Site Supporter Cheese Posted November 18, 2022 Site Supporter Share Posted November 18, 2022 1 minute ago, royal white said: Let’s be honest, those who say they’re not watching it because of Qatars human rights problems are attention seeking cockwombles And you only posted your opinion for a reaction, whether it be good or bad. Why else would you bother? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royal white Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 4 minutes ago, Cheese said: And you only posted your opinion for a reaction, whether it be good or bad. Why else would you bother? That’s usually how forums work. Hence your mongy response. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Cheese Posted November 18, 2022 Site Supporter Share Posted November 18, 2022 8 minutes ago, royal white said: That’s usually how forums work. Hence your mongy response. Exactly. Yet here you are talking about them, when you could be doing something else. And here I am replying to you, when I could be doing something else. Weird stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royal white Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 1 minute ago, Cheese said: Exactly. Yet here you are talking about them, when you could be doing something else. And here I am replying to you, when I could be doing something else. Weird stuff. I am…..working. I’m guessing you’re just being your usual self on a Friday night. Winner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Cheese Posted November 18, 2022 Site Supporter Share Posted November 18, 2022 7 minutes ago, royal white said: I am…..working. I’m guessing you’re just being your usual self on a Friday night. Winner. Clearly. Yet here you are on social media, talking about what other people are talking about on social media. I know this goes over your head. Have a good shift. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e2e4 Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 1 hour ago, royal white said: Let’s be honest, those who say they’re not watching it because of Qatars human rights problems are attention seeking cockwombles england shouldve fucked it off after getting two votes. shitbags like blatter "admitting" they were wrong ten minutes before kick off is disingenuous. theyll be banning idrissa gueye by stealth again in a month Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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stevieb Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 (edited) 5 hours ago, London Wanderer said: Haha I’m a proper beer snob Not really. Budweiser is that drink the bloke on the works do who doesn't like lager but wants to fit in with the lads and not reveal the only alcohol he likes is the odd baileys or malibu so nurses 4 warm bud bottles over a 6 hour sesh. Basically Peter Kay. Edited November 18, 2022 by stevieb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevieb Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 3 minutes ago, jmjhb said: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bolty58 Posted November 18, 2022 Members Share Posted November 18, 2022 11 hours ago, London Wanderer said: Not showing it achieves nothing in my opinion, but their entitled to go with what they think is best. This pub I used to drink at in Bristol has the best response for me. The last paragraph tells you all you need to know about why they’re showing the games. I think I'll watch and enjoy the football just for the football and leave all of the attention seeking spacktivists like this lot to it. No doubt a good number from this shit hole are statue topplers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royal white Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 1 hour ago, bolty58 said: I think I'll watch and enjoy the football just for the football and leave all of the attention seeking spacktivists like this lot to it. No doubt a good number from this shit hole are statue topplers? 😂😂👏🏻 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MancWanderer Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 1 hour ago, bolty58 said: and leave all of the attention seeking spacktivists like this lot to it. Fucking hell You continue to excel P Another one for the WWays profinisauraus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bolty58 Posted November 19, 2022 Members Share Posted November 19, 2022 2 hours ago, MancWanderer said: Fucking hell You continue to excel P Another one for the WWays profinisauraus Thank you sir but fulsome praise like that is likely to upset certain posters. Thank you once more then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ani Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 (edited) This World Cup feels like Christmas Day once the kids stop believing in Father Christmas. Will go through the motions but nothing to get excited about. The fact England are pretty poor does not help. Edited November 19, 2022 by Ani Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter RONNIE PHILLIPS Posted November 19, 2022 Site Supporter Share Posted November 19, 2022 I just can't get into it, not looked at the fixtures, not arsed if I'm working when England play, not entered a sweep & couldn't be arsed doing predictions leagues at work or in my local..... It just doesn't feel special like a summer World Cup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 The fifa president just gone full blown David Brent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bolty58 Posted November 19, 2022 Members Share Posted November 19, 2022 From all of the lads I have got together with down here for past World Cup Finals England games, the same story. Generally apathetic. No getting together in such fine establishments as the Old Bailey, Woodvale Tavern etc. for England games. Don't think it's anything too much more than resentment at too much disruption to normal November/December football? The whole thing is a shit show. Should never have been there for all sorts of reasons and then of course all the other issues have been layered on top (no beer, LGBT alphabetti spaghetti, health and safety issues etc.). Corrupt bastards at FIFA have a lot to answer for. I have very grave doubts that this Infantino character is any better. I see he has been re-elected unopposed. Poisoned chalice or political manouevring? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
