World Cup -Qatar

[EyeOpener]

You can’t drink outside though, can you? There’s no need to be so condescending. Sorry that I’m clearly not so well-travelled or cultured as you..

You're on PASOTI...what do you expect?

 

[cheshiregreen]

FIFA allowing 26 man squads.

How many right backs will England choose?

 

[Andy B.]

This World Cup was awarded on the back of dodgy deals and brown envelopes stuffed to overflowing with dirty oil cash. Platini and Blatters world has been ripped apart and rightly so.
I will watch England struggle to win that group and then lose a penalty shootout in the next round.
How can anyone award Qatar a world cup...its impossible to AC an outdoor stadium...the temperature will be an issue.
As for the winners....Senegal - 100/1...get on them. Experience of winning a tournament...used to playing in the heat and more importantly they can play.

 

[Newmansd]

This World Cup was awarded on the back of dodgy deals and brown envelopes stuffed to overflowing with dirty oil cash. Platini and Blatters world has been ripped apart and rightly so.
I will watch England struggle to win that group and then lose a penalty shootout in the next round.
How can anyone award Qatar a world cup...its impossible to AC an outdoor stadium...the temperature will be an issue.
As for the winners....Senegal - 100/1...get on them. Experience of winning a tournament...used to playing in the heat and more importantly they can play.

It'll be Brazil's year for sure... The European nations will likely struggle with the heat.

 

[EyeOpener]

It'll be Brazil's year for sure... The European nations will likely struggle with the heat.

Think Southgate has already got that excuse in the bank to roll out when we nosedive.

 

[Balham Green]

Shock horror I agree.
This world cup should have been boycott.
I won't be tuning in.

I assume you didn't watch Russia World Cup also. And Chinese Olympics?

 

[Clarke B]

What heat ? It's only going to be around 25° during the day. It will get dark around 5-6pm and most of our games are in the evening in air conditioned stadiums. (The USA and Wales games are both kicking off at 10pm local time).

 

[Clarke B]

You can’t drink outside though, can you? There’s no need to be so condescending. Sorry that I’m clearly not so well-travelled or cultured as you..

We weren't allowed to drink outside in several states in Russia 2018, it was never an issue.

 

[up the line]

I assume you didn't watch Russia World Cup also. And Chinese Olympics?

Cant recall watching the China Olympics. I presume you mean the summer one 14 years ago. I definitely didn't watch any of the winter one...I have no interest in that.

I did watch the Russia world cup, and was unaware until literally just now that 21 workers had died building the stadiums.
I suppose I was less informed about that at the time and would have had cause to think twice about watching had I known.

Obviously 21 construction worker fatalities is tragic and points towards some pretty scant regard to safety. I suppose though that the sheer scale of the deaths in Qatar (6500 at the last count) has brought the matter to the public eye.

So yeah I guess the accusation of double standards could be made, but I'd just say that I was perhaps more ignorant and a little less well read (current affairs wise) 4 and certainly 14 years ago (China summer Olympics).

I am more engaged with current affairs etc now than I was 4 years ago so I won't be watching the Qatar world cup, for a variety of reasons.

 

[Argyleloyal]

FIFA is set to confirm alcohol will not be on sale to supporters during games at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

 

[Lancastergreen]

Workers died building the eiffel tower, yet people still visit it.
It depends how you look at things, ok so Qatar is a messed up place, but no one is going to abandon the tournament, you need a war these days to take the moral high ground.

 

[jerryatricjanner]

Two construction workers also died building the Tamar bridge though I don't suppose they had their passports confiscated and were made to work 14 hours a day in extreme heat. Currently I have zero interest in the Qatar tournament. Besides the deaths of the thousands of workers building stadiums that will have no real future use it was awarded corruptly to a country that is never going to be a football nation and has disrupted almost every major football league in the world.
It leaves me cold and it would take England reaching a big match in the knock out stages I think to spark any interest.

 

[East End Green]

Cant recall watching the China Olympics. I presume you mean the summer one 14 years ago. I definitely didn't watch any of the winter one...I have no interest in that.

I did watch the Russia world cup, and was unaware until literally just now that 21 workers had died building the stadiums.
I suppose I was less informed about that at the time and would have had cause to think twice about watching had I known.

Obviously 21 construction worker fatalities is tragic and points towards some pretty scant regard to safety. I suppose though that the sheer scale of the deaths in Qatar (6500 at the last count) has brought the matter to the public eye.

So yeah I guess the accusation of double standards could be made, but I'd just say that I was perhaps more ignorant and a little less well read (current affairs wise) 4 and certainly 14 years ago (China summer Olympics).

I am more engaged with current affairs etc now than I was 4 years ago so I won't be watching the Qatar world cup, for a variety of reasons.

I didn't watch the Russia one and I won't be watching this one.

 

[Tugboat]

I’m sorry but football just doest belong in the Middle East. The same as baseball doesn’t belong on the UK.

The only reason it’s forced onto the Middle East is for commercial revenue.

 

[Mike Charlick]

I didn't watch the Russia one and I won't be watching this one.

It's pretty tough for any nation to take the moral high ground. The west is as guilty of misdemeanors as Russia/China & any others we like to have a go at (the EU) when it suits to deflect attention.