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#FIFAWWC viewership - I said to Julia Wanjeri : "I dont know, did people watch the games or did people follow the replies or chatter online. Online the womens world cup was loud but did the same people who complained about rapinoe's comments or anything non soccer related actually watch one game? I dont know. https://twitter.com/jwanjeri/status/1149369881005088770 She asked don't the numbers speak for themselves. https://twitter.com/jwanjeri/status/1149374082527432704 ... so I searched and found this page and that concerning viewership numbers, all I can not verify. But, CNBC states Fourteen and three tenths million people in the usa tuned into the final match on television. Now, the geographic distribution to those viewers is not stated and is an important factor. The usa has over three hundred million people. ten percent is thirty million sequentially, CNBC suggests that five percent of the populace in the usa saw on television the womens world cup final. CNBA then stated that FOx stated twenty million people meaning television plus streaming saw it. That is approximately between six and seven percent saw the womens world cup final in the usa. Now the cnbc article state that twenty five million people in the usa watched the 2015 final. If that has any truth then it actually means less people were interested in the final not more, even though the online media saturation to the womens world cup final this time around is higher. They add that one and a half million viewers watched the womens world cup final on spanish television. Now whether the initial numbers represent only those who viewed it in english or those who switched are details absent, but important to know. I know people who watch spanish television for soccer, absent hearing it or reading the translated. But, But altogether english or spanish television plus streaming in the usa, the number of viewers to the final reached approximately twenty seven million which is approximately 8 percent of the populace in the usa. That is great but the NFL super bowl had ninety eight and two tenths million viewers in the usa, add tw million more for streamers. That is one hundred million so a third of the populace in the usa, not less than a tenth. The first article i cited below very negatively or dysfunctionally mentioned the fifa mens world cup earnings but the problem is the global viewership to the womens world cup I did not find exactly cited anywhere and my gut tells me that online media centered about the usa is using statistics for the usa to determine a global scenario and I will explain later. In the second article linked below it is stated that the womensgame in the year two thousand and sixteen earned a little more than the mens team. I imagine, this year will show a bigger boon, but these numbers have structural problems. The question from the problem is simple: how many people in the usa who tweet about donald trump every day, who feel something negative based on his policies to healthcare or immigration or taxes was emboldened when trump tweeted against the U.S.W.N.T. and specifically Megan Rapinoe to support the uswnt or megan rapinoe. When megan rapinoe knelt when the anthem for the birth to the usa was sounded, she was not treated as positively by some who know state she is a symbol of modern resistance. Sequentially, how much of the media overflow is less about womens soccer fans in the usa, womens soccer fans who could not find enough interest in the boston breakers or dc united womens or sky blue fc to embolden those organizations. The fox article showed that the womens world cup viewership aided in M.L.S. major league soccer matches being viewed in their network, but the problem with fox's article is, the numbers are confined to fox and don't appreciate other networks let alone media concerns covering markets outside the legal bounds of fox. Comprehend, streaming of sports is usually geographically locked, as rights are not owned/sold/given here there or everywhere. Now for the allusion I presented earlier about the usa model being used to extrapolate the global situation. I will quote the nielsen article linked below "Fan interest and commercial investments in women’s football, or soccer, are growing leading into the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup. According to Nielsen Sports, 40% of the people in countries with a team competing in this year’s tournament are interested in women’s football. ... The Nielsen Women’s Football Report, a collaboration with Leaders™, highlights where fan interest is gaining momentum and how commercial investments are growing. The report also includes insights from Facebook IQ on social media conversations and hashtags about women’s football, and a prediction from Gracenote, a Nielsen company, showing which teams have the highest chances of taking home the FIFA Women’s World Cup title in 2019." Firstly, the chances of a team taking the title, is not related to fandom. The only way you can relate chances is to use that as a hueristic, giving certain statistics larger value than others based on the country they are from, BUT, I have questions to that, which I will never know as nielsen controls that. Secondly, the use of hashtags or facebook i.q. is in itself corrupt. First, hashtag usage is dysfunctional. And goes across interest. too many people online to various hashtags, reshare hashtags based on things they are not interested in. people show clips of shows, add a hashtag and then others who never watched the show retweet the post. Again, how many people who never watched a soccer match of any kind, used hashtags around womens socceer based on a dislike of trump or some need to show support to what they think is a positive symbol to the usa? That matters cause said people are not going to watch an N.W.S.L. <national womens soccer league> game. lastly, over half the people in every member country in the fifa womens world cup showed interest. Define interest? IF the superbowl garnered circa one hundred million, then neilsen must had suggested that garnered most people in the usa , although one hundred million is not half of three hundred million which is one hundred and fifty million. How can the womens world cup garner honest interest from half the population of china/usa/france/england/spain/italy/brasil/nigeria/south africa/cameroon/japan/south korea/holland/jamaica/argentina/venezuela/canada and yet the final received in the usa at best ten percent ? The ratings people are in the allusion side illusion business, they use statistic or heuristics, provable only through their internal body, to allude or guide to what they want others to think or illude or create fantasy to what they want others to see. Is womens soccer growing in popularity? in my opinion yes. I watched more and more be honestly interested. But it isn't a global phenomenon of interest reflecting constant concern or financial revenue being earned. My proof is not any statistics or heuristics but my eyes. When you see women play in soccer mad brasil with lower ticket prices and the stadiums are still way empty. when you see girls in a C.A.F. confederation of african football or A.F.C. asian football confederation country speak on how they are stymied in their communities in the homes they live in for wanting to be athletic. When Olympique Lyonnais feminin have won four straight uefa champions leagues and yet, their shirt sales are not explosive in france, a country whose male clubs haven't reached a final in a long time. Modern media allows a minority growth to appear to be majority. It allows messages to spread rapidly while not honestly. When hillary clinton was president many statistical/heuristical assessors said she was sure to win based on their assessment, she will achieve most of the votes. And hillary clinton did, but the geographic displacement from her votes was why she didn't win , as the electoral college's function is to give an edge to fewer votes if they are geographically better dispersed. Be careful of users numbers folks, use your eyes. I trust my eyes better than the unverifiable numbers presented to me by fiscal interest or by cultural interest ... My eyes say womens soccer is growing at a slow or steady pace, primarily lifted by the usa/western UEFA populace but in other geographs far less interested for various reasons. ARTICLES CITED CNBC cite fox whom they say learned the content from nielsen. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/10/us-viewership-of-the-womens-world-cup-final-was-higher-than-the-mens.html generate revenue post https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/19/us-womens-soccer-games-now-generate-more-revenue-than-mens.html statement from fox news https://www.foxsports.com/presspass/latest-news/2019/07/08/u-s-victory-delivers-14271000-fox-sports-viewers-fifa-womens-world-cup-france-2019-final statement from nielsen https://www.nielsen.com/us/en/insights/report/2019/womens-football-report-2019/ nfl gridiron numbers https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/05/super-bowl-liii-set-streaming-records-while-tv-viewership-saw-massive-drop/

#CAFCON2019 #afcon2019 Round of 8 part 1- Benin huffed and puffed as QueenJohn4 will say and Senegal showed a lack of ability to break through bunkers well. But the opportunity was taken in the end. Senegal better hope madagascar don't win, madagascar can play them off the pitch. Tunisia will play rough against madagascar, hopefully the malagasy can overcome that with skill. Nigeria versus South Africa was another final, like Cameroon Nigeria and in both matches Nigeria battled and were superior by thin margins but a margin is enough for a win. Chukwueze is a nice young player but his career needs a team where he is the talisman to be more hungrier for the ball, sharper in attack. Algeria versus Nigeria will be another final based on how both teams have played and where their grooves are, BUT if ivory coast defeat algeria, Zaha will have a role to play and it will be a battle between a slick though rough les elephants side. One of the nigerian players did the kidiaba celebration:) i forget the name of the dance. GOAL LIST Gana Gueye - winner for senegal https://www.weibo.com/7030963893/HCT49kw23?from=page_1005057030963893_profile&wvr=6&mod=weibotime Chukwueze- first nigerian goal https://www.weibo.com/7030963893/HCTPbiHmz?from=page_1005057030963893_profile&wvr=6&mod=weibotime Ekong - second nigerian goal https://www.weibo.com/7030963893/HCUk71Hbt?from=page_1005057030963893_profile&wvr=6&mod=weibotime Behind the scenes in the Nigerian Camp before the match initial talk between the nigerian football federation president and current coach https://twitter.com/osasuo/status/1148517547320516608 it was about money to be given to players https://twitter.com/osasuo/status/1148560629155979264 the hotel being cleared out for them to talk https://twitter.com/osasuo/status/1148560645924818946 the 35 to 40 minute talk https://twitter.com/osasuo/status/1148560661766688768

