• Men versus women!

Posted: **Sun Jul 13, 2025 4:51 pm**

I notice that the England women's game against Wales is on TV tonight, at the same time as the Chelsea versus PSG game, in the Club World Cup.

The respective viewing figures should be interesting!

Which are you watching, if either?

Posted: **Sun Jul 13, 2025 4:55 pm**

I might watch England v Wales to be honest.

Posted: **Sun Jul 13, 2025 4:55 pm**

Can't believe anyone is watching the men's pointless crap. England women's team are very good.

Can't wait for the PL managers to start complaining about too many games etc.

Posted: **Sun Jul 13, 2025 4:58 pm**

Netherlands v France, probably.

Wales will lose and I don't really want to listen to 90+ more minutes of how wonderful England women are after the previous performance. Start danielle vdd. Please. It's like benching Gareth Bale.

Don't care about the other thing, but I suppose I'd like Chelsea to be embarrassed.

Posted: **Sun Jul 13, 2025 4:58 pm**

The one Curricella is playing in. Not sure if it's the women's or men's game

Posted: **Sun Jul 13, 2025 5:02 pm**

Cousin It?

(There's one for the kids).

Posted: **Sun Jul 13, 2025 5:07 pm**

Elizabeth wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 13, 2025 4:58 pm
The one Curricella is playing in. Not sure if it's the women's or men's game

Bravo

Posted: **Sun Jul 13, 2025 5:10 pm**

Chelsea!

Posted: **Sun Jul 13, 2025 5:13 pm**

England Women ... can't be @rsed watching Chelski in the Billionaires Bash

Posted: **Sun Jul 13, 2025 5:18 pm**

The England game, but will flick over to the other game now and again - it's football.

Posted: **Sun Jul 13, 2025 5:26 pm**

Antiques Roadshow.

Posted: **Sun Jul 13, 2025 5:33 pm**

Probably watch a bit of England Women match. No interest in the Chelsea exhibition game at all.

Posted: **Sun Jul 13, 2025 6:10 pm**

I'll be watching and cheering on the Lionesses.

Posted: **Sun Jul 13, 2025 6:16 pm**

England women

Posted: **Sun Jul 13, 2025 6:21 pm**

Elizabeth wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 13, 2025 4:58 pm
The one Curricella is playing in. Not sure if it's the women's or men's game

Must be the women, I've never heard of a male player with that name.

Posted: **Sun Jul 13, 2025 7:02 pm**

Neither

Posted: **Sun Jul 13, 2025 7:12 pm**

England Women.

Posted: **Sun Jul 13, 2025 7:13 pm**

Definitely England, don't give a toss about Chelsea's fortunes, and will care not a jot when their Manager claims their players are tired at the end of September ...

Posted: **Sun Jul 13, 2025 7:36 pm**

Clarets4me wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 13, 2025 7:13 pm
Definitely England, don't give a toss about Chelsea's fortunes, and will care not a jot when their Manager claims their players are tired at the end of September ...

Exactly this. If either clubs whinge about fixture congestion they should be fined £100m.

Posted: **Sun Jul 13, 2025 8:09 pm**

Chelsea game had only just kicked off !!

USA overdoing the showtime as per usual

Posted: **Sun Jul 13, 2025 8:19 pm**

Tall Paul wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 13, 2025 6:21 pm
Must be the women, I've never heard of a male player with that name.

I see you still excel at having cheap shots though. Well done.

Posted: **Sun Jul 13, 2025 8:22 pm**

Elizabeth wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 13, 2025 8:19 pm
I see you still excel at having cheap shots though. Well done.

It's not a lot to ask for you to get a player's name right.

Posted: **Sun Jul 13, 2025 8:29 pm**

Can someone explain to me where the funding is coming from for the waste of time that is the CWC? It’s on Channel 5 in the uk, so it’s clearly not coming from TV companies and spectator numbers on the whole have been shocking, yet they’re paying the winners&100m?!

