World Cup General Discussion Thread - 2030 The Jokes On You

I feel it in the air though.

 

The fan park isnt even finished yet and the price and facilities, yeah....

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63690765

 

I’ll be honest, as much as I hate that the World Cup is in Qatar and everything that’s gone on, I’ll watch what I can of the tournament. And I’ll probably enjoy it.

I don’t think this is going to be a quiet tournament though; there will be some kind of moral flashpoint.

 

The"one love" rainbow armbands some of the captains will be wearing will be a flashpoint.

 

Don!

 

I do hope so.

 

There aren't many locals. Maybe some relatively unenslaved foreign workers will get a treat to make up the numbers.

 

Apparently the bribes have been flowing like Bud 0% and the score to back is Qatar 1-0 Ecuador today

 

Good day out at Barnet yesterday, helped by some decent beers and delicious Indian street food in Kingsbury pre-match. Nice modern stadium, though only 3 sides to it. Entertaining enough match though the standard wasn’t the best, I was sat near the Barnet ‘ultras’ a group of around 40 young lads who didn’t stop singing throughout the game including a bizarre chant halfway through the 2nd half of ‘shoes off for Barnet’ where they took their shoes off and waved them in the air. About 150 Torquay fans had made the long journey and it was surreal to hear them chanting ‘yellow army’. There must be a bit of history between the two clubs as the Barnet fans were singing ‘Torquay get battered everywhere they go’ and roundly booed them when they came out for the 2nd half. Not once did a physio have to enter the pitch, the injured players just picked themselves up and got on with it, which was refreshing to see. No player stood out except for the Barnet keeper who pulled off some fine saves 2nd half to thwart a Torquay revival. Oh and the teams walk out to ‘Sweet Child’ by Guns & Roses which was nice. Next up is the local derby v Wealdstone on December 3rd with a 12.30 KO to avoid clashing with world cup games, I might just go again.

 

Has Gareth Southgate mentioned his and the England players' 'values' yet? What a bloody hypocrite

 

I’d be interested to know what you mean by this. If you’re saying the England manager and players should unilaterally withdraw from the tournament on the grounds of disagreeing with the host country’s regime, I really don’t think they have that power - or that we should expect them to do that. It is however something the FA collectively could have done years ago.

 

I have to say that when we had a crap team with no chance of winning I would have been a lot keener on England withdrawing than I would be now, when our talented attackers might be able to compendate for weaknesses further back. Hypocrisy? 'fraid so.

 

Leave Alex Scott alone. As she said, the easy thing to do would be to have stayed in cold old England during this World Cup and not gone to nice and warm Doha to stay in luxury for a month - whilst getting paid for it.

Seeing Shearer and Ashley Williams shuffle anxiously in their chairs as the hypocrisy filled the room like a slow moving yet potent fart will struggle to be topped the whole tournament.

 

Are we supporting Ecuador here so Senegal get knocked out early and we get Sarr back relatively fresh, or are we hoping he has a good World Cup to add a few bob to his transfer value?

 

Lol, ridiculous VAR call. Start as you mean to go on.

 

Watching this first game to see if anything goes off.


Perfectly good Ecuador goal ruled out by VAR for absolutely nothing. Can't have Catarrh humiliated, can we?

 

She can gulp me anytime.

 

Paid the var 6 billion each as bribe?

 

Ecuador didn't read the script

 

Seriously? Amazing.

 

Makes Bachmann look commanding!

 

They used when the player received the ball rather than when it was kicked

 

How can you tell? He never played for us!