#CONCACAF #WCQ new format- It is nine groups, one group will have the top six teams by fifa rank, the other eight group(five with four team, three with three team) will have the remaining 29 teams. All the groups will play a round robin format at the same time. At the end of the group phase, the top three teams in the group with the top six teams by fifa ranking will go straight to the coming world cup. The fourth place team will face the winner of the knockout phase competition based on the winners of the remaining groups. The remaining groups winners will be in a round of eight, and reduce into a round of four and a round of two. The winner then faces the fourth place team in the group with the top six teams. The team who wins faces in the interconfederation playoff. ...Dre Cordero said the qualifying format is objectively bad and like a bad middle school arithmetic problem. ... I will use the words imbalanced or dysfunctional. It doesn't give a chance for improvement by most of the flag teams in the con.c.a.c.a.f. region; it is dysfunctional. BUt, expected, a functional system with a harder system will only benefit the fiscally smaller teams athletically while undermine them financially. I wonder will this be mirrored in the womens game? it is not warranted. article https://www.concacaf.com/en/world-cup-qualifying-men/article/concacaf-announces-format-for-the-2022-fifa-world-cup-confederation-qualifiers?utm_content=sf215557239&utm_medium=spredfast&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=CONCACAF&sf215557239=1 tweet https://twitter.com/Concacaf/status/1148972980569067530 referral post https://twitter.com/DreCordero/status/1148981644063367168 IN AMENDMENT Erik Krakauer made a point about the new format and a thought occured to me, not initially. All the confederations are large in quantity outside conmebol. All the confederations world cup qualifying or confederation cup tournaments are unfair to smaller flag teams, smaller based on fiscal quality or development. Little flag teams in CAF/AFC/Conecacaf/UEFA are not improved or helped by the formats. To do better for smaller flag teams requires a consideration to them that goes against the fiscal weight of things in sport. I argued for at least three year for a new system in CAF BUT in the end of the day, money talks and unless one has money to pay for changes, the changes will not occur or the changes will suit those who do have the money, and all do not have the money. It is unfair, but it is warranted through the fiscal culture ... conmebol world cup qualifying system is the best, how do you get that system mirrored around the world. Simplest way is to break up the other confederations into parts. CONCACAF becomes CONCA<just north adn central america> ECA<east caribbean> WCA <west caribbean> ; CAF subconfederations become confederations standalone: UNAF< north africa> WAFU<west africa> UNiffac<central africa> CECAFA<east africa> COSAFA<southern africa> ; the same for AFC subconfederations : waff<west asia> CAFA <central asia> SAFF<south asia> EAFF<east asian>AFF <south east asian>; and finally UEFA will need breaking up into a west<ireland to germany to italy to portugal>/nordic <maybe including russia>/central <switzerland/poland/austria et cetera> The idea is very simple. Break the confederations into smaller entities. Yes, this will grow the role of interconfederation play beyond the minor role it has now, but that is fine. Interconfederation play can be focused on regional first. But, that is the answer, if you want all regions to reach what conmebol have. Break up all the other confederations into regional parts. https://twitter.com/EricKrakauer/status/1149009668833992704

#Equalpay #USWNT - Black men took centuries to get equal wage to white men , and still don't have equal wage to white men across the board. Black women have a stronger fiscal inequality. My point, fiscal capitalism in the usa does not provide wages based on merit or finance but a cross-space between the desire of those who control the salary and the desire of those who want the wage. The problem is, controlling the salary is not meant to be for all or a vote, it can't be a voted or bureaucratic thing in a fiscal capitalism. IT is a tussle or struggle always. People are making it seem like money can be given and it comes from a magic well, money always comes while it is being taken. https://twitter.com/DiCiccoMethod/status/1148707161733648385 The twitter below forgets one key point, the NBA/NFL/MLB etc if they had their way would not pay the male athletes what they get now. The myhtology is that mens salaries is some beloved thing given by the wealthy. The fiscally wealthy dont want to give any laborer anything, I can go into the history of slavery in the usa as a fiscal entity but I am tired of stating slavery over and over in a country built on it. But, tweeters inability to admit or comprehend that wages was and is not some easy battle, ever in fiscal capitalism, is dysfunctional. https://twitter.com/footyisfree/status/1148760914960646144

#Media - I love the video in the link below for how it showed the love to the win in Brasil for the selecao's victory. People laugh at brasilian players emotions but the people in brasil explain it. THe love brasilians have for the game is not for the neutral, is in spite of the neutral. http://g1.globo.com/bahia/jornal-da-manha/videos/t/edicoes/v/apos-12-anos-selecao-brasileira-conquista-o-nono-titulo-na-copa-america-2019/7747341/

#CAFCON2019 round of 8- I learned from the group stages and the round of 16 that many CAF flag teams were unprepared for the initiated format. IT seemed many teams hit a fatigue button in the round of 16. But, it is a good thing cause that can only help in world cup preparation. The pairings are : senegal vs benin/nigeria vs south africa/madagascar vs tunisia/ivory coast vs algeria Senegal will come in on an uplift attacking wise. Benin will know so it will be a water on rock scenario. Madagascar is the media minnow side in the tournament, their first time in the tournament, primarily through the extended format and to reach this result. Tunisia is beatable by them, but Tunisia is a former champion, the only one in the positionally top half of the bracket so, they may rise after a historically relevant win against Ghana. Nigeria vs South Africa will be a battle, like Cameroon vs Nigeria. Both teams have a strong history in this tournament, both are former winners. This is a battle. Nigeria have more danger but South Africa play as a cohesive team better. Ivory Coast play roughly,but in flag competitions people make too much of incohesiveness. As long as clean sheets are kept and a team scores, all else is not relevant. Algeria have looked smooth, purposed. They will want to win in the north, in egypt. GOAL LIST BEdoui own goal https://www.weibo.com/7030963893/HCBvx7arg?from=page_1005057030963893_profile&wvr=6&mod=weibotime wilfried zaha https://www.weibo.com/7030963893/HCAddcTy4?from=page_1005057030963893_profile&wvr=6&mod=weibotime

#Russell #Westbrook - First it was westbrook with Durant/Harding then a solo phase then Paul George/Carmelo but Carmelo fell away, and it was a two man act, now he is solo again. In the end, Westbrook in staying in Oklahoma City has missed out on success and watched others go to financially better waters in terms of media market or trophies. More than likely he will be the charles barkley of his era. A guy who spent a long time in a team that isn't strong and will have to wait to get trophies or exposure to a larger market.et tu Paul George- I think he or kawhi leonard would had been wiser to join lebron, basketball is a big man game and lebron/A.D. on one team is very strong https://bleacherreport.com/post/sports-odds/44095d74-4aa3-4f43-b66c-e76f0965d4fd?fbclid=IwAR2pQQ-UwT9uiCJyymDgA4JkvNhxIPnQxpdxE6lmgiPBLxrcxWXYpkhHTYI

#Selecao win the #CopaAmerica2019 -People mock the emotion from players in brasil but the cultural connection to soccer in brasil is deeper than most other countries and probably any other countries populace. https://twitter.com/PartidoPooper/status/1147986871399702529 in the end, only the fans to the winning team in any tournament need to celebrate right? I really oppose the neutral fan talk in modern media. By default, only one can win in an elimination tournament sequentially, the losing fans become in their teams failure part of the neutral fans and usually the most vocal in media. The neutral fan must be ignored, in the end, the winning teams fans need to have the exclusive majority voice on a trophy lift, all other fans whether they be from losing teams or non aligned to any team , commonly called neutral fan, need to have a muted access in media in their media message. https://twitter.com/RobertoRojas97/status/1147987596854910977 GOAL LIST Everton Goal https://www.weibo.com/7030963893/HCrZ2zvHt?from=page_1005057030963893_profile&wvr=6&mod=weibotime Gabriel Jesus goal https://www.weibo.com/7030963893/HCs4HzUUy?from=page_1005057030963893_profile&wvr=6&mod=weibotime Richarlison goal https://www.weibo.com/7030963893/HCsuSqklE?from=page_1005057030963893_profile&wvr=6&mod=weibotime

#USWNT global fandom- Delaney is correct that peoples outside the usa, which include immigrants into the usa, delight in seeing the usa fail in soccer. One of the few things the usa continually fails in that is largely noticed or cognized. He is wrong that the dislike to the united states of america womens national team is disliked based on obnoxiousness. It is a negative reflection from the joy most in humanity get at the usa mens teams failures. Sport is like war, absent the consequence from war, which is death. When the empire loses, most cheer. The usa is the empire, thus when the men lose, most cheer. Because usa womens team is the reverse, when they win, the cheers become boos. The reality is, no matter what manners players on the usa womens team have, they will be disliked. The internet created myth to their attitude is merely a result from modern media, but not a source to the dislike. Dre cordero is correct in stating that obnoxiousness is not a foreign element in futebol outside the usa, but he is dysfunctional in making that point absent stating the source to the dislike. response to original post by dre cordero https://twitter.com/DreCordero/status/1147939480608919552 Original post https://twitter.com/MiguelDelaney/status/1147869685775515648

#kawhi #leonard - was part of a big four in toronto, he made near equal to gasol and less than ibaka or lawry, lowry making the most. Did toronto want to maintain that big four? no, kawhi had to leave, as he only came to spite san antonio, which is what he did successfully Clippers is financially smart, like durant/kyrie they are getting the second team in one of the big cities, the east or west capitol, but the problem is, in both brooklyn nets or la clippers, the teams are shambles and i think the media hype has flattered both moves. Most teams in the current National Basketball Association in the U.S.A. have dysfunctional teams. IT is ripe for another dynasty to start next season if a team can be very potent. La LAkers seem to be nearest, if a move for Westbrook to join Lebron and A.D. can happen then la lakers are the favorites and can have a nice stretch.

