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Originally posted by Satchmo Distel View PostHas the tournament been normalized now or does the shit hit the fans* when a Tier D teams gets a place at the Euros while a Tier B or C club stays home?
*Typo but I'm leaving it in
I assume the gurning will be louder if a larger TV market misses out
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Originally posted by Patrick Thistle View PostYeah, what is that about? He's scoring for Fulham as well. Is it just he doesn't get on with Rafa?
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I tell you what, Brian - I just love the Nations League logo/flag. It looks really good as a sleeve badge too, especially after those awful Russia WC qualifiers/finals ones in a white box.
Flicking round tonight’s games and Spain are spanking Croatia 3-0 at half time, Belgium are 0-2 up in Iceland and San Marino are 0-3 down at home to Luxembourg. I am finding the latter game strangely compelling - mostly for the vocal support from the small number of travelling supporters (who still may outnumber the home fans, hard to tell as they’ve had nothing to cheer about).
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Originally posted by blameless View PostNow 6-0. Have Croatia done a Denmark, fallen out with their entire senior squad and fielded a semi-pro lineup?
https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/201...?ICID=PL_MS_08
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Originally posted by bix80By the way (though it was not a League of Nations do), doesn't the England match in Leicester pretty much show there's no need for Wembley?
Wembley had over 81,000 there on Saturday which proves it’s worth for major matches/opponents on pure capacity grounds if nothing else.Last edited by Ray de Galles; 11-09-2018, 22:26.
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I think that’s certainly a factor (and obviously ridiculous).
Nothing in my post was meant to be a criticism of Leicester or their stadium, by the way, (the story about free/cheap tickets came from a Foxes supporter in my office) simply questioning the idea that tonight’s friendly had any bearing on Wembley’s worth.
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Oh no, I’m totally serious. This is far too important an issue to crack wise about. I’m looking for a pin badge of it.
I also really like the icons matching the countries’ kits/flags colours on the score in the TV coverage.
I actually found some kind of presentation online from the marketing/design company responsible for it but didn’t look in any great detail as it looked a bit to much like bollocks, even for me.
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Originally posted by Ray de Galles View PostThere were a little over 30,000 people at the game tonight (I’d heard rumours about free/cheap tickets being offered around) and, in the snatches of it I saw, the atmosphere was appalling.
Wembley had over 81,000 there on Saturday which proves it’s worth for major matches/opponents on pure capacity grounds if nothing else.
England - Switzerland was midweek, a normal friendly, and for the good players that the Swiss have, it's not quite the same as Spain.
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You don’t get it, I’m not criticising the crowd at Leicester - it was close to capacity after all.
I was pointing out that, contrary to Bix’s statement that “there’s no need for Wembley”, having a stadium three times the capacity of average club grounds is justified on grounds of demand.
Bix has since clarified his point a little, which was about the ownership/option to sell Wembley.
Although ;
Originally posted by bix80Also, there are plenty of other stadiums in the country with a similar capacity.Last edited by Ray de Galles; 12-09-2018, 08:21.
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Haha, yes, there's only one other stadium in England which could have seated the 81000 who went that game. A stadium which is, in fact, owned by England's national association of another sport, no less.
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- Oct 2011
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- Cambridgeshire
- Ipswich (convert)
- Those chocolate-coated ring-shaped ones you get at Christmas
In case it's not been mentioned (sorry for not keeping up with the thread) the Nations League seems to be suggesting that Italy are still a bit shit. Drawing 1-1 at home to Poland is not the kind of result to announce your national team's return to Europe's top table.
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