Subject: BS: FIFA World Cup 2022 unlike any other From: keberoxu Date: 10 Feb 22 - 08:39 PM Well, it's true that the 2022 FIFA world cup will have some things in common with other years. But from this news article, what stands out is the unique stuff. For instance: "The tiny state [of Qatar] is expecting up to 1.2 million visitors but as it does not have enough hotel rooms, thousands of fans will be housed on cruise ships during the event." Hey, has anybody over there heard of SARS-COVID ?? !! Anyway, here's the link: 17 million requests for [FIFA] World Cup tickets |
Subject: RE: BS: FIFA World Cup 2022 unlike any other From: Steve Shaw Date: 10 Feb 22 - 08:52 PM Qatar got the World Cup via bribery and corruption. The fact that it's being held there is a stain on the game. |
Subject: RE: BS: FIFA World Cup 2022 unlike any other From: keberoxu Date: 13 Feb 22 - 01:59 PM The next qualifying matches, if I read right, are scheduled for 17 March, which means that St Patrick's Day will be even noisier than usual. |
Subject: RE: BS: FIFA World Cup 2022 unlike any other From: Mrrzy Date: 14 Feb 22 - 09:49 PM I thought all host cities of all tournaments were chosen through bribery and corruption. |
Subject: RE: BS: FIFA World Cup 2022 unlike any other From: Steve Shaw Date: 15 Feb 22 - 06:28 AM Too cynical for words I'm afraid. A grain of truth, maybe. I'm just hearing on the wireless that in a certain part of America fifteen percent of Republicans think that opposers of Trump eat babies and drink their blood (BBC Radio 4, The Coming Storm). What a mad world. I ask myself whether I belong here, but I decided years ago that I would like to become extinct on the very day that tigers become extinct. Still, Liverpool play Inter (Milan) in Italy in the Champions League last 16 tomorrow. Two noble clubs filled with top talent who will (hopefully) play great football in the right spirit. Too much money and too much capitalism in football, for sure. But begod I'm looking forward to the match regardless. The Qatar World Cup can go hang. |
Subject: RE: BS: FIFA World Cup 2022 unlike any other From: gnu Date: 17 Feb 22 - 04:20 PM I still say the game should be 'Americanized' for increased viewership... no off sides. C'mon! Spice it up, eh? |
Subject: RE: BS: FIFA World Cup 2022 unlike any other From: keberoxu Date: 17 Feb 22 - 05:07 PM It occurs to me to wonder, if nobody knows where to house the ticket holders, where are they going to put the players themselves ? |
Subject: RE: BS: FIFA World Cup 2022 unlike any other From: Malcolm Storey Date: 17 Feb 22 - 06:49 PM Why do people think that soccer is a sport? It's BIG BUSINESS init!? |
Subject: RE: BS: FIFA World Cup 2022 unlike any other From: Steve Shaw Date: 17 Feb 22 - 07:14 PM Of course. But top-level football is a sport requiring great skill, tactical nous and supreme fitness. It's capitalism, of course, but so is Tesco, McDonalds and Lloyds Bank. We're all in it together. |
Subject: RE: BS: FIFA World Cup 2022 unlike any other From: Steve Shaw Date: 17 Feb 22 - 07:15 PM Grr. So are. |
Subject: RE: BS: FIFA World Cup 2022 unlike any other From: Malcolm Storey Date: 17 Feb 22 - 09:15 PM I/we avoid Tesco, McDonalds and Lloyds Bank on the basis of cost, health and sanity! I did once buy a bottle of water from a McDonalds in Canberra in order to get some change for the local train - I asked for a receipt to show to friends and colleagues just for fun. I assume by tactical nous Steve is using a euphemism for cheating!! Regarding fitness if all you have to do is train and play soccer then of course you should be supremely fit - or extremely bored - or both. The skill bit I accept. |
Subject: RE: BS: FIFA World Cup 2022 unlike any other From: Steve Shaw Date: 18 Feb 22 - 04:31 AM A bit of cheating at times, Malcolm, but it's definitely not all-pervasive. A bit of "diving," maybe, exaggerating your victimhood when fouled, squabbling with the ref, etc... I can outdo you on the McDonald front. I swear that I have never set foot in one in my life... When I was a student in London half a century ago I did frequent the all-night Wimpy in Gloucester Road. I'll admit that much. Very useful for calming the hunger pangs after a pint or seven... |
