Club World Cup - Summer 2025

[Marvin.]

The competition has been a mixture of brilliant and farcical due to the weather. I think we have played 26 games now and 5 have been suspended due to weather. We will know from the MLS or other sports as to whether this is usual, and then determine what to do about it. It must be one off weather else the organisers are idiots for selecting those stadia.

The end to the Chelsea game was incredible. I am so glad I persisted with it. Amazing. Chelsea fans veins will be flooded with adrenaline.

 

[Impeccable One]

I’m not sure if anyone over there can confirm, but I would imagine flags would be checked and vetted before being allowed in.

Honestly, security has been really relaxed everywhere. Only oversized bags are an issue.

 

[halfcenturyup]

Honestly, security has been really relaxed everywhere. Only oversized bags are an issue.

So my first wife wouldn't have been allowed in, then.

 

[eyalluvitt]

Absolute joke of a tournament. Players off the pitch for a weather break with 5 minutes to play.

Can’t risk expensive players getting zapped by lightning, or the half dozen Chelsea fans

 

[buckshot]

I think it will mean we have a stronger start than we normally have but will tire towards the end of the season.
Hopefully we build up enough of a lead by March so it doesn't matter too much

I feel like they have more competence after the starting XI right now. I'd say punt the league cup, build up a lead in the league and manage the group in CL, they can do that and still be relatively fresh after Christmas.

Staring XI
Ederson
Ait-Nouri
Gvardiol
Dias
O'Reilly
Bernardo
Rodri
Reijnders
Savinho
Haaland
Doku

Next XI
Ederson
Ake
Stones
Akanji
Nunes
Kovacic
Nico
Cherki
Foden
Bobb
Marmoush

Still available: Khusanov, Ilkay (for now), Rico, Echeverri, McAtee, Reis

I know they're going to ship some guys but there will be plenty of depth for rotation. They can even rest Rodri and still have coverage against some teams.

 

[SamTheGuru]

I love the smell of Napalm in the morning :)

 

[Marvin.]

Opta's predictions. A City v PSG final looks likely.

 

[TheGhost]

All those other US sports competitions that are suspended for weather breaks are jokes as well, I suppose? That will be news to them.

Enzo Maresca seems to agree with me.

‘It’s not football’: Maresca furious after Chelsea’s two-hour weather delay

Manager says US ‘not the right place’ to host Club World Cup after Chelsea beat Benfica 4-1 in extra time

www.theguardian.com

 

[Marvin.]

Enzo Maresca seems to agree with me.

‘It’s not football’: Maresca furious after Chelsea’s two-hour weather delay

Manager says US ‘not the right place’ to host Club World Cup after Chelsea beat Benfica 4-1 in extra time

www.theguardian.com

I do too in respect to the impact of the weather. But that's not an argument against the Club World Cup, it's an argument against the US hosting it. I don't know enough about USA sport to know how common thunderstorms in the Southern states are. They have become very common at this World Cup.

 

[MeatnSpudsMCFC]

I don't really have a problem with the tournament itself, but there really doesn't seem to be much appetite for any of these games. The turnout has been pretty tepid.

 

[Tarzan41]

Opta's predictions. A City v PSG final looks likely.

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Hope so. That would trigger the usual suspects

 

[Impeccable One]

I don't really have a problem with the tournament itself, but there really doesn't seem to be much appetite for any of these games. The turnout has been pretty tepid.

‘Only’ averaging 34,000 !! I think that’s reasonable based on the location of some of the teams involved.

 

[Marvin.]

I don't really have a problem with the tournament itself, but there really doesn't seem to be much appetite for any of these games. The turnout has been pretty tepid.

It depends who is playing. I think the attendances today will be high.

 

[Marvin.]

Hope so. That would trigger the usual suspects

The hope is real. The top half of the draw is significantly easier on paper than the bottom. The commitment levels are significant and there are the hazards of tournament football such as sendings off and penalty hand balls, but it looks beautiful from a City perspective.

 

[I'm With Stupid]

The competition has been a mixture of brilliant and farcical due to the weather. I think we have played 26 games now and 5 have been suspended due to weather. We will know from the MLS or other sports as to whether this is usual, and then determine what to do about it. It must be one off weather else the organisers are idiots for selecting those stadia.

The end to the Chelsea game was incredible. I am so glad I persisted with it. Amazing. Chelsea fans veins will be flooded with adrenaline.

Just seen the highlights. That was one of the worst handball decisions I've ever seen.

 

[Marvin.]

Only averaging 34,000 !!

With massive variance.

 

[Impeccable One]

With massive variance.

Yes, probably some low teens and some 50,000+

54,000 for City v Juve

80,000 for PSG V Atletico

 

[I'm With Stupid]

Only averaging 34,000 !!

Yeah, just watched the Chelsea highlights and there can't have been more than a thousand behind the goal for their winners. I know it was massively delayed and went to extra time, so perhaps people had to leave early, but it wasn't a good look. It was probably a mistake to host it in the US. It seems like it would be tailor-made for a southern hemisphere country, especially one of the South American teams. But I guess it's supposed to be a test for the World Cup.

 

[Marvin.]

Just seen the highlights. That was one of the worst handball decisions I've ever seen.

The handball rule is a lottery. That's a mantra. It has become a catch-phrase. I am sure they will change this rule again.

 

[blueste41]

Opta's predictions. A City v PSG final looks likely.

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I wouldn't call a 35% chance likely and that's each teams individual chance of making the final, the chances of both us making it will be much lower.