globaldiver Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 Get through the group stage and everyone will be buzzing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lobbypond Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 39 minutes ago, gonzo said: The fifa president just gone full blown David Brent I just heard some of it and what i heard had it all, he even pulled the ginger card 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderlust Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 Fifa president Gianni Infantino has accused the West of "hypocrisy" in its reporting about Qatar's human rights record on the eve of the World Cup. In an extraordinary monologue at a news conference in Doha, Infantino spoke for nearly an hour and made a passionate defence of Qatar and the tournament. The event has been overshadowed by issues in Qatar including deaths of migrant workers and treatment of LGBT people. Switzerland-born Infantino said that European nations should apologise for acts committed in their own histories, rather than focussing on migrant workers' issues in Qatar. Infantino opened by saying: "Today I have strong feelings. Today I feel Qatari, I feel Arab, I feel African, I feel gay, I feel disabled, I feel a migrant worker." Hosts Qatar kick off the tournament against Ecuador at Al Bayt Stadium on Sunday (16:00 GMT). In February 2021, the Guardian said 6,500 migrant workers from India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka had died in Qatar since it won its World Cup bid. The number is based on figures provided by the countries' embassies in Qatar. However, the Qatar government said the total was misleading, because not all the deaths recorded were of people working on World Cup-related projects. Infantino said: "I am European. For what we have been doing for 3,000 years around the world, we should be apologising for the next 3,000 years before giving moral lessons. "If Europe really care about the destiny of these people, they can create legal channels - like Qatar did - where a number of these workers can come to Europe to work. Give them some future, some hope. "I have difficulties understanding the criticism. We have to invest in helping these people, in education and to give them a better future and more hope. We should all educate ourselves, many things are not perfect but reform and change takes time. "This one-sided moral lesson is just hypocrisy. I wonder why no-one recognises the progress made here since 2016. "It is not easy to take the critics of a decision that was made 12 years ago. Qatar is ready, it will be the best World Cup ever. "I don't have to defend Qatar, they can defend themselves. I defend football. Qatar has made progress and I feel many other things as well. "Of course I am not Qatari, Arab, African, gay, disabled or a migrant worker. But I feel like them because I know what it means to be discriminated and bullied as a foreigner in a foreign country." Qatar has been under pressure to build a migrant workers' centre and Infantino announced a "dedicated and permanent office" in Doha, following discussions with the Qatar government and International Labour Organisation (ILO). He also said every worker that has an accident "receives compensation by law". "Depending on the magnitude, it can be several years of salary," he added. Infantino also said Fifa's Qatar 2022 legacy fund will go into education, signing an agreement that will help 25 million children and women in India. Alcohol u-turn 'a joint decision' Just two days before the start of the tournament, Fifa changed its policy and announced no alcohol will be served at any of the eight World Cup stadiums. Alcohol was set to be served "in select areas within stadiums", despite its sale being strictly controlled in the Muslim country. Those in corporate areas of stadiums at the tournament will still be able to purchase alcohol. Addressing the changed decision, Infantino said: "If this is the biggest issue we have for the World Cup then I will resign immediately and go to the beach to relax. "Let me first assure you that every decision taken at this World Cup is a joint decision between Qatar and Fifa. "There will be many fan zones where you can buy alcohol in Qatar and fans can simultaneously drink alcohol. I think if for three hours a day you cannot drink a beer, you will survive. "Especially because the same rules apply in France, Spain, Portugal and Scotland. Here it has become a big thing because it is a Muslim country? I don't know why. We tried and that is why I give you the late change of policy. We tried to see if it was possible." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radcliffe white Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 Years in the planning and now folk are moaning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mounts Kipper Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 As per usual fifa show the corruption endemic within the organisation. Fancy replacing bent blatter & platini with an Italian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e2e4 Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 " opened by saying: "Today I have strong feelings. Today I feel Qatari, I feel Arab, I feel African, I feel gay, I feel disabled, I feel a migrant worker." at this rate , idrissa gueye is probably already serving a 3 match ban for reading his bible at home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
globaldiver Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 Why would anyone want to go to a World Cup in Qatar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e2e4 Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 beer is banned but vuvuzelas werent ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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