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I agree with you. I was just saying their analysis about the necessity of playing normal was proven right by the tight score.

But yes there are other methods and I'm not sure this was the right one, but I can understand the decision of BusterKeaton.
When I was NT coach I always respected the mTIE agreements when they were fair. I'm not part of the NT staff so I don't know if it was the case here

Edit : Also, waiting to have a big game shape advantage to offer a mTIE agreement could be seen as another example of screwing your opponent :)

Last edited by slamdunk9 at 5/8/2025 3:58:03 AM

Edit : Also, waiting to have a big game shape advantage to offer a mTIE agreement could be seen as another example of screwing your opponent []

When we offered the mTIE it was when we saw the shapes and saw that the game was close, as there were players not called up in shape 9, who could make the game 50-50. We are not foolish enough to offer a mTIE if we see that the game is very much in our favour.
These players who last season were called up, and this season being in better shape than all those who played have not been called up, can we see this as an excuse to do this? We will never know, what we do know is who has made a survey with answers that are not very serious, in which the answers point to the fact that he acted poorly, and who is putting lies on the table. Anyway, the game has been played, and there is not much more to do.

No one who knows the level of the national teams should believe the speech that there was no option for France

Last edited by GM-mr katering at 5/8/2025 7:50:18 AM

A noter que @LA-WalterZ ne fonctionne pas non plus. :D

As tempting as it is to respond by paraphrasing Buster (

Usually, other managers wait for the end of the game to complain

;

He will remember that mistake for a while i guess

...), I'll try to be a little more elegant and less cocky:

Since I had no contact with the Egyptian coach prior to that match, I can't assure you what made him make that decision (although I'm sure we can all suspect some of the reasons that influenced it), and likewise, I can't know if next Monday we'll face another CT, or a TIE. I'm accountable for my words and actions, not for those of others, and for my part, I can't say much more: I'm very calm.

Now, are you asking about my standard of fair play?

My standard of fair play in this whole situation, I consider it would have been that Spain and France would have played a match on equal terms where either could have won, where Buster would have been honest, and where Egypt wouldn't interfere.
Nothing more.
Now it seems difficult for me to establish the limits of fair play because I don't consider this to have balanced the scales either. Egypt's victory doesn't add to our score, it only subtracts from yours.

Usually, other managers wait for the end of the game to complain

Are we on time?