No Lucky Charms in Europe?Originally Posted by SenorDingDong
No Lucky Charms in Europe?
What do really famous people do for kicks? They go to countries where they are less known and go to the grocery store appears to be the answer hahaha
My bet is once he launches in MLS and press coverage takes off it will be no more trips to whole foods.
I think by his 3rd year here, he'll be part of the wallpaper and a very happy man for having been able to get his family out of the bubble.
He had the same reaction a lot of us non-Americans have when he first went into a US supermarket. There are stores where entire aisles are dedicated to cereal alone about 4 times the size of our cereal section in Canada. So many truly odd and different products. Might even be more staggering coming from Europe. I still get baffled by it when I go to the US. My wife would always say when in the US let's go get a bunch of junky cereal. Maybe it is a thing along with a trip to Olive Garden.
Check out this tweet at https://twitter.com/ArtButSports/status/1680037292612767744
BTW, this twitter account does all this without AI - its all in his head or pics he's taken in museums.
Last edited by OgtheDim; 07-14-2023 at 09:12 PM.
Not bad but also not very close visually… I guess the “first marketing” part. Btw, prefer this use of marketing… shopping at the market rather than PR. It was in use in that way at least though the 1950’s.
It is officially official.
Check out this tweet at https://twitter.com/InterMiamiCF/status/1680277326137905155?s=20
Check out this tweet at https://twitter.com/DamianCalhoun/status/1680296215068704768
Holy...
Now everyone can watch a team just as inept as us in 4K. 😀
If they don't win this weekend, they're about as unlikely to make the playoffs as we are. That'll annoy a few people. He gets here and... stops playing for five months.
A fairly withering assessment from one of the better football writers:
https://www.theguardian.com/football...i-on-the-pitch
I'm sure Messi doesn't care about Miami's performance, in my opinion he has already retired mentally.
He is basically here to be a Harlem Globetrotter, dribble past some mediocre defenders, score a free kick here and there, take every other game off, and then go on a early holiday.
Are reporters still going to be allowed in the dressing room? When was the last time you have seen Messi in a scrimmage with reporters? This guy is not going to do any marketing outside of the bare minimum.
MLS HQ in two years is going to be disappointed once this whole deal is up and wondering what the hell they paid for.
I guess it will be fun to hear Ray Hudson commentate on Messi directly again.
Last edited by Richard; 07-15-2023 at 05:32 PM.
are they waiting for busquets to turn 35 tomorrow to announce theyve signed 2 35+ players to try to make one of the greatest turnarounds in mls history by winning something like 8 of the last 12 to get in the playoffs with what is currently the third worse defense in the east? lol
they indeed announce busquets the day he turns 35...and to a dp contract...looks like they have 5 dps now if we include campana martinez gregore...will be interesting to see if they have to be compliant by the next mls game in august or by leagues cup this week
https://www.intermiamicf.com/news/in...ergio-busquets
Last edited by Amir.; 07-16-2023 at 03:01 PM.
They'll buy out Gregore because of his injury. The rules this year on the u22 DPs don't say anything about value limits on the main DPs, so presumably they can keep Campana.
theres still a max of 3 dps...looks like martinez doesnt occupy a dp spot due to the contract percentage Miami are responsible for...+ the salary budget charge of gregore might have been brought down to make him a non dp...in that case the 3 dps are messi busquets campana
https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/josef...ontract-buyout
Last edited by Amir.; 07-16-2023 at 03:33 PM.
Good summation and extension of what many of us are saying and thinking. And let’s face it, most commentary is about the money involved, the attention, brand(s) status and the fact that Messi is an all time great. As far as the sporting aspect goes, probably the best shot is that Tata reconfigures the team to be as close to Argentina as possible in terms of Messi support. Not at all easy to do in MLS, and we have seen what happens when there are two somewhat conflicting management approaches, one to sign stars/get attention, and the other to play effectively within the constraints of the league.
Anyone else watching this Messi thing live on Apple TV? This is how I would imagine they would treat Jesus (whether he was real or not) if he came back to life and wanted to add a chapter to the Bible.
I was thinking the same thing!
Check out this tweet at [COLOR=#000000]https://twitter.com/worldsoccertalk/status/1680956472719466496?s=20[/COLOR]
Messi already bringing positive change to the league.
I read the article, Garber is talking about installing grass over artificial pitches only for the Messi matches as if they were special and temporary events. He also says that some great players were fine with playing on turf… doesn’t sound like lasting change to me.
Check out this tweet at https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1681365178380591104?s=20
Miami is quickly taking advantage of MLS's new O35 Initiative.
Then after Messi leaves the stadium they roll up the temporary natural grass and continue to play on fake turf I bet. Until next year when they bring out a temp surface again when the Miami circus comes to town.
Yup. Not giving up all that sweet concert revenue for nobody regular players.
I saw a tweet from @MLSist lately indicating NER only changes their field after a certain yearly monster truck event...just in time for Patriot preseason of course.
Real grass, not turf.
We MAY trust that Garber et al know what attracts or whats expected by the best players in the world. Just can't afford to keep it that way. MULTI MULTI MULTI SPORT!!!
In terms of fake turf it’s really only the NFL stadiums with MLS teams that have them with I think Portland being the only exception, but all the soccer specific stadiums have natural grass, moreover all of the new MLS stadiums have natural grass . Furthermore, how many artificial grass stadiums does the MLS have ? A very small percentage compared to the number of teams . Let’s give the MLS some credit here I know it’s hard for most people on here to do that but there have been a lot of nice new grass only stadiums built since the MLS came to existence unfortunately our BMO field is definitely not one of them , but at least it has grass .
Last edited by SoccMan2; 07-20-2023 at 10:30 AM.
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