I think you are in the minority and fifa and club football are in competition so unlikely to happen.
It's easy to see via a UK bias but in a lot of other nations national football is still king. Look at our argies for example
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It's easy to see via a UK bias but in a lot of other nations national football is still king. Look at our argies for example
I don't think you'd lose to City on purpose, you'd want to make a big impression instead. That's what he did the other day, didn't he.
And I also don't think it's about money for the vast majority of them players who gamble. Ex pros who used to bet said it was cause they were bored as eff mainly.
And you know very well , the ban will start the day after we play them
You missed the bit where we had a chat that highlighted it was likely to be way more as there only looking at bets that conflict with pro football huh.
Well; yeh there's strong potential that "stupid" comes into play........ Some people just have a complacency that they won't get caught.
I'm not sure Toney is the brightest...... He allowed himself to be filmed saying "Fuck Brentford" directly into some blokes camera not so long ago.
Not necessarily; no...
Are you an alcoholic cos you go to the pub every Friday night?
You mean something that was posted after your post?
Sorry bro... I'm not reading the thread back to front.
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When I first read about this I did the arithmetic you have done regarding the amount of bets and the period of time covered. Once I realised it was, as you say, about one bet a week, and then took into account the fact that Toney was under the radar in the lower leagues throughout much of this time, I formed the opinion it is as if someone has gone looking for skeletons in Toney's closet and this was the best they could come up with.
It seems pretty pathetic to me. Do we really think that all the players in the lower leagues at the moment never place a bet or give friends a tip?
But it could be King everywhere if FIFA sorted out surely?
Does the continual break in the domestic season not pi55 you off when England are playing Latvia or Estonia for the 7th time in 4 years?
Loads of times it pisses me off but I realise the world doesn't revolve around me nor England. We had a go at running fifa, we ran it thinking England were boss, I doubt we'll get another go.
The World Cups are always played in June so to a certain extent the rest of the world has already accepted that principle. If the qualifying process was played out in the last weeks of May, and the whole of June, the domestic season in Europe would finish earlier and accommodate it more easily.
How hard can it be?
Qatar won a summer tournament, its a disgrace they won and even more so they were allowed to change the rules after winning.
Don't know how this adds to your point, international is not unsustainable, it is and will continue to be important regardless. It isn't unsustainable and to think it is needs a huge premier league bias.
I used to watch the national team when Hoddle and then Keegan were managing. The club loyalties were always there within the crowd; especially at Wembley. I saw loads of arguments breaking out if players from certain clubs began getting slagged off.
I do think supporters of some clubs don't really care about England any more.
My further point is that I believe there are another group of supporters, not necessarily exclusive to Spurs, who are fed up with the constant international breaks and stop / start to the domestic season. If a player gets injured on international duty this is a further gripe. In this instance we have seen players losing interest in the domestic season because they are afraid to miss out on an international tournament.
It's money isn't it?
We all know it.
Your point is you don't like international football and most premier league supporters don't a lot either? Yes I agree.
My point is it matters zero to international football being unsustainable.
I said unsustainable in it's current form. It needs to be reformed. So do the lower leagues with their 46 league game calendar.
They will eventually kill the goose that laid the golden egg if interest in these games dissolves.
I blame the F.A. for being useless and unfit for purpose.
EPL or England is not international. What we want doesn't change fifa...thats not how it works.
Fifa is 200+ FAs ours has little influence
FIFA is suss. That is now obvious. They've all got their noses in the trough. This tournament has shone a light on it like never before hasn't it?
Fifa is shit. Do you think we will go our own way? Answers no.
If PL tried we are finished anything else is hot air.
Maybe it’s been said here, but Toney placed some bets (which are probably irrelevant unless he’s bet on his own games). Meanwhile that other clown raped a girl and he’s played all the games this season, and he’s headed to the WC.