Egypt knocked out of Afcon2019 - Diacre for french women, seedorf for cameroon men, Aguirre for egypt men each have a problem, they treat flag teams like a club team. Diacre didn't bring the best french goalscorer, KAtoto, based on their inability to get along... bring her anyway Seedorf didn't bring Moukandjo who won the afcon for cameroon in the last edition cause he played in China... bring him anyway Aguirre chose to play egypt like they are a slick attacking club side... play them in a counterattack bunker like deschamps with mbappe in russia Diacre/Seedorf/Aguirre have far more experience than i do in the beautiful game, but they each have gained some negative mentalities from their experiences. Diacre anbd Seedorf must lose their UEFA state of mind, and stop trying to impress people with a flag teams play. Flag teams are pick up teams, not club teams, the idea that a flag team has to impress somone is the most silliest notion to me. Winning is all these three to four week pick up teams need to do. Diacre, Seedorf side Aguirre I hope continue in their jobs, but they each must show they have learned from their mistakes. Stop trying to impress with the playing style, always bring the most dangerous players based on past actions in the flag team or on current standing in their club All flag teams must remember, the flag team has no connection to the club game. Every flag team is a pick up team for a few weeks, treat it as such. In a pick up team, you don't try to build a system, you play the players in their natural style, what they do without thinking. And try to put enough natural ways together to make a system.This isn't hard. #Lorch the goal that knocked #egpyt out of #Afcon2019 #BafanaAtAFCON #bafanabafana https://www.weibo.com/7030963893/HCiEQDzmp?from=page_1005057030963893_profile&wvr=6&mod=weibotime

Cameroon exit from the C.A.F. Cup of NAtions 2019- I don't have a problem with the lose. For me I can see that Samuel Eto'o had a huge role in getting Seedorf/Kluivert into the coaching chairs. I like the project. But Cameroon need consistency with the flag team project. Choupo Moting/Njie/Bassagog are skilled players. YEs, Cameroon have many defenders or midfielders playing in the lesser clubs or lesser leagues in uefa. But maybe they need to leave uefa for a brasil or china. being on a winning team is good for a person. Too many players for caf waste years in losing teams in uefa, hoping to earn better in uefa, when that opportunity is hard to get. I hope Seedorf/Kluivert/Eto'o can come to an agreement and keep the project going for the world cup qualifiers. I know the team may not have the best defenders but Seedorf's style requires time to implement, the players will work on their skills with seedorf as coach, knowing he will assess them based on their skills or quality. We will see. Coaching situation at Cameroon Seedorf say wait a few days to see if he will stay ahh no, no, please stay in #CMR #seedorf @PatrickKluivert please keep the project @setoo9 @WachiraLynne thanks for reporting https://twitter.com/WachiraLynne/status/1147571495612407809 GOALs list Iwobi goal https://www.weibo.com/7030963893/HChkatNIh?from=page_1005057030963893_profile&wvr=6&mod=weibotime Ighalo second goal https://www.weibo.com/7030963893/HChjhd13z?from=page_1005057030963893_profile&wvr=6&mod=weibotime Njie goal Cameroon https://www.weibo.com/7030963893/HCh5Nwjd4?from=page_1005057030963893_profile&wvr=6&mod=weibotime Bahoken goal cameroon https://www.weibo.com/7030963893/HCh47uDN9?from=page_1005057030963893_profile&wvr=6&mod=weibotime Ighalo goal nigeria https://www.weibo.com/7030963893/HCgWL14v4?from=page_1005057030963893_profile&wvr=6&mod=weibotime Nigerian mens teams salaries https://twitter.com/osasuo/status/1147600168482672640

China investing in womens soccer- 116 million is not a lot but when you consider womens soccer at the club level is very much below the livable wage this can be a huge boon for the local player in china. Though China will be foolish to not see the advantage in the size of their country and allow for non chinese players to come in. China can be the center of soccer for all regions outside outside UEFA if they use their money wisely and functionally. my original comment Smart China, outside UEFA a huge financial investment in womens soccer is possible, no country,including the usa is serious at the club level @WSUasa1 thanks for the post @sam4wigan thanks for the reshare @china_football thoughts? referring post https://twitter.com/WSUasa1/status/1147369963411464192

Copa America 2019 semifinal Brazil 2 Argentina 0 - three key points, many people said the referee was bad. But I suggest the referee was consistent. The first hard foul in the match was from an Argentinean player to a Brazilian player. The referee let play go on. And he continued to do so for the remainder of the match. I find that acceptable. I am tired of referees who let fouls go from the first to twenty third minute, then are strict letter of the law from the fortieth to the fifty-fifth minute then are let them play from the eighty first to the last minute. Be consistent. Every call matters in sport, that is where Video assistance has it wrong. Every call has equal value in sport, cause the momentum is built before when a play starts. My second point is Messi did not lose, Argentina lost. And, the truth is, Brasil is the most talented Conmebol side. The problem in Brasil is finding the balance. Brasil still have issues finishing absent Neymar but their collective talent can grind out results through a very strong midfield or defense. The next copa america is in Argentina. Argentina have a year to be better. But, next Copa America I suspect Neymar will be healthy and off of a great season in PSG. My third point is Brasil, the Selecao, they fought this match. and they were all in the same mode. A decent balance in the team existed. Peru or Chile offer other challenges. Chile is sharper in attack and more of a team in buildup. Peru have a deadly number nine and a grit used to potent defense. Onto the 2019 Copa america final, but I do wonder about next years copa america, can messi survive tonights result in Buenos Aires? https://twitter.com/Cynegeticus/status/1146243311423971328

Future of WOmens World Cup- USWNT may win the World cUp 2019 in FRance but the reality is, UEFA won the sport this world cup. It is USA versus UEFA competitors. Eventually, the USWNT will have a reboot as all flag teams and that will lead to an all UEFA round of 8 or 4 hands down. It can be the next womens world cup. But, as i said earlier, even if the USWNT win the current world cup and the next three , UEFA will be the real winner as outside the USA, only Japan, the nadeshiko, and possibly China have a nonUEFA womens team that has a domestic club system that seem engaged , even if not heavily financed , into developing domestic talent. From the age of the uswnt , and the cycle of the nadeshiko, I can see the Nadeshiko making it deep in the next tournament with more experience. As the sole nonUEFA. Brasil will miss MArta and company, the other Conmebol's are not supported enough, the CAF teams are not supported enough, the remaining AFC teams or COnmebo temas outside USA/Japan/CHina are not supported enough domestically. While I concur that the uswnt warrant a fair share of funds from ussoccer, based on revenue < https://www.economist.com/united-states/2019/06/27/where-female-athletes-are-more-popular-than-male-ones?fsrc=scn/tw/te/bl/ed/wherefemalefootballersaremorepopularthanmaleonesbetterplaylesserpay > at the club level, the National Womens Soccer LEague in the USA is not only small, it seems to get smaller. And the support is not growing in media.

newyorkknicks- Some have opined that the new york knicks are worse off for not getting durant/kyrie/deandre but when I place myself in the position of owner of the new york knickerbockers in my mind, I am not certain the big three model works. The NBA , like all fiscal firms, have phases, fiscal phases in time. First was the white only player, where the labor pool was being reduced by phenotype which influenced the players a team can get and sequentially their success. Then came the token black player phase. Most epitomized by Bill Russell in the boston celtics. One extremely great black player surrounded by white players. For a while this was the mode, you saw it in Kareem abdul Jabbar's early career under another name or Oscar Robertson. But time progressed and slowly but surely NBA teams had two , then three players black. Then came the ABA phase, where the nba was challenged and per the u.s.a. way financially, one organization absorbed the other. During the NBA/ABA battle, the new york knicks had a superteam with earl the pearl monroe, willis reed, walt frazier, dave debucherre, dean memmiger and won two championships. Eventually, the NBA absorbed the ABA and the philadelphia seventy sixers had a superteam of Doctor J, Moses Malone, Maurice Cheeks, and Darryl Dawkins. In the modern vernacular a big four. But, they were not alone and the L.A. Lakers/Boston Celtics mirrored the idea and had Magic Johnson/KAreem/Worthy/Byron Scott in the lakers against the Larry Bird/kevin mchale/robert parrish/Danny Ainge and the rivalry from that time between those teams defined it. Then came the Jordan era. Now, you have to comprehend a key point. Jordan's game wasn't new, or some new trend. Doctor J had created the game jordan played. THe key to Jordan was his fiscal scenario. Before jordan: bill russell, wilt chamberlain, clyde frazier, magic johnson or other all had good contracts , good sponsorship but nothing that broke the owners banks. all of sudden, top players wanted the same as jordan and that meant large contracts that tested the quality, the fiscal quality of the owners. Sequentailly, in the jordan era, many basketball teams ownerships changed hands as onwers that couldn't handle the top salaries demanded by the top players in the jordan era, gave in to those owners who could. And, at the end of the jordan era, jordan/scottie pippen/dennis rodman side a catch of players who accept a rigid role, like bj armstrong or robert horry play around them. This concept post jordan era became what I call the big multiera, emphasized by the salary cap on teams.. First it was big two with Olajuwon side Clyde Drezler in houston, and Duncan and david robinson in san antonio and Kobe and Shaq in Los Angeles, the two series ending in DWade side Shaq. Then came the big three era in boston with Kevin garnett/paul pierce/jesus shuttlesworth :) <brother Ray Allen> and it was followed by los angeles lakers with kobe /gasol/Horry aside san antonio with duncan/ parker/ginobli and Miami with lebron/dwade/bosh and then miami with lebron/kyrie/kevin love side Golden state with curry/clay thompson/draymond green side other similar big three attempts in Oklahoma city and other. The both big 2 or big 3 era came with one simple idea. A salary cap exists so owners finances are not stressed beyond their means especially in small market teams, and players can not ask for the moon with an ever growing uncapped sponsorship value being accepted by basketball players. This will allow small market teams to compete with the big market while slow financial imbalance. And it worked. The Brooklyn Nets getting Kevin DUrant/Kyrie Irving/Deandre Jordan is a big three, and they will be accompanied by a various set of players who are role players or like the great Ron HArper, become a role player to gain a ring. BUt, is having a big three financially wise, looking forward. ,,, well, this past season showed the big flaw in the big three concept. HAving three great players, and a set of imbalanced players has a great problem. At any moment, an injury to one or two of the three changes the entire strength of the team. Cause the role players are just that, not complete ball players, they play to a role. They don't have the consistency to extend beyond that role over a long stretch of matches. Toronto's Kyle Lowry/Mark Gasol/Serge Ibaka is the big three , lowry side gasol made made more salary money than Kawhie Leonard. Leonard's salary demands is above Toronto and thus a trade is inevitable for him. But, this past season, Leonard's role in toronto was more vital than lowry/gasol/ibaka in terms of his total play. Sequentially, toronto's big three wasn't enough. This is why the big multiera has one great flaw. In the end, basketball is a team sport and the best team isn't one where some players are the best and the others are average. The best team is one where the entire team is the best. The Nets have bought durant/irving, but both have injury issues going forward that must not be mistaken. In irving's case his playing style make buying him an issue, and in durant's case, the current injury he has, which was misdiagnosed by the golden state medical staff , is an issue. The new york knicks had a player called Bernard King, who suffered a bad injury and was never the same, though cause he was so great, was a very good player after the injury. The waiting game may seem foolish but big teams are not lasting a long time. At the moment, big threes last about three years. When you consider the amount of money needed, I don't think getting a big three setup is worth it. ... Now, the knicks do need to be more competitive but the answer isn't a big three. The problem the knicks have is not that they are paying the lowest rate but that they are not choosing the best players in that rate. STeph Currey currently makes more than the entire knick squad. but if the knicks want to be a selling team, then they need to choose better Choose players under 7 million who will work more efficiently together. LEarn how to make a great big pick up team. If Dolan can get someone to do that, the knicks will be a very good team. https://sports.yahoo.com/report-steph-curry-found-out-about-kevin-durant-signing-with-nets-while-flying-to-convince-him-to-stay-with-warriors-150341840.html