Subject: RE: BS: FIFA World Cup 2022 unlike any other From: Malcolm Storey Date: 19 Feb 22 - 08:04 AM I have lain awake hoping that no one spotted my error in my last posting. The McDonald's was not in Canberra but in Adelaide where a large cycle race was also occuring at the same time. We found it amusing to see all the posh hotels with lots of bikes outside. Canberra the capital of Australia with a population 450000+ does not have a local rail system and only a very small public transport system. It has three return trains a day from Sydney. Wressle in Yorkshire with a population of 271 has 4 trains a day to York and 3 trains a day to Hull! |
Subject: RE: BS: FIFA World Cup 2022 unlike any other From: Raggytash Date: 19 Feb 22 - 08:09 AM "A bit of cheating at times, Malcolm, but it's definitely not all-pervasive" Sorry Steve but you must be wearing rose tinted spectacles each time when you watch a match. Cheating is rampant in football, even simple things like taking a few yards at throw in or free kicks happens EVERY time and that is the bottom end of the scale. |
Subject: RE: BS: FIFA World Cup 2022 unlike any other From: Steve Shaw Date: 19 Feb 22 - 08:53 AM I would hardly call such time-honoured little grabs at getting a tiny advantage "rampant cheating!" The average televised Premier League match (the majority of them) has around 32 TV cameras, four match officials and VAR. there's big money in footie and a poor on-field decision can lose a club a huge amount of money. Most matches I've watched have been played with good order, in spite of high passion and fierce competitiveness, for most of the 90 minutes. It's entertainment and it's big theatre and it gives a lot of pleasure to millions of people, many of whom find life a hard grind. There's a lot wrong with it, but there's a lot wrong with TSB and Goldman Sachs too and they've still got my money. Some of yours too, probably, though you might not know it... |
Subject: RE: BS: FIFA World Cup 2022 unlike any other From: Malcolm Storey Date: 19 Feb 22 - 09:15 AM Funny you should mention TSB Steve. We have received three new wave about cards in the last few days for accounts we are certain we had closed! I'm sure the prices for entry the clubs charge contributes in some way people finding life a hard grind. The sixpence pocket money I got as a child was enough to give me entry into either Hull City or Hull FC back in the day - don't know what juniors pay now but perhaps I'm better not knowing. GRRRR! |
Subject: RE: BS: FIFA World Cup 2022 unlike any other From: Raggytash Date: 19 Feb 22 - 11:32 AM Please do not misconstrue my words Steve, I said "Cheating is rampant in football, even simple things like taking a few yards at throw in or free kicks happens EVERY time and that is the bottom end of the scale." Yes stealing a few yards has become acceptable, but it is still cheating. It may be minor but it is still against the laws of the game which are seldom imposed fully. Wrestling players in the penalty area at corners happens almost every time and is ignored by referees and linesmen, taking dives is commonplace, feigning injury takes place in every match. Not only are the above unsporting, they are against the laws of the game. Take a look at Rugby sometime to see how a game can be played. |
Subject: RE: BS: FIFA World Cup 2022 unlike any other From: Doug Chadwick Date: 19 Feb 22 - 03:13 PM Take a look at Rugby sometime to see how a game can be played. 15 minutes of brutal rugby fights DC |
Subject: RE: BS: FIFA World Cup 2022 unlike any other From: Raggytash Date: 19 Feb 22 - 03:17 PM You are quite correct to post that Doug, but I would suggest they are the exception rather than the rule. |
Subject: RE: BS: FIFA World Cup 2022 unlike any other From: Allan Conn Date: 19 Feb 22 - 05:53 PM I'd say rugby players try to get away with as much as they can too. Bar the feigning injury which yes, is a real downside to football. Even commentators etc encourage it. How often do you hear "he should have gone down as that would have been a penalty" or something like that? |
