@peladodelatv @mickvanwely And here’s the match against Bayern if you still don’t believe me:
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Dutch kids huff balloons in the parking lot…
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@peladodelatv @mickvanwely Nonsense. This was before the semi final against Bayern, not against Klinsmann’s Stuttgart.
See Commodore advertising in the background, they were Bayern’s sponsor at the time.
Check the advertising hoardings here (after 2.00 min), they’re different:
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Jürgen Klinsmann: “Había 70.000 personas, nosotros estábamos calentando seriamente. Mientras sonaba ‘Live Is Life’, Maradona empezó a hacer malabares con el balón. Dejamos de calentar, porque no había nada más que pudiéramos hacer aparte de mirarlo.” MAGIA!
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@lilyraynyc @filiwiese @athenseo Surely Google has a Project Zero internally, aiming to send no traffic to sites. They figured out gaps in their AI knowledge graph, then asked creators to create “non-commodity” content to fill those gaps so in a year’s time their gaps are filled and Project Zero is complete.
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If you read between the lines - Google is getting more critical of our content and what we publish.
Google can quickly identify commodity content. AI can generate this content easily. Google doesn’t need your website to create/scale this content.
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@niclasico You’re linking the attendance of a match played yeaterday to the financials of 10 years ago?
Wow. That’s a different level of stupidity.
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@ruudverd That’s not relevant to the time the charges refer to though is it so best picking it back up rather than leaving it here 🤣🤣
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Right enough though, how can a club with these issues selling out their stadium during a title run in claim to have higher revenues than the biggest clubs in the world🤣 it’s shenanigans like these that give credence to the charges for rival fans.
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TWENTY-SIX pounds to watch City vs Palace in a title race today and it’s not sold out…
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@Millar_Colin @footballespana_ Sums up why Johan Cruyff is the most influential person in football of all time. Pele and Maradona were great players, but Cruyff didn’t just do it as a player but as a manager also turned a decent club into a world class club, influencing the likes of Guardiola, Enrique, etc.
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In 1984, Barça had just 1 more league title than both Atlético Madrid and Athletic Club Bilbao. In the 20th century, the three clubs were comparatively successful.
Barça now have 20 more titles than Athletic Club, and 17 more than Atlético.
Alvaro Romeo@Alvaro_Romeo
19/38 leagues won for Barça since Cruyff took over in the 88/89 season. The other 19 leagues went to Depor (1), Valencia (2), Atlético (3) and Real Madrid (13). Cruyff's arrival marks an astonishing turn of a page in the league's history. Before him, Barça had won just 10 leagues
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@MounirBoualin Foutje in artikel…
De Carabao Cup heeft hij al gewonnen. De focus zal gaan op het winnen van de FA Cup.
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These rankings and valuations for MLS shouldn't be a big shock given the progress of valuations over the past few years. MLS benefits from several factors that European clubs cannot access - 1. They are adjacent to the big American sports leagues and that does impact value calculations. 2. The risk factor of relegation isn't present. 3. Soccer as a whole is growing in the US and Canada. 4. Sponsorship and commercial revenue has grown significantly for MLS clubs in recent years. 5. The people who respond "But yeah, MLS club don't make a profit?" should take a look at the balance sheets of most European clubs. MLS has in-built cost controls that are out of reach for most European clubs.
Sportico@Sportico
Europe dominates the top of the valuations table with all 15 slots, but MLS dominates the bottom 70% of the list with a league-high 18 entries, led by Inter Miami at No. 16 with a valuation of $1.45 billion. Nine leagues overall landed teams in the top 50, including five from Serie A and three each from LaLiga and Bundesliga. Full valuations: sportico.com/valuations/tea…
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@sjoerdmossou NAC was een trotse volksclub. Helaas is het nu een club van mierenneukende juristen en bedrijfsleiders geworden.
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‘Langs de lijn en omstreken’ belde. Wat ik eigenlijk van paspoortgate vond, als NAC-supporter en voetbaljournalist.
(Fragment vanaf 20 minuten)
nporadio1.nl/uitzendingen/l… Luister naar Langs de Lijn En Omstreken
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@JeroenKapteijns Volledig eens, Jeroen. Bijkomend probleem is natuurlijk ook dat er in de mediawereld redelijk wat mensen in een NAC-pyjama slapen. Had pak ‘m beet Heracles of FC Groningen hetzelfde gedaan dan waren ze volledig afgefakkeld door diezelfde mediamensen.
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Grappig om te zien hoe NAC-supporters op X in enkele weken zijn geëvolueerd van Bourgondische gezelligheidsdieren (,,Alleen paniek als het bier op is”) tot amateur-Spongs die precies weten uit te te leggen waarom precies die ene met 6-0 verloren wedstrijd overgespeeld moet worden
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Vroeger bij PSV een talent op kantoor, nu loodst Guus Pennings (42) VVV als algemeen directeur door een storm. Zie: ed.nl/psv/vroeger-bi… ed.nl/psv/vroeger-bi…
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@jeroenscholte50 Die cijfers zijn zeer vertekend. In o.a. Amerika en Brazilië zijn de live TV rechten dit jaar naar kanalen met een veel groter bereik gegaan. Nogal wiedes dat er dan meer kijkers zijn. Een eerlijke vergelijking zou zijn om de landen te vergelijken waar GPs op zelfde zender zijn.
