Football Daily | Cole Palmer conquers the world with a ‘so what’ shrug

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!Not far from Football Daily Towers, nestled away on a quiet London street just around the corner from both the old Highbury and the new-ish Emirates Stadium, there once stood an Irish pub. It was a good one, named the Auld Triangle. It wasn’t a ‘beautiful’ place by any traditional yardstick, but still had original wood panelling dating back to its Victorian inception. It wasn’t particularly busy, apart from Arsenal matchdays, but its steady flow of regulars and opportunists convinced by its pretty exterior to step inside still created an atmosphere. It didn’t do food, but a friendly, monosyllabic man behind the bar would allow you to bring whatever takeaway grub you wanted into the pub, so long as you were drinking his fare. As recently as 2021, the Auld Triangle had Sky Sports, BT Sports, screen dedicated to GAA and horse racing, daily newspapers splayed out over a table in the corner and as recently as 2021, sold pints for less than a fiver. It never shouted, never made any TimeOut lists or went viral but it was, in many ways, the perfect pub and a 10/10 experience on almost every occasion.What was presented as a global celebration of football was nothing more than a fiction created by Fifa, promoted by its president, without dialogue, sensitivity, and respect for those who sustain the game with their daily efforts. A grandiloquent staging inevitably reminiscent of the ‘bread and circuses’ of Nero’s Rome, entertainment for the masses while behind the scenes inequality, precariousness, and the lack of protection for the true protagonists deepen” – Fifpro president, Sergio Marchi, sharpens his studs and takes a two-footed leap at Gianni Infantino.I read Arsène Wenger’s comments about the Club World Cup with a mixture of laughter and increasing incredulity. As a Spurs fan of 78 years and counting I was well accustomed to his poor eyesight at red card incidents and your quoted ‘dubious decisions’ but this latest effort takes the biscuit. To think that he is trousering a considerable amount of money as Fifa’s so called director of world football development merely confirms my opinion of the [snip]show that is Fifa” – Stewart McGuinness.Well I, for one, am glad of the Copa Gianni. I have managed to prove to myself (if no one else) that I am not obsessed with football and there are some tournaments even I would not stoop to watch” – Alex Folkes.Looked at livesoccertv.com for friendlies on Saturday. There are THREE HUNDRED of them. That’s 600 different teams named on the list, mostly European. Amazing!” – Jim Geissman.‘At the same time, there is now a penumbra of leagues outside the elite’. Penumbra! Never change Jonathan Wilson, never change …” Noble Francis. Continue reading...

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