GIVE ME FIVE
The Scottish Grand National, the Hell of the North that is the Paris-Roubaix bicycle race and the Masters at Augusta were among the sporting spectacles which Football Daily watched over the weekend while also keeping an eye on goings-on in the Premier League. And while we are happy to applaud the spirited efforts of also-rans such as – deep breath – Our Power, Grozni, Rock My Way, Mads Pederson, Wout van Aert, Florian Vermesch, Patrick Reed, Scottie Scheffler and Im Sung-jae, our interest in these not-football contests was certainly not piqued by the prospect of seeing who would finish third, fourth and fifth.
“Is Football Daily, or whatever you are now called, losing its touch? I’m familiar with Barrrrrl, Basle and Baaaarl from previous Fivers but you referenced Basel four times on Friday. Where is this mythical place?” – Neale Redington.
“Regarding Conmebol’s suggestion to expand the men’s World Cup finals to 64 teams, I have an idea. Why stop there? How about 211 teams qualify for the finals? Now, that would be unwieldy, and I don’t know what country could host a tournament that large. So they could hold the round-robin stages locally, with teams from, I don’t know, perhaps the same continent grouped together. And then the top finishers from each local group, maybe 16 total, could all meet somewhere for the final rounds. Then, no one would suffer the pain and humiliation of missing out” – Dave Kramer (and 1,056 others).
“In Ben Fisher’s excellent article on Truro City, he quoted a potential 868-mile round-trip to Carlisle should the Tinners get promoted and the Cumbrians return to the National League. That journey is relatively easy, traffic congestion permitting, once you hit the M5 then the M6. A longer and more difficult round trip of 902 miles – M5, M42, M1 and A1(M) – would face Truro should Gateshead fail to secure promotion to the EFL via the playoffs” – Deryck Hall.
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