General World Cup Chat

[Raj]

Friday night and no evening games?

 

Feck Trump and Infecticle

[StanSP]

9 minutes ago, Raj said:

Friday night and no evening games?

 

Feck Trump and Infecticle

USA vs Aus at 8pm

Scotland vs Morocco at 11pm.

[Nalis]

15 minutes ago, Raj said:

Friday night and no evening games?

 

Feck Trump and Infecticle

 

6 minutes ago, StanSP said:

USA vs Aus at 8pm

Scotland vs Morocco at 11pm.

If anything they've screwed over the US with a match on at their lunchtime

[Raj]

43 minutes ago, StanSP said:

USA vs Aus at 8pm

Scotland vs Morocco at 11pm.

 

@davieG again!!!

 

 

 

Cheers Stan

 

 

Edited Friday at 07:05 by Raj

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

Just Google "world cup" @Raj

[Footballwipe]

1 hour ago, Nalis said:

 

If anything they've screwed over the US with a match on at their lunchtime

I thought that too but a slight counter is that it's a federal holiday today, Juneteenth. Seems more public sector and not every state but should be people about

[Raj]

32 minutes ago, Miquel The Work Geordie said:

Just Google "world cup" @Raj

I rely on my respected  peers like Davie G for the information!!!!! 

 

[davieG]

3 minutes ago, Raj said:

I rely on my respected  peers like Davie G for the information!!!!! 

 

Big mistake @Mark knows

 

Remember this is from those Everton cheats.

 

[Raj]

1 minute ago, davieG said:

Big mistake @Mark knows

 

Remember this is from those Everton cheats.

 

Think @Miquel The Work Geordie needs to do us oldies an updated World Cup fixture list.

 

Mind you im not sure i'd trust him to add a few curve balls in as he is Mr BanterKing!!

[Finnegan]

3 hours ago, Raj said:

Think @Miquel The Work Geordie needs to do us oldies an updated World Cup fixture list.

 

Mind you im not sure i'd trust him to add a few curve balls in as he is Mr BanterKing!!

 

You mean you don't want to set your alarm for 3am, get up really excitedly to watch France playing Brazil only to turn on and catch the last half hour of a drab draw between Uzbekistan and like the Cayman Islands or something? 

 

[Raj]

4 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

 

You mean you don't want to set your alarm for 3am, get up really excitedly to watch France playing Brazil only to turn on and catch the last half hour of a drab draw between Uzbekistan and like the Cayman Islands or something? 

 

Exactly something he or YOU would do if left to help facilitate this fixture list!!🤣🤣

[AKCJ]

17 hours ago, FoxAsh said:

Everyone wrote this off but it looks like it could be one of the best World Cups for ages.

 

Fans are loving it 

The fans that can afford it (or even just those that can get a visa) are loving it.

 

It was always going to present as a good world cup because America has the infrastructure needed to host it properly. Even if pitches are terrible.

 

But only the good and the great or those that have spent their last penny have got tickets.

 

FIFA's greed goes hand in glove with America's "big number good" mindset.

[AKCJ]

4 hours ago, Miquel The Work Geordie said:

Just Google "world cup" @Raj

 

"Click fixtures"

[Raj]

40 minutes ago, AKCJ said:

 

"Click fixtures"

 

twats!!

[MC Prussian]

Boston is loving the Scots!

 

[Trav Le Bleu]

Am I the only one who finds Olivier Giroud easier to understand than Wayne Rooney?

[FoxesDeb]

9 minutes ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

Am I the only one who finds Olivier Giroud easier to understand than Wayne Rooney?

No

[Sol thewall Bamba]

Assuming we win the group why is it that we'll likely be playing Mexico who are also likely topping their group? Surely if we win the group we play a 2nd/3rd place team as the reward?

[leicsmac]

2 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Assuming we win the group why is it that we'll likely be playing Mexico who are also likely topping their group? Surely if we win the group we play a 2nd/3rd place team as the reward?

Mexico are a possible last 16 opponent for England if they both win their groups. 

 

England will play a 3rd placed team in the last 32 if they win their group. 

[MC Prussian]

12 hours ago, AKCJ said:

The fans that can afford it (or even just those that can get a visa) are loving it.

 

It was always going to present as a good world cup because America has the infrastructure needed to host it properly. Even if pitches are terrible.

 

But only the good and the great or those that have spent their last penny have got tickets.

 

FIFA's greed goes hand in glove with America's "big number good" mindset.

As for affordability, it's a question of supply and demand. As we've heard of late, FIFA couldn't sell all their tickets, so prices dropped.

Nobody's forcing you to buy a 2000+ USD ticket. These prices aren't exactly new.

 

Also, if you're looking at experiencing a World Cup, that leaves you about three to four years in between tournaments to save enough money for tickets, the trip as well as expenses. In the end, it's a matter of budgeting. For many, it'll probably remain a one-off experience of a lifetime.

 

Imagine what it'd be like hosting a World Cup in Europe right now, it's even more expensive for Americans, Canadians and pretty much every other country. Have you checked the exchange rates recently?

 

As for the visa, it works both ways.

 

I've mentioned this previously, but not a lot of complaints from fans with regards to traveling to Qatar or Russia in recent years...

I wonder how previous WC ticket prices compare adjusted for inflation (and income).

 

[davieG]

 

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FIFA's argument that its decision to apply hydration breaks across all 104 matches, regardless of local temperature, to ensure uniformity and consistency across the tournament is a complete load of b......

If they were that concerned about uniformity and consistency, for every team, shouldn't they also apply that to the number of miles each nation has to travel in the group stages?

Egypt have 2 games in Seattle and one in Vancouver, where the 2 cities are only roughly 150 miles apart, then you have Bosnia and Herzegovina, whose 3 games are in LA, Toronto and Seattle, with the 3 cities thousands of miles apart, and from their base camp in the middle in Salt Lake City, they will have to travel over 6,000 air miles!

Let's not forget some teams will have the advantage of playing in air-conditioned stadiums as well.

Where's the uniformity in that?

Yes, you could say it was the luck of the draw, but you could apply that to the weather as well.

None of us is saying players shouldn't have a water break in extreme temperatures, but also none of us is falling for FIFA's BS excuse for squeezing every penny they can earn out of TV advertising!

On a happier note, England looked amazing at the start of the 3rd quarter last night.

[suffolk fox]

Love how the yanks have turned any game into 4 quarters with the Hydration breaks.  Just like an NFL game.  So they can pump out adverts on their tv channels.

Too many teams, some really poor, dumbs down the tournament for me.  Some games are just dull.  Will persevere with England until they ultimately get knocked out but in general this WC is a no from me.

[Muzzy_no7]

Seen some articles and videos about the World Cup match ball too.

 

Designed to be even more unpredictable than the Jabulani to create more goals for an American audience.

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

People always wang on aba the Jubilani being some whacky mind-of-it's own ball – second lowest goals per game of any World Cup behind only Italia 90

[Stuntman_Mike]

3 minutes ago, Miquel The Work Geordie said:

People always wang on aba the Jubilani being some whacky mind-of-it's own ball – second lowest goals per game of any World Cup behind only Italia 90

I guess the wackiness could've worked both ways.

 

Plenty of shots wide or over that might usually have been on target. 

 

Maybe players were more cautious with it because of the lack of control