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World Cup 2026 - USA/Canada/Mexico

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  • cafcnick1992
    cafcnick1992 Posts: 7,775
    Im fine with hydration breaks. Just make them 1 minute long and tell tv companies that they cannot show ads.
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 30,418

  • Charlton_Charlie
    Charlton_Charlie Posts: 1,444
    Am running a campaign for a client throughout the tournament... If the players can have an xG ranking, then I figured that the managers should have something too....hence the xC (expected cliche) ranking.. If you're a fan of soundbites and seeing who the most original communicator of the tournament is, go have a quick look here: https://expectedclichetracker.com/ Thanking you.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 72,099
    cafcnick1992 said:
    Im fine with hydration breaks. Just make them 1 minute long and tell tv companies that they cannot show ads.
    1 minute is quite enough, as it's meant to be a hydration break, not a time out for the coaches to change tactics.

    Adverts are down to local TV. I remember watching games in Thailand, where they showed adverts at any tiny gap, e.g. before a corner.
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,687
    Charlton_Charlie said:
    Am running a campaign for a client throughout the tournament... If the players can have an xG ranking, then I figured that the managers should have something too....hence the xC (expected cliche) ranking.. If you're a fan of soundbites and seeing who the most original communicator of the tournament is, go have a quick look here: https://expectedclichetracker.com/ Thanking you.
    Blimey you can tell that's AI... 

    Doha's looking-glass: Lopetegui's clichés surge on a historic point as Yakin's wilt on two dropped

     A fine line in gobbledygook there Charlie.  :D
  • Charlton_Charlie
    Charlton_Charlie Posts: 1,444
    Algarveaddick said:
    Charlton_Charlie said:
    Am running a campaign for a client throughout the tournament... If the players can have an xG ranking, then I figured that the managers should have something too....hence the xC (expected cliche) ranking.. If you're a fan of soundbites and seeing who the most original communicator of the tournament is, go have a quick look here: https://expectedclichetracker.com/ Thanking you.
    Blimey you can tell that's AI... 

    Doha's looking-glass: Lopetegui's clichés surge on a historic point as Yakin's wilt on two dropped

     A fine line in gobbledygook there Charlie.  :D

    Yeah...built by a colleague in the US.......! Appreciate you looking, cheers
  • swords_alive
    swords_alive Posts: 4,881
    edited 2:37PM

    Fifa seeks explanation over VAR official's hand gesture

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cy9rd8g1lwzo

    Definite deliberate gesture when you watch the video. Also he glances to one of his colleagues near the end of the clip, so is he warning there's an issue with his colleague? Colleagues are not named in this report.

    But who knew it was a white supremacy sign? (since later 2010s apparently, BBC says 2017)- not me, but that's an aside in the circumstances.

    On the whole i'd say VAR has had plenty of good games so far, not getting over involved, if barely at all, in contrast to what we are used to. My frivolous view is they missed the attention, but this is deserving of a closer look.

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