ZAPHOD2319 4,819 Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 PRE/POST-MATCH DISCUSSION, LIVE CHAT AND ANALYSIS Monday 16th June 2025 Club World Cup Mercedes Benz Stadium 8 PM UK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mário César 1,274 Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 Im excited to see santos and delap bigbluewillie, ZAPHOD2319 and Vesper 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAPHOD2319 4,819 Posted June 5 Author Share Posted June 5 19 hours ago, Mário César said: Im excited to see santos and delap Although not with us, im excited to see Estaveo against top defenses. Also excited to see the team use this comp to gel together. It is a great way for Delap and Santos to have meaningful minutes with the team before the new season. Vesper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhForAGreavsie 6,075 Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 (edited) On 05/06/2025 at 18:40, ZAPHOD2319 said: Although not with us, im excited to see Estaveo against top defenses. Also excited to see the team use this comp to gel together. It is a great way for Delap and Santos to have meaningful minutes with the team before the new season. We seem to have a favourable draw. It gives us a chance to progress to the last sixteen and, if we avoid Bayern at that stage, we might even be favourites to make the last eight. That would be a good, and profitable, outcome. Edited June 6 by OhForAGreavsie Vesper, NikkiCFC and ZAPHOD2319 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kante 1,643 Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 On 06/06/2025 at 21:35, OhForAGreavsie said: We seem to have a favourable draw. It gives us a chance to progress to the last sixteen and, if we avoid Bayern at that stage, we might even be favourites to make the last eight. That would be a good, and profitable, outcome. Quarters should really be a minimum with the draw we got. I am actually quite interested in this competition. It will be fun to see some us play new teams. My only concern is how it affects us next season. OhForAGreavsie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhForAGreavsie 6,075 Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 5 hours ago, King Kante said: Quarters should really be a minimum with the draw we got. I am actually quite interested in this competition. It will be fun to see some us play new teams. My only concern is how it affects us next season. As for the tournament itself, I find it hard to look past PSG for the eventual winners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhForAGreavsie 6,075 Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 On 04/06/2025 at 23:22, Mário César said: Im excited to see santos and delap I'm looking forward to my first real viewing of Santos. I saw nothing whatsoever which impressed me during the youth international tournament where he received rave reviews, and I have not watched him at Strasbourg. This will be my chance to catch up so I hope he gets significant minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,324 Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 6 hours ago, King Kante said: Quarters should really be a minimum with the draw we got. I am actually quite interested in this competition. It will be fun to see some us play new teams. My only concern is how it affects us next season. So if we lose quarters that is exactly 6 weeks before PL starts. Players will get 3 maybe close to 4 weeks vacation. We won't have usual USA pre season tour but probably play a couple of games in UK. Looks fine to me. Vesper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mário César 1,274 Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 how many money we get if we get into at least quarters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duppy Conqueror 1,537 Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 Be interested to see what sort of line ups we put out,some players we risk burning out if they don't get a rest soon.with not much rest post tournament to start of season.level of group opponents should help.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,324 Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 Give Veiga chance in this tournament. Vesper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAPHOD2319 4,819 Posted June 12 Author Share Posted June 12 Why would we have Nkunku included? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 9 minutes ago, ZAPHOD2319 said: Why would we have Nkunku included? Blokes had a balloon in his sock for months DDA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Lamps 11,692 Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 What I find even more baffling is how the club renounced 7 squad slots for no apparent reason, leaving us with just one right-footed winger and one leftback. Other teams like Atlético or Bayern have registered 30+ players to give some youngsters a chance. Sure, most will not play much after the group stages but even if it is just a couple of mins vs LAFC, for their development it can be invaluable to train and travel with the senior squad. Also bizarre how the club decided to bring along only Santos from the loan army (allegedly bc they see the cwc as still ‚this season‘) but already sent home Sancho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,324 Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 35 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said: What I find even more baffling is how the club renounced 7 squad slots for no apparent reason, leaving us with just one right-footed winger and one leftback. Other teams like Atlético or Bayern have registered 30+ players to give some youngsters a chance. Sure, most will not play much after the group stages but even if it is just a couple of mins vs LAFC, for their development it can be invaluable to train and travel with the senior squad. Also bizarre how the club decided to bring along only Santos from the loan army (allegedly bc they see the cwc as still ‚this season‘) but already sent home Sancho First comment in 2025 and complaining 😆 Magic Lamps and DDA 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAM09 7,056 Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 3 hours ago, Magic Lamps said: What I find even more baffling is how the club renounced 7 squad slots for no apparent reason, leaving us with just one right-footed winger and one leftback. Other teams like Atlético or Bayern have registered 30+ players to give some youngsters a chance. Sure, most will not play much after the group stages but even if it is just a couple of mins vs LAFC, for their development it can be invaluable to train and travel with the senior squad. Also bizarre how the club decided to bring along only Santos from the loan army (allegedly bc they see the cwc as still ‚this season‘) but already sent home Sancho The Santos situation is two fingers to all players who were out on loan hoping for a chance here (Veiga, Lesley, Petrovic, etc). If Maresca has had no impact on this, it makes this decision more infuriating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 The club will be looking closely at Andrey Santos as their next big cash cow and how much they can whore him out at Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milka 3,393 Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 A pointless tournament, which we won't win it, nor is there any point in it, instead of the players resting they will play some stupid games . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAPHOD2319 4,819 Posted June 13 Author Share Posted June 13 7 hours ago, milka said: A pointless tournament, which we won't win it, nor is there any point in it, instead of the players resting they will play some stupid games . I agree the players are playing too many games. If they are going to play, I would rather it be this than another US summer tour. I think this will help players like Delap, Essugo, and Santos to bed into the team against quality opponents. It also lets the team get a glimpse of the step up from Europa Conference to Champions League opponents Fulham Broadway 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fulham Broadway 17,317 Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 Opta makes Chelsea heavy favourites to top Club World Cup grouppublished at 08:54 08:54 ZAPHOD2319 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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