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World Cup 2026 - USA/Canada/Mexico

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  • cafcnick1992
    cafcnick1992 Posts: 7,777
    Im fine with hydration breaks. Just make them 1 minute long and tell tv companies that they cannot show ads.
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 30,422

  • 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: 72,100
    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: 21,689
    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.

  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 23,337
    AddicksAddict said:
    Supposed comment by boss of UEFA:
    ”We have a huge number of matches that are completely uninteresting.”
    Now, we may think that, although the supporters of those countries most definitely won’t and it’s a dreadful comment by someone in his position. 
    It's a perfectly reasonable comment actually, I wish more people in positions of power in football spoke up about how shit it is. 

    We already had minnows qualifying for the world cup with 32 teams, 48 is ludicrous and just a cash grab, and judging by how empty the stadiums have been so far, not a great one at that
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 27,741
    sam3110 said:
    AddicksAddict said:
    Supposed comment by boss of UEFA:
    ”We have a huge number of matches that are completely uninteresting.”
    Now, we may think that, although the supporters of those countries most definitely won’t and it’s a dreadful comment by someone in his position. 
    It's a perfectly reasonable comment actually, I wish more people in positions of power in football spoke up about how shit it is. 

    We already had minnows qualifying for the world cup with 32 teams, 48 is ludicrous and just a cash grab, and judging by how empty the stadiums have been so far, not a great one at that
    have they been empty ?

  • Leroy Ambrose
    Leroy Ambrose Posts: 14,692
    edited 3:13PM
    sam3110 said:
    AddicksAddict said:
    Supposed comment by boss of UEFA:
    ”We have a huge number of matches that are completely uninteresting.”
    Now, we may think that, although the supporters of those countries most definitely won’t and it’s a dreadful comment by someone in his position. 
    It's a perfectly reasonable comment actually, I wish more people in positions of power in football spoke up about how shit it is. 

    We already had minnows qualifying for the world cup with 32 teams, 48 is ludicrous and just a cash grab, and judging by how empty the stadiums have been so far, not a great one at that
    FIFA don't give a shit about the stadium attendance. Extra matches means extra tv revenue

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  • Elthamaddick
    Elthamaddick Posts: 16,378
    MrOneLung said:
    sam3110 said:
    AddicksAddict said:
    Supposed comment by boss of UEFA:
    ”We have a huge number of matches that are completely uninteresting.”
    Now, we may think that, although the supporters of those countries most definitely won’t and it’s a dreadful comment by someone in his position. 
    It's a perfectly reasonable comment actually, I wish more people in positions of power in football spoke up about how shit it is. 

    We already had minnows qualifying for the world cup with 32 teams, 48 is ludicrous and just a cash grab, and judging by how empty the stadiums have been so far, not a great one at that
    have they been empty ?

    first 15 mins of the 2nd half in most games there are thousands of empty seats
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 19,207
    sam3110 said:
    AddicksAddict said:
    Supposed comment by boss of UEFA:
    ”We have a huge number of matches that are completely uninteresting.”
    Now, we may think that, although the supporters of those countries most definitely won’t and it’s a dreadful comment by someone in his position. 
    It's a perfectly reasonable comment actually, I wish more people in positions of power in football spoke up about how shit it is. 

    We already had minnows qualifying for the world cup with 32 teams, 48 is ludicrous and just a cash grab, and judging by how empty the stadiums have been so far, not a great one at that
    His comments miss out context and so does your defence of him.

    Curacao and Haiti, for example, are only really in because there were 3 CONCACAF automatic qualifiers due to the hosts. Cape Verde outperformed Cameroon to qualify, Uzbekistan went unbeaten in the second phase of (the incredibly complex) Asian qualifiers. The vast majority of these minnows aren't awful teams. 

    The games aren't empty because of the teams playing, it's because tickets are hundreds of dollars, in stadiums out of town and in a place where flights and hotels will cost thousands. 

    I don't like the 48 teams because it's a rubbish format and 32 teams was perfect. It doesn't automatically mean all the other sixteen teams who qualified are bad though
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 19,207
    Elthamaddick said:
    MrOneLung said:
    sam3110 said:
    AddicksAddict said:
    Supposed comment by boss of UEFA:
    ”We have a huge number of matches that are completely uninteresting.”
    Now, we may think that, although the supporters of those countries most definitely won’t and it’s a dreadful comment by someone in his position. 
    It's a perfectly reasonable comment actually, I wish more people in positions of power in football spoke up about how shit it is. 

    We already had minnows qualifying for the world cup with 32 teams, 48 is ludicrous and just a cash grab, and judging by how empty the stadiums have been so far, not a great one at that
    have they been empty ?

    first 15 mins of the 2nd half in most games there are thousands of empty seats
    Kiosks are manned by staff from Gather and Gather
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 48,246
    As the tournament goes on, I am getting increasingly more optimistic about England's chances but I suppose a big part of that is the fact we haven't played yet!
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,900
    sam3110 said:
    AddicksAddict said:
    Supposed comment by boss of UEFA:
    ”We have a huge number of matches that are completely uninteresting.”
    Now, we may think that, although the supporters of those countries most definitely won’t and it’s a dreadful comment by someone in his position. 
    It's a perfectly reasonable comment actually, I wish more people in positions of power in football spoke up about how shit it is. 