French Women Euros 2021 this is my starting squad. a 442 that built from a 433 meaning one of the forwards in the forward trio is always dropping deep, the other staying high. Katoto/Gauvin/Diani Karchaoui/Henry/Cascarino Majri/Renard/Mbock/Torrent Bouhaddi Some suggest that france need midfielders, but I oppose that idea. France have the best wingers and have true number 9s. Diacre's mistake was looking to play a system and not who the team is. A flag team is not a club side. A flag team is a pick up team who get to play for a few weeks. Coaches that don't treat flag teams like pick up teams make a fatal error. A flag team coach has two points. Who has the most talent and how do I put that talent together. France have three true number 9s., that are mobile, fast, strong, and can score. France have four wingers, two for each side. France have a center back pairing. Only one space is open for changes and that is the center midfielder position.That position can be rotated between Henry/Le SOmmer/Bussaglia, each having their own skill set that changes how it will work. The three forward make a central triangle, one always deeper than the other two who are on the same line and offer three long ball options from left, right, or center. The wide players play to the overlap, they have the olletive speed faster than any opponent currently in the game. ... Now some will suggest, le sommer/henry/bussaglia is a good midfield trio, le sommer as iniesta/henry as xavi/bussaglia as busquets, but that midfield trio from barca had a patience i rarely find today. Possession is only effective for me when above 95% throughout a match, absent that height, possession makes your team open to counters. My last point is simple, France have the players to play any style, but the coach to france has to play the best players and fit them into a system for their style OR choose a style and place the players who fit into that style best. DIacre did neither. She must do it going forward OR the next coach must do it.

BURN IT ALL DOWN read 6-24-2019 My Comment Love the title, burn it all down:) I heard this after the Nigeiran or Cameroonian women played in the round of sixteen. Considering how strong an advocate JAnine Anthony is for the womens game in CAF I respect her sense of happiness for the two teams to be in the round of 16 in the womens worlds cup. The parallel of success between nigerian women/canadian women/usa women compared to lack of success with nigerian men/canadian men/usa men is interesting in that the success the womens groups have has not spurred on those governments to make an initiative, like a tax write off the chinese president gave chinese firms to invest in chinese soccer leagues, men side women. Especially in the case of nigeria. If nigerian men won eleven straight cup of nations I wonder if that would inspire better investment in the nigerian mens league? Excellent question, Janine, the media I read gave the same reason you did but I never saw an official report as much as this was a private choice that had monied interest behind it, that maybe players acted as a proxy. I wonder if the womens cup of nations will be changed in its timing? Ajara's goal was very good, she has talent. Exactly, Janine, getting her side other top female players in Nigeria to play in a top womens team made in nigeria is key. Question, do any womens teams in the nigerian womens league have any development systems? I disagree with Shireen, the football associations isn't the key to development of leagues in womens soccer, womens soccer need women with money to collate their money and invest in leagues/clubs FIFA or Football associations have money, but I think private ownership is key. Women in groups of socio's like in conmebol is key as ownership groups. Women need to pull their money to invest. Can you tell what Samuel Eto'o has been doing, he was present at the cameroon womens team matches, and he seemed busy? Is it possible Clarence seedorf can have a role in guiding the womens team, he has a daughter? Excellent point Janine, i was dubbed as well with how the Cameroonian womens team played in the last cup of nations. Great reporting, Gaelle started the first development school in cameroon... wow, sad to hear. should had been sooner? WOuld had oshoala if healthy changed the score Janine? not win the match but lower the german score, raise the nigerian score and by how much? good show Tweet https://twitter.com/BurnItDownPod/status/1142525684859977733

LYON OFFSIDE My Comment One thing about CAF teams you guys must remember, they basically are active only two times, the literal cup of nations tournament which serves as the world cup qualifiers, caf does not separate the world cup qualifiers from the confederation cup tournament. And then a few matches before the world cup. SO most CAF teams before the world cup are in absent the basic number of games to know how they are. The same with the brasilian womens team. And unlike the usa, or france, since every caf womens league is bluntly semi paid athletes they lack the club base needed to aid them. THus Nigeria, like any CAF team, is better in tournament by leaps and bounds. I think Diacre is like Deschamps in that, as a coach she had issues to KAtoto like he had to deschamps. By the time I read this, Gauvin is clearly the player in the center forward role, so your views on her before current events are unfair for me to speak on. I agree, Le Sommer/Diani/Cascarino is a nice trident but the coach is correct, France need a 442 system. Like in the mens game, messi absent neymar makes barcelona to one sided, same as dani alves absent marcelo. Now, teams can still play or win but strong opposition will exploit imbalance. I think Karchaoui is the only player I can see coming in and actually mirroring cascarino, and with both of them they will allow MAjri or Torrent to overlap. But, the coach has not implemented that idea. And LE Sommer is not a number 10. Like the mens team, the french womens team don't have a natural creative midfielder , like a marozsan, but have athletic midfielders. Remember, when france won the world cup they had matuidi/kante/pogba , the french womens team are the same, the best equivalent to that is Le Sommer/Henry/Geyoro but Diacre wants a player to be that primary passer in midfield, and thiney has adjusted to that role for PAris FC, as she doesn't have the athleticism to play higher in attack. Do you know who started the majri is the best left back thing? is that about the brasil men. haha! Bouhaddi is an under-sized keeper, that is her true problem. She worked on her timing. Iker cassilas is similar. Great stat about bouhaddi not letting more than one goal in any game in four years. She made the save of the tournament so far, in the match against Brasil. That was a well timed save. The other issue with the goal keeper movement is the nature of penalty kicks. Penalty kickers try so many various tactics it is very disadvantaged for the keeper to need to move in the kickers favor. Look at spain men, when they won the world cup, most of those games were 1-0 matches. teams are going to bunker and try to counter and like spain men when they won the world cup, france women don't have that dominant number 9. so, they have the ability to possess but no spearpoint. good point on the young canadian player. Great strategic point on Van Sanden. Van Sanden is one of those players that runs into it immediately, so she tends to run herself empty quick. I don't know her fitness regimen, but moving from OL to Ajax is the key. As she stays in OL it will improve her fitness. THomis was not the most consistent high quality crosser, so Van Sanden is taking her mantle. I could hear Rabeeta's pain speaking on Kerr. Norway proved they needed Ada while Australia proved they need more than Kerr. I didn't know that pasta story, did you find out who puts pasta in a baguette?:) Brasil came in one of the age wise oldest teams. THat experience helped them, but their younger players are not sharp enough and Marta basically said that. Arianna, make sure you share photos when you see them in paris. Spain have no goals, a highly technical team absent athleticism needed to be dangerous. Someone shared a great article on the popularity of chess in spain and you can see that in the spanish game. Spain women have to learn to gain the collective patience to possess above 95 percent. To be fair, to the group usa was in, any time you increase teams you drag in teams that are not experienced in a tournament and in the womens game mean semi pro flag teams. ITaly versus China is two defensive battling teams, Italy has a sharpness in attack, china do not have, but china have youth in their team who will be better the next world cup. The NAdeshiko were finalists in the last two world cups. I think japan can get past holland. They have a nice blend of youth and experience and the NAdeshiko league helps their players comprehend each other and ferment that identity. TO quote kumagai, on that post you shared rabeeta, japanese players have to play as a team to win, they comprehend this very early. Holland have serious danger up top but Japan have along time to think on holland which goes against holland for me. But remember Rabeeta, Aulas can look at PSG mens who have the same role OL women have in terms of dominance. PSG men hired tomas tuchel who won nothing with dortmund, gave him the reigns and even after a season only winning one trophy gave him a contract extension. The question is less who has to go as much as who will play out of position the best. It is a challenge. And I think players want to win trophies. We shall see. At some point, OL will have a down phase, no team wins greatly forever. Question do you know why Vasseur was fired at stade de reims in 2015? knowing a coaches hardest times can give clues to them. A clue to administrative choices is for you guys to make a administrative transfer list, seeing people who leave behind the scenes. With Real Madrid announcing they will have a womens division now, maybe AUlas is looking to send players to Real MAdrid? Good show TWEET https://twitter.com/LyonOffside/status/1142449357905641473

USA victory against Thailand 6112019 Most articles in thai media were associated press articles reshared. But, the following were genuine articles in thai from a thai newspaper, concerning the USWNT victory over thailand For me, what matters to a team that losses is not who defeat them, or how they defeat them, but what are you going to do, to get better. That need to be the media focus, not hammering who wins for winning in any way, but focusing on constructive thought to how the losers can improve. I ask you, what do you think Thailand can do to improve? The coach said the mental state of the team will be her biggest challenge going forward and thanked the fans for coming https://www.thairath.co.th/sport/trcheerthai/1590045 This article talks about Aex Morgan comforting the thailand striker, Suchawadee Nildhamrong, who is from california, post match , it is underrated how all but three team in this world cup: china/germany/italy have a player who played for an NCAA team in the usa https://www.thairath.co.th/sport/trcheerthai/1590060 This article says foreign news services criticized the uswnt , it does not say thailand did, and the article focuses on the canadian players https://www.thairath.co.th/sport/eurofootball/otherleague/1590131

