Right - forgetting the bent bidding process and the conditions of the migrant workers building the stadiums - does anybody else agree that a Nov/Dec competition has the potential to be ace?

 

Firstly because it will take up most of the traditional Christmas bullshit season so we'll all be talking about football and not festivities. Secondly just for the novelty factor. And thirdly because we can see whether or not our well worn excuse about our players being tired stands up to scrutiny.

They're travelled well last few world cups, remember them being loads on telly in South Africa as well

1 hour ago, Marc505 said:

Scenes of incredible national mourning commence

After they lost the deciding match in 1950 at home against Uruguay (which wasn't actually a Final, just the deciding match in a group-winners group) Brazil dropped their white national kit and adopted the Norwich type thing. JSL

9 minutes ago, DirtySanchez said:

A rat in what sense?

How did they get all those tickets?

How does your average Agentinian fund flying 6000 miles to attend the most expensive World Cup in history, let alone 60,000 of the fuckers?

I just get the feeling they’ve had more than a little help from someone.

Argie government?

The Qataris?

FIFA?

All known to be a tad bent.

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A game that needs a goal, 20 minutes of nothing

3 minutes ago, MalcolmW said:

After they lost the deciding match in 1950 at home against Uruguay (which wasn't actually a Final, just the deciding match in a group-winners group) Brazil dropped their white national kit and adopted the Norwich type thing. JSL

I've heard that before, I'm a Tim Vickery disciple. WC2014 was meant to have cleansed the shame but er, yeah maybe not.

Messi doesn't half play with some shite

1 minute ago, Burndens Bogs said:

How did they get all those tickets?

How does your average Agentinian fund flying 6000 miles to attend the most expensive World Cup in history?

I just get the feeling they’ve had more than a little help from someone.

You assume every Argentina fan has come from Argentina

 

Loads of Brazil fans today as well 

Maybe the global appeal of their players makes people from other countries not in the tournament support them 

Messi, Neymar, Ronaldo can draw support from folk not from their respective countries to turn out I'd suspect given it's a world cup and they may not see them in the flesh otherwise 

 

7 minutes ago, DirtySanchez said:

You assume every Argentina fan has come from Argentina

 

Loads of Brazil fans today as well 

Maybe the global appeal of their players makes people from other countries not in the tournament support them 

Messi, Neymar, Ronaldo can draw support from folk not from their respective countries to turn out I'd suspect given it's a world cup and they may not see them in the flesh otherwise 

I know what your saying, but it’s obvious when the camera pans on the crowd and from the Argie songs that the majority are Argentinian.

Your average Deepak from Delhi whose come to see Messi would be sat like a deaf mute.

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4 minutes ago, Burndens Bogs said:

I know what your saying, but it’s obvious when the camera pans on the crowd and from the Argie songs that the majority are Argentinian.

Your average Deepak from Delhi whose come to see Messi would be sat like a deaf mute.

Wasn't Thogdan in an Argentina shirt earlier in the tournament? 

Hardly Delhi he's from 

Magic from Messi again.

that pass and Thiago Silva's for Richarlison v South Korea, pure vision.

5 minutes ago, DirtySanchez said:

Wasn't Thogdan in an Argentina shirt earlier in the tournament? 

Hardly Delhi he's from 

The stadium must be full of Global Th’Ogdens then 😂

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21 minutes ago, Burndens Bogs said:

How did they get all those tickets?

How does your average Agentinian fund flying 6000 miles to attend the most expensive World Cup in history, let alone 60,000 of the fuckers?

I just get the feeling they’ve had more than a little help from someone.

Argie government?

The Qataris?

FIFA?

All known to be a tad bent.

 It's a huge country with loads of affluent people, it's not folks in chicken shacks eating scraps in a shanty town 😄

Remember my old company had a massive base there which won loads of ad work, it has its white collar class as well.

Wiff of European exceptionalism around this.

Looks like velour this Netherlands shirt

5 minutes ago, Not in Crawley said:

 It's a huge country with loads of affluent people, it's not folks in chicken shacks eating scraps in a shanty town 😄

Remember my old company had a massive base there which won loads of ad work, it has its white collar class as well.

Wiff of European exceptionalism around this.

You accusing me of being a Euroexceptionalist? 😀

Edited December 9, 20223 yr by Burndens Bogs

2 hours ago, jmjhb said:

Gvardiol is the best defender at the World Cup 

Superstar that lad, close to chelsea for about £70 mill in the last window.

1 hour ago, Eddie said:

@Pablo
 

🤣 why, did you back the Croats to go far??!!

1 hour ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said:

Apparently, there's some science/probability behind havig your best penalty takers take 1-3-5.

Obviously, it doesn't work if you don't make it to number 5. 😁

Yeah I read that - basically the biggest points of pressure rather than just lumping all your best at the start before rhe pressure makes it harder.

But yeah given where they were at, you'd have Neymar taking the one to keep them in it.

Neither of these are great and I expect the winner to come out of England v France

10 minutes ago, Not in Crawley said:

 It's a huge country with loads of affluent people, it's not folks in chicken shacks eating scraps in a shanty town 😄

Remember my old company had a massive base there which won loads of ad work, it has its white collar class as well.

Wiff of European exceptionalism around this.

So you’ve been?

We will smash any team i have seen yet….we are the best squad in it by far, its happening, its coming home.

ya cunts

I would imagine there are many Argentinians, as with other nationals, living/working in Qatar and the wider region.

Add them to those flying on for the tournament and they'll soon build a decent number.

14 minutes ago, Burndens Bogs said:

The stadium must be full of Global Th’Ogdens then 😂

I suspect there will be a few

What does Argentinian look like?

4 minutes ago, globaldiver said:

So you’ve been?

Been? I've met every person there personally. That's the only way to know these things.