Subject: RE: BS: FIFA World Cup 2022 unlike any other From: Steve Shaw Date: 19 Feb 22 - 06:25 PM Liverpool came from behind in the second half today to demolish poor old Norwich. Each of Liverpool's three goals was a thing of beauty. That's what life's all about. Down with the naysayers! |
Subject: RE: BS: FIFA World Cup 2022 unlike any other From: Malcolm Storey Date: 19 Feb 22 - 07:56 PM Where were you watching from Steve? I prefer my sport live so do not see much these days. It's not the same since John Arlott RIP retired - know lots of people who would watch cricket on a muted TV and have the radio commentary on. |
Subject: RE: BS: FIFA World Cup 2022 unlike any other From: Steve Shaw Date: 19 Feb 22 - 08:08 PM You can never watch three o'clock kick-offs on BT Sport or Sky Sport. I listened on Five Live then watched those goals on Match Of The Day. |
Subject: RE: BS: FIFA World Cup 2022 unlike any other From: keberoxu Date: 11 Jun 22 - 05:32 PM In these United States, the men's team for the USA goes through the motions of World Cup preparation, having qualified for 2022. Strangest World-Cup Sendoff Ever ooops. It's on Yahoo Sports, but the link won't work. |
Subject: RE: BS: FIFA World Cup 2022 unlike any other From: Donuel Date: 12 Jun 22 - 08:48 AM Qatar got the World Cup via bribery and corruption. The fact that it's being held there is what makes it standard operating procedure. |
Subject: RE: BS: FIFA World Cup 2022 unlike any other From: keberoxu Date: 14 Jun 22 - 09:39 PM My FIFA thread has been WAV'd. Mudcat rite of passage . . . And another recent rite of passage - his racists posts (and answers) have been deleted. ---mudelf |
Subject: RE: BS: FIFA World Cup 2022 unlike any other From: keberoxu Date: 15 Jun 22 - 03:14 PM So the Wales Dragons will be in the 2022 World Cup for the first time in ... a long time. And they have to face USA first thing. Sports Illustrated, 5 June 2022 |
Subject: RE: BS: FIFA World Cup 2022 unlike any other From: keberoxu Date: 15 Jun 22 - 03:17 PM As to the USMNT match with El Salvador last night, cue Flanders & Swann at the drop of the proverbial hat. Mud, mud, glo-ri-ous mud . . . |
Subject: RE: BS: FIFA World Cup 2022 unlike any other From: gillymor Date: 15 Jun 22 - 06:34 PM I wonder if the mods noticed this overtly racist post up the page. I can't imagine that they would let it stand if they had.- Offensive posts removed, and this one edited so to remove the quote from one already deleted. WAV seems to be a moving target with his racist rants. He's about to take a long detour into BONK!land if he doesn't stop it. ---mudelf
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Subject: RE: BS: FIFA World Cup 2022 unlike any other From: keberoxu Date: 15 Jun 22 - 09:13 PM What I said in the opening posts about Qatar: they really are booking cruise ships as well as "Hotels, Apartments, or Villas" in Qatar for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. If I hadn't read it myself, I would not credit it. Sports Illustrated: no room at the, erm, pier |
Subject: RE: BS: FIFA World Cup 2022 unlike any other From: Nigel Parsons Date: 16 Jun 22 - 02:04 PM So the Wales Dragons will be in the 2022 World Cup for the first time in ... a long time. And they have to face USA first thing. Yep, first time in the 'finals' since 1958 when Wales were knocked out of the quarter-finals by a single Pele goal. I can't claim to remember it, I was only 3. |
Subject: RE: BS: FIFA World Cup 2026 cities selected From: Donuel Date: 17 Jun 22 - 08:58 AM Canada Toronto, Ontario BMO Field 45,500 Canada Vancouver, B.C. BC Place 54,000 Mexico Guadalajara, Jalisco Estadio Akron 46,232 Mexico Mexico City Estadio Azteca 87,523 Mexico Monterrey, Nuevo Leon Estadio BBVA 53,500 USA Atlanta, Ga. Mercedes-Benz Stadium 71,000 USA Boston, Mass. Gillette Stadium 65,878 USA Dallas, Tex. (Arlington, Tex.) AT&T Stadium 80,000 USA Houston, Tex. NRG Stadium 71,795 USA Kansas City, Mo. Arrowhead Stadium 76,416 USA Los Angeles, Calif. (Inglewood, Calif.) SoFi Stadium 70,240 USA Miami, Fla. Hard Rock Stadium 64,767 USA New York / New Jersey (East Rutherford, N.J.) MetLife Stadium 82,500 USA Philadelphia, Pa. Lincoln Financial Field 69,176 USA San Francisco, Calif. (Santa Clara, Calif.) Levi's Stadium 68,500 USA Seattle, Wash. Lumen Field 69,000 |
