RJB Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 https://www.tsn.ca/fifa-world-cup/world-cup-rank-the-50-best-footballers-of-qatar-2022-19.45798 Davies is 26. What I find most interesting is how many players were 'not ranked' for 2018. That tells me that the players for 2026 either haven't developed fully, or haven't even played professionally yet. PegCityCam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red card Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 (edited) 538's front runners are Brasil at 22%, Spain at 11% & France at 9% to win it all. Knocking on the door of contending are Argentina, Portugal, Germany, England & Netherlands. Dark horses are Belgium, Croatia, Denmark & Uruguay. Canada is <1% to win and 37% to get out of group. Group of death is G with Brasil, Switzerland, Serbia & Cameroon. Group F is ranked third. https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/brazil-is-the-favorite-and-messi-is-the-star-but-the-2022-world-cup-is-up-for-grabs/ Edited November 16, 2022 by red card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnyb Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 21 hours ago, red card said: 137 players or almost 16.5% will be playing for a country that they're not born. 28 teams have a foreign born player. Argentina, Brazil, Saudi Arabia & Korea are the exceptions. 38 were born in France. 17 born in England but most playing for Wales. 7 each in Germany & Spain. 1 in Canada. First CAF country to win World Cup will be thanks to France. Morocco with 14! Wow Obinna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sstackho Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 EJsens1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EJsens1 Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 21 minutes ago, sstackho said: This was great, very real Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 (edited) Who was the picking the music at 0:45? Also, is McNaughton there? Maybe I just need to study the faces! 😂 Edited November 16, 2022 by RJB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonic_fcpf Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 (edited) Teams workload Edited November 17, 2022 by sonic_fcpf johnyb and RJB 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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red card Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 (edited) Brazil's TV Globo promo celebrating the Selecao's & World Cup history. Edited November 18, 2022 by red card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGAA_Star Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 Sadio Mane now is for sure being ruled out of Qatar with a leg injury and we thought he was going to play in Qatar but apparently not...confirmed as of yesterday https://www.eurosport.com/football/world-cup/2022/sadio-mane-ruled-out-of-2022-world-cup-due-to-leg-injury-senegal-confirm-bayern-munich-star-won-t-pl_sto9230547/story.shtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K Edgar Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 No alcoholic beer sales in World Cup stadiums: FIFA This will get the attention of football fans worldwide! https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/beer-alcohol-world-cup-stadium-qatar-1.6656109 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pottsy3 Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 (edited) I know we have a Canadian Coaches thread but I couldn't find it anywhere so this seemed like the next most appropriate thread. I found it interesting to learn that South Korea has a Canadian Assistant Coach: Michael Kim. Former York Region Shooters player, has been with the Korean national team since 2018 and has previously managed in the South Korean top flight and the Chinese second division. Also, formerly the Director of Scouting for Suwon Bluewings. Wonder if he had involvement in Doneil Henry's recruitment. Edited November 18, 2022 by Pottsy3 johnyb and Blue and White Army 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red card Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 It's Coming Home for Christmas. Yule Rimet. Blue and White Army and TGAA_Star 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red card Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 It's the Happiest Day of My Life. Argentine injury replacements going through airport. A.D.I.D.A.S. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonic_fcpf Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 Friendly today......Egypt 2 - 1 Belgium ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red card Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 Part of becoming a football nation is capturing the cultural zeitgeist. So, like the Olympics, I'm seeing more World Cup specific ads already than for previous editions. Here's a behind the scenes look at the adidas ad being shown on TSN's preview shows. Another adidas ad set to the song during Maradona's iconic warm up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PegCityCam Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 Canada's coooool🤣 jhoops__ and Cheeta 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpursFlu Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 4 hours ago, red card said: It's Coming Home for Christmas. Yule Rimet. Well that sucks WestHamCanadianinOxford and Cheeta 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue and White Army Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 5 hours ago, Pottsy3 said: I know we have a Canadian Coaches thread but I couldn't find it anywhere so this seemed like the next most appropriate thread. I found it interesting to learn that South Korea has a Canadian Assistant Coach: Michael Kim. Former York Region Shooters player, has been with the Korean national team since 2018 and has previously managed in the South Korean top flight and the Chinese second division. Also, formerly the Director of Scouting for Suwon Bluewings. Wonder if he had involvement in Doneil Henry's recruitment. Michael Kim apparently played for a Canadian youth national team and the Olympic national team between 1991 and 1996. I believe it was the agent of one of Henry's 2018 teammates at Vancouver Whitecaps who indirectly approached Henry in 2019 about a move to Korea. Michael Kim did serve as Suwon's head scout for a while after returning from China, so it's definitely possible his fingerprints were on Henry's transfer. johnyb and Pottsy3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted November 19, 2022 Author Share Posted November 19, 2022 Would people be interested in match threads for all the non Canada games? Or maybe a general match discussion thread? jhoops__ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoccMan Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 18 hours ago, Blue and White Army said: Michael Kim apparently played for a Canadian youth national team and the Olympic national team between 1991 and 1996. I believe it was the agent of one of Henry's 2018 teammates at Vancouver Whitecaps who indirectly approached Henry in 2019 about a move to Korea. Michael Kim did serve as Suwon's head scout for a while after returning from China, so it's definitely possible his fingerprints were on Henry's transfer. Wow Mike Kim a blast from the past , he was involved with Canada youth national teams as a player , I’m not sure if he ever made any of the youth national teams but he was involved in training with several of our youth national teams back in the day . Yes he played for the York Region Shooters for a year or two when I was a general manager and part owner . Great guy nice to see him still in the game at a very good level . I think he left Canada to go work in soccer in South Korea well over 20 years now his parents are from South Korea . He was a good player but like many back in the 1990’s and early 2000’s there were no real pro leagues for players to play in and develop in , we lost a generation of players like Mike Kim who had talent but had no real incentive to keep playing with no real pathways to get anywhere and just ended up quitting the game . I really feel for all these talented players that I saw back in the day that basically quit the game because there was no real incentive to keep playing and dreaming . But nice to see that Mike has continued in the game with coaching . Pottsy3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue and White Army Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 1 hour ago, SoccMan said: Wow Mike Kim a blast from the past , he was involved with Canada youth national teams as a player , I’m not sure if he ever made any of the youth national teams but he was involved in training with several of our youth national teams back in the day. Heh, I wondered if the Korean-language news media had embellished his playing history. 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeta Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 Wow. Might have seen bits and pieces on this in the news but if you find the time give it a look. We traded Bladder for this? Kicked off my weekend on the wrong foot. Grab a beer sit down and just have a listen to this unit. Maybe you'll take away something different then I did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 On 11/18/2022 at 2:56 PM, K Edgar said: No alcoholic beer sales in World Cup stadiums: FIFA This will get the attention of football fans worldwide! https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/beer-alcohol-world-cup-stadium-qatar-1.6656109 Why is this is even an issue? There is no alcohol in any sporting facility in Spain, and there hasn't been for decades. Which from what I have seen has not stopped certain visiting fans from drinking 0.0% and then pretending to be drunk. K Edgar, Cheeta and narduch 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoccMan Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 3 hours ago, Blue and White Army said: Heh, I wondered if the Korean-language news media had embellished his playing history. 😁 Do you speak and read Korean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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