Posted: **Sun Jul 13, 2025 8:37 pm**

fidelcastro wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 13, 2025 8:22 pm
It's not a lot to ask for you to get a player's name right.

So you knew who the player was. Makes your comment idle

Posted: **Sun Jul 13, 2025 8:40 pm**

Elizabeth wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 13, 2025 8:37 pm
So you knew who the player was. Makes your comment idle

I actually wasn't sure, which made your attempt at a joke pretty poor.

Posted: **Sun Jul 13, 2025 8:40 pm**

I think the women’s game as a whole is heading to a bit of a crossroads.

It’s getting pushed hard but the interest just doesn’t seem to be following.

I also think the recent antics with Villa and Chelsea regarding PSR also make a complete mockery of it.

Does anyone think something needs to change to get the interest levels increased?

Posted: **Sun Jul 13, 2025 8:40 pm**

scouseclaret wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 13, 2025 8:29 pm
Can someone explain to me where the funding is coming from for the waste of time that is the CWC? It’s on Channel 5 in the uk, so it’s clearly not coming from TV companies and spectator numbers on the whole have been shocking, yet they’re paying the winners&100m?!

I’m guessing it’s a combined FIFA, opec vanity project?

Posted: **Sun Jul 13, 2025 8:42 pm**

Hadn’t realised either were on but will give the women a watch.

Posted: **Sun Jul 13, 2025 8:42 pm**

fidelcastro wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 13, 2025 8:40 pm
I actually wasn't sure, which made your attempt at a joke pretty poor.

You are telling me there are football matters you are unsure about. There's an admission , coming from you.

Posted: **Sun Jul 13, 2025 8:45 pm**

Elizabeth wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 13, 2025 8:42 pm
You are telling me there are football matters you are unsure about. There's an admission , coming from you.

Well, trying to decipher a player's name from it being badly spelt was a bit like solving a clue from my cryptic crossword.

Posted: **Sun Jul 13, 2025 8:46 pm**

scouseclaret wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 13, 2025 8:29 pm
Can someone explain to me where the funding is coming from for the waste of time that is the CWC? It’s on Channel 5 in the uk, so it’s clearly not coming from TV companies and spectator numbers on the whole have been shocking, yet they’re paying the winners&100m?!

The Saudis are basically bankrolling it.

Posted: **Sun Jul 13, 2025 8:50 pm**

scouseclaret wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 13, 2025 8:29 pm
Can someone explain to me where the funding is coming from for the waste of time that is the CWC? It’s on Channel 5 in the uk, so it’s clearly not coming from TV companies and spectator numbers on the whole have been shocking, yet they’re paying the winners&100m?!

Just a small reminder that a tiny faction of male football teams make a profit

All usually make substantial losses

Like anything - investment is needed for something to grow

I’m not someone that watches women’s football a lot but just be allowed to opportunity to grow like anything else and I imagine richer and much smarter people that you or eye have a reason to plow money into it

Posted: **Sun Jul 13, 2025 8:51 pm**

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Posted: **Sun Jul 13, 2025 8:51 pm**

scouseclaret wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 13, 2025 8:29 pm
Can someone explain to me where the funding is coming from for the waste of time that is the CWC? It’s on Channel 5 in the uk, so it’s clearly not coming from TV companies and spectator numbers on the whole have been shocking, yet they’re paying the winners&100m?!

Main source of income has come from DAZN and two main sponsors Apple and Visit Saudi.

If you drum through the numbers and certain investors in DAZN, it is all Middle Eastern Oil money.

Posted: **Sun Jul 13, 2025 8:51 pm**

I’m going to take some convincing that Chelsea are the best club side in the world.

Posted: **Sun Jul 13, 2025 8:52 pm**

The Shire Claret wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 13, 2025 8:50 pm
Just a small reminder that a tiny faction of male football teams make a profit

All usually make substantial losses

Like anything - investment is needed for something to grow

I’m not someone that watches women’s football a lot but just be allowed to opportunity to grow like anything else and I imagine richer and much smarter people that you or eye have a reason to plow money into it

He’s talking about the club World Cup not the women’s tournament

Posted: **Sun Jul 13, 2025 8:54 pm**

agreenwood wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 13, 2025 8:51 pm
I’m going to take some convincing that Chelsea are the best club side in the world.

