By LFC. - 16 Jul 2024 11:14 AM
Covid put the world on hold - and the question post covid in other articles I've seen of late is Football getting to the point of OTT and challenging all, from players, standards, crowd management, organisers incl FIFA not dotting the i's crossing the t's.
Tournament following another, expansion of the WC (i don't approve), expansion into other regions FIFA sees growth, ie USA.
Top flight players incl selected for their NT's are up 60game seasons, only weeks apart till new season starts.
Injuries prevail.
Quality of games questioned late in the 2nd half mentioned.
Now the below article coupled Euro and Copa recently run, I don't agree with their POV re quality of Euro match's, I was impressed the whole tournament but who am I but a devoted armchair sleep deprived observer.
Interesting the comments re some Euro pitch quality - maybe I did see some but overall thought they were fine.
Led to believe there has been some organising issues at hand in Germany.
Whereas it was chalk and cheese to Copa.
Pitch quality using NFL stadiums, grass not weaving strong enough, some facilities were sub par, Bolivia had ground and facility sub standards, couldn't train on their dedicated pitch.
Official game outcomes questioned.
Crowd issues, the Uruguay Columbia post troubles, from what I've read Biesla rightly threw it back on the Media, the Organisers, the USA....
Jesse Marsch and winning coach Scaloni have also said their peace.
Is the drive pushing into the USA that political and cash grab more important that the game itself.....
and I grave all the money in their MLS and WCup post influence that more will be poured into it, a league that is not the model our beloved games foundation flourish's from.
Is football quality to be sacrificed due to the buck ? I believe FIFA believe as such.
The same will become as the ghost of the dreaded SLeague lingers.
There is points I totally agree with below :
https://www.tribalfootball.com/article/soccer-copa-america-uruguay-coach-bielsa-football-is-dying-it-s-less-and-less-attractive-346413ea-f859-41b4-8714-fcef62ce8f88
Then on another hand the ME influence, the shonks whatever, copious amounts of $$$ to throw into the game but for what football gain globally is going to be achieved ?
All I see its a 30yrs on retirement fund for the players they target.
FIFA supported so much in that region the $$$$.
Mediocre Euros and Copa América show there is such a thing as too much football | Copa América | The Guardian
https://www.messenger-inquirer.com/ap/ap_national_news/uruguay-coach-marcelo-bielsa-says-players-deserve-apology-not-sanctions-after-copa-america-fight/article_14b82d45-1dab-5aaa-aab8-f6cc4e0e7717.html
https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1922620/marcelo-bielsa-copa-america-fight-blame
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-13629893/uruguay-coach-marcelo-bielsa-copa-america.html
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By NicCarBel - 18 Jul 2024 12:47 PM
+x+xYeah the main thing I am against with modern football is that there is a bit of an over saturation of competitions. Asia and Europe both have three tiers of Continental Club competitions FIFA has created a bloated Club World Cup UEFA (and I believe CONCACAF?) both have the Nations League Things like that are the reason why there are concerns of player burn-out. To be fair i think the expanded club world cup is a game changer and a really really good thing. Europe hss pulled away from the rest of the world due to their advantage of having all the best leagues and all the best clubs. This is a step towards levelling that playing field. In the short term south america and brazil should benefit the most. In the long term hopefully other confeds do too
+x+xYeah the main thing I am against with modern football is that there is a bit of an over saturation of competitions. Asia and Europe both have three tiers of Continental Club competitions FIFA has created a bloated Club World Cup UEFA (and I believe CONCACAF?) both have the Nations League Things like that are the reason why there are concerns of player burn-out. Hmmm I dont usually but Ill disagree with you there Nic... In Europe for example, things like the Conference league give second jump Euro nation clubs a chance to play for something meaningful abroad where they would otherwise wouldnt ever get the chance to. Besides its a handfull of clusb from each elague that play in ONE of these comps .. The bloated club world cup on the other hand ... well yeah I agree.
Yeah I do see those points, it's a bit of a balanced pros and cons with them. Club World Cup, in a whole (given the confeds cup is no more, and it will remove the yearly Club World Cup) makes sense. The confusing bit about it I suppose is that clubs can change a lot in 4 years - much, much more than an international team - so will be interesting to see how that goes.
Conference League makes sense too when you talk about it that way.
Of those that I listed, I think the one I disagree with the most is the Nations League. Although, again, there is pros to it in the sense that it gives minor nations competitive games at their level.
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