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Official Worldwide Football (Soccer) Discussion Thread (4 Viewers)

For fuck sake. Saudi money killing us. Jota going to be paid £10 million a year tax free. We can’t compete with that. He’ll be on a fraction of that with us.
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Anyone watching the women’s world cup? I’ve been locked away with no wifi or proper tv channels for a couple of weeks but today I saw Sweden beat the US in the round of 16 (is that how you say it? I had to google) by literally a centimeter in the penalty shoot out, go girls!
 
Eriks said:
Anyone watching the women’s world cup? I’ve been locked away with no wifi or proper tv channels for a couple of weeks but today I saw Sweden beat the US in the round of 16 (is that how you say it? I had to google) by literally a centimeter in the penalty shoot out, go girls!
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I have been watching some of it, and all of the USWNT's games before today's game vs. Sweden. Because of the time difference, I wasn't able to watch it. However, by all accounts, the Sweden goalkeeper had a fantastic game. The USWNT has played well below normal standards the entire tournament, but they played their best game today. If they were more clinical, they probably win before extra time. They just couldn't put one past Musovic.

Sweden's team is a legitimate contender to win the Women's World Cup. Many, myself included, had Sweden along with Japan and England as the front runners to win before the knockout rounds.

Round of 16 is how you say it. :tup:
 
UnicornFlash said:
However, by all accounts, the Sweden goalkeeper had a fantastic game. The USWNT has played well below normal standards the entire tournament, but they played their best game today. If they were more clinical, they probably win before extra time. They just couldn't put one past Musovic.
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Indeed, she was incredible. Would have been USA two or three to nothing without her.

UnicornFlash said:
Round of 16 is how you say it. :tup:
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Thanks :)
 
jr8719 said:
I know Chelsea are trying to create a young squad for the future, but their starting XI against Liverpool yesterday seemed a tad extreme...

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This is one of the things that irrationally winds me up and makes me out to be a bit of a gringe - which I probably am - and that's these player escorts. It's a relatively new thing - last 20 years or so - and is just PR and nothing else.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Player_escort

Player escort​

Player escort (also called match mascot or child mascot (plural is mascot children)) is a child who accompanies a football player entering the pitch. Player escorts hold hands with the footballer while they walk in and stay with the player during the playing of the national anthem. The children are usually between 6 and 18 years old.[1] In addition to assisting players, they often have duties such as carrying flags, helping the sideline ball crew and playing matches with each other.[1]

There are various reasons why players walk in with children. These include promoting children's rights campaigns, bringing the element of innocence to the game, fulfilling children's dreams or making profit off it, and reminding players that children are looking up to them.[2]

History​

Children have appeared with football players at least since the 1990s either as one mascot for each team or one for every player. These children typically get chosen when they play little leagues and perform outstanding jobs.[2][3]

The UEFA Euro 2000 was one of the first major events where player escorts appeared with every footballer, replacing the previous practice where the players on the team linked arms with each other.[2] In club games children are usually members of youth teams or contest winners.[4] Since 2002, World Cup or European Championship escorts are selected in a competition hosted by McDonald's, sponsor of the event.[5][6]

Being a child mascot may or may not be free. Among FA Premier League clubs, some may charge £350-£600 depending on the fixture while others offer some free places through competitions and charities, and other clubs do not have a charge at all.[7]

On some occasions, there can be special escorts. For example, Ajax Amsterdam players walked out with their mothers on Mother's Day[8] and São Paulo FC players walked out with dogs to raise awareness to stray dogs problem.[9] Some famous players like Wayne Rooney used to be player escorts in their childhood.[3]
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If they want to bring an element of innocence to the game they should sort out the racism which is clearly a lot worse in football than it is in any other sport I can think of.

/moan ... for now
 
Nymor said:
This is one of the things that irrationally winds me up and makes me out to be a bit of a gringe - which I probably am - and that's these player escorts. It's a relatively new thing - last 20 years or so - and is just PR and nothing else.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Player_escort



If they want to bring an element of innocence to the game they should sort out the racism which is clearly a lot worse in football than it is in any other sport I can think of.

/moan ... for now
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A lot of times the clubs charge quite a bit of money for kids to be mascots. There’s plenty of daft parents out there willing to pay for their kids to walk out with the team.
 
I'm half English and would love to see them win it on Sunday, but there's perhaps no better nation on earth at getting ahead of themselves...

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BonScot said:
I fucking knew it!!! :ROFL: :ROFLMAO:

They don’t half get carried away with themselves. Same every world
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It'd be fine if they'd already won it, but just feels as though we're setting up for yet another failure...
 
BonScot said:
Woah woah woah!!! Hold on a minute.

WTF do you mean “we”?!?!

I thought you were a Welsh wizard and proud of it?
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I'm 50/50, mate: Mum's side Welsh, Dad's are English.

Sorry to burst your bubble.

Fully understand if you don't want to be friends anymore, because you feel as though you've been living a lie...
 

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