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International Break September/Ocobter 2026 Thread

Mikey10 said:
Why would I be expected to care about Brighton v Brentford? Or an FA Cup game between, say, Wimborne Town v Crawley? Or Bolton v West Ham in the Championship? I don’t support any of those teams.

Because they are actual games which mean something, not a means of inventing unnecessary fixtures as a money making scheme.
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What's the biggest single sporting event in the world?
 
Mikey10 said:
Why would I be expected to care about Brighton v Brentford? Or an FA Cup game between, say, Wimborne Town v Crawley? Or Bolton v West Ham in the Championship? I don’t support any of those teams.

Because they are actual games which mean something, not a means of inventing unnecessary fixtures as a money making scheme.
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Right but I’m sure that means probably means something to those populations. Just like the Asian Cup, that so many Europeans complain about, means so much to me. Same with the African Nations Cup and everything else that ‘interrupts’ the precious European calendar.
 
Mikey10 said:
Why would I be expected to care about Brighton v Brentford? Or an FA Cup game between, say, Wimborne Town v Crawley? Or Bolton v West Ham in the Championship? I don’t support any of those teams.

Because they are actual games which mean something, not a means of inventing unnecessary fixtures as a money making scheme.
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This is so fuxking disrespectful it's beyond belief! Get off your pedal stool and back down to reality.
 
revlis said:
Right but I’m sure that means probably means something to those populations. Just like the Asian Cup, that so many Europeans complain about, means so much to me. Same with the African Nations Cup and everything else that ‘interrupts’ the precious European calendar.
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No problem with them playing each other in a knockout game at some point which decides qualification. Just don't see the point in them taking part in a recently inventedd league which drags on for months and which is ultimately meaningless for the vast majority of teams within it. It's all about the money.
 
Muttley said:
I went to England vs Australia at Twickers on Sunday. Does that game mean nothing as well?

There is only one sport that has lost it's way at the international level. Most of the time, the games are equal or more entertaining than the domestic games nowadays as well. Eng vs Cro will be a great match, as was the last one.
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I think the rugby tournament has added something to the sporting calendar. There has been the round of international games in November for some time but those games were for local throphies rather than international ones and do not appear to have added extra fixtures to the season.
The nation league or whatever it's called does look like an other way of generating cash to me. I'm not much interest in world football but do Asia and Africa have 3 tournaments running like Europe?
 
Mikey10 said:
Why would I be expected to care about Brighton v Brentford? Or an FA Cup game between, say, Wimborne Town v Crawley? Or Bolton v West Ham in the Championship? I don’t support any of those teams.

Because they are actual games which mean something, not a means of inventing unnecessary fixtures as a money making scheme.
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League Cup? Pointless. FA cup? Pointless. They are absolutely riddled with teams that have no chance of winning it. It just unnecessary fixtures invented as a money making scheme.

(I'm using your logic)
 
Mikey10 said:
No problem with them playing each other in a knockout game at some point which decides qualification. Just don't see the point in them taking part in a recently inventedd league which drags on for months and which is ultimately meaningless for the vast majority of teams within it. It's all about the money.
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In part, I agree with you. The issue for me is not that particular competition or the fact that many of the games are 'meaningless' because they're played by lesser footballing nations (I happen to be from a lesser nation and you better believe it still means a lot to me.) My issue is the volume of games footballers are required to play. That is absolutely 100% about money, milking the players for all their worth to line the pockets of executives.
 
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