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Post by Trowel 🏴 on Nov 15, 2022 21:03:22 GMT
I did enjoy the 'England fans' nailing "It's Coming Home".
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Nov 15, 2022 21:04:40 GMT
Tbf, recruiting local people as "fans" of different teams has been done at other world cups. I remember it being a thing at the South Korea one, though it probably was not because of people boycotting the thing.
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Post by jono62 on Nov 15, 2022 21:29:36 GMT
And tbf they also did this at other World Cups:
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Post by Trowel 🏴 on Nov 15, 2022 21:30:15 GMT
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Post by Dougs on Nov 16, 2022 7:23:02 GMT
Just read that. Depressing.
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Post by geefe on Nov 16, 2022 7:38:56 GMT
Somehow, I don't think this tournament is going to pan out the way FIFA and Qatar want it to
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Post by Tomo on Nov 16, 2022 8:03:54 GMT
It starts on fucking Sunday!!
And for once I am not excited at all :/
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Post by Blackmarsh63 on Nov 16, 2022 8:08:10 GMT
Same . Cba with it .
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Post by GigaChad Sigma. on Nov 16, 2022 8:42:18 GMT
Somehow, I don't think this tournament is going to pan out the way FIFA and Qatar want it to Given how badly crowd issues were handled here and in France for the Euro's and CL final it does feel inevitable that this will be riddled with disasters. A police force with zero experience managing football crowds, an openly hostile environment towards the LGBTQ community, a lack of accommodation, a society ruled over by an ultra conservative monarchy and all secured through a clearly corrupt bidding process. What could go wrong? |
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Post by geefe on Nov 16, 2022 8:52:30 GMT
On the complete lack of experience with football crowds, this is the great irony.
Given everyone's distaste for the cup, many are staying away, which means the only ones actually going are the mega fans who go to everything. Now, I would suspect that mega fans of following the England (or any other) team are exactly the type that conservative Qatar would find the most difficult.
They'll be Keith from Middlesbrough who can't understand what the problem is with drunkenly shouting about the war at some Germans. How will they handle him?
Or, worse, the ones that have the "well I fucking paid to be here, I can do what I want" crowd.
In many, many ways, I want there to be a rabble of Little Englanders out there.
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Post by Whizzo on Nov 16, 2022 10:43:56 GMT
They're laying on fully funded trips to fans from each country on the proviso they say how great Qatar is, apparently the price of some people's soul is a holiday and football tickets.
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Post by cristar on Nov 16, 2022 10:49:30 GMT
Somehow, I don't think this tournament is going to pan out the way FIFA and Qatar want it to Video going around of Argies in Qatar on TV singing racist and homophobic songs. Think that is what Qatar wants from the sounds of things. |
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Post by technoish on Nov 16, 2022 10:56:00 GMT
I have zero interest in this. It's just such a clusterfuck.
I'm not really normally all that into football, but having like 5 different nationalities in our household usually rallies around a team or two at the world cup or euros.
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Post by Youthist on Nov 16, 2022 11:01:09 GMT
Yeah, much like Liverpool prem league “win” during covid has a large asterisk next to it, so will this years World Cup and World Cup winner. Just need to get it over with and get back to the season. Total cluster fuck.
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Post by Tuffty on Nov 16, 2022 12:16:43 GMT
Perhaps I'm just more cynical now given the state of the world atm, but I'm not too enthusiastic atm. Maybe it will change once the group stages are past. Just too much around this WC with the slave labour, the repeated warnings of not exhibiting any public displays of affection, on news coverage, the fact its in Winter, that tickets are so expensive etc. The party spirit isn't quite there from a country that doesn't appear to be too welcoming.
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Post by Dgzter on Nov 16, 2022 12:21:43 GMT
On the actual footballing side of things, really felt for Nkunku getting ruled out of the tournament after picking up an injury in their first training session out there. Camavinga made the challenge, guess he'll be feeling shite as well.
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Post by Tuffty on Nov 16, 2022 12:26:04 GMT
I saw the vid, Camavinga had no business going in with a tackle that hard.
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Post by Dgzter on Nov 16, 2022 12:53:53 GMT
I didn't see it myself, was it a bad one?
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Post by Tuffty on Nov 16, 2022 14:13:03 GMT
Just the way he goes in, on a training match days before the WC. No need. Maybe part of it is Nkunku getting his foot planted down too which didnt help.
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Post by gray on Nov 16, 2022 15:47:31 GMT
At least wait until you lot scrape through the group stage and go out on penalties before you boycott it.
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Post by Tuffty on Nov 16, 2022 16:29:52 GMT
My lot? Are N.Ireland playing now?
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Post by GigaChad Sigma. on Nov 16, 2022 16:38:30 GMT
No filming here buddy. An authoritarian system isn't familiar with being challenged.
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Post by geefe on Nov 16, 2022 16:50:42 GMT
Fucking hell...the way he just slips from Danish to English. I really must improve my language skills.
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Post by monkman5000 on Nov 16, 2022 17:06:15 GMT
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Post by Trowel 🏴 on Nov 16, 2022 18:11:38 GMT
Ivan Toney has been charged with over more than 200 breaches of the FA's betting rules. Which is why it's Wilson in the squad  |
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Post by geefe on Nov 16, 2022 18:23:21 GMT
That's...quite a lot. Surely a ban would follow?
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Post by Trowel 🏴 on Nov 16, 2022 18:42:01 GMT
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Post by mikew1985 on Nov 17, 2022 13:38:41 GMT
Just the way he goes in, on a training match days before the WC. No need. Maybe part of it is Nkunku getting his foot planted down too which didnt help. There's a wider view of the video where you see Nkunku slipping a metre or so before the tackle. Camavinga gets the ball there, it just seems unfortunate. It's easy to say there is "no need" for making tackles in training but these guys play and train at a high intensity that prepares them for matches. Granted there is probably another level of intensity that many can go to on a match day but you still have to train hard. It looks like a really unfortunate clash but with such small margins these things will happen from time to time. Don't think Camavinga does a whole pile wrong unless you class the 6 or so inches he raised his foot as heinous. |
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Post by dmukgr on Nov 17, 2022 14:49:40 GMT
I just got Eng-er-land in the office sweepstake so that's us out at the first hurdle - not that I expected them to do well this time anyway.
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Post by kal on Nov 17, 2022 17:21:52 GMT
This isn’t good. Or surprising.
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