Other games (2024/25)

[Disco]

Das Botting

[maybe_next_year]

4-0 after 21 mins, aye lets play the can-can over the PA system  

[La Parka]

Watching the u21s.

 

Mcatee still not impressing me as a wide player. (Apparently he's playing a 10 but he's frequently out wide right?) Elliot not really in the game. 

 

Hutchinson dropped for ?reasons? 

 

Nwaneri doing nothing on the left. 

 

Quansah likes to carry the ball out - Fab will approve. 

 

Slovenia look a decent side.

 

England look ponderous.

 

 

 

 

Edited 7 hours ago by La Parka

[Stifler]

2 minutes ago, La Parka said:

Watching the u21s. Mcatee still not impressing me as a wide player.

He is, or originally was a CM.

[Dr.Spaceman]

Hutchinson was good last game as well 

[Shays Given Tim Flowers]

Whose the Scouse co comms?

[La Parka]

Nwaneri misses an open net. 

 

 

[Stifler]

5 minutes ago, maybe_next_year said:

4-0 after 21 mins, aye lets play the can-can over the PA system  

Aye game done, the European teams are going to absolutely dominate this tournament.

I wonder how long the Americans will continue to be interested in it once Inter Miami and Messi are out.

[La Parka]

5 minutes ago, Shays Given Tim Flowers said:

Whose the Scouse co comms?

https://icdb.tv/match/260704-England-U21-v-Slovenia-U21

 

Connor Coady - didn't know he is a Scouser.

 

First TV gig 😁 

 

Shit. I wish I never found this website. I'm going to be scouting commentators. 

 

 

Edited 7 hours ago by La Parka

[Stifler]

6-0 for Bayern Munich at half time.

[duo]

Just now, Stifler said:

6-0 for Bayern Munich at half time.

Like a training game for them 

[Fak]

Do Auckland (and teams of similar ilk) get any significant financial benefit from turning up at and playing in this tournament? 

[El Prontonise]

Just now, Fak said:

Do Auckland (and teams of similar ilk) get any significant financial benefit from turning up at and playing in this tournament? 

 

Yes massively.

[Fak]

2 minutes ago, El Prontonise said:

 

Yes massively.

 

At least theres some gain for them then. 

[El Prontonise]

Just now, Fak said:

 

At least theres some gain for them then. 

 

15 years of wages for Auckland.

[Stifler]

11 minutes ago, Fak said:

Do Auckland (and teams of similar ilk) get any significant financial benefit from turning up at and playing in this tournament? 

Auckland get the least amount of entry money at £2.6m. The African, and Asian teams get £7m, the South Americans get £11.2m, and the European teams get between £9.4m, and £28.2m. That is just for entering.

Apparently Auckland are a part time side, so it could be a hefty fee for them.

 

 

Edited 6 hours ago by Stifler

[JT24]

Any Sunderland fans watching this Bayern v Auckland match will be getting a right feel for how it’s going to go in the PL for them. 

[Stifler]

1 minute ago, JT24 said:

Any Sunderland fans watching this Bayern v Auckland match will be getting a right feel for how it’s going to go in the PL for them. 

Aye, but the stupid cunts think they’ll be on the Bayern side of the scoreline.

[Wallace]

6 minutes ago, Stifler said:

Auckland get the least amount of entry money at £2.6m. The African, and Asian teams get £7m, the South Americans get £11.2m, and the European teams get between £9.4m, and £28.2m. Thats’s just for entering.

Apparently Auckland are a part time side, so it could be a hefty fee for them.

Apparently there was an agreement with the NZ FA that they would only receive 50% of the money and the other 50% is to be shared between all the other clubs in their league.

[Fak]

5 minutes ago, Stifler said:

Auckland get the least amount of entry money at £2.6m. The African, and Asian teams get £7m, the South Americans get £11.2m, and the European teams get between £9.4m, and £28.2m. Thats’s just for entering.

Apparently Auckland are a part time side, so it could be a hefty fee for them.

 

Not sure what the criteria is as to why teams from continent X get more than teams from continent Y, but if teams are going to turn up and get walloped at least they're getting a tidy sum for it. 

 

Will admit having read a few of the articles on The Athletic about this tournament, that I have been semi looking forward to it even though I know it's a vanity project for Infantino and it's a tournament that is most definitely not needed. A chance to see teams like Boca Juniors and all that. 

 

Games like this makes a complete mockery of it though. 

[Stifler]

1 minute ago, Wallace said:

Apparently there was an agreement with the NZ FA that they would only receive 50% of the money and the other 50% is to be shared between all the other clubs in their league.

Does that apply for the Australian clubs as well? If not then it means Wellington get the remaining 50%.
It would be like us qualifying for it, and giving Sunderland half the money.

[black_n_white]

Any chance they’ll tell Bayern to not score ten?

[healthyaddiction]

Lee Carsley really preparing these under 21s well for the senior England team by making them boring as hell and struggling to beat average sides in major tournaments.

[Alberto2005]

Impressed with Coady on commentary here, pretty engaging to listen to.

[Stifler]

Just now, Fak said:

Not sure what the criteria is as to why teams from continent X get more than teams from continent Y, but if teams are going to turn up and get walloped at least they're getting a tidy sum for it. 

 

Will admit having read a few of the articles on The Athletic about this tournament, that I have been semi looking forward to it even though I know it's a vanity project for Infantino and it's a tournament that is most definitely not needed. A chance to see teams like Boca Juniors and all that. 

 

Games like this makes a complete mockery of it though. 

I think it’s a good idea, it is just hard to get it to work practically. It means that if you have it in the summer then pretty much every club outside of Europe has to interrupt their season.

If you have it in the winter, then the European teams have to interrupt their season. In all fairness, having it 2-3 weeks later would have worked better for the European clubs, as it could have been a pre-season build up for them.