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B-right-on

Living the dream
Apr 23, 2015
6,162
Shoreham Beaaaach
Great advert for the PL. Come on Winstanley, take advantage!!!!
 






schmunk

"Members"
Jan 19, 2018
9,405
Mid mid mid Sussex
It's ridiculous that they'll all have to travel to Madrid and Baku for the finals. They should be moved to a closer venue, one with outstanding modern facilities and a proud tradition of hosting football at the highest level.





Selhurst?
 




hans kraay fan club

The voice of reason.
Helpful Moderator
Mar 16, 2005
61,094
Chandlers Ford
It's ridiculous that they'll all have to travel to Madrid and Baku for the finals. They should be moved to a closer venue,

All joking aside, it actually is, to be honest. Its an enormous, and entirely avoidable drain on financial and environmental resources, when there are magnificent stadia on the doorstep of the finalists.

Arsenal v Chelsea could be at the incredible new Spurs ground.
Liverpool v Tottenham at Wembley.

:shrug:
 




AmexRuislip

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Feb 2, 2014
33,727
Ruislip
All joking aside, it actually is, to be honest. Its an enormous, and entirely avoidable drain on financial and environmental resources, when there are magnificent stadia on the doorstep of the finalists.

Arsenal v Chelsea could be at the incredible new Spurs ground.
Liverpool v Tottenham at Wembley.

:shrug:

The one brain cell at FIFA wouldn't even contemplate you're thinking.
 




Bakero

Languidly clinical
Oct 9, 2010
13,679
Almería
It's ridiculous that they'll all have to travel to Madrid and Baku for the finals. They should be moved to a closer venue, one with outstanding modern facilities and a proud tradition of hosting football at the highest level.





Selhurst?

Baku, ok but Madrid's not much of a schlep and the Wanda has hosted a fair bit of high level football.
 




hans kraay fan club

The voice of reason.
Helpful Moderator
Mar 16, 2005
61,094
Chandlers Ford
Madrid's not much of a schlep.

It isn't (relatively) but it is still entirely unnecessary, at a time when all Nations and major organisations are making bold statements about environmental awareness, etc. Obviously the issue is nothing new - The Chelsea v United final was in Moscow, the all-Madrid final was in Milan, etc, but it is something obvious and entirely achievable to correct.

Environmentally it is a scandal.
Financially, for the fans of the clubs involved, it makes so much more sense, as well.
 


Bakero

Languidly clinical
Oct 9, 2010
13,679
Almería
It isn't (relatively) but it is still entirely unnecessary, at a time when all Nations and major organisations are making bold statements about environmental awareness, etc. Obviously the issue is nothing new - The Chelsea v United final was in Moscow, the all-Madrid final was in Milan, etc, but it is something obvious and entirely achievable to correct.

Environmentally it is a scandal.
Financially, for the fans of the clubs involved, it makes so much more sense, as well.

Very true.
 


lawros left foot

Glory hunting since 1969
Jun 11, 2011
13,673
Worthing
The one brain cell at FIFA wouldn't even contemplate you're thinking.


Pedant alert


It would have to be the one brain cell at UEFA, they are European competitions.


The one brain cell at FIFA would have the Finals in Saudi Arabia, and Tokyo.
 








Gritt23

New member
Jul 7, 2003
14,902
Meopham, Kent.
It's ridiculous that they'll all have to travel to Madrid and Baku for the finals. They should be moved to a closer venue, one with outstanding modern facilities and a proud tradition of hosting football at the highest level.





Selhurst?

The other ridiculous bit is the 6k allocation to each team for a stadium that holds 68k.
 


portlock seagull

Why? Why us?
Jul 28, 2003
16,979
It’s is astonishing bad for the environment but **** it, people are ENTITLED to kill their bit of the planet, more so if you’re stinking rich like FIFA officials. The rest of us just trying to live and breath non polluted air are just a nuisance really. It’s us that are the problem, more of us need to die and make room for their obese snouts and trough extensions. That’s the real SOLUTION.
 




Johnny RoastBeef

These aren't the players you're looking for.
Jan 11, 2016
3,150
The one brain cell at FIFA wouldn't even contemplate you're thinking.

They are UEFA competitions, so I'm sure either cash determines who hosts the final, or they are allocated in return for political favours. No need to let common sense get in the way when sleaze works just as well.
 


Icy Gull

Back on the rollercoaster
Jul 5, 2003
72,015
The other ridiculous bit is the 6k allocation to each team for a stadium that holds 68k.

Except it’s 17k each finalist which is less than half the stadium for fans of the finalists, still a joke
 



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