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grazorblade said:
Fotmob seems easier to use but sofascore has deeper coverage inckuding npl
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Agree that Sofascore has deeper coverage including NPL whereas FotMob only has the A-Leagues, Hahn Australia Cup and Australian Championship but I think both are quite easy to use and have their individual merits in terms of things like match coverage and player details including statistics.
 
rebelliousfeminist974 said:
Agree that Sofascore has deeper coverage including NPL whereas FotMob only has the A-Leagues, Hahn Australia Cup and Australian Championship but I think both are quite easy to use and have their individual merits in terms of things like match coverage and player details including statistics.
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Dont know if they made it on air but my last guest explained just how sophisticated sofa score has become

Where you make a dribble or do a take on matters for instance

Watching jordy bos i also noticed that the context of the game matters for whether a dual is considered won or lost. For instance if you are in transition, and the retreating defense isnt set it is actually counted as a lost dual if it goes out for a corner
 
Ivory Coast League on fifa Plus. It's so interesting to see the different grounds and infrastructure across the world. This game is on astro turf. Some countries have near dirt tracks for pitches. Fifa plus is insightful.

A quick glance at last squads show it's pretty rare to have a domestic league player in the Ivory Coast squad. It's nice to read that at least a decent number are born there and come to European academies.
 
This is an article on Le Foot about Espérance Sportive Troyes Aube Champagne (ESTAC), commonly known as Troyes FC in Ligue 2 in France.

The stable mate in the City Football Group to Melbourne City...

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Le Petit Champagne du Foot

Le Petit Champagne du Foot: The Little Champagne of Football The Quiet Revolution of Troyes and How They Became the Quiet Succe...
footballuslife.blogspot.com footballuslife.blogspot.com
 
Is there a World Cup general thread to follow?

But from what ive seen France and Spain are looking strong for the tournament, I think Colombia will do well at the World Cup but they got touched up France with a weaker side in that friendly game.
 
Barca4life said:
Is there a World Cup general thread to follow?

But from what ive seen France and Spain are looking strong for the tournament, I think Colombia will do well at the World Cup but they got touched up France with a weaker side in that friendly game.
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Muz

Thread 'FIFA 2026 WC - general'

Logistics, tickets, stadiums, general news etc about the World Cup.

If there's already a thread going somewhere for general information link it and I'll ask a mod to delete the thread.

How's these pricks?

www.theguardian.com

A World Cup preying on Fomo: Fifa’s 2026 ticket scheme is a late-capitalist hellscape

NFTs, dynamic pricing and double resale fees have turned the 2026 World Cup into a fintech carnival where fandom meets late-capitalist absurdity
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com

Have a crack down the article of how little they've allocated the $60 tickets they've spruiked as 'affordable'. Green is Cat 4. CUNCE.

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If I was PM for a day on my list of things to do would be to ban 'dynamic pricing'. One of the filthiest aspects of capitalism...
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NicCarBel said:
Muz

Thread 'FIFA 2026 WC - general'

Logistics, tickets, stadiums, general news etc about the World Cup.

If there's already a thread going somewhere for general information link it and I'll ask a mod to delete the thread.

How's these pricks?

www.theguardian.com

A World Cup preying on Fomo: Fifa’s 2026 ticket scheme is a late-capitalist hellscape

NFTs, dynamic pricing and double resale fees have turned the 2026 World Cup into a fintech carnival where fandom meets late-capitalist absurdity
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com

Have a crack down the article of how little they've allocated the $60 tickets they've spruiked as 'affordable'. Green is Cat 4. CUNCE.

1760325892446.png


If I was PM for a day on my list of things to do would be to ban 'dynamic pricing'. One of the filthiest aspects of capitalism...
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Cheers 👍🏻
 
This is the first major long-read on my 'The Game' blog....

thegame81.wordpress.com

The Village and The Exile

The Last Village in the Global City: Inside Athletic Bilbao’s Century of DefianceIn an era of sovereign wealth funds and borderless scouting, one club in the heart of the Basque Country still…
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Also available on 'The Game' Substack page....

thegame81.substack.com

The Village and the Exile

The Last Village in the Global City: Inside Athletic Bilbao's Century of Defiance
thegame81.substack.com thegame81.substack.com

Hope you enjoy the read.
 


Oh ffs what now? At least they're not called Türkspor Hume. These people will call themselves anything but Australian the moment they want to to have some dig at something Australian they don't like and then moan if people say the club certainly appears associated with a nationality being draped in flags, language and whatever is on the menu.

It's the same in Germany. The clubs are alright but you get types who'll respond 'we're a Turkish club, we shit on the German league system'. Yeah OK my question was just if you'd be glad to go up another tier.
 
JS96 said:


Oh ffs what now? At least they're not called Türkspor Hume. These people will call themselves anything but Australian the moment they want to to have some dig at something Australian they don't like and then moan if people say the club certainly appears associated with a nationality being draped in flags, language and whatever is on the menu.

It's the same in Germany. The clubs are alright but you get types who'll respond 'we're a Turkish club, we shit on the German league system'. Yeah OK my question was just if you'd be glad to go up another tier.
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I have no issue with the way Rugari said that in the clipping above
 
Quicky said:
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World Cup balls through history
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it took me way too long to realise what the trophy meant hahaha.

I think my favourites will always be Tricolore (mainly because of first world cup for me), Teamgeist (because I think that's a ball that fundamentally changed football in a positive way for the first time in probably 35 years since the Telstar (which would also be in that top 5). The other two I loved were the Telstar 18 (was sort of a mesh between modern and classic, and now looking at it reminds me of Tetris), and finally - the Jabulani. I know it's shat on, but wow there's some memories with this ball. Work had a promo deal with Sony at the time where you bought a TV, you got a free Jabulani (like the $50 middle range one), so we had a few spares that they gave us the boys in the warehouse. I technically still have it, but it's on the roof of the two-level indoor office in my dad's shed from my brother in law's bucks night that one of his mates kicked up there, and just way too high and narrow to find in there. Used to love taking that down to the oval for kickabouts early at uni.
 
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