Subject: RE: BS: FIFA World Cup 2022 unlike any other From: Raggytash Date: 17 Jun 22 - 09:19 AM And your point is? |
Subject: RE: BS: FIFA World Cup 2022 unlike any other From: Steve Shaw Date: 17 Jun 22 - 01:36 PM I'm sorry, but it's the ENGLAND TEAM, never "The English team." It was thus in 1966, when, unlike you, I was around and old enough to appreciate the football. If you wish to persist with that, then all I can say is that you're doing a fine job of sneakily reinstating your racist credentials. You've been sussed and it's time you decided to knock it off. |
Subject: RE: BS: FIFA World Cup 2022 unlike any other From: WalkaboutsVerse Date: 17 Jun 22 - 02:18 PM Like me, Steve, you question capitalism & monarchism but, for some reason, don't like mass economic/CAPITALIST immigration & multicultural diversity within nations being questioned - &, very sadly, resort to the tactic of bringing up the R-word again. With a major in anthropology & shoestring travel through about 40 nations, I doubt you or anyone loves our world/our United Nations being multicultural as much as I do - and it's likely World Cup winner, Alf Ramsey, was similar in that way. |
Subject: RE: BS: FIFA World Cup 2022 unlike any other From: Donuel Date: 17 Jun 22 - 07:27 PM The joint bid between Washington D.C. and Baltimore was not one of the 11 American cities that made the cut, joining Cincinnati, Denver, Nashville and Orlando as the five U.S. plans that were rejected by FIFA. |
Subject: RE: BS: FIFA World Cup 2022 unlike any other From: Senoufou Date: 18 Jun 22 - 03:43 AM I saw that when the England team (NOT the English team, Steve is quite right!) 'took the knee' in Budapest, many Hungarian children booed. I actually very much like to see footballers taking the knee. It's a lovely way to show solidarity against racism. As people on this thread have mentioned commercialism and Tesco etc., I wonder if I 'took the knee' at the checkout in our local Tesco, they might reduce my bill? (Then I could afford to buy yet more crumpets.) |
Subject: RE: BS: FIFA World Cup 2022 unlike any other From: Steve Shaw Date: 18 Jun 22 - 04:40 AM Warburtons crumpets are permanently a quid for packs of nine at Morrisons, Eliza. I'm no fan of Warburtons as they are Tory Party supporters (boooo!), but a decent crumpet, I fear, has to override such considerations... |
Subject: RE: BS: FIFA World Cup 2022 unlike any other From: Senoufou Date: 18 Jun 22 - 05:16 AM Heh heh Steve. Yes, crumpets come before any political considerations. I think if I 'took the knee' I might not manage to get up again. |
Subject: RE: BS: FIFA World Cup 2022 unlike any other From: Steve Shaw Date: 18 Jun 22 - 09:57 AM There's always been controversy about how many top-tier English clubs have so many non-British players on their books (no-one seems to mind if the team includes Welsh or Scottish players...), and in a few cases there have been teams put out that didn't even have one Brit in the starting lineup. The English Premier League is incredibly wealthy, so buying foreign players is routine, and the selling clubs, often clubs in straitened circumstances, are often glad of the transfer fees. A possible upshot of that is that we don't produce enough home-grown players to generate an effective national team. Some clubs, to their credit, have strong academies these days to develop the skills of up-and-coming Brit kids. But none of this is ever about black players, and this is after all a thread about national teams, apropos of which the rules about who can be included are much stricter. |