POST WOMENS WORLD CUP 2019 CAF Format suggestion Four years between world cups. Two phases each two year. Both phase use the same structure. 5 subconfederations in CAF- COSAFA/CECAFA/UNIF/WAFU/UNAF 5 regional trophies each earned in a double round robin tournament. The champion to each subconfederation is a finalist in a confederation champion group, contested in one country through a week long tournament. The host country does not get to be involved in the champion group. The champion group is a single round robin tournament. In the first phase the champion win the cup of nations. In the second phase the top three teams in the group go to the world cup. Not all the subconfederations have equal number of participants, so starting with ranking, and followed by geographic position, weakest teams are placed in physically adjacent tournaments. For example, The UNAF championship will have algeria/egypt/libya/morocco/tunisia automatically, while mauritania/niger/central african republic/sudan/chad/south sudan are pushed into that tournament to make 11 teams. Using this system, every flag team in CAF will have at least forty matches between world cups that are relevant, not friendlies, in a geographically smaller area , saving costs. But, this system will force every flag team to use a wider array of players and give them a test of enduring skill that will force them to mold their identity, to sharpen their quality, regardless where their players play for club. The system I base this on is the mens system in conmebol. The double round robin world cup qualification tournament in conmebol my suggestion functionally mirrors five times in one confederation, offering a harder challenge in that only the champions get to progress to the next stage in each phase. The second stage is a single round robin with only five teams. Why? The first stage is meant to be arduous, to be a grind that will be harder while more fair than any other confederation cup or world cup qualifying. The second stage is meant to be the antithesis of the first stage. This week will test the best CAF teams ability to handle multiple challenges quickly. This system over time will force womens teams in CAF to be far more prepared than the womens world cup, than the counterparts in the other confederation cup or world cup qualification tournaments. Use the cup or world cup qualification to force the flag teams to be better. LAstly, it doesn't warrant a change in the mens cup of nations or mens world cup qualification. But the womens game is not the mens, so Caf if smart will treat the womens game uniquely.

Good Morning, Good Afternoon, or Good Evening, wherever you are listening, I am Richard Murray and Welcome to my audio thoughts to the beautiful game and reply to football crazy episode 103, Footballcrazy has Kay L Murray on twitter as kaylmurray K-a-y-l-m-u-r-r-a-y Kev Egan is on twitter as Kev_Egan k-e-v-underscore-e-g-a-n and Des norris is on twitter as partidopooper p-a-r-t-i-d-o-p-o-o-p-e-r PErtinent links are in the transcript in my African american literary book club blog post linked in the description to this video before I speak on the show... In Womens Soccer... Good luck to all in the womens world cup FOOTBALL CRAZY SEGMENT BEGINS NOW Begin to 0:36 Kev and Kay are not with Des Norris for the last football crazy of the 2018-2019 season This edition has Phil schoen on twitter as P-h-i-l-S-c-h-o-e-n side jeremy st louis j-r-s-t-l-o-u-i-s 1:05 copa del rey segment, hmm I concur to Phil Schoen that the board made scared transfers when neymar left. But, if neymar comes in, will they make the team neymar's? But, BArca was afriad to rely on la masia with a mature messi and potentially lose messi with such a choice. In the end, does messi want to remain in barcelona, if they have untested youth players. Marcelino did lead Valencia well in 2018-2019 , Jeremy made a great point, the valencia board did not panic under pressure 10:56 DFB cup segment, Bayern win their twelth double. Jeremy said Lothar Mattheus said Kovac had a plan for bayern going forward. Robben/Ribery/Rafinha are gone in 2019-2020. I think bayern will look to make one big move, as this squad proved they can win the bundesliga, but need extra for the uefa champions league? maybe neymar to bayern after he wins the copa america? 15:05 Championship playoff segment, happy for John Terry, assistant coach for villa. London Blue I think JEremy's point that it is hard to cheer for aston villa is the problem. Why is it hard to cheer for a team win, lose, draw, no matter what? it should be harder to follow the winners. Lampard like Xavi is an eventual coach to a club he formerly played for. But if he is wise he will stay in Derby county and grow his experience. I think lampard comprehended he needed the experience coaching a team like leeds, that too many players like henry, don't think he needed, or did not act like he needed. Bielsa has never looked more comfortable at a club in recent years compared to his time at leeds, but they call him el loco cause he acts against the common perception or common advertised perception often 25:18 Italian serie a segment, Inter Milan or Atalanta made it into the uefa champions league places. Happy for the goddess, I will want to see the summer they have, how they manage. Depth is the key, not big names. Hard working , players that allow depth to their system. Testing time for coach gasperine. I no longer support any men's italian club but happy inter milan one uped ac milan. Jeremy st louis seem to forget inter milan had a recent string of championship wins. Pep guardiola to Juventus has a problem cause guardiola wants style over substance and juventus is a substance club, The problem is not merely that guardiola hasn't won the uefa champions league, he hasn't made the final. He has not reached a uefa champions league final since he left barcelona Guardiola still has fewer champions leagues than mourinho. Schoen asks a great question, Zidane will never suggest he rather the juventus job publicly, but the allegri move happening after his real madrid return, was bad timing. 43:59 Europa league final segment, the battle for london, Arsenal is the historic top team of london. Chelsea is the original epl upstart team that has led london in recent years. Good reporting by Phil Scheon on the actions from mkhitarian/arsenal/baku the city considering the players reasons for not playing in baku. Absent Conte is hard, big test for the CHelsea team, I saw a uefa champions league and europa league win, never count out the london blue In amendment, at the time of this recording 51:49 uefa champions league final segment, I give the edge to tottenham cause Pochitinno, a student of mourinho, will be pragmatic and that is how you win a cup trophy I think schoen or st louis are not putting in the lack of matches, the electric style of klopp's system is hard to bring back into the rail. We will see how liverpool handles it. 56:16 REcopa sudamericana segment, River plate's fans will bring energy, they will be the 12th player. Paranaense the hurricane will blow all the good air away. I love gallardo the millionarios coach. He does well, but river plate is wobly. Though the hurricanes are poor away from their home. 59:33 Power Rankings segment 10- 18 years 16 games later, De Rossi 9- Juninho guiding Lyon in the administration 8- Bayern 12th domestic double 7- Celtic of Glasgow, scottish treble 6- Messi win 6th golden boot 5- Aston Villa winning the championship 4- Serie A last day drama kings, Atalanta Inter Milan 3- Valencia ending 11 year trophy drought defeating fc barcelona 2- Champions league, europa league, recopa final... cAF cup of nations, womens world cup and busy in the summer 1- Listeners to Football Crazy, thanks enjoyed the third season In Amendment I asked Andre Cordero at twitter as DreCordero If messi/cr7 are taken out, the next two biggest stars in uefa is neymar/mbappe but they are on the same team and pundits/media/fans/clubs have a top player culture that doesn't seem able to handle two equal stars on one team, how can that change? https://twitter.com/Thetenner10/status/1132081419273068544 Thank you LINK https://www.beinsports.com/us/copa-del-rey/news/football-crazy-podcast-barcas-spoiler-filled-/1203119

