Wonderwall wrote:Ivory coast are one of the hot fave's which is a shame as it means they are probably going to go a long way
1950 wrote:Nigeria, Cameroon, South Africa & Togo all didn't qualify, so BAE, Pienaar, Ade & all the Nigerians & Cameroonians stay.
WiganBlue wrote:Is it going to be on tele in the UK?
Nigels Tackle wrote:WiganBlue wrote:Is it going to be on tele in the UK?
normally a eurosport ting innit...
s1ty m wrote:I could take or leave this competition and I think it is odd that it is every 2 years, slap in the middle of the season, certainly for those African players who are playing in Europe. I think the development of the game is important, so how does this help? I wonder how many clubs think twice about bringing in players who they know will be off for a month or two every 2 seasons? It has to be a factor and, if so, is surely counter-intuitive in terms of developing the game.
The game needs support and development elsewhere isn the world, but they don't necessarily do this bi-annual competition. Every 2 years kind of devalues it too, in my opinion. I was going to add that it is odd that FIFA allow it, before realising that if FIFA are involved, oddness is the norm.
gillie wrote:Nigels Tackle wrote:WiganBlue wrote:Is it going to be on tele in the UK?
normally a eurosport ting innit...
I also think its on one of the BBC channels either 3 or 4 but not sure which.
Blue Since 76 wrote:
If they ran the tournament every four years it would also mean less qualifying which would free the African teams up to play more friendlies in Europe/south america. That would help their development more as they'd be playing a much better standard of team more regularly.
CityGer wrote:Blue Since 76 wrote:
If they ran the tournament every four years it would also mean less qualifying which would free the African teams up to play more friendlies in Europe/south america. That would help their development more as they'd be playing a much better standard of team more regularly.
It's dead simple, hold the tournament with the same frequency and at the same time as the Euro Championships.
FIFA should have tried to encourage this a long time ago.
1950 wrote:
Nobody would watch it then. FIFA = greedy bastids.
CityGer wrote:
If they marketed it correctly and got kick off times sorted they could actually increase european interest in the tournament by having it in the summer.
Especially as the Euro's is a short tourney with not too many games.
Blue Since 76 wrote:
Couldn't have it at the same time for TV but could be an odd year (2013 etc).
Couldn't do summer as it'd be way too hot. It'd be like playing the world cup in the middle east or something.
CityGer wrote:
Somewhere like Qatar?
Blue Since 76 wrote:
That'd just be mad. You'd have to air condition the pitches but I can't see that being technically possible. If you're not careful you'd have to break the games into quarters just so the players could have a drink. And who wants to watch players having a drink for say 3 minutes? You'd have to find something informative to fill that time with.
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