The Master Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 I know it’s not everyone’s cup of tea, and there’s very strong arguments that (men’s) football should be nowhere near the Olympics, but it can still throw up some decent games. The men’s competition starts on Wednesday, with the women a day later. All games will be live on Discovery+, who are doing a £3.99 offer for the duration of the Olympics, but may also be free to Sky Q/stream subscribers. There’s also popup Eurosport channels on Virgin Media. Wednesday’s fixtures: Thursday: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsforlife Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 10 minutes ago, The Master said: I know it’s not everyone’s cup of tea, and there’s very strong arguments that (men’s) football should be nowhere near the Olympics, but it can still throw up some decent games. The men’s competition starts on Wednesday, with the women a day later. All games will be live on Discovery+, who are doing a £3.99 offer for the duration of the Olympics, but may also be free to Sky Q/stream subscribers. There’s also popup Eurosport channels on Virgin Media. Wednesday’s fixtures: Thursday: Is there a reason some countries are listed as u23 and other not? I thought it was an u23 tournament, with each country allowed a small number of exceptions. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherrif John Bunnell Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 2 hours ago, parsforlife said: Is there a reason some countries are listed as u23 and other not? I thought it was an u23 tournament, with each country allowed a small number of exceptions. The men's is U23, the women's is the full national teams. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 (edited) More interested in the women's, especially as there is a Villa contingent. Always seems odd to me that the men don't give a shit and there are sixteen teams in the men's event, whereas it's a big deal for women's football but they only get twelve teams. If I was in charge I'd reduce the men's to just eight teams in a straight knockout, but no under-23 teams, it's the full squads, and clubs aren't allowed to ban players from taking part. With it only being three games and played at a time when most big leagues would only be playing pre-season games anyway, I don't think they could complain too much. The women treat it seriously and their clubs don't seem to moan so extend that competition to sixteen teams with a normal group stage. Edited July 22 by Bully Wee Villa 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 10 hours ago, Sherrif John Bunnell said: The men's is U23, the women's is the full national teams. Curious that some of the men's teams have U23 in their name and others don't, though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted July 23 Author Share Posted July 23 5 minutes ago, GordonS said: Curious that some of the men's teams have U23 in their name and others don't, though. I think it’s just a quirk of the BBC’s fixture system. At some point, for whatever reason, those teams will have been entered in the system with “U23” and whatever feed is providing the fixtures is triggering them to appear. Teams that aren’t in the system with “U23” are presumably just defaulting to the country name on its own. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 13 minutes ago, The Master said: I think it’s just a quirk of the BBC’s fixture system. At some point, for whatever reason, those teams will have been entered in the system with “U23” and whatever feed is providing the fixtures is triggering them to appear. Teams that aren’t in the system with “U23” are presumably just defaulting to the country name on its own. Ah OK, ta. The BBC get their fixtures from Opta (as does Sky Sports and the SPFL, among others) and they do a pretty poor job. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 An absolute disgrace that Israel are being allowed to compete here, given that Russia and Belarus have explicitly been banned because of their involvement in the war in Ukraine. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groundhopping Adventures Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 10 hours ago, GordonS said: Curious that some of the men's teams have U23 in their name and others don't, though. Same idea that Dundee appear as "Dundee FC" is lots of apps when no one else needs the FC suffix 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 9 hours ago, craigkillie said: An absolute disgrace that Israel are being allowed to compete here, given that Russia and Belarus have explicitly been banned because of their involvement in the war in Ukraine. The Israeli FA even have member clubs in the settlements FFS. They're participating in apartheid. FIFA postponed its decision on suspending Israel until it got legal advice. Apparently the legal advice says that not only can they suspend Israel, under their statutes they're obligated to. Belarusian athletes have to publicly state that they are against the war in Ukraine to be allowed to participate in the Olympics, while the Israel Olympic team has many athletes who have directly participated in war crimes and a report in May said that at least 270 Palestinian athletes had been killed since October last year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senorsoupe Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 The Canadian Soccer Association is dedicated to incompetence 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 10 hours ago, senorsoupe said: The Canadian Soccer Association is dedicated to incompetence 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherrif John Bunnell Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 (edited) It looks like a pretty decent crowd in for the Argentina Morocco game Edited July 24 by Sherrif John Bunnell 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marten Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 Morocco winning 2-0 now, been the better team so far. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherrif John Bunnell Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 (edited) Argentina have just scored a mental equaliser 15 minutes into injury time ETA - It looks like some Moroccan fans are running on to scrap with Argentina players. Edited July 24 by Sherrif John Bunnell 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted July 24 Author Share Posted July 24 1 hour ago, Sherrif John Bunnell said: Argentina have just scored a mental equaliser 15 minutes into injury time ETA - It looks like some Moroccan fans are running on to scrap with Argentina players. The game was suspended for an hour and now the “equaliser” has been ruled out for offside 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherrif John Bunnell Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 12 minutes ago, The Master said: The game was suspended for an hour and now the “equaliser” has been ruled out for offside The end of the broadcast did seem a bit off. The commentators were trying to pass off the fans running onto the pitch as exuberant fans looking for selfies, when you could clearly see them fighting with the Argentina players iin the background. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael W Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 I did wonder if this might've been some French fans angry about those Argentina chants after the Copa America. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JS_FFC Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 On 23/07/2024 at 00:49, Bully Wee Villa said: More interested in the women's, especially as there is a Villa contingent. Always seems odd to me that the men don't give a shit and there are sixteen teams in the men's event, whereas it's a big deal for women's football but they only get twelve teams. If I was in charge I'd reduce the men's to just eight teams in a straight knockout, but no under-23 teams, it's the full squads, and clubs aren't allowed to ban players from taking part. With it only being three games and played at a time when most big leagues would only be playing pre-season games anyway, I don't think they could complain too much. The women treat it seriously and their clubs don't seem to moan so extend that competition to sixteen teams with a normal group stage. Love this idea. I'd do it as a reboot of the confederations cup 6 x continental winners 1 x host 1 x world cup winner If anyone "qualifies" twice, then the holders get a shot. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senorsoupe Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 We've now been deducted 6 points and members of our coaching staff have been suspended by FIFA for 12 months My embarrassment at our federation has been upgraded to anger. Heads need to roll and they need to roll significantly higher than just Bev Priestman and her coaching staff. The players (who didn't do anything wrong) have been royally fucked over by the actions of coaches and other members of the useless pile of dogshit that is the CSA. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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