Good Morning, Good Afternoon, or Good Evening, wherever you are listening, I am Richard Murray and Welcome to my audio thoughts to the beautiful game and reply to football crazy episode 102, Footballcrazy has Kay L Murray on twitter as kaylmurray K-a-y-l-m-u-r-r-a-y Kev Egan is on twitter as Kev_Egan k-e-v-underscore-e-g-a-n and Des norris is on twitter as partidopooper p-a-r-t-i-d-o-p-o-o-p-e-r PErtinent links are in the transcript in my African american literary book club blog post linked in the description to this video before I speak on the show... In Womens Soccer... Congratulations on Olympique Lyonnais for defeating FC Barcelona and winning a treble. Their thirteenth domestic championship, eighth domestic cup, fourth uefa cup, brilliant, I know all the french players on Olympqiue Lyonnais have their eye on one prize, the world cup which will be held in france. https://www.weibo.com/7030963893/HuO9vswav?from=page_1005057030963893_profile&wvr=6&mod=weibotime And to the world cup, Heather O'Reilly tweeted against Ada hegerberg in a negative way, the link is in the transcript. I think in the future many female players from the usa may regret their successful past when uefa may have a powerful era in womens soccer starting with the french world cup. But, the reality is, the confederation of african football or c.a.f., the asian football confederation or a.f.c., the confederation of sudamericano futebol or conmebol and the confederation of central and north american and caribbean football concacaf have only themselves to blame. UEFA didn't start womens soccer over a hundred years ago. We all watched as UEFA grabbed womens soccer as a confederation while all the other confederations seemed totally disorganized to do the same, even though fiscally womens soccer in uefa , the union of european football associations, is not financially a juggernaut or unreachable. All the confederations outside UEFA simply have ran the race poorer than uefa but all the confederations started at the same time. Shame on them , players like oreilly from the usa, being bitter toward a uefa player is missing the better point. why couldn't ussoccer or concacaf simply do better? it wasn't money that failed ussoccer or the rest of the football world outside UEFA, it was and is organization, the structure to their bodies. https://twitter.com/HeatherOReilly/status/1131234114756120576 Also, I linked in the transcript a Great video from the German womens team - didn't know they were given a tea set when they won the first time https://twitter.com/dw_sports/status/1128306663226843137 FOOTBALL CRAZY SEGMENT BEGINS NOW TIME INDEX IN FOOTBALL CRAZY Segment, CONTENT Begin to 0:52 segment, Gary Bailey joins Kay, mr bailey is on twitter as g-a-r-y-underscore-b-a-i-l-e-y-one 0:52 La Liga segment, Zidane coach of Real MAdrid, comprehends that with alot of money demands alot of focused control. Every player counts, every position counts, and synergy matters. Bailey suggest that Zidane was nasty to Bale by not playing him but I suggest that Zidane is one of those players who treats players as he want or was treated. A no nonsense way. I agree that Real Madrid is risk reward for Zidane,but I think that is why Mourinho went back to CHelsea and went into Manchester United. The challenge matters. Quique Setién, recent former coach of Real Betis, Kay suggest Setien may go to Juventus. Bailey made the truest point to Valverde, results paper over problems, to any coach. The real problem is post Messi. 13:51 Mbappe/Neymar segment, Kay suggest he is speaking to move or have more power. But, I think his point is, I am not thinking about moves, and I want to do better no matter what. I still feel neymar/mbappe is better together in PSG. Bailey's point that Mbappe may want to go for the opportunity. What people forget is that Neymar has won the top trophy for everybluc he has been on. 18:38 title defense segment, PSG/BAyern/Juventus/Barcelona/Manchester City all defended their title. Galatasaray even made the double. but they are financially not in the top tier in uefa. Kay suggest it leads to a superleague. 6:06 And here is my U.E.F.A. superleague will be speech. Assuming the UEFA super league will be, what is the basis to the league being created, what are the problems, what are the solutions. The basis of the UEFA super league is money, that is well known, commonly stated but I think not put in context properly. A league based on financial entry doesn't relate to the football association geographic mold. That is why Ajax can make it to the uefa champions league final but will never be in the , will be, uefa super league. Ajax is too fiscally poor to be in the uefa super league. THis means any uefa super league will have to not be participated in by all member football associations of uefa. The basis of a uefa super league is a league where finances is the determining factor to entry and it will exclude most of the football associations in uefa. Now, the problems, in the form of questions, If england has a top six financially, shouldn't the countries to the fiscal similars to the english top six outside england in uefa get the same number of spots? What happens when a team's finances change: leeds, sunderland, saint Ettiene, Malaga, Marseille all used to be big money clubs at one time or another. Their finances changed. If Chelsea's owner change his fiscal strategy, what happens in the super league? What happens when a fiscally weaker team is better? the reality is, monaco in france, leicester in england, dortmund in germany over came their fiscal betters at one time or another recently. How do you reward quality from fiscally weaker teams when it is better than fiscally stronger teams? What about the anger from the poorer fiscal teams that they are denied the media attraction of facing the fiscal top clubs? what do you tell the champion on Ukraine when they are unable to face a big money team? What happens if so many teams are above the fiscal bar that the uefa super league requires relegation or promotion? What happens if a team outside the western europe top five countires warrants the fiscal entry? The answers... The idea of teams earning into the super league by finances is fine, but while finances is the key, merit is the shoes one wear to walk through the door. Meaning, no matter how many spots a country get into the uefa super league, their tier one domestic table decides what teams are in that spot. For example, when monaco defeated PSG in the ligue 1 race, monaco should get the spot into the uefa super league PSG's money earned. Make the fiscal top earners warrant a spot but don't give it to them based on money or some can act like the new york knicks in the nba in the usa, new york rangers in the nhl in the usa, new york yankees in mlb in the usa, teams that are the highest earners financially but in recent times perform as a bottom team athletically. Make sure PSG/Manchester United are even more eager to finish in in the uefa super league places. The concept of finance earning a spot but it being given to the one who sit in a certain place in the domestic table is the best defense against, financial wobbles. Again, just cause a team is wealthy now, does not mean they will be wealthy tomorrow. If Chelsea or Atletico MAdrid financially stumble, and drop midtable in la liga/epl, why should they be in the uefa super league? What if they drop off quality while in the superleague? do they warrant to stay in the super league? I don't think so. You can't guarantee fiscal quality long term so protect the system by not giving it in perpetuity to a club. Now what about the quantity of teams. Lets be honest, by the current idea floated, england has six, spain three, france one, italy one, germany one. that is twelve teams, fifty percent are from england. That can't be acceptable to any other country or UEFA. The best thing to do is look at the number of games from the group stage to the final in the uefa champions league and the number of countries the top fiscal clubs come from. From the group stage of the UEFA champions league to a uefa champions league final is fifteen games, let us add another for meats and that is sixteen games. Sixteen games equate to eight opponents or a nine team league using the round robin model. If we assume, england/france/spain/germany/italy, five countries have teams that will play their domestic top championship while this uefa super league, It will take four more teams to equal the nine to reach sixteen games for all clubs. Now, assume Bayern/PSG/Juventus wants in but can only accept one entry from all countries. Then we are short the eighteen matches. but, two more spots can be given into the uefa super league, one is the champion of the uefa champions league, the other is the champion of the uefa europa league. IF you have one country from the top five leagues and the champion of the champions league plus europa league, that make seven teams and twelve matches for each team. The champion of england/france/italy/germany/spain is given automatic spots. Twelve matches is a more than most of the top money teams get in the uefa champions league now. Now what if england demand the financial top six in england must be in the uefa super league. And the others accept it. then you have, thirteen teams, or twenty two matches round robin. I can't see why countries will accept uneven entry numbers in a fiscal entry league. That will only favor the country with the most members. But, if they do , then the domestic championships are replaced by the uefa superleague. For example, in 2019-2020 chelsea/manchester united, manchester city, liverpool, arsenal, tottenham, fc barcelona, real madrid, atletico madrid, psg, bayern, juventus are no longer in the english premier league, la liga, ligue1 , seriea, bundesliga. They will be in the 2019-2020 super league. But what happens in zenit st persburg becomes very fiscally wealthy and AC Milan/Inter Milan raise their fiscal profile, and Galatasaray increase their fiscal profile. Sooner or later, the super league will need a relegation and promotion. Sequentially, the uefa super league will eventually need relegation and promotion. but why will someone look at second or third tier uefa super league over the epl or la liga, even barring the english top six or the spanish top three. I repeat, a clubs fiscal worth is the key but the merit is the door that opens it, and the merit need to be even, instead of accepting every teams whose financial ledger is above a rank, rank countries based on the fiscal height of their wealthiest club. Thus if St PErtersburg grow fiscally stronger than bayern munich, the german league is relegated and russia takes its spot. In this way, the number of countries remains five and the fiscal quality is the basis for relegation and promotion of a league having an entry. So at this point, the uefa super league is a seven team league with fiscal relegation or promotion by country, with country slots filled in by top flight champions, with the champion from the countries with the five largest clubs financially, delineated by geography. That means the 2019 -2020 edition will have manchester city/psg/barcelona/juventus/bayern munich/liverpool or tottenham as the champions league winner/chelsea or arsenal as the europa league winner. They will provide using a round robin style, twelve matches. But what of the smaller clubs or bigger clubs regionally... I have a simple solution. A confederation wide league/cup rule. The rule is, every club must be in one league/one cup, one off tournaments like super cups of the club world cup are not included. What does this mean for 2019-2020.. in england, manchester city is in the epl and the uefa super league, liverpool/tottenham/chelsea/arsenal are in the epl and the champions league, manchester united/wolverhampton/everton are in the epl and the europa league, all the remaining teams from 2018-2019 season in the epl and all the teams in the 2018-2019 in the english championship outside the relegated are in the football league cup. The remaining teams in the english table are in the fa cup. All the smaller fiscal clubs are getting a cup competition warranting their position. Each with a higher fiscal reward. In leagues like france or england that has two cups and warrants a super cup entry, they will work as I described them. In leagues like spain/germany/italy where only one domestic cup exists, while they warrant a uefa super league entry, the top tier champion will get the uefa super cup, the next four the champions league, the next three the europa league and the remaining the copa del rey/coppa italia/dfb cup respectively. In all the other leagues in uefa, top two or three will get the uefa champions league, the next two or three will get the europa league and the remaining will get the domestic cup aside their domestic championship duties. It decongest uefa, gives more ability for smaller teams to compete for something valuable at their level in terms of cup competition. While also maintains the honesty of relegation and promotion. Over time, maybe russia/turkey will join england/spain/germany/italy/france and warrant seven teams, As the number of countries grows, to the uefa superleague then the europa league winner will go back to gaining entry into the champions league and the champions league winner will alone gain entry into the superleague absent a financial condition. This can mean an ajax/porto/galatasaray/zenit can still get into the superleague. And, over time if multiple seasons progress where at least two teams are over the financial bar for the superleague from at least nine countries then the an 18 teams league made up of two teams from nine countries each can be made. Two spots given to each from the nin country in a round robin mold, replacing domestic championship play.the uefa champions league winner still gaining entry. and the super league participants joining the top domestic cup competitions in their country. In this way, money dictates the super league but it slowly grows from a short championship replacing the uefa champions league for a select few and grows into a standard size championships that replaces domestic championships for a select few based on financial conditions. And, relegation and promotion can still apply. The bottom three drop down from the uefa super league into their domestic championship and the winners of their top domestic championship promote upward. Thus, keeping teams honest. Well, that is it to my superleague idea. what do you think? Contact me on my aalbc blog linked in the description to this audio or on my twitter page, thetenner10 t-h-e-t-e-n-n-e-r-one-zero NOW... 25:40 UEFA Champions league spot segments, Gary Bailey's reasoning to why getafe is better off in the europa league explain why the league/cup rule i stated for my super league structure concept mentioned before has value. one cup one championship makes it smoother for all clubs to focus on two competitions based on their level. In italy, I am happy Juventus drew with atalanta, I hope the goddess can rise. Conte to Inter is unfortunate. But, Kay made a great point, Allegri or Spaletti in publicly speaking on issues, aided their way to the door. 30:11 Relegated segment, Girona is stunned but they are another case in la liga where away form is better than the home form. Monaco are not relegated but got a win over amiens, but they are not safe yet. 32:53 liga mx segment, Leon versus Tigres, Liga MX final first match is the today 33:01 Mls segment, San Jose wandolowski broke the all time record for career regular season goals, congratulations 33:57 Gary Bailey's career segment, Kay ask gary to speak on the differences on the generations. Good point he made on how goal keepers were not protected and thus had to be very physically tough to be a keeper. Whereas today, a keeper is protected by referees. Today, clubs owned the contract whereas today, the salary is safe and players can rest. I think his point is interesting in a fitness way. People say, players today have better fitness but in the way gary bailey explains it, the truth is, players yesterday, were given no option but to play cause their salaries were too small to risk not getting paid and were only given upon appearances and success, especially in UEFA. I argue that in conmebol, many players at clubs are still playing under rules where they need to appear, need to perform, and thus changes the culture to the teams, as failure is costly. I like how kay mentioned that when she was a kid players had to live in with residents in the cities they played while today, gary reflects on how sixteen year old kids at the training grounds for manchester united are millionaires. Bailey admitted how he came from relative opulence in south africa, and was luckily to be strong enough to survive the hard living and unsocial isolation to being a youth player. I love his honesty to george best not handling it at manchester. Interesting point, Gary said in england, bobby robson was an early user to describing tactics heavily in england. Gary was lucky to play for Robson and Ferguson. Gary admitted that being locked in a contract made him appreciate being in manchester united, he learned to make the best of it. An interesting personal lesson from him on what one had to do if they wanted success 49:43 Power Rankings segment 10 Galatasaray turkish champions! 9 Big names moving on or retiring, danille de rossi, barzagli, diego godin leaving atleti 8 Arjen Robben and his beer tipping, in his last game for Bayern 7 La Liga debutante, sergio cameo, atleti debut, perez for barca 6 Cazorla is back in the spanish flag team, great work to get back to being the best. 5 Defending league title, manchester city, psg, barcelona, bayern, juventus... gary suggest time for a superleague but if none win next season does that mean, the system is just fine? 4 MLS no goal king Wondowlowski, career goal king 3 Mancester City won the domestic treble, epl/efl cup/fa cup 2 Olympique Lyonnais feminin thrashing FC Barcelona women to win four straight uefa champions league. 1 Cryptic messages, Setien, Mbappe, Zidane special messages, Messi 6th pucici, Iago Aspas 20 goals saving celta, Gary Bailey did very will in his virginal football crazy Thank you LINK https://www.beinsports.com/us/uefa-champions-league/news/mbappe-and-zidane-go-public-football-crazy-po/1197917