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En daarom, dames en heren (mag dat nog van ons ministerie?) is het roepen in de woestijn voor critici als Max V, Carlos S en velen met hen.
Want de cijfertjes zijn 👌, het geld stroomt binnen, dus F1 is BOOMING AS F*CK.
Maar de regels zijn kut. En dat blijf ik roepen: 🗣 KUT!
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Some interesting TV viewership figures filtering through from the first three #F1 races of 2026, showing marked audience growth over the 2025 editions. - Australia up over 23%. - China up over 30%. - Japan up circa 20%. Race attendances also up: - Australia up by almost 4%. - China by almost 4.5%. - Japan by over 18%. TV audiences measured across more than the 10 top markets, combined across the races and qualifying. Obviously, race attendance figures are less representative as ticket sales will be off the back of 2025, but TV audiences appear to like what they're seeing...
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@thomasmaheronf1 Didn’t F1 Live TV rights move to some new broadcasters in some big markets this year? E.g. Apple TV in the US.
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Some interesting TV viewership figures filtering through from the first three #F1 races of 2026, showing marked audience growth over the 2025 editions.
- Australia up over 23%.
- China up over 30%.
- Japan up circa 20%.
Race attendances also up:
- Australia up by almost 4%.
- China by almost 4.5%.
- Japan by over 18%.
TV audiences measured across more than the 10 top markets, combined across the races and qualifying.
Obviously, race attendance figures are less representative as ticket sales will be off the back of 2025, but TV audiences appear to like what they're seeing...
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Europoor is an entirely accurate phrase. America is simply in a different league.
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@ghostsarerealx @CFC_Russ @terryflewers @Lana_Florea 😂
See the original post. A Man Utd fan conveniently selecting a few seasons of Ferguson’s period at Man Utd to make it look like he hardly spent any money.
Now that’s purposely misleading and lacking context…
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@ruudverd @CFC_Russ @terryflewers @Lana_Florea point is your comment is purposefully misleading, lacks context and is really just meaningless drivel
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Sir Alex Ferguson achieved similar dominance from 1992 to 2001, including the first-ever double-double and the historic treble, all while operating as only the 11th highest spender in the Premier League. This was also during a period when Serie A and La Liga were financially dominant in Europe.
Give him today’s Premier League resources and it doesn’t just become dominance, it becomes complete control of European football.
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🚨🏆 Pep Guardiola: "19 titles in 10 years at Manchester City, in the modern era, in England, in Europe… …I think it's a hats off to the whole organisation”.
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@ghostsarerealx @CFC_Russ @terryflewers @Lana_Florea What’s your point?
Obviously Pep spent a lot of money to win throphies. So did Klopp and Ferguson.
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@ruudverd @CFC_Russ @terryflewers @Lana_Florea it's almost like he spent nearly 3 decades at the club... 🤔
meanwhile, here's Pep in 10 years at City
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@CFC_Russ @terryflewers @Lana_Florea Exactly.
During his time at Man Utd Ferguson spent €793m according to Transfermarkt.
With inflation correction that will be well over €1b, and that’s not even including the rapid rise in transfer fees since he retired in 2013.
transfermarkt.com/alex-ferguson/…
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@PieterZwartNL @dijkshoorn Hij heeft dit ook nooit ergens gezegd…
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@FredHend1255 @InsiderEng @NFAPResearch The US government is blocking ASML (a Dutch company) from selling its highly advanced chipmachines to China. That doesn’t even have anything to do with war.
So why can’t companies be stopped selling stuff to kill civilians?
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@InsiderEng @NFAPResearch Not quite sure that its legal to forbid companies from selling their products to Russia when the US is not at war. Europe has been buying RUSSIAN oil still to this day, so banning private companies from selling is truly Hypocritical ! Nice try, but not sure that's a legal option
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Suppliers of death: The Insider identifies another 160 companies making purchases on behalf of the Russian military
If these were all to be added to sanctions lists at the same time, it could deal a serious blow to Russia’s military production.
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@HLTCO 1) Too much football on TV
2) A limited amount of clubs are too powerful
3) Players moving all the time -> difficult for fans to identify with players
4) Clubs owned by foreign owners who have no affinity with clubs and fans
5) Ludicrous plans by FIFA & leagues
6) Ticket prices
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I’m never sure if it’s just me getting older (quite possibly is) but it does feel as though football has lost a huge amount of the spontaneity and beauty which made it so joyful for me as a kid. Maybe that just happens to everyone eventually?
Football Heaven@footballheaven
🗣️ "It's not fun anymore. I think there's an increasing number of people who look at football and think 'I can't be bothered'. This is not the beautiful game any more." 🤔 Thoughts?
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