⚽️The Footy Thread: Lock Thread

[stelinelli]

Might've been a cool experience for you as a kid, but that WC was far from "awesome."

Sorry I'm only speaking from my own experience as an 11 year old. I'm watching Prem league on weekends and go to Toronto FC games whenever I can so yeah it may have had an effect on me lol. What made 2002's tournament "far from awesome" for you?

 

[Trey Bantz]

No one outside of Brazil liked that WC.

Lots of world powers eliminated early, shady officiating, extreme time difference, etc.

 

[Trey Bantz]

I'm watching Prem league on weekends and go to Toronto FC games whenever I can so yeah it may have had an effect on me lol. What made 2002's tournament "far from awesome"?

See my post above

 

[jape]

I don't think host should get an automatic spot either

why not?

 

[Trey Bantz]

why not?

Yeah why not? The people living there that have to deal with the influx of tourists at the very least deserve to watch their team play.

 

[Verde Shuttles]

On a football level Russia & Qatar wouldn't actually qualify

 

[jape]

On a football level Russia & Qatar wouldn't actually qualify

all the preparation and hard work people put in to host a world cup it only makes sense that their team get to play


is qatar world cup really going to be in the winter?

 

[lovehateself]

all the preparation and hard work people put in to host a world cup it only makes sense that their team get to play


is qatar world cup really going to be in the winter?

i remember reading that their summers are desert like....temps over 100
cant have that man

 

[sammydavisjr]

Going to NYFC season finale match and just found out it’s at Citi Fields

 

[jape]

i remember reading that their summers are desert like....temps over 100
cant have that man

do you want the world cup in the winter?

 

[northoaklandfc]

Weather and season are the least of the outrage in Qatar.

It's a World Cup built on the backs of slave labor and human corpses.

I guess if FIFA assures the migrant workers are being adequately taken care of though.

 

[lovehateself]

do you want the world cup in the winter?

i dont think it hinges on my preference ...but i get what you mean

 

[Verde Shuttles]

Amazing how corrupt FIFA is that they didn't even care about the optics of giving Qatar a WC

 

[Trey Bantz]

On a football level Russia & Qatar wouldn't actually qualify

Russia was in the last WC tho

 

[Trey Bantz]

I was hoping they'd move the 2022 World Cup, doubt they'll do it this late in the game

 

[northoaklandfc]

Amazing how corrupt FIFA is that they didn't even care about the optics of giving Qatar a WC

I can understand them not giving a **** about the optics and bribery but years after the fact, people are actually dying.

 

[rolaholic]

I was hoping they'd move the 2022 World Cup, doubt they'll do it this late in the game

I really thought the backlash would force them to move too but it seems like things are gonna go as planned...

Advertisers and sponsors haven't faced enough pressure to really force the issue

Always thought it was an absurd idea hosting it there in the first place so I wasn't even surprised when all the corruption behind it was revealed. Like northoaklandfc mentioned though,the organizing of the WC itself has been full of human rights abuse and 21st century slave labor

 

[mastamind89]

 

[MetalMario]

Yes let's host a WC in very densely populated middle eastern country the size of Rhode Island that has some of the strictest laws against women's rights, gay rights, imposing Indian slave labour to build stadiums from scratch.

Degrees get to 120+ in the summer and most important of all.... THE COUNTRY DOESNT DRINK ALCOHOL

 

[Beans]

All this World cup talk is depressing

Combines liverpool/United starting 11... cant wait for return of EPL

 

[Belgium]

Yes let's host a WC in very densely populated middle eastern country the size of Rhode Island that has some of the strictest laws against women's rights, gay rights, imposing Indian slave labour to build stadiums from scratch.

Degrees get to 120+ in the summer and most important of all.... THE COUNTRY DOESNT DRINK ALCOHOL

It's absolutely disgusting. It wasn't even like the Qatar bribe to get the WC hosting was that much money for an massive corporation like FIFA. And they still said well that's enough for us to give the hosting to a country with medieval civil rights and literal slaves building their stadium. They should have never given it to Qatar in the first place but they certainly should have removed Qatar after the whole corruption scandal behind it got exposed.

 

[sonoftony]

Going to NYFC season finale match and just found out it’s at Citi Fields

It's so sad that NYC treats that team like a foster child moving around from pitch to pitch. Didn't they play matches in CT?

 

[ROYGBiV]

I'm going to say it now, United washing pool 4-1

 

[jape]

i dont think it hinges on my preference ...but i get what you mean

no, that was a genuine question. i wasn't trying to make a point.

Spoiler

FREE COUTINHO

 

[sfc415]

Yes let's host a WC in very densely populated middle eastern country the size of Rhode Island that has some of the strictest laws against women's rights, gay rights, imposing Indian slave labour to build stadiums from scratch.

Degrees get to 120+ in the summer and most important of all.... THE COUNTRY DOESNT DRINK ALCOHOL

This will be the only positive of the Qatar World Cup. It effectively neuters both the English and Russian hooligans. They already do too much while traveling abroad, but when it comes to football they're even worse