Good Morning, Good Afternoon, or Good Evening, wherever you are listening, I am Richard Murray and Welcome to my audio thoughts to the beautiful game and reply to football crazy episode 101, Footballcrazy has Kay L Murray on twitter as kaylmurray K-a-y-l-m-u-r-r-a-y Kev Egan is on twitter as Kev_Egan k-e-v-underscore-e-g-a-n and Des norris is on twitter as partidopooper p-a-r-t-i-d-o-p-o-o-p-e-r PErtinent links are in the transcript in my African american literary book club blog post linked in the description to this video before I speak on the show... In Womens Soccer... Congratulations Olympique lyonnais for winning the coupe de france, one last trophy this summer before the world cup https://twitter.com/OLfeminin/status/1126206773386448899 I enjoyed Hedvig Lindahl's time as Chelsea keeper, great keeper for me, nice technologically aware player, strong mom, team leader and savior. Great player, she must be picked up by some team. Her farewell speech is linked in the transcript https://twitter.com/ChelseaFCW/status/1127258786476056581 Sad to see my colcheneras, atletico madrid women miss out on winning the double this year after losing in the copa del reina. But, three straight Spanish championships is a great achievement also considering how barcelona are buying bigger and bigger talent to the womens team. Aupas Atleti FOOTBALL CRAZY SEGMENT BEGINS NOW Begin to 1:12, Thomas Rongen at twitter at TRongen t-r-o-n-g-e-n is aside KAy Murray this particular edition. 1:12 English title race segment, I concur the english season had a great race at the top. I concur to Rongen's assessment that Guardiola was tough but he had the players that accepted that. Not all players accept that sort of treatment.To answer's kay's question, is guardiola the best coach, my answer is Pep Guardiola has the most willing squad to suffer through his instructions. The problem I have is that Liverpool away from home are not the same team, they are very soft. Something tells me tottenham will win. Rongen said going straight to a number nine is against Pochitenno's philosophy, but the strategy must be from any coach to win, the second winning is second to your philosophy, you commit an error as a coach and that is why i give pochitenno, a friend to mourinho, an advantage against klopp. 8:10 Ajax campaign segment, Love Rongen's stories around dutch soccer, I am not a fan to total football personally, i am a fan to jogo bonito which is about unconstrictred unrigid artistry that is free to dream or imagine through the player while also strategic fluidity or tactical unrigidity from the group. Total football side Cattenaccio, from UEFA are the antipose to jogo bonito and philosophically are where uefa teams lie between structurally. 14:15 Bundesliga segment, I don't expect Dortmund to win it, they are not competitive in my opinion to Bayern munich. Pulisic to me is in a dangerous time in his career. The fandom from the usa is very strong media wise, sponsor wise, but the english premier league I saw break down many players supposed to be wunderkinds. Good assessment to McKinney's ability to handle running absent the ball functionally. 19:50 Turkish Superlig segment, Galatapalace commonly called galatasaray versus Basaksehir is huge. My galata must win. But, they must win all the matches after, the season in Turkey is hard. 23:20 I really like the transfer talk on sportsburst on facebook with gabby amado, this summer will be special. between clubs being banned or possibly banned like Manchester city, chelsea, to players wanting moves or being moved or being tempted from neymar/bale/navas/hazard/griezzman et cetera, alot of big money movement will happen and i think more swaps than not. To my atleti in the transfer section, I don't know if my colcheneros can keep griezzman/morata/diego costa but if we keep the midfield and defensive roster, absent godin, I will like Lukaku/Willian Jose to be brought in two leave, one of them if one leave. If all three, griezzman/morata/diego costa leave atleti my third will be cavani. Some laughed on my sportsburst post when i suggested three number 9's but Atleti play in a deep counter attack. we need three players who have power from the back, who have the athleticism to run from the back with speed or power. Atleti isn't a possession team so I think three number nine's up top assuming griezzman will go is what I want. To the womens game, i hear winds that Barcelona want to snag Ada Stolsmo. Olympique Lyonnais women have won three and a possible four straight Champions leagues, the current final is my OL against... barcelona. Considering Ada hegerberg wants to keep lifting the womens game, having a much higher contract from Barcelona will be purposeful. I don't know if OL will get into a money battle with barcelona, but Ada is irreplaceable in terms of the team balance so the coming champions league final will lead to an OL win but the coming transfer season will be a huge test to OL's desire to remain a big financial player in the women's game. 23:43 La Liga segment, Zidane was correct in my view to come early , before the summer in Real MAdrid, was wise. absent Talisman CR7 the players as a group or individually are not the same. We will learn if Zidane is able to find a great team balance to compete on three fronts with a squad he is only partially in control of rosters. Great questions from Rongen concerning what we will learn about zidane's management. Kay asked why did Zidane come back. I see it, paraphrasing her, he likes it. If Zidane Real Madrid part 2 is like mourinho chelsea part 2 then it will start great and have a bad fallout. Real Sociedad's Ander Barrenetxea got a great shoutout from Ray Hudson and Kay Murray. For the fourth spot, it is still up for grabs for getafe, valencia, sevilla, sevilla need getafe side valencia to lose. The odds are against but Valencia with a win have the best advantage. 35:52 Ligue 1 Segment, Thanks for informing me about OLympique lyonnais needing Chelsea to win the Europa League to get an automatic spot in the uefa champions league group stage if they place in the third spot. 36:57 Serie A segment, technique,tactics, insight, personality, Rongen stating Atalanta have all four throughout the team. It is nice to see them, I hope the club can keep the manager. 42:48 La Liga relegation segment, Rongen admits as a player he was less respectful to the rules of the game that he demands as a coach. Love his honesty. I am glad Rongen admitted that at the end of the day the Win is all that truly counts. 43:29 Promotion segment, can't wait for brest to rise in ligue 1... yes sinful 44:39 MLS segment, Rongen explains being a young coach mid to late thirties considering FC Cincinnatti's current young coach, I am happy he admitted heirarchy's exist in rosters. All players are not the same at any time period. Next Goal Wins Movie is a very nice and certainly underrated story about how he aided the american samoa film , it is linked in the transcript http://nextgoalwinsmovie.com/ POWER RANKINGS 10 headbands- Neymar, Ninja Neymar 9 Ander Barrenetxea 17 year old goal scorer 8 Real Sociedad women- Copa Del Reina winner 7 Turkish SUperlig title race 6 Atalanta still in the confederation race 5 Copa Libertadores draw Cruzeiro versus River Plate 4 English domination in uefa confederation cup finals 3 MAne Salah Aube CAF players scoring goals in England 2 MCFC another title in england 1 Godin! the legend in the back, I will never forget him, now he is back with Miranda In Amendment I think a larger issue to post career finances must occur for players. The players at the top of the heap are making millions in salary and more millions in sponsorships such that they are not in danger, but most players end their career financially uncertain. I ask all , in the womens or mens game to consider post career financing being prepared for in contracts Thank you LINK https://www.beinsports.com/us/football-crazy/news/peps-city-pips-liverpool-to-go-back-to-back-f/1192072

