Essential The Official Football (Soccer) Thread - The Slotification of Liverpool is nearly complete

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As @Montez or @mastermind said years ago about MLS it's just one giant ponzi scheme. And making parents pay that amount is another scam especially for those so young.

@beejus can you breakdown the 3k please if you can?

Quotes from 2 of the top clubs in my area.

"Registration covers a wide range of club operations including EFC Administration, Directors of coaching and coach salaries, coach development and licensing, field rentals, equipment, club offices and futsal gym, goalkeeper training, referees, league fees, player insurance, EYSA membership fees, WYS membership fees and WYS state cup tournament fees."

"Player insurance and US Club registration fees, PSPL Fall league registration fees, NPL league registration fee, ISC administration costs, full time professional coaching, goalkeeper training, equipment for practices and games, and 3x practices per week during the season."
 

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Quotes from 2 of the top clubs in my area.

"Registration covers a wide range of club operations including EFC Administration, Directors of coaching and coach salaries, coach development and licensing, field rentals, equipment, club offices and futsal gym, goalkeeper training, referees, league fees, player insurance, EYSA membership fees, WYS membership fees and WYS state cup tournament fees."

"Player insurance and US Club registration fees, PSPL Fall league registration fees, NPL league registration fee, ISC administration costs, full time professional coaching, goalkeeper training, equipment for practices and games, and 3x practices per week during the season."

Goalie training for 5-6 years olds :laff:
Paying for coaches and coaches development. :picard:

Full time professional coaching for children. :mjlol:
Club Offices :gucci:

So you basically paying for some lazy kunts not to get a proper job and putting them thru their own training.


Can you give me some more info on size pitches, players per side, games, competitions and season duration. The age groups, kind of training they do etc etc
 

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So it came down to money then
Why would you want to leave the PL and team like Liverpool, managed by one of the best manager in the world , to go play in the French league :mjtf:

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ish is a scam, like 95% of their team was born in the netherlands and 95% of these dudes only have 1-3 caps :beli:
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Suriname had a citizenship law up till last year that meant Dutch citizens would have give up their Dutch passport to play for their NT. Naturally 99 percent of Dutch-Surinamese players didnt want to give up their passports, so they never played for the old country.

Now that the rule has changed, and FIFA is also allowing players to make one-time switches if they had early caps, their team has transformed. Win or lose, I expect them to be a good CONCACAF team moving forward.

The same applies for Curacao btw, which is still officially part of the Netherlands. Their talent pool is smaller than Surinam, but they've also improved greatly with FIFA eligbility rules. They got Vurnon Anita playing for them now, used to play for Newcastle and played for Dutch NT a few times.
 

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This is Germany’s best set up. Muller as a false nine with Gnarby/Sane or Werner/Havertz playing off either side of him.

Also, it’s tempting to run Goretzka and Kimkich in the midfield and keep that Bayern DNA but Kimmich has to move to RB/RWB. Germany has no real talent on the flanks when compared to other positions. Gundo, Musiala, Kroos and Goretzka can hold down the middle of the park.
 

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@Jamal514

Suriname had a citizenship law up till last year that meant Dutch citizens would have give up their Dutch passport to play for their NT. Naturally 99 percent of Dutch-Surinamese players didnt want to give up their passports, so they never played for the old country.

Now that the rule has changed, and FIFA is also allowing players to make one-time switches if they had early caps, their team has transformed. Win or lose, I expect them to be a good CONCACAF team moving forward.

The same applies for Curacao btw, which is still officially part of the Netherlands. Their talent pool is smaller than Surinam, but they've also improved greatly with FIFA eligbility rules. They got Vurnon Anita playing for them now, used to play for Newcastle and played for Dutch NT a few times.


:ohhh: Just in time to screw us over

I was wondering how all these dudes only had like 1-3 caps even though some are late twenties
 

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I just came in to say that Pulisic must be protected at all costs:wow: It’s damn shame that USA won’t be competing in this next World Cup.
 
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