FIFA: Destroying Football Since 1904

[SteveAWOL]

Perhaps they need to introduce a golfing style handicap system to help out these amateur clubs in future

https://twitter.com/x/status/1934311513591820740

 

[glorygloryeze]

Perhaps they need to introduce a golfing style handicap system to help out these amateur clubs in future

https://twitter.com/x/status/1934311513591820740

Are there no fully professional football clubs in New Zealand?

 

[Lilbaz]

Perhaps they need to introduce a golfing style handicap system to help out these amateur clubs in future

https://twitter.com/x/status/1934311513591820740

Pretty sure his team will get a lot of money from being in the competition.
He should do ok out of it.

 

[Daisuk]

Perhaps they need to introduce a golfing style handicap system to help out these amateur clubs in future

https://twitter.com/x/status/1934311513591820740

Damn. Even Norway's top league is fully professional. That's just ridiculous. Happy for him to get to experience it though, obviously.

 

[Jordinho]

Damn. Even Norway's top league is fully professional. That's just ridiculous. Happy for him to get to experience it though, obviously.

All Australian clubs plus Auckland FC and Wellington play in the A-league, which is part of the Asian Football Confederation. That's why Oceania is represented by the much weaker Auckland City. Even though Auckland FC are the current A-league champions, they weren't good enough to represent Asia.

 

[jaysea67]

It's the CL winners from 21 to 24 and 8 other teams selected by a ranking system and each country is limited to two teams. This year an additional team has qualified through their rank since Real have won two CLs. At first I thought it would be the UEFA club coefficient for the same years, but somehow Red Bull Salzburg are there despite multiple teams from other leagues being better than them. It seems FIFA have their own coefficient that was used. Absolutely nothing dodgy happening here.

The factors that led to Salzburg qualifying are:
(a) the max 2 teams per country rule, so higher ranked teams from England, Germany, Spain & Italy didn't qualify because there were already 2 qualified teams from those countries, and
(b) the ranking is only based on Champions League matches; other teams, like Brugge and Rangers, with a higher UEFA coefficient than Salzburg gained significant points from Europa League and Conference League matches.
Anyway, it's a ridiculous competition.

 

[SteveAWOL]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1934692861783757182

 

[glasgowspur]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1934692861783757182

Reminds me of the old Partick thistle joke, don't do a lap of honour if you win, just go and shake the crowds hands, it'll be quicker.

 

[Mikey10]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1934692861783757182

Pointless waste of time. Happened across a couple of minutes of James Richardson on Channel 5 on Sunday afternoon trying to convince the 8 viewers tuning in that Auckland v Bayern meant something, poor bastard.

 

[monkeybarry]

Pointless waste of time. Happened across a couple of minutes of James Richardson on Channel 5 on Sunday afternoon trying to convince the 8 viewers tuning in that Auckland v Bayern meant something, poor bastard.

Whaaoooo there...... anyone seen my bucket hat and Nokia 3410....

 

[jts1882]

Can't blame Channel 5 for trying to promote it. Unfortunately, if they are successful, they won't get to show the next one.

 

[Mikey10]

Can't blame Channel 5 for trying to promote it. Unfortunately, if they are successful, they won't get to show the next one.

I don’t think they need to worry. They’ll be able to bid significantly less next time and still get it.

 

[jts1882]

Yes, it is failing rather nicely. However, there is a lot of money for the winners and both Real and PSG are serious about winning. Their parading the world club champions title may help it gain acceptance over the next few years. FIFA don't give up on bad ideas easily.

 

[parklane1]

Having worked, played and coached football most of my life i will say one thing, there is far too much football played in todays game and its all about the money,

 

[markysimmo]

Just showed you the stadium for the City game, I reckon there was 84 people

 

[markysimmo]

Why are the players coming out one at a time hahah
Yank twunts