They are playing very well though. Ripping PSG to shreds at the minute.

Posted: **Sun Jul 13, 2025 8:54 pm**

How good do Chelsea and Palmer look!

Posted: **Sun Jul 13, 2025 8:56 pm**

Newcastleclaret93 wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 13, 2025 8:52 pm
He’s talking about the club World Cup not the women’s tournament

Ah okay - my mistake !

Posted: **Sun Jul 13, 2025 9:00 pm**

Commy wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 13, 2025 8:54 pm
They are playing very well though. Ripping PSG to shreds at the minute.

I don’t doubt it, but if they win the cup, it’ll probably say something about the timing and conditions of the competition. They are clearly a good side, but hardly the best in the world.

Posted: **Sun Jul 13, 2025 9:10 pm**

claretburns wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 13, 2025 8:51 pm
Main source of income has come from DAZN and two main sponsors Apple and Visit Saudi.

If you drum through the numbers and certain investors in DAZN, it is all Middle Eastern Oil money.

Yuk!

Posted: **Sun Jul 13, 2025 9:10 pm**

agreenwood wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 13, 2025 9:00 pm
I don’t doubt it, but if they win the cup, it’ll probably say something about the timing and conditions of the competition. They are clearly a good side, but hardly the best in the world.

You can say that with the Euros and World Cup as well. Are the winners really the best in the world? They hold the title until next time.

Posted: **Sun Jul 13, 2025 9:18 pm**

The league will be really strong this year.

Chelsea look good
City have bought well
Liverpool have strengthened
Arsenal have strengthened

That top 4 is incredibly competitive now. That’s before you take into consideration the likes of of Newcastle villa spurs united

Posted: **Sun Jul 13, 2025 9:49 pm**

Really good game, Chelsea and PSG, definitely both teams are trying to win this, so it must have importance to them both. Overall, even if I don’t agree with the competition, there have been some really good matches.

Posted: **Sun Jul 13, 2025 9:57 pm**

I’m late to this discussion but surely the answer is “neither”.
A foregone conclusion with the inevitable winners being lavished with OTT praise or a Saudi-financed vanity project of a corrupt FIFA. No thanks.
Good test match on atm.

Posted: **Sun Jul 13, 2025 10:26 pm**

The best thing about Chelsea is that Infantino will be completely p!ssed off that an English club has won his cup.

Posted: **Sun Jul 13, 2025 10:28 pm**

Cole Palmer didn't come over very well in the post match interview. In fact he was embarrassing.

Posted: **Sun Jul 13, 2025 10:42 pm**

fidelcastro wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 13, 2025 8:40 pm
I actually wasn't sure, which made your attempt at a joke pretty poor.

Sorry to wade in, and certainly not looking for any conflict Fidel.... however I am not sure how honest you are being when you say you weren't sure which CHELSEA player was misspelled here..."Curricella" and reference to a feature (hair).

Both my young son's got it so pretty sure you did.

Be nice. Be kind.

Posted: **Sun Jul 13, 2025 10:45 pm**

mybloodisclaret wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 13, 2025 10:42 pm
Sorry to wade in, and certainly not looking for any conflict Fidel.... however I am not sure how honest you are being when you say you weren't sure which CHELSEA player was misspelled here..."Curricella" and reference to a feature (hair).

Both my young son's got it so pretty sure you did.

Be nice. Be kind.

I don't follow Chelsea that closely, in all honesty.

Posted: **Sun Jul 13, 2025 10:48 pm**

fidelcastro wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 13, 2025 10:45 pm
I don't follow Chelsea that closely, in all honesty.

Fair enough, me neither. Nor do my kids.

Marc Cucurella, (is the player) just in case you were wondering.

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