45 minutes ago, erskblue said:

All the best to City.

Can't see Spurs winning over two legs and can see Poch getting very agitated again.

11 hours ago, Strider6003 said:

Can't see Spurs winning over two legs and can see Poch getting very agitated again.

Which would, of course, be very nice.

Yes, but Spuds have yet to lose in their new state-of-the-art stadium

I hope they get an encouraging draw in the toilet seat just to get their hopes up then lose 7-0 away.

I hope we get spared the usual tripe about FA cup traditions etc when for the second round in a row not one game is kicking off at 3 o'clock.

Couldn't think of anywhere else to post this.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47586593

Fifa has approved a revised 24-team Club World Cup starting in 2021 despite top European clubs saying they would boycott the tournament.

The new competition is expected to include eight teams from Europe.

It will run every four years and take place from June to July in the slot currently used for the World Cup warm-up event, the Confederations Cup.

Fifa president Gianni Infantino said he was "extremely happy" after the Fifa Council backed his plan on Friday.

"Now the world will see a real Club World Cup where fans will see the best teams in the world compete to be crowned the real world champions," he said.

• VAR to be used at 2019 Women's World Cup

The Club World Cup is currently held every December and features seven teams from six confederations, but the competition is largely ignored by European fans.

As well as eight European clubs, the new tournament would see six teams from South America, three each from Africa, Asia and North and Central America and one from Oceania.

It has been suggested each club could earn £50m from taking part.

The European Club Association (ECA) says any new competitions should be part of an agreed framework for the international match calendar post-2024.

ECA board members, including Manchester United's chief executive Ed Woodward, signed a letter expressing concerns, which was revealed earlier on Friday.

"[We are] firmly against any potential approval of a revised CWC - no ECA clubs would take part," it said.

When asked if he was concerned about staging a new Club World Cup without any of Europe's elite clubs, Infantino said: "We hope that all the best teams will participate and we've had some very positive discussions with Uefa.

"But it was our responsibility to take a decision because we have to deal with the organisational matters - it is only two years away."

The Fifa Council also decided that it would be "feasible" to expand the Qatar 2022 World Cup from 32 to 48 teams.

World football's governing body voted to expand the 2026 World Cup - which will be hosted by Canada, Mexico and the United States - to 48 teams in 2017.

The council will now discuss potential additional hosts to Qatar and a final decision will be made at a Fifa congress in Paris in June.

"If it happens, fantastic. If it doesn't happen, fantastic also," said Infantino.

• Fifa proposes a new annual Club World Cup

The ECA's letter was addressed to Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin, who has been asked to explain the position at the Fifa Council meeting, which is taking place in Miami.

The letter, obtained by BBC Sport, stated that there should be no changes to the current fixed international match calendar (IMC), which runs until 2024, and raised concerns about fixture congestion.

It said: "We wish to restate the position of ECA: (a) ECA is unwilling to consider any new or significantly revised competition prior to a holistic assessment of the IMC post-2024 being conducted and an agreement as to its underlying principles being reached; and (b) in any event, a Club World Cup in June 2021, as proposed by Fifa, is not acceptable in light of the existing competitions and the IMC, which is fixed until 2024."

According to a Fifa document seen by Associated Press, it has been proposed the tournament would run from 17 June to 4 July, with 2022 World Cup qualifiers (31 May to 8 June) preceding it and the African Cup of Nations and Concacaf Gold Cup possibly taking place from 5 July to 31 July.

Fifa said it was aware of concerns of "serious interference with critical matches" but added that members of its own task force "felt that it was feasible to play the Club World Cup" during that period.

Send the youth team. 

We wouldn't be involved anyway. We're not one of the 8 best teams in Europe.

We wouldn't be involved anyway. We're not one of the 8 best teams in Europe.

On 15/03/2019 at 13:18, mojo said:

and get benfica or frankfurt in the semi if we win

I have seen every Frankfurt game so far. Impressed.

Good finish from Michy. Maybe he’s still an option for us for next season with Higuain unable to stay and the transfer ban. 

1 hour ago, Krc-fan said:

I have seen every Frankfurt game so far. Impressed.

+ Frankfurt did win the DFB Pokal vs Bayern - they are one of the best sides of the Bundesliga

Haha F Leeds, so glad they got beat today. Their fans are unbearable.

LOL snake has been banched, navas new old no1

12 minutes ago, mojo said:

LOL snake has been banched, navas new old no1

So funny. Zidiane’s first game back and he drops Courtious to be bench. What a legend. 

I wonder how long he will last before he starts moaning. 

Typical Real Madrid though isn’t it. Buy a keeper for £35m only to bench him half way through the season. 

Interesting to see how he reacts. He might yet end up back at Athletico Madrid now that would be amusing.

I can't get upset over Courtois because I never really cared about him, it never really bothered me that he left at all. 

The last few years at Chelsea he seemed very overrated, could never save a penalty, his one on ones were terrible, almost every shot in the box it would go in and he was utter garbage on the ball. I remember when he tried to be a footballer and Hull's striker took the ball off him and scored. 

As a person he always seemed to be a bit of a prick aswell, especially with the KDB situation if it's true. 

I have an acca going and I had B'mouth, Leicester and West Ham to win (Along with City, Chelsea, Liverpool and United tomorrow)

Was not expecting this!

Noooooo

3 minutes ago, AlexTommo said:

Noooooo

That's heartbreaking for you, f**king Newcastle, jammy bastards. 

2 hours ago, robdog said:

+ Frankfurt did win the DFB Pokal vs Bayern - they are one of the best sides of the Bundesliga

And a amazing audience! About 20.000 fans in Milan.

1 hour ago, Strider6003 said:

Interesting to see how he reacts. He might yet end up back at Athletico Madrid now that would be amusing.

Why bother, they have a better keeper, Oblak.

If things don't work out well for him at Real Madrid, then I expect to see him end up at PSG to replace Buffon.

Swansea 2 up against city. Just some fun before reality inevitably arrives to destroy the fun

I expect changes in the 2nd, Aguero and Sterling would be my expectation to come on.

28 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

Why bother, they have a better keeper, Oblak.

If things don't work out well for him at Real Madrid, then I expect to see him end up at PSG to replace Buffon.

Reserve for AM as he is not known for keeping his feelings to himself.