EPT2016 - 2017 Football Thread - Page 54
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51489 Posts
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Elentos
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RvB
Netherlands6217 Posts
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51489 Posts
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Acrofales
Spain18004 Posts
On October 04 2016 18:29 Pandemona wrote: Exactly, so stupid. We need to stop this crap happening it devalues the competition 100%. Will i be bothered watching San Marino vs Jordan in a world cup pre lim game at the tournament, nope! Will be mega pissed when England go out in first knock out round and play 1 game at a World Cup...YEP!!! How can i get hype train going for that for christ sake! I can get hyped for that one match where England gets knocked out of the world cup by Uzbekistan. Sounds like hella fun!  | ||
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sharkie
Austria18413 Posts
We should tell FIFA that! | ||
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Greg_J
China4409 Posts
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Mafe
Germany5966 Posts
On October 04 2016 18:27 RvB wrote: Adding teams is all about the money. More teams means more views. The format is ridiculous though (same with euro format though). I'm not sure if it is all about the money. I was under the impression it was at least as much about power: To be elected to a FIFA office, you have to get the votes from the countries. And to get the countries to vote for you, you typically have to promise them something, and having a better chance to participate in a World Cup is about the best thing FIFA can offer. Ok, you can say that people want to be leaders because money, but I do think the motivations are usually more complex. Throughout the last decade, I think every single contender for FIFA president (secretary general or whatever) has brought up this idea. Maybe this time it is different because Infantino is the actual president (Though I think Blatter also suggested 40 teams at some point). Here in germany, I have read speculation Infantino may have some promises to keep. In all fairness, I can understand the nations from africa and asia who feel that they should have better chances. The african qualifier is basically a weighted lottery (which is partially the CAFs fault though), and then half of qualified teams disintegrate before the World Cup. It has to be frustrating for many people. Maybe better odds for qualifying would help to improve the overall situation. Maybe. Another problem with increasing the number of teams would be that I expect it to extend the tournament by roughly a week, which will surely make the football clubs very unhappy. | ||
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evilfatsh1t
Australia8657 Posts
On October 04 2016 20:17 Greg_J wrote: City losing to Spurs and Arsenal and Liverpool getting late undeserved wins pulls the table together a little bit. I'm happy with those results. United are such a mess but Mourinho should be given time. What on earth is it going to be like if they sack him as well. in mourinhos defense the scoreline vs stoke is hardly representative of the potential quality we have in the team. hopefully things really start to click and the chances made are actually converted to goals. | ||
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Greg_J
China4409 Posts
On October 04 2016 20:51 evilfatsh1t wrote: in mourinhos defense the scoreline vs stoke is hardly representative of the potential quality we have in the team. hopefully things really start to click and the chances made are actually converted to goals. I wouldn't say Mourinho has done anything wrong. It's a mess. They are some tallented players a lot of potential huge but it's not a team. It's a mess. I think he will get it sorted given a few transfer windows. | ||
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DucK-
Singapore11447 Posts
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sharkie
Austria18413 Posts
On October 04 2016 21:55 DucK- wrote: Instead of spending time and resources to clean up the organisation, the leader wants to focus on an absolutely fine World Cup format Sounds like a normal FIFA president.  And people thought Blatter was the problem lol | ||
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51489 Posts
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Greg_J
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Pandemona
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Faruko
Chile34171 Posts
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sharkie
Austria18413 Posts
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mahrgell
Germany3943 Posts
On October 05 2016 21:31 Faruko wrote: Average Attendance, 42k Bundeskiga, 36k Premier, 25k Liga 2. Bundesliga: 22k ahead of Italian and French top divisions. | ||
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Elentos
55550 Posts
On October 05 2016 21:33 sharkie wrote: Bundesliga is also the cheapest? From what I found on the internet, the Bundesliga stadiums also have a bigger viewer capacity on average than those of La Liga and Premier League. So if you can fit more viewers it makes sense you would get more viewers. | ||
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Faruko
Chile34171 Posts
Thats not exactly a good argument since having bigger stadiums doesnt mean bigger attedance per se, just the "possibility" of having higher maximum. the Bundesliga has the top tier attedance for quite a lot of reason, not just because bigger stadiums and cheaper. | ||
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