An utopia of modern football

A utopia of modern football Even Emperor Franz said, “Let’s lose football as it is.” How right is he!? Well, the call sign would stand for confirmation. Exclamation of enthusiasm and approval: “And how right he is about that!” The question mark would stand for certain doubts. Does the statement imply a ban on thinking…

The Sky Annual General Meeting

The Sky Annual General Meeting And it happened… that Dirk Paulsen, as he puts it, to provide the only really appropriate, but by no means recognized as such, job title “professional gambler”, privately received an invitation to the annual general meeting of Sky Germany. Now he is not only this “professional gambler” specializing in “soccer…

The media preset

…means: “The only thing that counts is victory, nothing but success.” The author questions this requirement. There is a very good possibility to reconsider and change this specification. It is by no means the truth that this requirement was initially dictated to the media by the fans and that the latter could not help but…

The hurdles

If you devote yourself to a topic as big as football, mentally first, then put it down on paper — whereby further development can take place even in this process, so it could be “after” or “in parallel” — then this has a number of highly gratifying side effects. The size means that a gigantic…

The betting market overview

The Betting Market Contents: A little historya. The late 80’s to early 90’s i. Written Bets ii. Telephone bets iii. English providers iv. Austrian providersb. The developmentc. A few little stories i. HSV-Basle ii. Real Madrid-Odense BK iii. Bank bets for turnoveri.e. betting exchangese. bet fairf. the Asian Betting Market i. asian handicap – the…

The thesis principle

The thesis principle The structure of the entire text should look something like this: a few theses are put forward, these are well documented if possible, the causes are sought, effects, side effects and/or consequences are examined and alternatives are offered. With the conceivable and planned demonstration of alternatives, it would already be indicated that,…

The new thesis principle

The thesis principle 1) Football is (became) unfair2) Soccer is (became) boring3) Football is (became) a pure fan sport4) The question of whether football is entertaining and exciting is not asked, but it would be of central importance5) There is no such thing as positive football anymore. The football prevention is in the foreground.6) Football…

The main issue

The main problem with the thesis principle In the book, a few striking and sometimes provocative theses about football are to be put forward and these are to be gradually examined, motivated and well justified. Background: fix grievances, make football better, fairer, more attractive. More goals, more action, more excitement, more fun, more fans is…

Book Overview

Projects/directories (top level): The dinosaur eggThe football betting bookWhen in doubt for… footballAppearances are deceptive Subdirectories The dinosaur egg: Das Fußball Wettbuch: General Forecasts Report