    We already had minnows qualifying for the world cup with 32 teams, 48 is ludicrous and just a cash grab, and judging by how empty the stadiums have been so far, not a great one at that
    I've watched every game and whilst I'll admit I've not been counting empty seats, the stadiums have all looked close to capacity (apart from a game where there was an empty area of a couple of hundreds seats behind the goal, that I'm assuming were corporate and kept empty for some reason).
  • Weegie Addick
    Weegie Addick Posts: 17,226
    Switzerland v Qatar is the only one I’ve noticed where there were quite a lot of empty seats
  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,972
    Weegie Addick said:
    Switzerland v Qatar is the only one I’ve noticed where there were quite a lot of empty seats
    And that was by far the worst game of the tournament so far 
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,900
    edited 3:30PM
    Elthamaddick said:
    MrOneLung said:
    sam3110 said:
    AddicksAddict said:
    Supposed comment by boss of UEFA:
    ”We have a huge number of matches that are completely uninteresting.”
    Now, we may think that, although the supporters of those countries most definitely won’t and it’s a dreadful comment by someone in his position. 
    It's a perfectly reasonable comment actually, I wish more people in positions of power in football spoke up about how shit it is. 

    We already had minnows qualifying for the world cup with 32 teams, 48 is ludicrous and just a cash grab, and judging by how empty the stadiums have been so far, not a great one at that
    have they been empty ?

    first 15 mins of the 2nd half in most games there are thousands of empty seats
    Well I'd not noticed, but if it's corporate it's usual so I've probably become immune to the norm.
    However, if any seats fill up after 15 mins, then the missing were presumably using the facilities and the tickets were sold.
  • WSS
    WSS Posts: 25,403
    MuttleyCAFC said:
    As the tournament goes on, I am getting increasingly more optimistic about England's chances but I suppose a big part of that is the fact we haven't played yet!
    Nor have you seen France, Spain or Portugal in action...
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 27,741
    edited 4:04PM
    Elthamaddick said:
    MrOneLung said:
    sam3110 said:
    AddicksAddict said:
    Supposed comment by boss of UEFA:
    ”We have a huge number of matches that are completely uninteresting.”
    Now, we may think that, although the supporters of those countries most definitely won’t and it’s a dreadful comment by someone in his position. 
    It's a perfectly reasonable comment actually, I wish more people in positions of power in football spoke up about how shit it is. 

    We already had minnows qualifying for the world cup with 32 teams, 48 is ludicrous and just a cash grab, and judging by how empty the stadiums have been so far, not a great one at that
    have they been empty ?

    first 15 mins of the 2nd half in most games there are thousands of empty seats
    thats not an empty stadium - that is people not yet back from getting food, drink, hospitality

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  • Briston_Addick
    Briston_Addick Posts: 13,588
    Elthamaddick said:
    MrOneLung said:
    sam3110 said:
    AddicksAddict said:
    Supposed comment by boss of UEFA:
    ”We have a huge number of matches that are completely uninteresting.”
    Now, we may think that, although the supporters of those countries most definitely won’t and it’s a dreadful comment by someone in his position. 
    It's a perfectly reasonable comment actually, I wish more people in positions of power in football spoke up about how shit it is. 

    We already had minnows qualifying for the world cup with 32 teams, 48 is ludicrous and just a cash grab, and judging by how empty the stadiums have been so far, not a great one at that
    have they been empty ?

    first 15 mins of the 2nd half in most games there are thousands of empty seats
    Not much different to Wembley then.
  • CAFCTrev
    CAFCTrev Posts: 6,325
    If Spain get their shit together straight from the jump here, this could be another 7-0/7-1 game. 
  • Pelling1993
    Pelling1993 Posts: 7,604
    Clearest yellow you’ll ever see from Llorente. How’s the ref not even given a foul!?
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,689
    Wonder why ITV have gone for the shortened version of Spain in Spanish on the graphic, but not the shortened version of Cape Verde in Portuguese?
  • Pelling1993
    Pelling1993 Posts: 7,604
    Algarveaddick said:
    Wonder why ITV have gone for the shortened version of Spain in Spanish on the graphic, but not the shortened version of Cape Verde in Portuguese?
    It’s ISO 3166 which is used by FIFA and Cape Verde are CPV
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,900
    Algarveaddick said:
    Wonder why ITV have gone for the shortened version of Spain in Spanish on the graphic, but not the shortened version of Cape Verde in Portuguese?
    Also, why do they use “ESP” for Spain but not some shortened version of Deutschland for Germany? I presume there’s some rhyme or reason.
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 19,207
    First time I’ve seen ITV throw to Emma Hayes during the hydration break. Fantastic use of time 
  • superclive98
    superclive98 Posts: 5,375
    fenaddick said:
    First time I’ve seen ITV throw to Emma Hayes during the hydration break. Fantastic use of time 
    Another opportunity to listen to a woman, talking like a bloke, about football. Great!
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,689
    Pelling1993 said:
    Algarveaddick said:
    Wonder why ITV have gone for the shortened version of Spain in Spanish on the graphic, but not the shortened version of Cape Verde in Portuguese?
    It’s ISO 3166 which is used by FIFA and Cape Verde are CPV
    If, as SE9 says, they don’t use DEU for Germany, then that’s not the case mate. I just looked it up.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 100,006
    Great save from the Cabo Goalkeeper!!

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