To those interested in the football posts--considerably more than those for Saudi,Trumpfski, Brexit or Corbyn---I forward part of the email chain instigated by CYCLOPS yesterday.
To those who think Cyclops more "verbose" than his interlocutors--- its the passion mates
,the passion---I prefer the words "articulate" "erudite" or "encyclopedic".
,the passion---I prefer the words "articulate" "erudite" or "encyclopedic".
Anyway
Please note: Liverpool and Spurs play for the games most prestigious 
trophy on Saturday June 1st in Madrid-- the city of current title holders Real. The legendary club of Argentines De Stefano & Redondo;Hungarian Puskas; Brazilians Roberto Carlos & Gento ;Spaniards Casillas,Sergio Ramos & Raul ;Frenchmen Zidane and Kopa; Portuguese Ronaldo and on and on.
trophy on Saturday June 1st in Madrid-- the city of current title holders Real. The legendary club of Argentines De Stefano & Redondo;Hungarian Puskas; Brazilians Roberto Carlos & Gento ;Spaniards Casillas,Sergio Ramos & Raul ;Frenchmen Zidane and Kopa; Portuguese Ronaldo and on and on.
The television audience will exceed 100 million world wide.
A bigger audience than that envisaged for the Rapture and the Second Coming.
Arsenal will be playing on the Wednesday before in Baku.Home of ....?
An expected TV audience ----somewhat fewer
Cyclops is reliably informed that BOTH teams cannot win.
This means that one of the best five teams in the world will NOT win a trophy this season.
Oh the Humanity !!?!!
Irving Kuczynski 
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael O'Farrell <ofarrellmc@aol.com>
From: Michael O'Farrell <ofarrellmc@aol.com>
No, Eugene, in the world. Moneywise.
Michael.
Sent from my iPhone
Sat, May 18, 2019 5:35 pmBrilliant, Irving, especially your observation on the stops on the Piccadilly line. Man City have a great team but the Champions league remains elusive for them- and is still the biggest prize in Europe.
Never mind Brexit and Bonking Boris' rise in Conservative popularity.Today the important stuff.Those not interested in football [non US] or Baku can skip this postingCyclops spent his morning watching Manchester City destroy Watford 6-0 in the FA Cup.Not possible to cavil at the result.City amongst the best five teams in the world : Man.CityLiverpoolBarcelonaAjaxand Tottenham HotspursCity's Kevin De Bruyner the best play maker in the Universe
- Three of the top five play in the Premiership.
- Despite the quality and depth of the English game,Man.City has won every domestic trophy this season.
- Making them arguably the Best Team in the World.
The only competition in which they failed was the most prestigious.The highest quality Champions League.They lost in a dramatic semi final match.To whom did they lose?Ah yes--Tottenham HotspursED: On the day City make history how do you manage to get Spurs into the act ? 👨CYCLOPS: Easy Mate😉The final of the Champions League will be between Liverpool and Spurs on Saturday June 1st.Anyway, next on the schedule is Chelsea's victory over Arsenal in the EUROPA CUP final .
- This will be played in Baku,Azerbaijan on Wednesday 29 May, kickoff 11 pm local time
- That's 8 pm London time.
- The kick off time should be equally convenient for both teams and their supporters.
- No problems are foreseen for supporters returning to their hotels after the cup presentation at 1 am or so on Thursday morning.
- There are no train or buses from the Baku hotels downtown.
- The game will be shown live on pay for view in London.
- Cyclops will watch on TNT in the USA--for free.
Baku is the furthest possible "European"destination from London.Also the furthest from Madrid,Barcelona,Rome,Milan Paris,Amsterdam or Munich.It also has the smallest airport of any capital in Europe.
- Cyclops understands that Arsenal & Chelsea petitioned EUEFA to move the game to Wembley as Baku was not on the Piccadilly Line.
- The head of EUEFA consulted the depth of his Swiss bank account before declining.
- The clubs then suggested that the game be switched to the Orient.
- EUEFA replied that Baku was in the Orient.
As a gift for my nephew and brother in law [Arsenal supporters from a mixed marriage]I tried to book a suite at the Baku Trump Hotel and Towers for next weekend.Imagine my disappointment to find that the owners had changed its name AND a major fire destroyed 20 floors last month.The hotel has fire insurance in the name of its silent partner Qassem Suleimani head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.My family is debating whether the best way to fly into Baku is via Moscow or Beijing.The stadium has a capacity for 42,000.If that many spectators show up it will be the largest influx of foreigners since the Tsarist invasion of 1864 .The Azeri president has pledged not to begin the next round of war with Armenia overNagorno-Karabakh until at least the week end after the game or until a random Arsenal supporter can spell Karabakh.No fatalities in the dispute have been announced since the winter of 2018.
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