My thoughts and Reply to Womens Soccer/Jogo BOnito/Football Crazy episode 100 Good Morning, Good Afternoon, or Good Evening, wherever you are listening, I am Richard Murray and Welcome to my audio thoughts to the beautiful game and reply to football crazy episode 100, Footballcrazy has Kay L Murray on twitter as kaylmurray K-a-y-l-m-u-r-r-a-y Kev Egan is on twitter as Kev_Egan k-e-v-underscore-e-g-a-n and Des norris is on twitter as partidopooper p-a-r-t-i-d-o-p-o-o-p-e-r PErtinent links are in the transcript in my African american literary book club blog post linked in the description to this video before I speak on the show... In Womens Soccer... Congratulations to my Atleti for becoming the tricampeonas , three time champions of spain. The copa del reina is later this week and Barcelona are not in it. It will be the first double in atleti women history. Congratulations to my OL for becoming the champion of France for the thirteenth straight time. The coupe de france will be later this week , and Paris saint germain is not in it. The UEFA champions league final is against Barcelona. OL better be careful, against this virgin finalists. But if Lyon win it will be their fourth straight, like the first four-peat from real madrid men. Congratulation to my Turbine potsdam for being the best of the rest under the top two. where most womens only sides have failed in the sister club era, or been reduced to lower tiers , Turbine potsdam exist as one of the few in the western u.e.f.a. leagues and the highest rank among womens only clubs. Proud to still be a fan. ... I am a fan because , before atleti/chelsea/gladbach/ol/santos/botafogo or other mens teams had developed sister programs the fraun bundesliga stood alone as the best league in the world, and had no sister clubs. Congratulations on my gladbach feminine for another fight in the first tier in germany, next year the second tier but i expect them to go straight back in and hopefully stay up this time, keeping learning Fohlen elf Keep fighting my Brescia Calcio Femminile who need to get second to promote and have two games left to play. Promotion from the Lombard league Forza Leonessa INAC kobe had a rough start to the season and sit fifth in the l league table of japan but the season is long. Santos women current braisilerao feminino champions are leading atp the A1 table, with twenty one points from seven matches Botafogo women are sitting at the bottom of their group in A2 . Season is ending in u.e.f.a. and early FOOTBALL CRAZY SEGMENT BEGINS NOW Begin Spursy segment, Tim stannard is in for Kev Egan, Tim stannard is in twitter as LaLigaLoca l-a-l-i-g-a-l-o-c-a I loved his , do a zidane, do nothing in the academic year and have an great test result at the end of something Tottenham is like Liverpool , two teams who rotate little, put a lot of energy in an attacking system and have breathing moments late in the season. 4:14 EPL top 4 segment, Liverpool under Klopp are pushing hard for a double. It is down to the last game in england. But oddly enough, Liverpool can still not lift a trophy. I don't expect MCFC to lose against Brighton but it can happen. Sarri's led chelsea has continued to do what he did in Napoli. He never won a trophy but he kept the team in the uefa champions league places absent a global superstar but a high quality team, absent rotation. Manchester United defensively are poor, Mourinho said it last summer and that fact is why they are ending the season in the same position. The run from Ole had luck in it. England is having a nice European summer. A possible english final in both uefa champions league and europa league. Emri wants a highly thinking team but that takes time to build. The problem is that Sarri is coaching Chelsea. Chelsea are the enemy of the three headed red dragon of england, liverpool, manchester united, arsenal. I think the english media will never forgive them. 15:00 is club confederation cup soccer a blessing or curse segment, UEFA Champions league or Europa League must never be rejected. The goal of any team is to improve. club confederation tournaments is a challenge to test if a club can improve itself. Many or most club owners/financially, coaches/strategically, players/technically or tactically fail but the test is worth it. 20:15 top four battles outside EPL, in spain,getafe/valencia/sevilla are battling for fourth. Kay said it best, sevilla have great attackers but poor defenders. In France, OL and Asse, saint ettiene are battling hard for third. I love Ol and I know gones despise Le Verde, but Asse have done well to grow and make the Lyon Derby a fun battle throughout. 22:50 neymar/cavani segment, the referees forced cavani to take the penalty. Neymar is the talisman of PSG, his problem is will he have a midfield that supports his game better. Maxima of OGC Nice need to find a team where he can be the foil, like when Balotelli played in the centerforward role in OGCNice. Maybe follow him to OM. 26:05 Relegation segment, Rayo, Huesca in the second spanish tier, Chimy of San Lorenzo in argentina warrant another team. Cardiff in the english tier 2. I found the careless whisper video for Mick McCarthy , thanks KAy L Murray, it is linked in the transcript, in both parts:) < part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo5qX1Yr-hQ part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvcsNXxJzQw> In retrospect, easy retrospect, Barcelona showed a lackluster desire against Celta vigo but that was the so called bench team, then the so called starting team showed a lackluster against liverpool. Barcelona needed to show the ability to defend through possession and they were unable to do it. Arthur/Coutinho/Dembele showed they are not what Barcelona are looking for. 34:22 Jamie Easton segment, When he asked solari, how is your future, my future is like the first day, i quote, nobody has told him anything about his future 35:04 bundesliga title segment, Dortmund show that the youth movement that is great with ajax, can be electrifying with liverpool can all go to the trash like dortmund usually 36:07 EPL race, Manchester City first captain in the qatari era, Vincent Kompany had a great strike. < goal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVZ4iKV8zKA interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5plTrmiapE > Liverpool has successfully pushed into the uefa champions league final and has kept the epl race to one day. I disagree with Kay, Dembele was a huge absence for Barcelona. They needed his speed, they needed his goal scoring sharpness, this season dembele was the guy who scored winners when messi/suarez did not. Stannard said a 0.001 percent chance:) that is classic in retrospect. Anfield will remember this squad. In the end, messi wasn't injured but he was tired, seemed fatigued. It is funny, in the match against Liverpool at anfield, messi had chances to go down and still didn't. I think messi does not have it in him to get all the calls when he is fouled. Liverpool played a very physical match and that was fortunate at times. 44:39 Ajax/Tottenham segment, Tottenham can win and Son will have a role to play. Ajax have a last home game of their uefa 2018/2019 run. The shame of Ajax/Tottenham/Liverpool is that you can't imagine them returning to this stage. Liverpool have used energy to get past every stage where they were at a disadvantage. but that is a tricky thing, energy, it can go against you the next season in a bad way. Ajax is the same, they have been this daring fearless club and they have overcame too, the problem is, next season, what worked this season can fall under. big summer. 46:09 Copa libertadores final round of the group stage segment, yes, three paraguayan clubs have all made it through. I can't wait for internacional porto alllegro versus river plate 47:52 Real madrid end 2018-2019 segment, I agree to the trio, Mariano has improved, aside benzema from Zidane returning but many other players are clearly in flux Though I think a loan move is better for Bale. 48:32 Mourinho segment, Didn't know Pepe has overlapping wide backs in his contract, Pepe will have a great career if he manages his contract that well. Smart man, overlapping requires a system like Jupp heynkes bayern 54:48 Transferables segment, Icardi and his wife on instagram instagram segment, smart that icardi's instagram only allow comments from friends Hazard nodded to chelsea fans he is gone. I hope he enjoys his next call 56:42 Turkish superlig segment, GALATA PALACE!!!! enjoyed the match against besiktas and now first versus second is coming as we face bashakshehir ! VIDEO links in the transcript < https://www.weibo.com/7030963893/HsQzVDQio?from=page_1005057030963893_profile&wvr=6&mod=weibotime , https://www.weibo.com/7030963893/HsQNRBMRQ?from=page_1005057030963893_profile&wvr=6&mod=weibotime , https://www.weibo.com/7030963893/HsQXzxlb4?from=page_1005057030963893_profile&wvr=6&mod=weibotime> 58:50 MLS segment, interesting case of Video assistance in DC United against Columbus Crew 1:00:44 POwer rankings 10 Gucci head bands- worn by Maxima of OGCNice, no matter what be in style 9 Claudio Pizarro - scored for werder bremen in his third stint , helping bayern from a distance 8 quagliarella- cappo capioneri- goal leader in serie a, hope he continues the luca toni modern tradition 7 topless on social media - Icardi side wife 6 Iago Aspas- scoring goals for Celta against barca b 5 Franck Lampard- Derby to the championship playoff 4 Mauricio Sarri- led The London Blue into the UEFA champions league 3 Atalanta or Getafe- getting fourth place by being better teams 2 Iker Cassilas - healthy after his heart attack 1 UEFA Champions Europa league copa libertadores! In Amendment I replied to Mike Fountains < @mikefountains> hashtag sportsburst concerning concussion people don't always see life the same way and no one way is correct, so if we are speaking about what to do, then give options, if players choose to risk, they are free to risk their lives, f1 drivers do it naturally, give them a waiver, some will choose to be automatically taken off at the sign of concussion, some will not. Now I really like the 4th substitute idea, it allows a quick continuation to play while allowing the player to be properly evaluated for however amount of time, but it can't be regular, it must be a temporary substitution that allows the player possibly concussed to be let back on once the examination is done I repeated my thought to mike fuentes ala fountains concerning concussion Mike Fuentes i agree, but if the goal is to check for concussion then the player if checked is not concussed they have to be able to get back on. I think the rules for the 4th/concussion substitution is the key. Make it a player who has to come on immediately to not break the flow of the game but it also allows the possibly concussed player to be checked for ten fifteen minutes and then if ok come back and the player came in as the 4th susbstitute is put back on the bench immediately Messi is the ... The Greatest Barcelona player Of All Time! hashtag gboat- g-b-o-a-t #GBOAT he tried to the Namath and failed I commented toward tancredi palmeri concerning league cups I think the english or french league cup can be remodeled to exist for the non uefa cl/europa league teams in the the top two flights. winner gets in the europa league. so every team in the top 2 tier of france/england will have one cup to go to uefacl/europa league/league cup https://twitter.com/tancredipalmeri/status/1123657652641435648 Thank you LINK https://www.beinsports.com/us/football-crazy/news/podcast-sarri-returns-chelsea-to-champions-le/1185787