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[jay2040]

Armbands or not , it is all just for the here and now. There is no way the country is going to change its draconian mentality.
Best statement to make would be as part of goal scoring celebrations where the goalscorer plants one on the lips of the one who got the assist!

 

[taidgh]

Armbands or not , it is all just for the here and now. There is no way the country is going to change its draconian mentality.
Best statement to make would be as part of goal scoring celebrations where the goalscorer plants one on the lips of the one who got the assist!

you know we're talking about professional footballers, right?

 

[littlewilly]

If 10, maybe 12, of the biggest European nations broke away from FIFA to form their own association, you'd get another 20 or 30 of the biggest associations in world football joining them. It could be a bargaining chip; or it could be the beginning of a new era in world football.

 

[Dead Ringer]

Infantino does not rock the suit and white trainers look. At all.

Today I feel……..Style Icon

 

[Tucker]

If 10, maybe 12, of the biggest European nations broke away from FIFA to form their own association, you'd get another 20 or 30 of the biggest associations in world football joining them. It could be a bargaining chip; or it could be the beginning of a new era in world football.

You’d only really need the big european nations to pull out and it would fall flat on its arse. Who’s going to watch a World Cup without England, Germany, Italy, Spain and France?

Let alone sponsor it.

 

[Dov67]

You’d only really need the big european nations to pull out and it would fall flat on its arse. Who’s going to watch a World Cup without England, Germany, Italy, Spain and France?

Let alone sponsor it.

Exactly! It could have been stopped if the the big European football federations had pulled out, but as I understand it Platini and the French supported under pressure/direction from Sarkozy

if anyone hasn't seen it (sorry if mentioned before), but the Netflix documentary FIFA Uncovered is very revealing.

Whole FIFA org is as corrupt and dirty as ENRON, Worldcom, and FTX

 

[fishhhandaricecake]

More from England manager Gareth Southgate on the controversies around the OneLove armband and whether there is a pressure to do something following Germany's gesture yesterday.

"I don't think we should have any pressure, we've spoken on these topics for over a year.

"We have to be comfortable that we know what we are standing for.

"If we are rushing to be seen to be doing something then we could make an error which doesn't land well.

"We've got to be focused on the games."

'I want my players to fully focus on winning games'​

Wales manager Rob Page discusses the team supporting LGBTQ+ rights
During the Wales press conference earlier Rob Page was asked if his players were planning a demonstration to support diversity and LGBTQ+ rights, like Germany.
In response he said he wants his players to focus on football and winning games.

 

[Bluto Blutarsky]

I might be in the minority - but I kind of like all the extra time added in the WC. No timewasting goes unnoticed. Makes it useless, and eventually it would change players behaviors.

 

[Dov67]

I might be in the minority - but I kind of like all the extra time added in the WC. No timewasting goes unnoticed. Makes it useless, and eventually it would change players behaviors.

I’d really love to see 3 or 4 sendings off for time wasting when the prem returns. That’s all it would take to end this epidemic of shameless time wasting

 

[fishhhandaricecake]

Richarlison wow!
Richarlison with one of the best goals in the World Cup ? ? stunning ??

 

[spursfan1991]

I just heard Wales coach say they wont be giving political messages before the game and highlighted Germany's defeat as one reason. He basicslly said he wants his players to focus on football.

It is about time too really, the virtue signalling and hypocrisy needs to stop.

I also hope Richarlison goal is shown to many people on this site as far as i understand most people here have boycotted the tournament? ?

 

[spurs mental]

 

[dontcallme]

I just heard Wales coach say they wont be giving political messages before the game and highlighted Germany's defeat as one reason. He basicslly said he wants his players to focus on football.

It is about time too really, the virtue signalling and hypocrisy needs to stop.

I also hope Richarlison goal is shown to many people on this site as far as i understand most people here have boycotted the tournament? ?

Your trolling attempts are getting tedious.

 

[IfiHadTheWings]

I just heard Wales coach say they wont be giving political messages before the game and highlighted Germany's defeat as one reason. He basicslly said he wants his players to focus on football.

It is about time too really, the virtue signalling and hypocrisy needs to stop.

I also hope Richarlison goal is shown to many people on this site as far as i understand most people here have boycotted the tournament? ?

Going to be a long month if you caveat every post with this type of comment, point is made mate.

 

[JCRD]

Its weird because I see this guy in every world cup and Afcon managing a different team each time.

Impressed by the passion here - its the tone of voice - very rousing (for avoidance of doubt - not arousing but rousing)

 

[spursfan1991]

Anyone have a breakdown of the £220bn Qatar have spent on the world cup?

We know fifa officials got a big chunk of that money as bribes, they obviously didnt spend enough money on the football team. Easily the worst team i have seen in a world cup for a long time. They should never have been awarded the tournament for footballing reasons only.

 

[Pochemon94]

Anyone have a breakdown of the £220bn Qatar have spent on the world cup?

We know fifa officials got a big chunk of that money as bribes, they obviously didnt spend enough money on the football team. Easily the worst team i have seen in a world cup for a long time. They should never have been awarded the tournament for footballing reasons only.

the thing is they have been working on this project for like 10 years. A lot of their players were prized youth academy kids that they paid their families to move to Qatar as part of that asperion academy or whatever it is called. The thing that they are realizing, a majority of those kids didn't pan out to national team level. They have spent a fortune like billions on building these academies but some of them were built in countries to get their vote along with cut rate cost on oil deals.

 

[Houdini]

Anyone have a breakdown of the £220bn Qatar have spent on the world cup?

We know fifa officials got a big chunk of that money as bribes, they obviously didnt spend enough money on the football team. Easily the worst team i have seen in a world cup for a long time. They should never have been awarded the tournament for footballing reasons only.

I doubt they will qualify for another WC unless they can bribe their way into one!

 

[Marty]

the thing is they have been working on this project for like 10 years. A lot of their players were prized youth academy kids that they paid their families to move to Qatar as part of that asperion academy or whatever it is called. The thing that they are realizing, a majority of those kids didn't pan out to national team level. They have spent a fortune like billions on building these academies but some of them were built in countries to get their vote along with cut rate cost on oil deals.

They did win the Asian Cup in 2019 so it's almost as if the core of players they were relying on for the World Cup peaked three years too early.

 

[JSpurs1]

BBC are running article saying that Saudi Arabia have blocked the WC streaming service. Sorry if this is a dull question but why would they do this?

Article also says that SA and Qatar have worked to put issues behind them and leaders have attended games together.