I'm calling Bullshit.Up to you if don’t believe it I’m just pointing it out. I’m no fan of FIFA by the way.
- No FIFA profit: FIFA is committed to reinvesting all revenue back into the sport, with no profit retained from the tournament.
The fans don’t want the tournament- there was over a million unsold tickets for the group stage alone and they can’t give tickets away for the semi final.
The players don’t want the tournament as they’re being run into the ground and are suffering major injuries due to the insane schedules.
The TV companies don’t want the tournament, as no one was willing to pay a bean for it, until the Saudis were handed the 2034 World Cup, in return for £2bn.
The only person who wants it is the spiv Infantino for his ego, his legacy and because he’s jealous of the money and status of UEFA’s Champions League.
@halfcenturyup is winding you up. There is no need to keep posting this stuff. If you are on a windup you are a genius.I’ve got some people on the thread asking me to explain my reasons for why the competition is a sham and I’ve got some telling me to ignore the thread. I’m not sure what to do.
What I will say is…
The fans don’t want the tournament- there was over a million unsold tickets for the group stage alone and they can’t give tickets away for the semi final.
The players don’t want the tournament as they’re being run into the ground and are suffering major injuries due to the insane schedules.
The TV companies don’t want the tournament, as no one was willing to pay a bean for it, until the Saudis were handed the 2034 World Cup, in return for £2bn.
The only person who wants it is the spiv Infantino for his ego, his legacy and because he’s jealous of the money and status of UEFA’s Champions League.
@halfcenturyup is winding you up. There is no need to keep posting this stuff. If you are on a windup you are a genius.
@halfcenturyup do that again and you are in big trouble matey!
I. find it funny that many who were opposed to the ESL are happy with the global compomise.
Fluminese reach a lot of finls of the old format and the qtrs and semis are dominaed by european teams, so nothing new or spectacular has happened to improve the game.
This isn't progress it's same ol same old with the top teams raking it in.
until we see where the money being reinvested goes it is no more than what we already have.
in my opinion, and that is my problem with it, it is the same shit rebanded and being lapped up won't stop a club in panama going bust or save Wednesday or Brescia from a **** of an owner tearing them. apart
What about the hundreds of thousands that have gone to a game, or watched on TV.
I think it's pretty obvious that players are keen to play and progress as far as possible.
Two stations television this one, and I bet they'll have no problems selling the rights to the next one. I even suspect some of the media that have been slagging the tournament off will be trying to get to the head of the queue for rights.
And many football supporters who have enjoyed the tournament.
I have supported city throughout it, same as I do the champions league, but I am not going to pretent they aren't designed for only a certain level of clubs and are for the good or the few not the many.You understand the difference between the ESL as proposed and the CWC, I suppose?
You are so determined to be against the CWC that you are talking nonsense.
It is a competition designed for the pyramid of the club game, but the South American club sides in particular have done very well. It's the first semi-final tomorrow and I hope Fluminense make it. If they do, it might undermine your argument a little.I have supported city throughout it, same as I do the champions league, but I am not going to pretent they aren't designed for only a certain level of clubs and are for the good or the few not the many.
Just because we are in it we don't need to be loyal to it
As I say my issue is it being portrayed as something that benefits all of football, it doesn't it benefits the elite clubs globaly, including us, with an aukland city or such thrown in to legitimise it.
and I have better things to find to hate than a football tournament, like the rags or farage ;-)
we played fluminense in the final last year in fact in the last 5 finals a brasilian team has featured in 3 of them and 10 in the 24 years it has been going.It is a competition designed for the pyramid of the club game, but the South American club sides in particular have done very well. It's the first semi-final tomorrow and I hope Fluminense make it. If they do, it might undermine your argument a little.
The kind of people who believe that bull shit, voted for Brexit and think Farage is a jolly chap who has the needs of the working class at his heart rather than investment banks and hedge funds.I'm calling Bullshit.
They may well publicise that, yet Infantino and his corrupt organisation runs for profit over integrity of the sport.
Qatar v USA (PSG v Chavs) final will be fantastic for him.
Can't wait for Infantino's look at me aren't I amazing speech after the final.I’m loathe to agree with The Ghost or urban genie, but on this occasion they’re raising nothing but valid points! I actively got behind City and tried my best to get into it, but there’s been so much wrong with this tournament, I don’t even know where to start.
My family attended the PSG-Atletico Madrid match at the Rose Bowl. We had alot of fun. Despite the extremely hot weather and getting alot of stick from Atletico fans because we were wearing our City shirts (we gave it right back to them) - we had fun. Since we're from the US, we also had my experience having attended many UCLA college football games, soccer matches and the Womens World Cup final in 1999. As most of the people did not make it into the stadium until after halftime because of traffic - we got there 2 hours in advance of kickoff and made it in no problem. Concession lines were 45 minutes and they ran out of bottled water.I’m loathe to agree with The Ghost or urban genie, but on this occasion they’re raising nothing but valid points! I actively got behind City and tried my best to get into it, but there’s been so much wrong with this tournament, I don’t even know where to start.
I’m loathe to agree with The Ghost or urban genie, but on this occasion they’re raising nothing but valid points! I actively got behind City and tried my best to get into it, but there’s been so much wrong with this tournament, I don’t even know where to start.
we played fluminense in the final last year in fact in the last 5 finals a brasilian team has featured in 3 of them and 10 in the 24 years it has been going.
There has never been. an all european final in the history of the competiton this will be the first time 3 european. clubs have made the semis, before it was global with teams from asia, south america, oceana and central or north america making the last 4
seems this new format with increased Eupopean teams makes it less of a club world cup than before
Yes because the changed format in 2005 or 06 to just the actual continental champions due to fixture congestion and indifference from clubs, so 6 teams, previously it had been. 8 and 12 were mited but faced opposition again from clubs.Have you ever stopped to consider why there has never been an all European final before?
Spot on!personally i'm still pissed off we are not involved in tonight's semi final, have enjoyed it and watched majority of games, we may never qualify for this ever again with it being every 4 years and i was desperate for us to win it