Subject: RE: BS: FIFA World Cup 2022 unlike any other From: Steve Shaw Date: 18 Jun 22 - 06:13 PM Oddly, when I watch a football match (usually one involving Liverpool in my case), I see players of all colours and religions (or none), and I actually rejoice in the fact that they can engage in fierce competition yet play with good spirit, all take the knee, swap shirts at the end, hug each other in goal celebrations and generally all relate to each other in harmony and positivity. Of course, there will be spats, but they are invariably spats that arise from the passion of the sport, never prejudiced hatred. Oh that society reflected those same values, or maybe society has some catching up to do... What I find rather repressive is the negative attitudes of certain people who are so up their own bottoms when they see the the rainbow colours and creeds on the pitch and get so cross about it that they forget to enjoy the football. Their loss! |
Subject: RE: BS: FIFA World Cup 2022 unlike any other From: Stilly River Sage Date: 18 Jun 22 - 07:25 PM Some of the local town videos we see in social media of kids in schools supporting each other in sporting events - when the team bat boy or other towel courier (or whatever the support title) who is physically or intellectually challenged is given a chance to score in the last game of the season and everyone on both teams know he is going to score a point - those are the small games that touch people's hearts and do good. It may be a token event, but it has meaning, both to that child and to those viewers who might have discounted that child's membership in the group. This isn't anything that is ever going to happen in FIFA level activity, those are all about the business of winning. But don't you love a good underdog sports story? |
Subject: RE: BS: FIFA World Cup 2022 unlike any other From: Steve Shaw Date: 18 Jun 22 - 07:33 PM Dunno about that! Even the most elite footballers are human beings, and if you forget to turn the telly off for two or three minutes at the end of of even a top-level game you'll see all the harmony and the fellowship that reveals the respect and affection that the best players have for each other. Still, I take your point. At least with your town teams, money don't come into it... |
Subject: RE: BS: FIFA World Cup 2022 unlike any other From: Stilly River Sage Date: 18 Jun 22 - 09:40 PM I suppose, being in North Texas, I should add this: FIFA Selects North Texas to Host 2026 World Cup. |
Subject: RE: BS: FIFA World Cup 2022 unlike any other From: Senoufou Date: 19 Jun 22 - 01:55 PM I like to see a mix of races/nationalities in the Premier League. When my husband lived in Ivory Coast many years ago, he idolised the Ivorian Didier Drogba (their very talented striker). When Drogba became a member of Chelsea FC team, my husband was ecstatic. I had to buy him a Chelsea strip to replace his ManU one. (He's always been 'football crazy'.) When we moved to this Norfolk village, I took him down to the playing field to join our village football team. He didn't speak much English in those days, so I introduced him to the manager, and told him he was from the same country as Didier Drogba. The manager turned to the other men and shouted, "Lads! Didier Drogba has arrived!" and they all cheered, while I giggled like anything. The whole team absolutely loved Ibrahima, (he became their 'striker') and made him 'Player of the Year'. He was presented with a trophy, and I thought he was going to burst into tears of joy. When he came to visit me yesterday, he was actually wearing his Chelsea strip (and it still fits him!) |
Subject: RE: BS: FIFA World Cup 2022 unlike any other From: Steve Shaw Date: 19 Jun 22 - 04:25 PM Drogba. What a legend! |
Subject: RE: BS: FIFA World Cup 2022 unlike any other From: Senoufou Date: 20 Jun 22 - 02:00 AM He was indeed Steve. |
Subject: RE: BS: FIFA World Cup 2022 unlike any other From: keberoxu Date: 04 Aug 22 - 12:36 PM More coverage, if more is needed, of the anticipation of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. |
Subject: RE: BS: FIFA World Cup 2022 unlike any other From: keberoxu Date: 10 Nov 22 - 06:15 PM Like it or not, England is now headed to the World Cup final. |
Subject: RE: BS: FIFA World Cup 2022 unlike any other From: Steve Shaw Date: 10 Nov 22 - 06:43 PM Yep. We shouldn't be at the World Cup and I won't watch a single minute. But it isn't for footballers or football managers to protest or speak up. For me, that the end of it. It stinks. |