, Raconteur said: I guess I was commentating on the absurdity of it. My daughter has my Perez top now I’ve got an ASM, and she still pronounces it as Ayothee. Good. Why would you pronounce it any other way? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raconteur Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 1 minute ago, Happinesstan said: Good. Why would you pronounce it any other way? Gets confusing when we play FIFA and “Perez” has the ball. I hear you - I used to be a teacher, and getting kids’ names is really important. You ask them to pronounce it, repeat it back and listen for corrections. Some of the pronunciation is diabolical - from Karlo Darlow in goals to San-Maxima up front. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 1 minute ago, Raconteur said: Gets confusing when we play FIFA and “Perez” has the ball. I hear you - I used to be a teacher, and getting kids’ names is really important. You ask them to pronounce it, repeat it back and listen for corrections. Some of the pronunciation is diabolical - from Karlo Darlow in goals to San-Maxima up front. It's something that bugged m about Mirandinha's signing. There was a week long inquest into how to say his name. Just ask the fucker. Similar thing with Mourinho. Is it Jose, hose, yossie? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 FIFA even has the proper Portuguese pronunciations now… Bruno Fernanch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieDazzler Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 No matter how corrupt the PL is, FIFA will always be the OG's It will happen too as they'll offer financial incentives to the smaller federations to outvote the European leagues. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Would be great. Club football is shite Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
number37 Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Would be hilarious if UEFA and CONMEBOL just choose to enter the "properly timed" World Cups (2022, 2026, 2030, etc) and not Wenger's new additional ones. They can incentivise via the brown envelope method all they like but I can't see how a Trinidad v Denmark final generates that extra $3bn for FIFA. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LV Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 It would be fucking shite. Cheapening the game again and again for the pursuit of lucre. Fuck it, let’s simulate games from now on using AI making sure only the current best teams and players win and get top brands to sponsor it. The Amazon World Cup with E-Ronaldo winning the Gazprom Golden Boot again in 2059 for the 35th year running. Brazil and Germany finalists again. England out on penalties in the quarters. All available on Amazon Super Prime (subscription only) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 1 hour ago, triggs said: Would be great. Club football is shite Club football would still be shit whilst international football would be worsened. Absolute crock of shit from Infantino. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 1 minute ago, Yorkie said: Club football would still be shit whilst international football would be worsened. Absolute crock of shit from Infantino. Would it be worsened? Loads of things are on more often than every 4 years and aren't worse. The Olympics would be worse but that's just because nee fucker cares about the vast majority of those sports. At least there's some kind of competitive balance in international football and it isn't just which Arab state or other shadowy figure is better at running a football club Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 I fail to see how the World Cup would be improved or, at worst, unchanged (in terms of the majesty of its spectacle) by having it on twice as often. The sport is already utterly saturated. I agree entirely that international football is far purer than the elite club game but again I feel that's aided by the infrequency of the tournaments. If the international game became as exploited as the club one (doubling the frequency would be an example of that), then the countries would just become like clubs. It would all go the same way, as the same forces and motivations are driving the two systems. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 (edited) It wouldn't matter how good it is or how much I'd enjoy it, the WC being every 2 years would immediately degrade what it means to win it or take part in it for me. A huge part of the win/lose element of the whole thing is having to wait another 4 years for the next one and I like that about it. We're almost at saturation point with football anyway and as we've seen with the pandemic, there's almost no room to maneouvre as it is. It seems like this is the next step they're choosing in the whole insane economic model of needing infinite growth. If they get away with this step being successful, it's just a step nearer to them taking the next one or the one after too far and the whole thing collapsing imo, just like we saw with the ESL. Edited December 21, 2021 by kisearch Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Last thing this sport needs is more games. I would like it to be more creative like invite the Scottish league into the league cup and rebrand. Revert the ECL to champions only and winners of the domestic cup. Have 2-6 in a 2 Leg Europa KO Cup also. Scrap all International friendlies and League Of Nations. Then devise a tournament so I can watch NUFC away to Boca Juniors ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foluwashola Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Unaware of any football fan asking for this. As always the focus is on ways to make more money as opposed to genuinely improving the sport. Horrific. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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